Marantz CD5001

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  • User Score (22)
    8.7 8.7 from 22 reviewers
  • Expert Score (3)
    9.4 9.4 from 3 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • build quality, great sound quality, sounstage improvement, marantz reputation
  • on some recordings, can be pricey

Marantz CD5001

The Marantz CD5001 is a Single disc CD player. It weighs in at 8.5 pounds and has dimensions of 3.5 in. x 17.3 in. x 12.5 in (Height x Width x Depth). The player is built with a rigid chassis, gold-plated connectors and metal front panel and comes in one colour, black.

Features

The player is CD Text compatible and thus, its fluorescent Dot Matrix FL Display can show track titles and artist names. It is capable of playing CD-R and CD-RW in addition to playing CDs. Its digital …

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Marantz CD5001

The Marantz CD5001 is a Single disc CD player. It weighs in at 8.5 pounds and has dimensions of 3.5 in. x 17.3 in. x 12.5 in (Height x Width x Depth). The player is built with a rigid chassis, gold-plated connectors and metal front panel and comes in one colour, black.

Features

The player is CD Text compatible and thus, its fluorescent Dot Matrix FL Display can show track titles and artist names. It is capable of playing CD-R and CD-RW in addition to playing CDs. Its digital to analogue converter is a Super Audio CD Grade 192kHz/24-bit Cirrus Logic CS4392. It has Pitch Control which allows the user to control playback speed and features an Auto Music Scan (AMS) function which scans and finds the music on the disc. What’s more, there’s a Quick Replay button for repeating passages. Its series of playback modes include Program play, A-B repeat, Intro scan, Random play or shuffle, All tracks repeat and One track repeat. The CD5001 provides the user a choice of using a digital coaxial output or a digital optical output. Furthermore, the device also features Peak Search and has a Recording Edit Mode. For audio, the format that Marantz uses is a 16-bit Liner PCM. Its sampling frequency is 44.1 kHz and the player has a dynamic range of 100dB. The frequency on this appliance ranges between 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The S/N ratio is set at 110 dB. Also, The Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is specified as 0.0025%. The power requirement of this player is AC 120 volts or 60 hertz and the power consumption when in use is stated to be 14 watts. Furthermore, the CD5001 comes with a newly designed headphone amp. with buffer circuit and a dedicated remote control.

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Manufacturer's Specs

  • Features
    Solid metal front and rigid chassis construction
  • Features
    CS4392 D/A Converter
  • Features
    CD-Text
  • Features
    Display off
  • Features
    High quality headphone
  • Features
    Pitch Control
  • Features
    Quick Replay

specification

  • Disc Capacity
    1
  • Playback Formats
    CD, CDR, CDRW
  • CD-Text
    yes

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The CD5001 CD player employs the well known high quality CS4392 digital-to-analogue converter and a reliable CD transport mechanism, delivering the highest musicality as well as convenient features…

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  1. Reviewer: What Hi-Fi?
    22 November 2007
    Overall 10
    10
     

    This is a very fine CD player for the money: the Marantz is a serious budget contender Read more

  1. Reviewer: Goldsmith, What Hi-Fi?
    29 August 2008

    my recent purchase this and to my ears this seems a very sweet performing machine. Couldn't have asked for more at this price range (approx GBP140 equivalent) Read more

  2. PumP IT UP!!!

    Reviewer: shaheena, Ciao
    28 June 2007
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Although an audiophile player, it doesn't skimp on features. Both coaxial and optical digital outputs are provided and there's also pitch control, a switch able display, CD-Text and a volume controlled headphone socket all as standard.. Read more

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