Marantz SA-KI-PEARL

Released in celebration of distinguished Marantz brand ambassador and audio designer Ken Ishiwata's 30-year anniversary with the company, the SA-KI-PEARL is a high end SACD/CD player specifically designed by Ishiwata himself. Strictly limited to just 500 units worldwide and sporting a silk black pearl finish (a first for Marantz), the SA-KI-PEARL features a copper-plated chassis with a double-layered bottom plate, "bulletproof" vibration-damped cabinet, large, double shielded toroid transformer, and an impenetrable 5mm thick heavy aluminum top cover. This player is also engineered with Marantz's proprietary SACDM-10 transport mechanism with a Xyron loader - a composite material which lets the digital circuitry process a more accurate data stream, giving a more coherent and pleasing sound. Functionally, the customized HDAM-SA2 analog output circuits, a Cirrus Logic D/A converter, and selectable DAC filters - all hand-selected by Ishiwata - combine to produce a rich, natural digital playback and promise a high S/N ratio and L/R separation. The SA-KI-PEARL also handles MP3- and WMA-encoded CD-Rs and CD-RWs in addition to SA-CDs, and CDs, allowing all forms of audio to benefit from this player. Additional features include a detachable power cord and a high-current, discrete component headphone amplifier for greater user flexibility.