Marantz introducing the revolutionary Compact Disc Player
Digital Audio, the greatest improvement in music reproduction since the birth of stereo is now available to give you sound more pure than any you have previously heard.
The Marantz CD Experience
It's dramatic. And instant. Plug the Marantz Compact Disc Player directly into your existing system and it immediately upgrades the sound-limited only by the performance of your current equipment. You can expect astonishing channel separation. Very precise spatial imaging. Sensational dynamic range. Rich bass notes. Pure true treble. And, because the encoded music is read by non-contact laser-absolutely no background noise and no disc wear.
Marantz Features.
The Marantz CD73 is gold toned. Elegant. Simple. The control panel is clean and
neat, with LED signals to indicate function and track selection. The highly
sophisticated technology is push-button operated. The disc drawer glides with
the smooth precision of electronic control.
Marantz is control convenience.
And technologically, Marantz uses a special integrated circuit with three functions (oversampling, a transversal filter and noise-shaping) which processes the original signal tnrough various stages to give a dynamic range of 97dB. This amounts to a 1 dB improvement over most other systems. You may never hear the difference. But Marantz cared enough to make their Compact Disc Player demonstrably closer to perfection.
Is the Marantz CD-73, really any different?
David Prakel for Hi
Fi Answers magazine (UK) who did hear the difference said: "I have been
surprised by the quite audible difference between different CD players and have
already stated a preference for the sound of the Marantz machine in terms of its
handling of 'ambience' and its sheer unfatiguing listenability. Other players
I've heard in direct comparison have shown a bright veiling effect with more
up-front presentation and a fatiguing quality."
Marantz
CD-73 is a front-loading player in which the disc I spins in the horizontal
plane. So the height has been kept to a slim 80mm, though width (415mm) and
depth (300mm) are `full size'. The disc drawer is mechanically complicated:
pressing the open/ close button causes the drawer to slide out while the front
tilts forward and the disc-clamp panel pops up simultaneously. Green
illumination allows the disc to be seen during play through windows in the top
and front. An extended display panel carries numbered green lights from 1 to 15
showing the total number of tracks on the disc, with amber lights underneath
indicating the track being played.
Apart from simple playing of a disc straight through from the
beginning, there are self explanatory
rewind, fast forward, 'next program', repeat and pause controls. Programming
tracks (up to 15) in any desired sequence is achieved by pressing a 'select'
button the required number of times (or holding it down until the required
track number is indicated on the display) for each track and entering this in
the memory by pressing a 'preset' button. This takes a little time to arrange
for a complicated sequence, but works impeccably-and the whole sequence can be
set to repeat itself indefinitely. Individual tracks in a sequence can be
cancelled, or repeated, with the visual display at all times showing the
particular tracks in the stored programme.
Grouping
of the controls along the lower edge of the front panel is logical, but some
practice will be needed to master the flexible facilities offered. The state of
play is always clearly displayed, except for the omission of any 'real time'
indicator. No sound is heard during fast forward or rewind, so that trial and
error has to be used for locating a cue within a track-the fast wind operating
for as long as the button is held down, and play being resumed when the button
is released.
The
Marantz CD-73 therefore comes in the middle category as far as features and
displays are concerned. It scores high marks for smooth operation and smart
appearance-having the attractive finish of all the current Marantz 'separates',
such as the PM350 amplifier and ST450 tuner which we reviewed in October 1982
(page 504). Rear panel connections include the usual pair of phono sockets for
audio output, plus sockets for an optional infra-red remote control kit. Mains
connection is via a two-pin socket: mains cable and phono leads are supplied.