marantz sa14s1 se review

Also not sure what some mean by the Marantz house sound when it comes to the Reference series - the 14S1 is a lot closer to neutral than any Marantz i've ever owned and going from that level of detail retrieval and air back to the cs4398 in the PM6004 isnt much fun. In my opinion this may be one of Marantz’s finest SACD players ever. There’s no shortage of bass however, and richly textured bass at that. I used to demo the SA-1 years ago, which was a great player, better than the more famous Sony SCD-1! The result is such that everything improved: bass was much deeper, tauter and more informed. Formidable build, formidable styling, and formidable sound …. At this stage I didn’t know what they cost and guessed that with the advantages of numbers it would be in the region of £2,500, it turned out to be £700 less than that. And what is the class of this unit? The PM14S1 SE is the matching amplifier, in Eindhoven I heard them with a pair of the Boston M350 floorstanders (that Ken designed with Karl Heinz Fink), which being relatively affordable speakers (originally $2,498) made the sound the system produced all the more impressive. In the following years, Marantz became well known as the CD-Player specialist. Bass, that was tight, resonant and dare we say it, had a real sense of body and weight. I challenge anyone to find a component from a boutique brand that matches either for less than three times that price. But the clincher is the CD7 is a CD only machine and the Marantz is built to handle both, adroitly as it turns out. This kind of sound quality would have cost you twice this price just five years ago. Spinning some DSD reveals the quality of backing vocals on Ryan Adams’s ‘Rescue Blues’ (Gold, Universal). There are more gripping electronics available for the price but few that offer this much refinement and flexibility in such superb metalwork. Although the SA-14S1 spinner is not Marantz's top-of-the-line SACD player (that would be the SA-11S3), this new unit seems like it's a great value. A jaunt around the SA-14S1 SE’s specs, features and build quality elicit one major keyword - formidable. Yes, you’re right the grin on my face is ear-to-ear. The Marantz does justice to both formats. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Here the bass playing is very solid and Wonder’s voice leaps out of the mix in very convincing fashion. Playing discs via both Marantz Special Editions revealed a detailed soundstage with good depth, it also became apparent that the remote works even when it’s well off axis. A jaunt around the SA-14S1 SE’s specs, features and build quality elicit one major keyword - formidable. The relative crudeness of the sixties recording is not hard to hear but the quality of playing is more obvious and you can hear why this piece is considered a classic. I tried the various filter settings on the disc player as well, these are subtle but filter 2 seems the most engaging, allowing for a good live feel to the music and taut bass lines that give it plenty of pace. One of the most-respected audio journalists in Australia, Peter brings his unparalleled experience and a unique story-telling ability to StereoNET. Why so? This port is compatible with the iPod, iPod Touch and yessiree, the iPhone. Our review sample finish was champagne. A jaunt around the SA14S1 SE’s specs, features and build quality elicit one major keyword: FORMIDABLE. Dwell on this detail for a moment while I assure you whenever you see a screwed in top plate in place of the cheap and cheerful wraparound lid used by less expensive players, you’re seeing a model way up the range. It’s not over endowed with inputs but three line plus two tape loops should be enough for most, and there’s an MM/MC phono stage as well. It’s now seductive thanks to a level of vocal realism I’ve not experienced before. Unscrew the top plate and you can feast on the roll call of premium audiophile parts inside and in abundance. For a moment, they lull you into imaging you’re in the front seats at a Stones concert. I have to say that I was impressed with this pairing from Marantz, on build quality per pound sterling terms they are unbeatable and if you like a rich and detailed sound they are very hard to equal. One that outguns the onboard transport in fact, given a high quality PC server the USB DAC creates a bigger, more three dimensional picture with greater fine detail that makes the CD sound like a pale imitation. DSD streaming is of the DoP (DSD over PCM) variety found in the majority of DSD capable DACs. It is very good sounding CD and SACD player. It’s worth pointing out that this was with a high end CAD CAT digital ‘transport’, the results were a lot closer with a Macbook Air. © Sound Media Group. I also tried the PM14S1 SE with a different speaker, the Bowers & Wilkins CM10 S2 floorstanders, this seemed a happier match as the warmer balance of the speaker makes for a precise but less etched sound than the relatively unflattering PMCs. The point has been well made in previous reviews about the ability of great components to get out of the way of the music and illuminate its core. Oh yes, and don’t dally with cheap cables. The DAC section is taken from the NA-11S1 Network player or streamer. And a lot has changed during that time. According to the information on Marantz UK's website, I can't see why the PM-14S1 SE would have any issues driving the CM10's. Special Edition – Premium Super Audio CD Player with USB-DAC New Premium Products from Marantz are always reason for the audiophile community to celebrate. A power amp direct input will come in handy should you fancy a preamplifier upgrade in future and pre out for the opposite scenario. There is only one thing. No surprise given it is three times the price of the Marantz and … it’s tuned to play CD and only CD. Buy the Marantz and you’ll have a Class A SACD/CD player that supports PCM, AAC, MP3 and WAV files. Marantz has long been a master at getting the most out of its circuits and here you’ll find the use of high quality components and extensive shielding combined with sophisticated power supply arrangements. The clincher for buyers is the Marantz can be used as a standalone DAC. The SA14S1 SE is a DAC and CD/SACD player, the digital to analogue element is at least as important as the disc spinning one because it’s one of the most ambitious KI has worked on. SE therefore seems largely to do with enhancing the performance and appearance of the casework, Ishiwata no doubt appreciating that vibration is the enemy of resolution. Switching to the still slightly over specced PMC Fact 8 speakers (£6,495) resulted in a cavernous image from the DAC source, and a highly articulate and dynamic soundstage with ‘St Louis Blues’ as sung by Stevie Wonder on Herbie Hancock’s immaculate Gershwin’s World. Without giving away too much of our forthcoming Pioneer review, the PD70 is much more minimalist. With the coax input being fed by a Cyrus Stream X network streamer the musicality of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Maiden Voyage’ came to the fore. The build quality is Japanese high-end. Which raises the interesting question: can any SACD player master both SACD and CD? You can place the SA14S1 SE on this far too short a list of SACD/CD players that sounds sublime on well-recorded material, and simply superb on plain vanilla quality discs. More upbeat, the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed was an interesting counterpoint to Dylan and Waters. The PM14S1 SE is a 90 Watt integrated amplifier with tone controls and a source direct button to bypass them with. In the listening, the Marantz’s DAC surprised by the way it scaled audiophile grade, digital sound. This may be an expensive product, but it’s obvious where the money ha… And “much more attack’’ does not imply the Marantz is a slouch in this area. Componentry includes Marantz’s HDAM SA2 discrete output stage devices, and isolation on the USB input to minimise incoming noise from PC sources. Little did I know, when I wrote the worshipful if doleful review of the Marantz SA-11S1 SACD player in May that a baby sister was on the way. No SACD session is ever complete without a romp through Roger Waters' iconic Amused To Death masterpiece. Headphone users will applaud the sound quality of the Marantz’s amplification that is said to work very nicely with a huge range of ‘phones. For two reasons: first, the CD7 has a tube output stage. If you need a reference point to assess SACD versus CD, simply hone into Ry Cooder’s mandolin riffs that are truly subtle but full of detail on SACD and not so detailed on CD. And it’s there every time my forefinger presses the “On’’ button yet again, on the slinky facia of Marantz’s SA14S1 Special Edition SACD/CD player.. And the new 14 Series Special Edition ... SA14S1-SE_EN01.indd Created Date: And the new 14 Series Special Edition thrusts the audio experience to new levels - because this Special Edition has been lovingly fine-tuned and passionately optimised for High Resolution files: marking the new era in music adoration. And that clapping you hear in the foreground is us acknowledging this model’s inclusion of a variable headphone volume control. It weighs in at 32kg, signifying that it’s a serious piece of kit. As for Dylan’s harmonica, it was as shrill as we’d heard it when he performed in Melbourne for the first time at Festival Hall in oh, 1966. Treble detail emerged from CDs and SACDs that I didn’t know was there, and the mid-range! Page 1 Model SA-14S1 Owner’s Manual Super Audio CD Player...; Page 2: Important Safety Instructions The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the approved by marantz may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use to alert the user to the presence of important operating apparatus. SACD/CD player & integrated amplifier. Yes, you’re right the grin on my face is ear-to-ear. An experience that for some of us transcends the mundane and borders on the mystical. StereoNET (Australia) is part of an international network of publications owned wholly by Sound Media Group (Australia). An ECM release of Arvo Part’s Dei Profundis underlined the SA14S1 SE’s capabilities with room busting image scale, it brought to mind why churches are big, a big sound is akin to the voice of God and thus more likely to produce religious experiences such as those we audio enthusiasts live for, no preaching required. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. Tags: Yes, the CD version didn’t have the air, soundstage size or fine detail of the SACD, and it wasn’t as smooth. It should, since it costs 4 times the Rotel and twice the Marantz. Thursday, February 25, 2016. Marantz's PM8003 may have been out a while, but this is our first chance to have a look at this stylish and well-built amplifier Marantz M-CR502 review. And for reasons of completeness, so does the new flagship Pioneer PD-70AE that you’ll be hearing more about as I tail off its review very soon. Peering inside shows a huge transformer that would be more at home in a massively powered amplifier accompanied by an over-endowed power supply. Read on to hear just why the SA-14S1 SE SACD Player won't be leaving chateau Familari. In fact it sounded excellent. As ever the key to a good system is finding a good amp/speaker match. Music really appeals to the feelings; to my mind, it is the only art of abstract arts, which has the right to exist. The SA14S1 SE is a DAC and CD/SACD player, the digital to analogue element is at least as important as the disc spinning one because it’s one of the most ambitious KI has worked on. A piddling amount considering what a comparable player from say, Esoteric or Accuphase would demand. But the prime reason I’m mentioning this however briefly is to reinforce the notion that a room’s acoustic properties determine if you will/won’t hear what your components actually sound like. Hello Friends, I have recently bought a Marantz SA-14 (along with the tuner ST-17). For the record, it’s a reference calibre DSD1792 DAC that resolves data to 192kHz/24-bit and does DSD decoding with SACDs as well. Page 1 Reference Series - Super Audio CD/CD Player The SA-14S1 Super Audio CD/CD player has been designed to deliver the utmost fidelity from your favorite music discs, and features state-of- the-art digital technologies to reproduce sound with superb musicality. It’s about experiencing music just as the artist intended. We’re not whistling Dixie when we shower this power supply with superlatives: it’s a high current construction and the large transformer receives OFC (oxygen free copper) windings and very fast, high current Schottky Barrier Diodes are used in the rectifier stage. The SA14S1 SE’s over-endowed power supply is one reason amongst others, why it provided what I suspect is clean power on tap and the bucket deep, taut, informative bass it revealed on many of my discs. Why so? You can feed it a digital signal via its digital and coaxial inputs. Reason two is as simple as pointing out the CD7 is a CD player whereas the Marantz also does SACD and does it with bundles of poise, refinement, and vibrancy. Still my favourite Stones album, it gets a new lease of life on SACD where tracks the calibre of Love In Vain played on superior equipment allow you to suspend disbelief. It has front and rear USB ports, the easier access one being an A type for iPod/iPhones, and the rear an asynchronous B type for computers and the like. The player is complex as it includes three modes of operation and a two position filter. The giveaway is the heavy 5mm thick aluminium lid that’s beautifully screwed into place. But the level of neutrality it presents with SACD and CD along with its ability to drill deep and retrieve endless amounts of detail along with its superb (really superb) sense of timing and musicality, makes it a “must audition” model for music lovers with audio systems that veer towards the lush and smooth. But gosh, the Marantz squeezed all the emotion She Belongs To Me has to offer from this classic track and preserved the satire and the irony it has to offer as well. Even if his initials are sadly missing from the facia, this a Ken Ishiwata breathed upon, model. Particularly outstanding was the informative bass underpinning the electric guitars. With a Mozart piece on DSD from the 2L label the system reveals phenomenal openness, scale and the slightest hint of leading edge grain – strings could be a little softer but that has long been an issue with digital audio. When the player and amp arrived I was struck by their phenomenally high standard of build and finish, it’s clearly been too long since I had ‘mass produced’ Japanese electronics in the house because I had almost forgotten how well they do the job. It all looks so neat and tidy. In fact, it’s fair to say the SA14S1 SE extracts and presents the detail on CD as well as any player at its price point. The Ballad Of Bill Hubbard, the opening title was laid bare across the rear of the listening room, with Bill, the old WW1 veteran’s voice projecting well out into the left of the room. Considering my favorable impression of the Marantz SACD player, based upon my audition of two systems which I enjoyed, when I became aware of a new Marantz SACD player, I was eager to review it, especially at its price point, $2500. Under the shiny aluminium skin they are pretty advanced devices too, the SA14S1 SE is DSD64 and 128 compatible albeit PCM is limited to 24/192 rather than 384kHz found in some standalone DACs. A few moments with any Fink track is enough to confirm the SA14S1 SE has plenty of “in your lap”, “balls against the wall” dynamic prowess. ... Marantz SA14S1 SE & PM14S1 SE. Nice review, always been a fan of the Marantz Reference sound, easy to listen to for long periods. What I can share with attentive readers who care about these things is the satisfaction I now derive from being able to hear the differences in gear much more completely than I had before. These include the aluminium top plate, high rigidity feet, chassis damping and RCA shorting plugs for phono input on the amp and digital input on the SA, the latter a tweak that could easily be applied to any product. Read on to hear just why the SA-14S1 SE SACD Player wont be leaving chateau Familari. Its tonal balance is cooler. My first attempt at using the SA14S1 SE as a USB DAC was thwarted by the presence of two USB inputs as shown on the display, ‘USB’ for the front input and ‘USB DAC’ for the rear B type connection. I just need some verification. If there is a weakness, it’s depth of image – I’ve heard better from at least one tube player. In either rendition, the SA14S1 SE looks swish with nary a blemish on the chassis, front, back, top or bottom. And the new 14 Series Special Edition ... SA14S1-SE_EN02.indd Created Date: Can anybody here confirm this? I also contrasted the SA14S1 SE’s DAC with a Benchmark DAC2, the latter delivering good groove but less richness of detail and finesse. marantz  Our Verdict. By clicking links on our site, we may earn affiliate commission, but our editorial remains entirely independent and unbiased. And the new 14 Series Special Edition thrusts the audio experience to new levels – because this Special Edition has been lovingly fi ne-tuned and passionately optimized for High Resolution files: marking the new era in music adoration. Marantz SA-15S1 review CD and SACD combine in this upmarket model from Marantz By tech.co.uk staff 31 May 2007. Despite the limitations of Tidal, there was plenty of detail and air between performers, while the soundstage had commendable depth, height and lateral width. Because Mon Chez, it sounds unlike any Pioneer player that has gone before it, which is to say it has a high-end audiophile sound quality, an appellation with all that it implies. Just like Roger Federer, it’s deeply talented, and it’s a smiling assassin. Marantz SA-14S1 Special Edition SACD Player $4,990 RRP. Marantz SA-14S1 CD-player The legendary Ken Ishiwata, the official Ambassador of the brand Marantz in all countries of the world, thinks that music is the highest and the noblest art. Nothing is idiot proof it seems! Replacement to the Sm 1000 and Sm 800 / Sm 700 siblings and inaugurating (among others) the fully 100% japanese Marantz. The USB connection to the same original source as the Cyrus used – Melco N1A – produces a richer and more dynamic result but not one that’s any more engaging. There is also a dedicated headphone output on the front with its own HDAM output module that claims to be capable of driving low impedance headphones. Though we played a bundle of SACDs and CDs on the Marantz SA14S1SE, we tailed a month-long audition of this commendably fine and able player with Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances recorded using DSD. SACD přehrávač Marantz SA-14S1 Special Edition skvěle sedne těm, kteří na poslech nespěchají, kteří vědí, jak se uvolnit a užít si příjemnou hudbu, kteří nepotřebují efektní rozlišení, ale mají raději muzikálnost a pocit, že hudba je hladí. In fact, it’s a supremely confident CD spinner and musical as well as detailed. The only hurdle is the price: we’ve seen the SA14S1 SE selling for $4,990 at some Australian Hi-Fi specialist stores. Marantz carefully chooses the product components to achieve the goal of music reproduction. View the full article Nor the headroom or generosity of midrange rendition heard from discs by they SACD or CD. I have also seen a review online saying that the Marantz PM-14S1 SE sounds superb with the CM10's. Sign up to discover the best news and review from StereoNET in our FREE Newsletter. Watch this space. 22/08/2015 Marantz SA-14S1 Special Edition Marantz Launch The SA-14S1 Special Edition - SACD Player + USB DAC T he Marantz SA-14S1 Special Edition retails at £1,799 and is a SACD and CD Player as well as a USB DAC. By contrast the Marantz’s sound is distinctly open and more three dimensional but seems to produce less separation with DSD at least. Both components have been given the Special Edition treatment by Ishiwata which largely consists of “secret refinements” or tweaks as they are known but there are a few physical changes to the standard versions. In my system, it’s usually a MacBook Pro loaded with Tidal. But don’t allow its clinical, Swiss-watch styling to lull you into believing it’s a sonic dullard. All you have to do is provide a signal source. Marantz SA14S1 SE & PM14S1 SE. With the weather hitting a brutal 42 degrees in Melbourne and hovering not far under this punishing temperature for days and days on end, the CD7 was getting piping hot. Obviously, this kind of high quality reproduction requires the best components. Marantz's flagship SACD player, the SA-11S1 features a no-compromise design that eschews multi-channel reproduction in favor of hair-shirt two-channel only outputs. But more about the Pioneer a little way up the review track. An investment loved by hard-bitten audiophiles who regard the absence of either in a piece of kit as penny-pinching and precursors to lousy sound. This is where he has built a substantial listening room in the basement of an office block, it’s one of the best I’ve encountered and not a bad place to show off the latest Marantz components that Ken had given the Special Edition treatment to.

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