Charging into 2023 with a pair of new, state-of-the-art home theater solutions, the Marantz AV 10 and AMP 10 products deliver that latest immersive audio experiences to homeowners.
The Marantz AV 10 is a 15.4-channel preamplifier/processor that is engineered to produce high levels of immersive, home theater fun for homeowners. The companion AMP 10 16-channel amplifier is rated to produce 200-watts per channel into an 8-ohm load and 400-watts into a 4-ohm load. Marantz emphasizes that both products are part of its CINEMA Series of solutions that are designed to highlight the company’s long history in home audio and the combination of its latest industrial designs and technologies.
Here is a summary of features for both the Marantz AV 10 Preamplifier Processor and AMP 10 multichannel Amplifier:
Marantz AV 10 Features:
- Proprietary Circuitry: The AV 10 incorporates the company’s Discrete HDAM technologies, as well as current feedback amplification and other technologies.
- Immersive, 3D sound: The new preamplifier/processor provides 15.4 channels of output and processing, and popular 3D formats like Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced and Auro 3D to produce a modern immersive audio experience in home environments.
- Room correction technology: Through the choice of the Audyssey MultEQ XT32, integrators can improve their clients’ immersive audio experiences, or more advanced integrators can take full advantage of Dirac Live upgrade options for more professional calibration that also supports remote calibration through PC or smart devices.
- HEOS Built-in technology: The preamplifier/processor offers the company’s HEOS wireless audio platform to allow homeowners to stream music wirelessly from a variety of free and premium streaming services or share content to HEOS-enabled devices in other rooms.
- Compatibility: The Marantz AV 10 offers a choice of seven 8K HDMI inputs, as well as a choice of digital, analog and phono inputs, and loudspeaker and pre-amp outputs.
- Upgradability: The Marantz AV 10 provides a choice of input and output options, and a software ecosystem to make the AV 10 easy to upgrade.
- Easy to set up and use: Marantz states that it tried to make the AV 10 robust through features such as an aluminum remote, accessible front-panel controls, voice command capabilities, and an HD onscreen setup process that is designed to help integrators expedite the setup process.
Marantz AMP 10 Amplifier:
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- Home Theater Power: Marantz points out the AMP 10 is rated at 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 400 watts per channel into 4 ohms, and it combines very high-power output capabilities with 16 channels to power the latest immersive audio systems.
- Custom Options: Marantz explains that each of the AMP 10’s 16 channels can operate independently, and channel pairs can also be switched into bi-amp mode for isolating frequency bands from each other or switched into BTL mode for specific output demands.
- Control: Marantz says that even if AMP 10 is installed away from a theater room, control and status information can be transmitted to a companion AV 10 when the two products are paired together.
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