MARANTZ
Newsletter Winter 2011
MARANTZ UD5005 UNIVERSAL PLAYER Marantz are rightly famous for making magnificent disc players of all sorts. Whether it’s a dedicated CD/SACD player, or now a “one player does it all” you’re after, they’ll have the market covered at several levels. In the UD5005 Universal Player ($799), you can now have the legendary Marantz quality in an exceptional value-for-money Blu-ray Disc player. Not only does it reproduce all the delicate audio details from SACDs, its superb 24fps Blu-ray quality comes with BD-Live and DLNA1.5 specifications. You can also enjoy your latest music and video downloads from your PC from your couch. The quick-response mechanism will play Blu-ray, DVD, DVD-A, SACD, CD and is compatible with MP3, WMA, DivX
HD and lots, lots more. In addition, the UD5005 includes a stereo output for analogue signals from CDs or down-mixed DVD and Blu-ray sound, while the HD
audio sound is streamed via the HDMI 1.4a output – which also makes the player 3D-ready (software update required) for software yet to come on Blu-ray discs.
MARANTZ CR603 ‘MELODY MEDIA’ MAIN FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • The CR603 ‘Melody Media’ CD receiver ($1299) is not only a goodlooking and sounding CD receiver, it also gives you effortless access to a myriad of different music sources. Firstly, it gives you high-quality playback of CD content, as well as MP3 and WMA files from CD-R/RW. And as a receiver, a radio is built in: you can select analogue FM radio or take advantage of digital radio broadcasting (DAB+), which offers superior sound quality and supplementary information. The USB port is iPod-digital-compatible and is iPhone certified.
But it doesn’t stop there: you can also connect the Melody Media to the Internet or your PC via the Ethernet input on the back. The DLNA 1.5-certified Melody Media plays thousands of free-of-charge Internet radio stations from all over the world via vTuner. You can even access your own music library on your PC. Whatever you want, the powerful 60W RMS x 2 plays music loud and clear… and effortlessly, because the large display makes operation easy. Download the Marantz Wizz App to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, and you have control in the palm of your hand. A
Stylish and solid metal cabinet 2 x 60 watts RMS 6 ohm DAB+ and Stereo FM/AM Tuners vTuner internet radio Streaming music from PC Plays CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA iPod / iPhone compatible USB input AUX input Tone controls Remote
beautifully-designed GUI combines with intuitive layout – this is a superbly easy way to control your Marantz products via a home network. The optional Airplay feature ($60) allows you to easily stream music from your iTunes collections to the CR603 with just the tap of a finger. With the incorporation of AirPlay on Marantz products, you can now open up iTunes to a whole new experience, enjoying not only the ability to stream iTunes music from a PC or Mac on your home network, but access to artist information, album art and elapsed and remaining time.
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