Marantz Announces Two New Streaming Amplifiers

MODEL M1

The MODEL M1 is an ultra-compact and versatile new era of wi-fi streaming amplifier that the corporate says has been “rigorously engineered to supply nice sound from a variety of streamed music companies”.

Equipped with each analogue and digital inputs, the Model M1 may be seamlessly related to bodily music sources and your TV. It’s designed to energy a variety of loudspeakers, from compact designs to floorstanders, or ceiling and wall-mounted audio system. With its extremely environment friendly high-power amplification, it gives a staggering 100W of stereo output with an extremely low distortion charge of simply 0.005% THD through its digital inputs. This is a determine that’s sometimes present in amplifiers that price considerably extra, promising a high-quality sound expertise.

MODEL M1 helps the total high-resolution music expertise over streamed companies, your community and even USB, together with 24-bit/192kHz PCM assist and provision for DSD. 

Use the HEOS app to entry all of the music companies accessible on the HEOS platform, together with the soon-to-be-released updates for TIDAL and Roon Ready assist. MODEL M1 additionally helps Bluetooth, Spotify Connect and AirPlay2, and you may even play audio from a domestically related USB-A drive, making this compact product a powerhouse of related, streamed and network-served high-resolution audio.

The ultra-compact however versatile MODEL M1 streaming amplifier shall be accessible in Australia beginning July 2024 and can promote for $1,600 RRP.

MODEL M4

Packed with all of the performance of the M1, the MODEL M4 is a devoted rack-mountable amplifier that permits 4 impartial rooms in your house to every get pleasure from their very own music listening. All 4 rooms are pushed by one sturdy installation-optimised amplifier geared up with 8 x 100w of output and 4 x impartial HEOS modules.

With fan cooling for steady operation even in enclosed areas and included rack-mount ears for simple set up, MODEL M4 is the right complement to a whole-home HEOS-based multi-room audio system. Pair it with different MODEL M4s, MODEL M1s, or different HEOS-enabled parts to get pleasure from sound all over the place you need to hearken to it. Its fitted optical digital inputs and the Dolby Digital decoder even mean you can share your TV’s sound all through your private home in case you so want.

Marantz says its new “MODEL M1 and MODEL M4 ship Marantz musicality effortlessly, whether or not you are listening to music, watching TV or sharing your sounds throughout your complete house.”

The Marantz MODEL M4 shall be accessible in Australia beginning August 2024 and promote for $5,500 RRP.