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SA-KI-PEARL Reference Series SA-CD/CD Player
$2999.99
As with amplifiers, you can’t judge a CD player by its specs on paper alone. You need to listen to it. And that is what Ken Ishiwata has done in designing this unsurpassed KI Pearl SA-CD Player. That’s why he built in a “bulletproof”, vibration-damped cabinet, a rock solid power supply with a Toroidal transformer and a state of the art CD mechanism. Sure, it all sounds easy, but only with decades of engineering experience and product design and an intimate understanding of music reproduction is it possible to create a product like the SA-KI Pearl.
  • Celebrating Ken Ishiwata’s 30 Years of Dedication and Service to the Marantz Brand
  • Limited Edition SA-CD Player in Honor of Ken Ishiwata 30th Anniversary
  • Personally customized by Ken Ishiwata himself
  • Pearl (Silk Black) in Color - a First for Marantz Reference
  • Solid 5mm Thick Heavy Aluminum Top Cover
  • Large Toroidal Transformer with Copper Plated Shield Case
  • Copper Plated Chassis with a Double Layered Bottom Plate
  • Hand Selected High Quality Audiophile Grade Components by Ken Ishiwata
  • Solid Aluminum Machined Feet
  • Original SACDM-10 Xyron material high rigid mechanism
  • SA-CD(Stereo),CD,CD-R/RW(MP3/WMA/CD-DA) playback
  • Selectable digital filter
  • Cirrus Logic D/A – CS4398
  • Original HDAM-SA2 circuits
  • Optical/gold coax digital outputs
  • Optical digital input for DAC mode (up to 96kHz)
  • Zero impedance copper ground plate – high S/N & L/R separation
  • Discrete high current headphone amp/output
  • Machined brass analog output terminals
  • Digital out off mode for pure playback
  • Low noise LCD display
  • Detachable power cord

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    FEATURES  
    Disc Capacity 1
    Playback Formats SA-CD (Stereo), CD, CD-R/RW(MP3/WMA/CD-DA)
    HDAM HDAM-SA2 & HDAM
    Current Feedback Analog Stage -
    Power Transformer Large Capacity Toroidal with Copper shielded case
    Zero-Impedance Plate
    Double Layerd Bottom Plates
    Audio DAC Cirrus Logic CS4398
    Display On/Off
    Selectable Filters
    SA-CD/CD Text - / -
    IN/OUTPUTS  
    AUDIO  
    Analog L&R Out 1 (Gold plated machined brass terminals)
    Headphone Out 1
    Digital Out Coax: 1, Opt: 1
    Digital In Opt: 1
    Other In/Out -
    OTHER  
    External control -
    D-Bus Remote (RC-5) In/Out 1/1
    SPECIFICATIONS  
    SACD  
    Format 1-Bit DSD
    Sampling Frequency 2.8224MHz
    Dynamic Range 112dB
    Frequency Response 2Hz - 100kHz
    THD 0.0010%
    CD Audio  
    Format 16-Bit Linear PCM
    Sampling Frequency 44.1kHz
    Dynamic Range 100dB
    Frequency Response 2Hz - 20kHz
    THD 0.0015%
    GENERAL  
    Color Black
    Front Panel 3pces Aluminum
    Remote Control Aluminum Top with Marantz Amp Basic Control Function
    Power Requirement AC120V 60Hz
    Power Consumption 20W
    Dimensions W x H x D (Inchs) 17-3/8" x 5" x 16-1/2"
    Weight (lbs) 32.0
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    The SA-KI-Pearl has such category-defying level of finesse as to set a new standard in the $3,000 range. Financially, it would’ve made more sense when such incomparable talent as Ishiwata were to apply his lifetime’s worth of expertise into perfecting the likes of the $6,999 SA-7S1 Reference Series SACD player instead, and making the next SA-KI-Pearl a $10,000 tour de force. But I am thinking in terms of a smaller, specialty operation, a far cry from the corporate resources of Marantz. Whereas it would make more business sense for a small but technologically competent company to offer its service for a premium, the slim profit margin obtained in selling an improved version of a medium-priced machine would also exhaust the company’s resources and serve to put it under. by Constantine Soo


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    audio video Revolution - the SA-KI PEARL Review

    Most important, I wanted to listen to the player and enjoyed listening to digital like never before. For SACD and CD, buy this component for the sound and revel in an audio experience that few others will. The SA-KI is a rare Pearl, indeed. - Todd Whitesel   


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    Sonically, SACD is pretty much the highest level of audio you can hope to get in a high definition audio system and this ultra-stable player offers smooth highs and beefy bottom end performance when directly compared to Compact Disc sources. - Brian Kahn


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      Download:   CD Player Common xcf File(IR)
      Notes:   .xcf File for RC9001 via Wizz it Ex Editor Software

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