MODEL M1

MODEL M1 has the power and quality to suit a wide range of loudspeakers, from compact designs to substantial towers, or if you prefer, ceiling or wall-mounted speakers. Its high-power amplification is highly efficient and offers 100 W of stereo output with phenomenally low distortion – just 0.005% THD via its digital inputs, a figure typically found in amplifiers costing a great deal more. If desired, you can add a subwoofer for a 2.1-channel experience, and MODEL M1’s advanced configuration options allow for full adjustment of both high-pass-filter and low-pass-filter frequencies independently, along ±15 dB of subwoofer level trim.

This powerful amplification is complemented by full high-resolution music support. Many compact digital amplifiers are limited to CD-quality 16-bit / 44.1 kHz resolution, but MODEL M1 supports the full high-resolution music experience over streamed services, your network or even USB, including 24-bit / 192 kHz PCM support and provision for DSD. To ensure these high-resolution signals are delivered in the best possible quality, MODEL M1 operates in the digital domain from end to end. This simplifies the signal flow and eliminates errors caused by the inexpensive DACs typically found in traditional hi-fi. It also means all sources leverage the powerful DSP technologies built in, including Marantz Music Digital Filtering (MMDF), first developed for the brand’s reference-grade audiophile CD players and designed to ensure the characteristic warmth and musicality of any Marantz product.

However you want to listen, MODEL M1 has you covered. Use the HEOS app to access all the music services available on the HEOS platform, including the soon-to-be-released updates for TIDAL and Roon Ready support.

In addition to HEOS, MODEL M1 supports Bluetooth, Spotify Connect and AirPlay2, ensuring wide- ranging wireless music streaming for almost any content you may wish to access, and from almost any device. You can even play audio from a locally connected USB-A drive, making this compact product a powerhouse of connected, streamed and network-served high-resolution audio.

If you prefer the sound of vinyl, you can even connect in a compatible record player (a model with an included phono stage or a separate, external phono amplifier) via the MODEL M1’s line-level RCA analogue inputs.

When you’re not listening to music, MODEL M1 is a perfect alternative to a soundbar or to an AVR for high-quality TV watching. Its included eARC HDMI input means simple one-remote control over system volume levels and power management using your TV’s supplied handset. The onboard Dolby Digital+ decoding supports the latest audio codecs typically used by broadcast and streamed TV services in high quality and a range of useful adjustment functions provide for an optimized experience whatever and whenever you are watching. That includes a Dialogue Enhancer option to make voices more easily discernible when listening at low volume levels, plus a Virtual mode that utilizes Dolby processing to generate a large, three-dimensional sound field from stereo-only content – perfect for homes where a larger full-sized surround sound system simply isn’t an option.

• 2.1 channel output allows for loudspeaker and subwoofer connection
• 100 W per channel high power and crystal clarity
• Switching, digital end-to-end amplifier topology
• Enhanced performance with Marantz Musical Digital Filtering (MMDF)
• Effortless streaming with HEOS® Built-in, WiFi, AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect
• Toslink optical audio and HDMI eARC digital audio inputs
• Digital decoding with Dolby Digital+
• Sound Master tuned, designed, and built by Shirakawa Audio Works in Japan
• Small footprint, rack-mountable, high-end materials, and refined Marantz industrial design
• 1 pair RCA analogue audio inputs with gold-plated brass terminals