On a cold, clear February morning, I attended my first in-person press event since the beginning of the pandemic. Marantz had invited me to a small group session in a suite at the Equinox Hotel at Hudson Yards but gave no indication of what was in store. After two years without live press events or audio shows, I was not going to spurn the offer no matter what would be presented: I was hungry for hi-fi. Upon arrival, I learned that Marantz would be featuring just one new product, a streaming integrated amplifier, the Marantz Model 40n ($2499). Sure, I’m in.
A short introduction linked present-day Marantz to seminal Marantz products from the 1950s, represented visually by the distinctive Marantz center “porthole,” first seen facing forward on the Model 9 amplifier and now embraced as the company’s core design motif. That porthole was originally a bias meter; today it contains an alphanumeric display.1
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