MARANTZ DV9600 SACD - CD - DVD Player

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The DV9600 includes many examples of Marantz’s best engineering and refined circuitry with carefully chosen internal components.
It supports DVD, DVD-A, SACD (stereo and multi-channel), CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD 2.0, SVCD, and MP-3 discs with built-in Dolby Digital and dts decoders and true DSD processing for all SACDs.
An IEEE-1394 connection allows a digital connection for all possible audio formats, including SACD and DVD-A, while the HDMI 1.1 output will pass both the digital video and audio for DVD and DVD-A. A dual-transformer power supply separates circuits to eliminate interference.
Analog audio circuitry includes unique high current HDAM modules mounted on a separate circuit board for extra isolation.
The chassis includes a double-layer bottom plate to minimize vibrations and the transport mechanism is highly damped to minimize tracking problems that can affect both picture and sound.
Video circuitry includes a separate progressive-scan 12-bit video processing in addition to the main 216MHz/14-Bit video decoding. NSV (Noise Shaped Video) circuits further reduces video noise for extraordinary reproduction.
Marantz’ Pure Direct Digital Video circuit allows the raw 480i digital video to pass straight to your display device unencumbered by any video processing.
This avoids the pitfalls of duplicate processing and in the case of state-of-the-art circuitry such as in our VP-12S4 projector, allows the processor the cleanest possible starting point from which to work.
And for the latest in HD displays, the DV9600 will upscale to 1080p, in addition to the existing 480p, 720p, and 1080i resolutions. Conveniences abound. There’s a customizable start-up screen, parental controls, an HDMI video output. And an RS232 port for total system control. There’s even a direct IR flasher input!

DV9600

PROGRESSIVE SCAN UNIVERSAL DVD PLAYER

• Plays Back DVD-Video/Audio,
SACD-Stereo/Multi-channel,
DVD-R/RW,
CD,
CD-R/RW,
SVCD,
VCD,
MP3 and
JPEG Discs

• 216MHz/14-Bit Video D/A Converter
• 192kHz/24-Bit Audio D/A Converters
• HDMI Output
• Built-in 12-Bit Progressive Scan (w/3:2 Pull Down)/Scaler for
1080i,1080p, 720p and 480p Output
• NSV Technology for Optimization of Video Signal
• Newly Developed High Precision Mechanism
• HDAM Audio Output Circuits
• Bass Management for Both SACD and DVD-A w/Delay
• Lip Sync Control
• Fine Video Adjustments
• DTS 96/24 Decoder
• Dolby Digital
/ DTS Decoder
• Dolby Headphone
• DSD Based SACD
• Simultaneous Live Video Outputs
• Video/Digital Circuit Off Mode
• Exclusive Power Transformer for Audio Circuit
• Zero-impedance Copper Ground Plate for 6 Channel Analog
Output Jacks
• Double Layer Bottom Plate
• Customizable Start Up Screen
• Parental Control
• On Screen Display
• Component, S-Video and x2 Composite Outputs
• 5.1 ch Analog Audio Output
• Stereo Analog Audio Output
• Digital Audio Outputs (coaxial, optical)
• RS232C Terminal for System Control
• D-BUS (RC-5 In/Out) Remote Connection
• Device Remote

At $2,099, the DV9600 is Marantz' flagship "universal" DVD player. You can read about this player's many features in the Specifications section of this review, or on Marantz' own website. Some of the more significant ones are:

• Two i.LINK (IEEE1394) ports. These provide a direct digital audio connection for the audio from DVD-Video discs, SACD, and DVD-Audio, if the AV receiver or pre-pro at the other end is similarly equipped (some are, including some Marantz AV receivers, but most are not). Marantz has also equipped this link with their Jitter Free Transfer System (JTFS), which the company claims removes jitter in the bitstream when the player's i.LINK port is connected to another JTFS component.
• The player's v1.1 HDMI connection will also carry multichannel digital audio for both DVD-Video and DVD-Audio (but not SACD) to a compatible audio component.
• As an upconverting player, the Marantz will play DVD-Video discs from its HDCP compatible HDMI output in your choice of 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. The component output offers 480i and 480p.
• The player offers a wide range of audio and video setup options and controls, including four types of noise reduction, three Sharpness and Detail controls, Chroma Delay, and up to 200 msec of AV Sync delay.
• The player also provides two settings for its HDMI output: RGB-Normal and RGB-Expand. The former is the one you want. It provides a brightness range of 16 (black) to 235 (white). In this setting the player will display both below black and above white.
• On a confusing note, the manual (pg.6) makes a reference to a DVI output, and one of the menus provides a grayed-out option for such a connection. The player does not have a DVI output.
• The DV9600 includes chroma error compensation for those still bugged by this artifact.
• The DTS decoder is compatible with DTS discs of up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution.
• The analog multichannel outputs provide channel level settings, distance settings, and bass management for Dolby Digital, DTS, DVD-Audio and SACD. You get these adjustments for SACD only if you if you choose PCM for Super Audio CD Play in the Audio Setup menu. This converts SACD's native DSD coding to PCM (no digital signal processing can be performed in the DSD mode). I evaluated the player's SACD performance in the PCM setting.
• The headphone jack is equipped with Dolby Headphone, which operates with all sound formats except SACD)
• The remote is a good one. But it's not backlit, and I'd rather some of the functions of its smaller buttons (chapter skip) had been assigned to larger ones, such as the less frequently used Video On/Off and Dimmer buttons.
• You can change video output resolutions and other setup options without manually stopping the player. When you select setup, the player stops automatically, you make your change, push setup again, and it closes the menu and restarts the disc. Nice.
• Everything about the build-quality of the player, from its heft to its lack of plastic-looking trim, affirms its high-end status.
There's a lot more, but it takes Marantz 66 pages (!) in the English section of the four-language, Rosetta Stone of a manual to explain it all in detail.

Marantz DV9600 DVD Player Specifications
Specifications
Marantz DV9600 Universal Disc Player

Formats: DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, CD, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, Video CD, MP3 and JPEG
Video outputs: S-Video, two composite, (RCA), component (RCA), HDMI (HDCP compatible, Version 1.1)
Video DAC: 216MHz/14-bit
Audio DAC: 192kHz/24-bit
Analog audio outputs (RCA): Two-channel (front L/R), multi-channel (front L, R, C, subwoofer, surround L/R)
Digital audio outputs: optical, coaxial, two i.LINK
Dimensions: 17.3" x 4.5" x 15.1" (WxHxD)
Weight: 18.9 lbs.