DOUBLE-DISC DELIGHTS

Our second system based around our 2020 Award winners is more old-school in outlook perhaps than the others here. Yet, for the money required to invest in it, it provides (yet again) outstanding value for money, and superb sonic showmanship for your outlay. Centre stage here is the Marantz CD and amplifier duo. They look pretty much the same as the 6000 series has always looked – which is to say neat and unassuming, but (dare we say it?) perhaps a little old-fashioned now. The big news on the CD player is the change of DAC chip to an AKM 4490 (the previous generation CD6006 used a Cirrus CS4398), allowing the CD6007 to process high-resolution files. Not through the CD disc drive, of course; you’ll need to use the front-panel USB Type…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021

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