INTRODUCTION
Thank you for selecting the Marantz SA7001 Super Audio CD Player for your Audio system.
This Player incorporates a number of features designed to enhance the listening of your favorite audio sources.
Please read these operating instructions carefully. We recommend that you read the entire user guide before you attempt to connect or operate the player. After you have reviewed the contents of this manual,we suggest that you make all system
ABOUT SUPER AUDIO
The Super Audio standard is based on Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology. This new direct-stream digital format comprises a 1-bit system that has a digital sampling frequency that is 64 times higher than that of conventional audio CD. The results are spectacular: a frequency response of over 100k Hz and a 120 dB dynamic range over the entire audible spectrum. Mixed with as many of the original frequencies as possible, the audio information audible for human ears sounds much more natural. All audible frequencies are, after all, embedded in
Disc Types | Dual-layer Disc | Hybrid-layer Disc |
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Single-layer Disc | | | |
HD layer | HD layer | CD layer | HD layer |
And each type may contain two areas of recorded information.
•High quality stereo area
•High quality multi-channel area**
BEFORE USING
NOTES ABOUT THE DISCS
*Handle the discs carefully so as not to scratch their surfaces.
*Keep the surfaces of the discs clean at all times. When cleaning the surfaces of discs, always be sure to use the special cleaner and wipe the surfaces in the directions shown in the figure below.
connections before you attempt to operate the unit.
PRODUCT FEATURES
This unit can playback the outstanding sound performance in Super Audio CD. This unit has the following unique features.
•Low-noise low-distortion filter circuit and high- speed current-feedback-type output amplifier with the differential input type HDAM.
•Text information display function that can display disc titles, track titles etc. in Super Audio CD.
•CD-R/CD-RW discs can be played.
SA7001 KI Version Features
Compared to the SA7001, the SA7001 KI version contains the following upgrades.
• Newly Developed Toroidal Transformer |
A newly developed Toroidal power transformer, |
which produces less vibration and magnetic |
leakage flux than previously, has been |
incorporated. The materials and manufacturing |
process of the ring-shaped core are strictly |
controlled to reduce vibration, while the short-ring |
the frequency range as emitted by the sound source. A better reproduction does not exist! For the first time your ears will relive reality.
PLAYING CD-RW DISCS
This unit can play back the CD-RW (ReWritable) discs as well as ordinary Audio CD and CD-R (Recordable) discs.
• The CD-R and CD-RW discs should contain |
properly-recorded TOC information so that they |
can be played back. In CD recorders, the task of |
writing TOC information is referred to as finalizing |
the disc. Discs that are not finalized cannot be |
properly recognized as an Audio CD and played |
back by regular CD players and Super Audio CD |
players. For details, please read the instruction |
manual provided with a CD recorder. |
* TOC stands for Table Of Contents and contains |
information such as the total number of tracks |
and total playing time of the disc. |
• This unit can play only the discs recorded in the |
CD-DA format designed for music reproduction. |
Do not attempt to play a disc containing other |
data, such as a CD-ROM for PCs, on this unit. |
•Single Layer Disc
It can contain both high quality stereo area and high quality multi-channel area** information.
•Dual Layer Disc
It can contain both high quality stereo area and high quality multi-channel area** information. And a double amount of information can be stored on the disc thanks to the second layer.
•Hybrid Layer Disc
Not only does this disc contain both high sound quality stereo area and high sound quality multi- channel area** information, it also has a CD layer in the second layer, so it can be played on a CD player.
Hybrid Super Audio
CD Disc
1 CD layer that plays on any of your existing CD players
High-Density layer containing:
2 - High sound quality stereo
3 - High sound quality multi-channel**
• Wipe the surface | • Do not wipe the surface in |
radially from the | t h e c i r c u m f e r e n t i a l |
center. | direction. |
*Do not attach pieces of paper or stickers to the label surfaces of the discs.
When a disc has a piece of plastic tape or rental CD label with paste protruding from the edge or when a disc still bears traces of sticky tape or adhesive labels, do not attempt to play it. If such a disc is played on the CD player, you may find that you cannot remove it or that some other kind of malfunctioning may occur.
attached to the perimeter of the transformer |
reduce magnetic leakage flux. |
• Large Capacitance Block Capacitor |
A large capacity 3300∝F block capacitor is |
incorporated into the power supply circuit. |
• Film capacitors and electrolical capacitors etc. |
The capacitors used in high end models are |
incorporated into the SA7001 Super Audio CD |
player. |
• Copper-coated Chassis |
• As the playback of a CD-RW disc necessitates |
partial change of the player setup, it may take |
longer time for reading the TOC information than |
when an Audio CD or CD-R disc is played. |
APPLICABLE DISCS TO THE UNIT
1. Super Audio CD
The number of tracks recorded may vary per layer. It will be shown on the display window of the unit.
**This unit is a stereo-only player, and so it cannot play high-quality multi-channel audio areas. (It does not recognize multi-channel areas.)
2. Audio CD (CDDA)
*Do not use discs which come in special shapes. Do not attempt to play heart-shaped or octagonal discs or discs with any other special shapes. You may find that you cannot remove them or that some other kind of malfunctioning may occur in the player.
There are three types of Super Audio CDs.
•Single-layer Disc
•Dual-layer Disc
•Hybrid-layer Disc
Audio CDs contain music tracks only.
their disc label surfaces.
No guarantees are made for playback if discs which do not satisfy the appropriate CD standards are used.
Similarly, no guarantees are made for their sound quality even if it is possible to play such discs.
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