Marantz SA-12SE SACD Player Silver-Gold

The SA-12SE goes so much further than just disc playback: it's also a fully-functional digital-to-analogue converter for music stored on a home computer, as well as having conventional digital inputs for existing source components. Those conventional inputs - optical and coaxial - can handle your music files up to 192kHz/24bit. The USB-DAC supports all files up to DSD11.2.

Built with an integrated DAC, the SA-12SE features an disc transport mechanism that re-engineers the digital to analogue conversion. Taking full advantage of the 1-bit conversion technology, the SA-12SE incorporates innovative new filtering and up-conversion, providing a simple yet elegant solution.

At the heart of digital audio in the SA-12SE lies DSD. PCM and DXD inputs are up-converted to DSD at 11.2MHz using the proprietary MMM-Stream converter within the player, and the high-frequency signal produced is processed by the unique MMM-Conversion stage, used in place of a conventional DAC, to produce the analog output.

The power supply of the SA-12SE features a large high current toroidal power transformer with OFC (oxygen-free copper) secondary wires, along with high speed, high current Schottky Barrier Diodes in the rectifier stage for the purest DC voltage output.
Like the complementary PM-12SE integrated amplifier, the SA-12SE Super Audio CD player is constructed to the highest standards, with a front panel made from thick, heavy, non-magnetic aluminum to eliminate interference. Single layer nickel-plated matching copper RCA terminals in the SA-12SE outperform the terminals of competitors and offer an exemplary listening experience.

Technical Specifications:

• Mechanism - SACD-M3
• D/A Conversion - Marantz Musical Mastering Conversion + Stream
• DAC IC    - Marantz Musical Mastering Conversion + Stream
• Digital Filter -    DSP (Marantz)
• Noise Shaper - DSP (Marantz)
• Low Pass Filter stage - HDAM-SA2, SA3 current feedback
• Output Buffer - HDAM SA3
• Headphone amp    - HDAM-SA2 current feedback
• Frequency response - 2 Hz - 20 kHz
• Dynamic Range - 98 dB
• Signal to Noise Ratio - 104 dB
• Channel separation - No
• Remote Control - Yes
• Outputs - 6.3 mm headphone jack