The Marantz SACD 10 is the pinnacle of Marantz's disc-playing expertise — a statement-piece reference player built without compromise, and the natural companion to the flagship MODEL 10 amplifier and LINK 10n preamp. 

In simple terms, this player takes information from your SACDs, CDs, and connected digital sources and converts it into extraordinarily lifelike sound — using a fundamentally different approach to most players. Rather than sending signal through an ordinary digital-to-analogue converter, Marantz's proprietary Musical Mastering process upsamples everything — CD, streamed file, or SACD alike — to an extremely high-resolution format using dual precision clocks, before a refined analogue output stage completes the job. The result is often described as "the best DAC is no DAC at all" — a purer, more natural signal path that produces the SACD 10's celebrated warmth, spaciousness, and resolution. 

At the heart of the machine is a fully Marantz-designed disc transport, engineered specifically to reject resonance and vibration for silent, rock-solid playback. Beyond discs, the SACD 10 doubles as a high-end DAC hub, accepting external digital sources up to DSD256 and 384kHz/32-bit PCM via USB, coaxial, and optical connections — making it just as capable a centrepiece for a digital-first system as for a disc collection. 

Built in Marantz's Shirakawa factory in Japan, the SACD 10 is housed in a copper-plated, triple-layer aluminium chassis with an OLED display and brushed aluminium control surface — as substantial in construction as it is in sound. A dedicated, high-grade headphone amplifier delivers an equally rewarding solo listening experience. 

For the audiophile who wants the finest disc player Marantz has ever built — and a system centrepiece to be enjoyed for a lifetime — the SACD 10 is the new reference standard.