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Marantz Unveils The Cinema 30 AVR All Image Credit: Marantz Earlier in 2022 Marantz released the original Cinema Series together with AV 10 and AMP 10. Adding to that original line up Marantz have now added the Cinema 30 flagship home cinema 8K AVR. It boasts seven 8K inputs, two […]

Marantz Unveils The Cinema 30 AVR

February 2, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR / Cinema 30 / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

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HEOS App Update For Denon and Marantz Products All Image Credit: Denon/Apple Masimo the parent company of Denon and Marantz have updated their HEOS app fixing various bugs and adding improved and easier accessibility to radio stations, podcasts and your favorite tunes. Here is the official update information: Firmware from […]

HEOS App Update For Denon and Marantz Products

December 26, 2023 in Audio / Firmware Updates / News tagged App / Denon / Heos / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Dirac Live Bass Control For More Denon and Marantz Models All Image Credit: DIRAC The Swedish company DIRAC specializing in sound optimization, has announced that its Live Bass Control feature is now available for license in several AV receivers/preamps from Denon and Marantz. Denon AV receivers now able to accept […]

Dirac Live Bass Control For More Denon and Marantz Models

December 22, 2023 in Audio / Firmware Updates / News tagged AV10 / AVC-A1H / AVR-A1H / AVR-X3800H / AVR-X4800H / AVR-X6800H / Cinema 40 / Cinema 50 / Denon / Dirac Live Bass Control / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz Model 50 Integrated Amplifier – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz Bringing up the rear, so as to speak, Marantz has also released the matching Model 50 integrated amplifier at the same time as the CD 50n CD/network player. This Model 50 is an all-analogue design, with a high-current output […]

Marantz Model 50 Integrated Amplifier – Preview

October 26, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Analog / Class AB / HDAM / Integrated Amplifier / Marantz / Model 50 / Stereo Integrated Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz CD 50n CD Player & Streamer – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz Marantz have just announced their latest CD player, the Marantz CD 50n. What makes this player quite unique is the fact that it also comes with a HEOS-based hi-res-capable network streamer that supports Apple AirPlay 2 and […]

Marantz CD 50n CD Player & Streamer – Preview

October 25, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD50n / Marantz / Network Player / Network Streamer / Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz Stereo 70s AVR – First Look All Image Credit: Marantz Marantz’s latest Stereo 70s AV receiver promises a big sound from an elegantly slim package. Designed to perform like a full-sized amplifier, this slim package stands just 4.3″ (11cm) high and comes in black and silver finishes. The Stereo […]

Marantz Stereo 70s AVR – First Look

September 11, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AV Receiver / AVR / Marantz / Stereo 70s by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz Cinema Series, AV 10 & AMP 10 – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz *UPDATED: 3/25/2023* – DIRAC Live now available, see end of post. Here is my unofficial, now official, information on the upcoming Marantz Cinema series and flagship separates releases. The official press release day was 9/26/2022. Marantz, […]

Marantz Cinema Series, AV 10 & AMP 10 – Preview

September 9, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AMP10 / AV10 / Cinema / Cinema 40 / Cinema 50 / Cinema 60 / Cinema 70s / Marantz / Sound United / Stereo 70s by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz CD60 & Denon DCD-900NE CD Players – Quick Look Image Credit: Marantz and Denon Forty years ago the CD format introduced the public to digital music physical media. The latest statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) show that sales of CDs increased by 21% to more […]

Marantz CD60 & Denon DCD-900NE CD Players – Quick Look

May 28, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD60 / DCD-900NE / Denon / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Audyssey ACM1-X Calibrated Microphone This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Audyssey has just released the new ACM1-X calibrated microphone as a companion accessory to its recently announced MultEQ-X room-correction software. The microphone enables measurements to be corrected to a near-perfect match to those of a “type 1” […]

Audyssey ACM1-X Calibrated Microphone

March 17, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged ACM1-X / Audyssey / Denon / Marantz / Microphone / MultEQ-X by fromvinyltoplastic

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs Sound United (Denon & Marantz) have announced their support for a new, advanced, Audyssey PC software application. The new software, MultEQ-X, gives users additional and expanded control and flexibility to calibrate existing and new home AVR’s, together with early access to new Audyssey […]

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs

December 16, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Audyssey / Denon / Marantz / Microsoft / MultEQ-X / PC / Sound United / Windows by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers All Image Credit: Denon & Marantz Do you own one of the latest 8K AVR’s from Denon or Marantz that only have one HDMI 2.1 compliant 8K input? Tired of swapping HDMI cables for your PS5, Xbox Series X, […]

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers

September 11, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVS-3 / Denon / HDMI Switcher / HDMI2.1 / Marantz / VS3003 by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon and Marantz AV Receivers HDMI 2.1 Bug Permanently Fixed It’s been a while coming, but wait no longer, you can now go out and buy a Denon or Marantz AV Receiver with the full confidence that it will not have the reported 4K 120Hz HDMI bug issue. Forbes and […]

Denon and Marantz AV Receivers HDMI 2.1 Bug Permanently Fixed

August 16, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Denon / Fix / HDMI 2.1 bug / HDMI 2.1 bug fix / Marantz / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

AVR-X8500HA & AV8805A HDMI 8K Upgrade All Image Credit: Denon and Marantz. Well it looks like we are on a roll for 8K upgrades, HDMI 2.1 support and the fix for the HDMI 2.1 bug. This hardware and firmware upgrade for the Denon […]

AVR-X8500HA & AV8805A HDMI 8K Upgrade

May 28, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged AV8805 / AVR-8500H / Denon / HDMI Upgrade / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon & Marantz Solve HDMI 2.1 Bug With SPK618 With the release in 2020 of Denon’s and Marantz’s next generation of HDMI 2.1 receivers came a number of unexpected headaches. It turned out that they did not support the promised pass through of 8K signals or 4K/120Hz graphics from the […]

Denon & Marantz Solve HDMI 2.1 Bug With SPK618

April 27, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Denon / HDMI 2.1 bug fix / HDMI bug / Marantz / Sound United / SPK618 by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 4K/120Hz Bug Fix? At the beginning of November, From Vinyl To Plastic reported the discovery of a potential chipset bug in the latest HDMI 2.1 chipsets sourced by Panasonic and used in the new Denon, Marantz, and Yamaha HDMI 2.1 8K AV Receivers. As reported on the German web site […]

HDMI 2.1 4K/120Hz Bug Fix?

December 10, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 4K/120Hz / Bug / Denon / Fix / HDMI 2.1 / Marantz / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic