The all-rounder

Marantz pitches the ultimate source — a CD player with its DAC available via digital inputs, and with the big bonus of having networking and the HEOS streaming/ multiroom platform built in...

Jez Ford

It says ‘network CD player’ on the box, but the company’s byline for the ND8006 is that it is “a unique complete digital music source player”. That’s quite the claim in an age when digital sources are evolving every year, and with no shortage of manufacturers aiming to deliver the ultimate do-it-all product. So is the ND8006 really ‘complete’, and what makes it ‘unique’? Equipment We’ll list the extensive abilities in a moment (in a nutshell it’s a CD player plus DAC plus HEOS). Equally important, however, is the quality to which Marantz has designed this component. As you can see from the price, this is no entry-level unit. It’s solid, and it’s heavy for a source, with a rigid, double-layer chassis on the outside, a shielded toroidal transformer inside…

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