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Marantz wants to Roku you for free (with purchase)

Contributor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:42 +0000

Yep, Marantz, makers of high end A/V equipment have a deal where if you buy one of their high performance Blu-ray players, they’ll give a free Roku Play via mail-in-rebate. If you want to take advantage of this, you have until March 31st. Details (and press release) after the jump.

Here’s what you do: go to any authorized Marantz dealer before March 31st, and purchase one of the eligible high performance Blu-ray players. That list includes the UD9004 (SRP: $5999.99), the UD8004 (SRP:$2299.99), the BD7004 (SRP:$799.99), or the bargain basement BD5004 (SRP: $549.99). After buying one of these units, fill out the rebate redemption form, and then you’ll receive your very own Roku HD player via mail. Sounds like a heck of a deal to me!

Here’s the press release, or you can just go to the Marantz website for the details:

MAHWAH, NJ – March 2, 2010 – Marantz America, a world leader of advanced home entertainment solutions, today announced that consumers who purchase one of its high-performance Blu-ray players, including models UD9004 (SRP: $5,999.99), UD8004 ($2,299.99), BD7004 (SRP: $799.99) or BD5004 ($549.99), from an authorized Marantz retailer from now until March 31 are eligible to receive a free ROKUâ HD Digital Video Player via mail-in rebate. The popular ROKU HD player allows users to stream and enjoy a wide range of Internet media services in superb high-definition video and audio, including Netflix, Amazon, Pandora, Major League Baseball and much more. Customer rebate redemption forms are available at www.us.marantz.com.

Noted Kevin Zarow, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Marantz America, Inc: “In addition to their unprecedented capabilities to provide high-definition video and audio programming, one of the most exciting attributes of today’s Blu-ray players is their ability to give users an easy-access bridge to a multitude of video and audio Internet entertainment services. Marantz engineers have made it a priority in our Blu-ray players to ensure that our customers remain at the cutting edge of this Internet media revolution. Now, by offering people the opportunity to receive a free ROKU HD player with their Marantz Blu-ray purchase, we are significantlly adding value while also bringing attention to the ‘entertainment expanding’ capability of our high-performance Blu-ray players.”

Marantz turns the iPod wireless with the IS301 dock

Matt Burns — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:19:18 +0000

Marantz wants to turn your iPod into a wireless AV goldmind with the IS301 dock. A sleeve piggybacks on the iPod and transmits both the audio and the video to the base station where it will be pumped to the AV system. The wireless system operates on both Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR A2DP and AVRCP (Audio / Video Remote Control Profile) to ensure proper delivery of the iPod tracks, pics and videos to the base station. There isn’t any word if this system will find its way over here to the States, but it look like a solid AV solution for the iPod and even the 26,250 yen ($276) isn’t that bad considering all it can do.

Marantz keeps the CD rock'n with the new M-CR502 mini audio system

Matt Burns — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:10:43 +0000

There is something sexy about the Marantz M-CR502 mini audio system. It could be the sleek, executive feel. Or that the amp outputs 25Wx4 channels or 50Wx2 channels with a THD of .10% and a frequency response of 5Hz-20kH. Or it could be that it supports CD playback even though I don’t know the last time I even held a music CD but also sports a USB port for MP3 playback. I’m thinking the sexiness comes from the 450€ ($570 USD) price as I would never spend that much coin on a mini-system but love the thought of doing so.

CEDIAcrunch hands-on: The two Marantz Blu-ray players

Matt Burns — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:50:58 +0000

First and foremost, these new Marantz Blu-ray players are Profile 1.1; sorry, no BD Live on your pricey Marantz players. With that important tidbit out of the way though, these two players are obviously geared for different crowds. The low-end BD7003 has the standard fair of 1080p24 HDMI 1.3a out, scalers for different resolutions, and an admission cost of $799. The big boy Marantz though is something special thanks to the 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta HQV I/P video processor and 7.1 analog outputs. The BD8002 costs a bit more and it could be yours for only $1999.

Need new headphones? In-ear are all the craze lately

Contributor — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:30:53 +0000

In the exciting world of headphones, in-ear buds are getting a lot of attention, which kind of bugs me since I find this style very uncomfortable and they have a tinny sound.

Well, the fine folks at Marantz and Maxell would like to try and prove me wrong. Marantz just released aluminum earphones with 9.5mm drivers that produce a frequency response of 20Hz-20,000Hz, and a pressure sensitivity of 98dB. On June 25th Maxell will release their HP-CN40 with 13mm drivers, which provide a frequency response of 10Hz-25000Hz and a sensitivity of 105dB.

I have yet to put any of these in my ears, so I don’t know if they improved the comfort, but it’s nice to know companies are working on making these mid-range earphones sound better.

Marantz SA-7S1 SACD Player

Contributor — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:35:51 +0000

Marantz, makers of many things expensive, has announced the SA-7S1, a super Super Audio CD player. It sports a built-in anti-vibration technology to provide shake free playback of your SACDs and CDs. This is a totally useful feature, because I’m sure you’re all well aware how much CD players vibrate.

It will be available in Japan this October. The price tag is set at $6200 because, as you can see, it’s made of solid gold–alright really it’s just colored gold, but for that price, it should be made of gold.

Marantz SA-7S1 SACD Player: People Use SACDs? [Gizmodo]