Marantz SA-12SE Special Edition Super Audio CD Player + DAC

Description

SA-12SE

Whilst the SA-12SE is an extremely modern, state-of-the-art player, Marantz was there at the start of the Compact Disc revolution. They launched their first player — the original CD-63 — in 1982, and in the following years, Marantz became well-known as the CD-Player specialist.

Marantz Musical Mastering (MMM) technology defines new standards in the digital and analogue audio processing. SA-12SE contains a disc mechanism built purely for audio, the SACDM-3, which is able to play SACDs, CDs, and compilations on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. It also has an asynchronous USB input, able to handle formats all the way up to PCM/DXD 384kHz/32bit and DSD11.2MHz.

In addition, the Marantz Musical Mastering Stream of the SA-12SE transforms all PCM file formats to DSD format, using advanced filtering and proprietary processing, before the MMM Conversion adapts the 1-bit data stream directly into an analogue signal – without the use of a conventional D/A converter.

Marantz Special Editions

Special Editions are the Marantz way to celebrate the love of music that runs deep in the veins of sound masters and engineers, exhibited in the artistry and craftsmanship of those special components.

Marantz Sound Masters will occasionally identify a product with a higher potential than expected and master it with extra unwavering attention to detail, component selection and listening sessions. The original SA-12 was solely created for the Japanese market, and quickly proved to be the next chosen one. European sound engineers combined it with achievements made developing the famous SA-KI Ruby, and thus the SA-12 Special Edition was born.

Features

• Engineered and extensively tuned by a team drawing on more than 35 years of Marantz expertise in CD players
• Innovative Marantz Musical Mastering “MMM-Stream” up-sampling to DSD and filtering
• Custom-designed 1-bit direct “MMM–Conversion” from DSD to analogue
• High quality analogue output stage with Marantz HDAM-SA3 technology and low impedance output
• In-house developed Marantz SACD/CD mechanism “SACDM-3” designed purely for audio
• Playback of SACD/CD playback and of compilations on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM (audio)
• Asynchronous USB input for hi-res audio up to PCM/DXD 384kHz/32bit and DSD11.2MHz
• Isolation of USB and digital inputs to block noise from connected sources
• Power supply using toroidal transformer
• Dedicated headphone amplifier with all-discrete construction featuring HDAM-SA2

Specifications

• CD Compatibility: CD / CD-R/RW / SA-CD / WMA / MP3 / AAC
• SA-CD Text / ID3 Tag / WMA Meta Tag / AAC Meta Data
• Data Disc Compatibility: DSD 5.6 / WAV 192 / ALAC 96
• DAC operation mode: USB-B / Coax / Optical
• Asynchronous mode rear USB
• Bit-perfect transmission
• USB-B DSD Audio Streaming (DoP): DSD2.8 / DSD5.6: DSD11.2
• Signal isolator for DAC Mode operation
• HDAM version: HDAM SA2 + HDAM SA3
• Power Transformer: Toroidal
• High Grade Audio Components: Yes
• Customised Components: Yes
• Symmetric circuit layout: Yes
• Digital Out Off: Yes
• Headphone: Current Feedback
• Selectable filter: CD / DAC-Mode
• Marantz Musical Mastering: Yes (HD)
• Marantz Musical Mastering Stream: Yes
• Marantz Musical Mastering Conversion: Yes
• Separated rectifier circuit for analogue & digital circuitry: Yes
• Display: On / Off
• Low noise LCD display
• Analogue Out Cinch: 2ch
• Balanced Out: Yes
• Digital Optical: In / Out
• Digital Coaxial: In / Out
• Sample Rate Digital In: 192 kHz / 24-bit
• Gold Plated Cinch: Silver / Nickel
• USB Audio: Rear
• USB-A: FLAC / WAV / AIFF / ALAC / DSD
• Asynchronous mode rear USB: Yes
• USB-B input for PC (rear): 384 kHz / 32-bit
• USB-B DSD Audio Streaming (DoP): DSD2.8 / DSD5.6 / DSD11.2
• D-Bus: Yes
• Headphone Out: Yes
• Headphone Volume Control: Yes
• Remote Control: RC005PMSA
• Power Consumption: 47W
• Standby Consumption: 0.3W
• Auto Power-Off: Yes
• Detachable Power Cable: Yes
• Maximum Dimensions (W x D x H): 440 x 419 x 123mm
• Weight: 16.4kg
• Carton Maximum Dimensions (W x D x H): 557 x 536 x 243mm
• Carton Weight (inc. product): 19.6kg

Full Marantz Range Available

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More Information

• https://www.marantz.com/en-gb/shop/sacdcdplayer/sa12se

Additional information

Brand

Marantz

Marantz offer several product line-ups: Their Range series offers the most flexible system-building options imaginable for every lifestyle, whilst at the very high-end, their Premium series guarantees hi-fi purists the ultimate listening experience.

Other product categories have been developed over the years, including the Reference models, to faithfully reproduce the purist musical emotion, and the KI (Ken Ishiwata) models which offer unparalleled quality. Music brings emotion to vision and puts the passion into our experiences. For Marantz, the realistic reproduction of music is the essential goal.