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Reference 2.1 Channel Fully Featured Streaming Preamplifier Powered by HEOS
LINK 10n is a reference-class network audio player engineered using the same technology and artisanship that establish MODEL 10 and SACD 10 as class leaders.
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The Marantz LINK 10n is the brother component to the Model 10 and provides a flagship-level Streamer. This streamer has HEOS, which makes it compatible with Spotify, Deezer, TIDAL, Napster, TuneIn, SoundCloud, and Mood Mix, as well as Chromecast compatibility, which will add even more services that are available. You can listen to tracks directly from your phone, tablet, or USB drive. With Marantz wanting to make HEOS the best streamer platform around, they will also be adding more services in the future. The LINK 10n will be Roon-ready when it comes out, so Roon users will be covered. The LINK 10n has a full-color OLED display on its front panel, with the same input and volume knobs as the Model 10. The power button and headphone jack are also in the exact location as the Model 10, so both products maintain continuity with their look and function.
From the triple-layer aluminum chassis to the copper plating and original PCB boards, the LINK 10n is designed and built like the Model 10 regarding sound quality and electrical isolation.
It is built in the same factory in Shirakawa, Japan, to the same exacting standards as the Model 10. The back panel is fully featured and connects all your other digital sources: coax, 2 Toslink, USB, and digital outputs in coax and Toslink. With an Ethernet cable to connect to your network and HDMI (ARC) to connect your television, the LINK 10n can be your complete music and TV sound source. There are both balanced and RCA output connections to connect to an integrated amplifier like the Model 10.
While all these options are plentiful and would make an excellent addition to any system, Marantz wanted the LINK 10n to have more flexibility and features than other streamers. With the addition of full preamp functionality, the LINK 10n is more like a high-end preamp with streaming ability. The LINK 10n has a full moving magnet/moving coil phono preamp that Marantz has fully tested and says is one of the better phono sections they have heard. Also, there is a set of RCA or Balanced analog inputs for any analog source.
The analog preamp outputs are offered in RCA and are balanced, featuring a complete HDAM quality preamp circuit inside. Marantz has quoted this new HDAM module as the cleanest and lowest distortion HDAM module they have ever created and will make a fine-quality preamp for about any amplifier. The other cool thing about this being a preamp/streamer, as we mentioned above, is the ability to pair with the Model 10 and SACD 10 to make a high-end, fully functional all-Marantz system. With Marantz’s F.C.B.S (Floating Control Bus System), the LINK 10n can become a fully featured control unit. This allows users to use from 1 up to 4 Model 10s in a no-holds-barred system that can power about any speaker made today. While most users will never need that much power, it is nice to know that the LINK 10n has this ability should you need it.
With its phono options and full preamp ability, we see the Marantz LINK 10n as a product that could attract more users than just Model 10 owners who want to fully scale the LINK 10n’s abilities in a one-box solution. Marantz has developed their own DAC called the Marantz Musical Mastering DAC. In Link 10n and SACD 10, they have developed their best version of this technology yet. They do not go into too many details about exactly how their DAC works. They say, “a proprietary system that converts digital audio to analog through a series of steps, including up-conversion and filtering.” This DAC technology has received praise from some knowledgeable folks in the industry. It also handles 32-bit/384kHz sampling rate PCM and DSD up to 11.2 MHz.
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