Product Description

Introducing the Marantz SA-12SE Premium Series, an exquisite blend of precision engineering and audio excellence. Elevate your listening experience with this state-of-the-art SACD player, meticulously crafted to deliver unparalleled sound quality and a touch of luxury to your audio setup.

Design and Construction:
Immerse yourself in the beauty of audio craftsmanship with the Marantz SA-12SE. Its sleek, brushed aluminum chassis exudes sophistication, while the front panel, adorned with the iconic Marantz porthole display, adds a touch of timeless elegance to your audio system. The robust construction ensures stability and vibration resistance, allowing the player to faithfully reproduce every musical detail.

Advanced SACD Playback:
Experience the true depth and clarity of your favorite music with the SA-12SE's advanced Super Audio CD (SACD) playback capability. This technology preserves the nuances of the original recording, providing a lifelike and immersive listening experience that transcends conventional CD quality.

High-Resolution Audio Support:
The SA-12SE embraces the future of audio by supporting high-resolution audio formats, including FLAC, ALAC, and DSD. Immerse yourself in studio-quality sound, with the player's precise digital-to-analog conversion ensuring that every musical subtlety is faithfully reproduced.

Marantz Musical Mastering:
Unleash the full potential of your music library with Marantz Musical Mastering technology. This proprietary processing enhances digital audio content, optimizing it for playback on the SA-12SE. Rediscover your favorite tracks with a newfound richness and clarity that sets a new standard for audio reproduction.

Versatile Connectivity:
With a range of connectivity options, including USB, coaxial, and optical inputs, the SA-12SE seamlessly integrates into your existing audio system. The asynchronous USB input allows for direct connection to your computer, ensuring a pure and uninterrupted digital signal for the best possible audio quality.

Precision Clocking and D/A Conversion:
Equipped with a precision clock and high-quality digital-to-analog converters, the SA-12SE minimizes jitter and distortion, delivering a pristine audio signal to your amplifier or speakers. The result is a clean, transparent soundstage that captures the essence of the original recording.

Remote Control and User-Friendly Interface:
Navigate your music effortlessly with the included remote control and the player's user-friendly interface. The intuitive design and easy-to-read display make it a pleasure to explore your music collection and customize playback settings.

Indulge in the ultimate audio experience with the Marantz SA-12SE Premium Series SACD player – where cutting-edge technology meets timeless design, bringing you closer to the heart of your music.

SA-12SE

SIGNATURE SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER WITH DAC

Marantz Special Editions are the Marantz way to celebrate the love of music that runs deep in the veins of Marantz sound masters and engineers.

 

 

CDs, SACDs and Beyond

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.

More Than a DAC

Built with an integrated DAC, the SA-12SE features an all-new 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.

Marantz Musical Mastering: MMM-Stream and MMM-Conversion

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.

High Current Power Supply

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.

Built to Perform

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.

All the details

• Technical Specifications

  Features

  CD Compatibility: CD / CD-R/RW / SA-CD / WMA / MP3 / AAC	Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
  CD-Text / SA-CD Text / ID3 Tag / WMA Meta Tag / AAC Meta data	No / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
  Data Disc Compatibility: DSD / WAV / ALAC	<=5.6 / 192 / 96
  DAC operation mode: USB B type / Coax / Optical	Yes / Yes / Yes
  Asynchronous mode rear USB	Yes
  Bit-perfect transmission	Yes
  USB-B DSD Audio Streaming (DoP): DSD2.8 / DSD5.6	<=DSD11.2
  Signal isolator for DAC Mode operation	Yes
  HDAM version	HDAM SA2 + HDAM SA3
  Power Transformer: Toroidal / El	Yes / No
  High Grade Audio Components	Yes
  Customised Components	Yes
  Symmetric circuit layout	Yes
  Copper Plated Chassis	No
  Extra metal plate for chassis strengthing	Yes
  Digital out off / Audio EX Mode	Yes / No
  Headphone: Standard / Buffer / Current feedback	No / No / Yes

  Others

  Selectable filter: CD / SA-CD / DAC-Mode	Yes / No / Yes
  Marantz Musical Mastering	Yes (HD)
  Marantz Musical Mastering Stream	Yes
  Marantz Musical Mastering Conversion	Yes
  Separated rectifier circuit for analogue and digital circuitry	Yes
  Display: Dimmer / Off	No / Yes
  Low noise LCD display	Yes
  5mm Aluminum top cover	No

  Playback

  Program Play (CD / SA-CD)	Yes / Yes
  Repeat	Yes
  Random Play	Yes
  Start Sound Mode for SA-CD	Yes

  Inputs/Outputs

  Analogue Out (Cinch)	2ch
  Balanced Out	No
  Digital Optical In / Out	1 / 1
  Digital Coaxial In / Out	1 / 1
  Sample Rate digital In	192 kHz / 24-bit
  Gold Plated Cinch	silver / nickel
  USB Audio (Front) / Made for iPod / Made for iPhone®	rear / No / No
  USB-A: FLAC / WAV / AIFF / ALAC / DSD	Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
  USB type B input for PC (rear) Sample Rate USB type B In	Yes
  Asynchronous mode rear USB	Yes
  USB type B input for PC (rear)	384 kHz / 32-bit
  USB-B DSD Audio Streaming (DoP): DSD2.8 / DSD5.6	-> DSD11.2
  D-Bus	Yes
  Headphone Out	Yes
  Headphone Volume Control	Yes

  Specifications

  Mechanism	SACD-M3 (METAL)
  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 (Cust.)	2 Hz - 50 kHz
  Dynamic Range (SA)	109dB
  Signal to Noise Ratio (SA)	112dB
  Total Harmonic Distortion (SA)	0.0008%
  Channel Separation (SA)	No
  Frequency response	2 Hz - 20 kHz
  Dynamic Range	98 dB
  Signal to Noise Ratio	104 dB
  Total Harmonic Distortion	0.000015
  Channel separation	No

  General

  Metal Front Panel	Yes
  Remote Control	RC005PMSA
  Power Consumption in W	47
  Standby Consumption in W	0.3
  Auto Power off	Yes
  Detachable Power Cable	Yes
  Maximum Dimensions (W x D x H) in mm	440 x 419 x 123
  Weight in kg	16.4
  Carton Maximum Dimensions (W x D x H) in inches	557 x 536 x 243
  Carton Weight (inc. product) in lbs	19.6