Marantz PM30 Special Edition amplifier

As a usual business at Marantz, when a product has good foundations, it passes in the expert hands of the Ken Ishiwata led Special Edition engineering team. Visually, you will immediately notice the golden Special Edition label and the copper tone screws on the hood.

For this amplifier, the detailed upgrades include the removal of the tone control board, a new and beefed up power stage, upgraded Toshiba transistors, and a parallel connection of A and B speakers to the power stage, to have a balanced bi-wiring for those who may use it. You do not have an A/B speaker switch, both are receiving the same current from the power stage then. Note also a source direct bypass that removes the balance circuit.

All these specifications make this "modern vintage" amplifier almost an ideal audiophile choice for those who want the bare minimum route between their CD's / DAC and speakers, but also for using it as a non-brutal power amp below a mixing deck. Electro music lover, this one is for you.

Regarding our session we found a very fluid and musical device. Present in every detail, the scene has a total control of space, each individual instrument and performer are clinically defined. Energetic and dynamic without fatigue, the CD entry is particularly agile, while the phono is relaxed and warmer.

We keep stocking nice examples of this model, we consider it as a good surprise for a "modern", but still fully Made in Japan amplifier issued in 1990, at a very nice price tag.