I find this idea rather fascinating, as it speaks to the notion that hi-fi products are voiced by ear as opposed to rigidly following some measured ideal. In the case of the Model 30, we are talking about Yoshinori Ogata who follows in the footsteps of Saul Marantz, Ken Ishiwata, and Ryuichi Sawada. Making sound the Marantz way is a seamless fusion of art and science, practiced by artisanal creators who balance and select components individually for their sonic qualities – they are the Sound Masters, the magicians. In the accompanying literature, Marantz shares that the Model 30 was Tuned by a Marantz Sound Master:
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The remote is more than full function as it can also control the matching SACD 30n Streaming CD Player while also performing all of the front panel functions plus mute and dimmer for the subtle but pleasing front panel lighting effect. The power button and 1/4” headphone jack reside on either side of the faux carbon fiber backplate. The classic Marantz “Porthole” display sits dead center on the raised section and is joined by six control knobs for input selection, phono input selection – MC Low (33 Ohm), MC Mid (100 Ohm) and MC High (390 Ohm), bass/treble (which can be bypassed using the remote), balance, and volume. This lighting effect can be dimmed or turned off using the included remote. The front panel is central to the Model 30’s good looks: a backlit raised matte black section that allows light to peek out either side onto a wavy textured backplate, which looks a bit like carbon fiber from a distance. If you’re looking for a matching DAC, CD player and/or streaming device, the Marantz SACD 30n Streaming CD Player has got you covered. A single pair of hefty high-purity nickel-plated speaker binding posts, remote control input, and IEC inlet complete the rear panel. The discrete phono stage’s RCA inputs sit below the line-level inputs alongside a signal ground screw.
There’s also a recorder input and a pre-out for feeding with an external power amplifier or a subwoofer. The Model 30 offers five line-level RCA inputs labelled CD, Tuner, and Line 1 and 2 along with a power amplifier input for use with an external preamplifier. A rather large toroidal transformer sits inside the Model 30 to supply the preamp and phono amp stages, which helps account for the Model 30’s 30lb+ weight, while the power amplifier stage is fed from its own switch-mode power supply. According to Marantz, HDAM was developed in 1992 as an improvement over Op-Amp-based circuits. The Marantz Model 30 integrated amplifier is a fully discrete, dual mono, two-stage design that marries custom (Hyper-Dynamic Amplifier) HDAM-SA3 modules in a feedback-free pre/driver stage to a pair of Class D amplifier modules (Hypex NC500 OEM) on the output stage for 100wpc into 8 Ohms, and 200wpc into 4 Ohms.
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