The Japanese crafted M1 from Marantz is a clear step up from the usual suspects in this category. It has a punchy, but warm sound that differentiates this unit from the competition. True 100 Watt power output will drive almost any speaker with ease. If you are looking for a compact “just add speakers” solution for your 2 channel listening this is an outstanding option!

In terms of connectivity, you are getting an HDMI eARC input for your TV, Subwoofer output and you also have an analog input that you can feed a Turntable or CD player into the M1 which covers the bases for almost any application. This is a small footprint amplifier that performs like a more traditional full size amplifier.

Versatile and great sounding unit, you can’t go wrong with Marantz!

M1 Specifications:

• Power Amplifier Rated output & THD (8 ohm): 100 W+100 W (8 Ω, THD 0.05%)

• Power Amplifier Rated output & THD (4ohm): 125 W + 125 W (4Ω/ohms, 1 kHz, T.H.D. 0.05%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz : ±1 dB

• Connected loudspeaker Impedance: 4 – 16 Ω/ohms

• Loudspeaker Binding Posts: 4-way binding posts

• Digital Inputs: HDMI (eARC), TOSLINK

• Analog Inputs: RCA L/R

• Subwoofer Out: RCA Mono

• Channel Assignments: Stereo (Default), Dual Mono

• Volume Limit: 80-100%

• Balance: -15dB to +15dB

• Adjustable High Pass / Low Pass Filters: 40-250 Hz / 40-120 Hz

• EQ: Bass, Treble -5dB to +5dB

• Sound Modes: Stereo, Direct, Virtual, Dialog Enhancer, Night Mode

• TV Sound Grouping: Yes

• Decoding: Dolby Digital +, Dolby Digital, LPCM, DSD

• Stereo PCM / Multi-channel PCM: Yes / Yes

• Stereo File Formats (HEOS network share or USB): WMA: up to and including 192 kbps, AAC & MP3: up to and including 320 kbps, WAV, ALAC, FLAC: up to and including 24-bit/192kHz, DSD: 2.8 MHz, 5.6MHz

• Bluetooth Receive: BT 4.2.X

• Bluetooth Trasmit: No

• AirPlay: AirPlay 2

• Spotify: Spotify Connect

• Music Services Supported (HEOS®, subject to change and local availability): Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, SiriusXM, Amazon Music, Tidal, Tidal HiRes, iHeartRadio, Deezer, Deezer HiFi, Mood:Mix, Sony Hi-Res, AWA, QPlay, SoundCloud.

• Music stored on mobile device: Yes (iOS, Android or Kindle Fire)

• NAS (Network Attached Storage): Network share

• USB Storage Device Playback: Yes (FAT32, NTFS formatted drives)

• Wired Connectivity: Ethernet

• Wireless Connectivity: Dual band, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

• IR Input: 3.5mm

• IR Learning: Yes

• Dimensions (W x D x H) Inches: 9.41 x 3.31 x 8.54

• Dimensions (W x D x H) mm: 239 x 84 x 217

• Weight (lbs): 4.84