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Open up a D-1 unit, and you aren't met with green circuit boards. You are met with mirror-finish copper. Marantz plated the entire interior with copper to shield against RF interference and electromagnetic noise. It is functionally beautiful.

The Marantz Project D-1 is the "forgotten flagship." It represents a time when Marantz was willing to ignore the mass market to build a no-compromise digital rig for the Japanese salaryman with deep pockets. marantz project d-1

It represents a moment in time when a mainstream corporation (Marantz/Philips) allowed engineers to build something financially insane: Four TDA1541 Double Crown chips, dual power supplies, and a discrete Class A output stage, all bolted into a non-magnetic chassis. Open up a D-1 unit, and you aren't

The defining feature of the Project D-1 is its use of DAC chips. These chips were the highest-grade versions of the legendary TDA1541A, specifically selected for their superior linearity and ultra-low distortion. It is functionally beautiful