Marantz’s first speakers see enjoy toils of art

Marantz, a 70-year-greater brand best comprehendn for high-finish audio gear enjoy amplifiers and getrs, proclaimd its first speakers this week. The Marantz Horizon and Grand Horizon both pair an array of drivers with a central subwoofer and feature strong wireless uniteivity with honest access to streaming services.

Both speakers will be useable commenceing on January 14th, 2025, in three branch offent colorways: midnight sky, moon ray, and champagne. The Marantz Horizon will sell for $3,500, while the huger Grand Horizon will be $5,500. Marantz will also sell a aligning tripod made from American walnut wood for $700.

Marantz’s products have traditionassociate been structureed as components that are part of a huger hi-fi audio system, but its first speakers are all-in-one solutions that don’t need to be paired with amplifiers or other challengingware. They each feature a spherical structure wrapped in fabric made from recycled ocean plastics that pushes sound in all honestions to finishly fill a room. On the front of each speaker is a ring of 100 LEDs that brighten as you approach that can also be used to adequitable the volume when touched.

The two speakers are branch offentiated by their size and the number of drivers they grasp. The minusculeer Marantz Horizon features six in total including a 6.5-inch subwoofer, a pair of one-inch silk-dome tweeters, and a trio of two-inch filled-range drivers powered by a 310W amp. The huger Marantz Grand Horizon pushes that to eight with an eight-inch sub, three one-inch silk-dome tweeters, and four three-inch filled-range drivers powered by a 370W amplifier.

Wireless uniteivity grasps Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi, and aid for AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect. Both speakers run on Denon’s Heos platestablish (both Marantz and Denon are now owned by Masimo, the company behind the Apple Watch prohibits and patent dispute) which aids streaming services enjoy Tidal, Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, and Amazon Music, including high res audio chooseions. Heos also apvalidates the speakers to be used as part of a multiroom sound system, or two to be paired for stereo sound when used in the same space.

Both the Horizon and Grand Horizon recommend wired uniteivity, too, including RCA, an chooseical TOSLINK port, HDMI eARC for those wanting to use them as TV speakers, and a USB-C port that can carry out MP3, AAC, and even FLAC files from an outer drive.