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DAC in Marantz Link 10n reviewed on Audioholics

Taiga

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Editorial Note about DAC SNR Performance: According to Marantz engineering, they prioritized sound quality over achieving the absolute best bench measurements. The Link 10n features a fully discrete DAC tuned for the Marantz signature sound, with their sound master meticulously selecting the finest components to achieve it.

This seems like an odd comment for a modern DAC in a unit that costs $14,000. Is it a relevant “engineering” decision or just fluff words?

 
Seems consistent with Marantz's long term policy, fwiw.
 
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Editorial Note about DAC SNR Performance: According to Marantz engineering, they prioritized sound quality over achieving the absolute best bench measurements.
... huh?
The Link 10n features a fully discrete DAC tuned for the Marantz signature sound
... wat.
with their sound master meticulously selecting the finest components to achieve it.
... :facepalm:

$14000 for perfectly fine but achievable for less than 4 figures measurements, but seemingly includes no rumble filter on the phono and the crossovers for the subwoofer out are useless? And we lambasted the SCIBER AMPLOI for being a poor value...
 
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