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7.4 out of 10

Marantz SA-11S2

First seen: 22 november 2007

Information found in: from 21 sources in 12 countries.

Best Price: 1590.00 USD

  • User Score (5)
    9.6 9.6 from 5 reviewers
  • Expert Score (2)
    9.0 9.0 from 2 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • superb build quality, excellent sound, great value for money, particularly peppy with sacd
  • amplifier lacks power

The SA-11S2 Super Audio CD player launches new heights in stunning audio excellence. All sections of this integrated player are in perfect harmony and built in a fully symmetric layout. The SA-11S2 will give you the most detailed and dynamic reproduction ever heard, ensured by our highly advanced digital filter techniques, which use Marantz?s own filter characteristics. Because of this the SA-11S2 SA-CD player has a unsurpassed rhythmic intensity, quality of dynamics …

Manufacturer's Specs

  • Features
    Premium Super Audio CD player
  • Features
    Marantz exclusive digital filters
  • Features
    New high grade Toroidal transformer
  • Features
    New heavy aluminum top cover for extra stability
  • Features
    Current Feedback HDAM-SA2
  • Features
    High grade balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA terminals
  • Features
    External clock input
  • Features
    Digital phase inverter

specification

  • Disc Capacity
    1

Release Date

  • First seen
    22 November 2007

Marantz SA-11S2

The Marantz SA-11S2 is the second generation of a legendary reference series SACD-CD player, the SA-7S1 with updated components and features. It has a design that is built in a fully symmetric layout and is under a warranty of three years. The Marantz SA-11S2 has a dimension that measures 440 mm x 415 mm x 127 mm (W x H x D) and weighs approximately 16.0 kg. Its front panel is made out of metal and it comes in gold or silver.

Features

In terms of audio enhancements, the Marant…

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Marantz SA-11S2

The Marantz SA-11S2 is the second generation of a legendary reference series SACD-CD player, the SA-7S1 with updated components and features. It has a design that is built in a fully symmetric layout and is under a warranty of three years. The Marantz SA-11S2 has a dimension that measures 440 mm x 415 mm x 127 mm (W x H x D) and weighs approximately 16.0 kg. Its front panel is made out of metal and it comes in gold or silver.

Features

In terms of audio enhancements, the Marantz SA-11S2 has a one disc capacity and supports playback formats which include CD/ CD-R/ RW/ SA-CD. Besides that, its digital audio chips (DAC) are of an SM5866AS whereas its transformer is of toroidal. Other than that, it also allows for customized components, OFC writing and HDAM of standard and SA2. In addition to that, it also has selectable filters for CD and SA-CD. The Marantz SA-11S2 has a copper shielding, copper plated chassis, gold terminals, display on/off and jitter clock. Its digital outputs consist of coaxial and optical. Other than that, the Marantz SA-11S2’s SACD audio has a dynamic range of 114 dB, frequency response of 2 Hz to 50 kHz, S/N of 114 dB and THD+N (1 kHz) of 0.0009. As for the CODA audio, it has a dynamic range of 100 dB, frequency response of 2 Hz to 20 kHz, S/N of 104 dB and THD+N (1 kH) of 2 Hz to 20 kHz. The Marantz SA-11S2 comes with an RC-001SA remote control. It runs on a power consumption of 26 W when operating and less than 1 W when on standby.

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Reviews of Marantz SA-11S2

  1. Marantz SA-11S2 Reference Series SA-CD / CD player

    Reviewer: Hifi-ring
    27 August 2008

    Marantz released the SA-11S2 Reference Series, 2nd generation of SA-CD player updated with many of the components and features of the SA-7S1, this new disc spinner retails for $3499.99 instead of $1999.99 for the old player, but I think the price is a bit overpriced for a SACD player... The Marantz SA-11S2 is equipped with a SACDM-1 mechanism module which supports SACDs, audio CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs playback. The circuitry was engineered to reduce the signal path in the... Read more

  2. Reviewer: What Hi-Fi?
    16 October 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Thoroughly likeable in most ways and admirable in some, but a lack of bottom-end rigour hampers the big Marantz Read more

  3. Marantz SA-11S2 SACD/CD Player Review

    8 October 2008

    Marantz has been in the home electronics game for over 50 years now. I won't go into their long and storied history, but it has covered a lot of territory.  From its beginnings as Saul Marantz’s vision of high quality home entertainment products to the large Japanese conglomerate it is today, Marantz has certainly had its ups and downs.  While it’s simple enough to do a Google search on their various owners, today it is owned by D&M Holdings; the same folks who own... Read more

  4. Reviewer: TechRadar UK
    16 October 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    New features The SC-11S1 and SM-11S1 can also be operated in unison, effectively as a single component, using a remote trigger signal to link the two. The SC-11S1 includes a new HDAM (Hyper Dynamic Output Module) discrete operational amplifier. Known as the HDAM SA3, it's a complementary cascode push-pull circuit, which uses high-precision surface mount metal film resistors to minimise the signal path lengths, as well as offering improved bandwidth (speed) and relative... Read more

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