Happy Birthday! In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Marantz is presenting a £200 gift with every Consolette purchase February 2013 – Marantz, a world leader in advanced home entertainment solutions, invites everyone to join in its 60th anniversary festivities with a year full of surprises and special anniversary offers. And it starts right now with the world’s finest wireless music system for audiophiles. Purchase the Consolette in February or March 2013 and you will receive a wonderful £200 discount. And with the system now costing £699 it is within reach of even more people. Bringing together true audiophile sound quality, exceptional levels of craftsmanship, luxury materials, spectacular industrial design and a cutting-edge feature count, the Consolette redefines what a music system can be. What’s more, this is just the first in a whole series of special events to celebrate our 60th anniversary. 60 years of Marantz: because music matters It all started in 1948 when CBS introduced the first LP records, sparking the public’s interest in quality music reproduction. One of those who was swept along was music lover, freelance graphic artist and amateur musician: Saul Bernard Marantz, a native New Yorker born in 1911. While he loved his LPs, he was deeply unhappy with the playback equipment available at the time, so he spent many hours in his basement designing, constructing and refining his own amplifiers to play his cherished LPs. Four years later he had perfected a revolutionary pre-amplifier – equipped with every equalizer curve he could find to handle the then unstable recording characteristics. He called it the ‘Audio Consolette’ and it made such a powerful impression on anyone who heard it that he decided to make and sell 100 sets. Less than 12 months later, more than 400 had been sold and the Marantz company had been established. To learn more about the company’s history, visit: www.marantz.co.uk. The Audio Consolette was designed to reproduce the best sound possible for mono LPs, a newly designed music format at that time. The new Consolette does exactly the same for today’s formats, that’s why it is named after the original. It uses the finest of components and the very latest audio technologies, while the retro design reflects the prestige and heritage of Marantz’s outstanding 60-year audio pedigree. The new Consolette certainly has superior visual aesthetics, but when it plays, it doesn’t just reproduce high-quality audio, it floods the senses with energy, emotion, and passion. It effortlessly creates a panoramic stereo image that’s founded on a rich and deep bass performance. And because the “reference quality” tuning is designed by the legendary Ken Ishiwata, every detail is reflected with pin-point accuracy. Once heard, never forgotten. For more information please visit: www.marantz.com/consolette. Image gallery: http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/MARANTZ_WHITE_FRONT_docked.jpg http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/Marantz_60Yrs_Gold_With Marantz_sRGB.jpg Marantz 60th Anniversary Logo http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/MARANTZ_WHITE_FRONT_ISO39.jpg http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/MARANTZ_BLACK_FRONT_SIDE_ISO39.jpg http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/MARANTZ_WHITE_RIGHT_SIDE_ISO39.jpg http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/MARANTZ_WHITE_BACK_ISO39.jpg http://www.marantz.eu/press/Consolette/120701-RC001MS-product.jpg About Marantz: Marantz is a part of D+M Group. The company can trace its roots back to the dawn of the first mono LP, when Saul Bernard Marantz, a native of New York, was unhappy with the equipment available to play his cherished record collection on. So he had to build his own! Saul officially founded the Marantz Company in 1953. Then, as now, the company’s cornerstones were quality and innovation. For over half a century Marantz has been developing unique technologies and bringing landmark hi-fi and home entertainment products to market through its tireless and extensive R&D programs. Such commitment to audio and video excellence ensures each Marantz design delivers class-leading performance. Additional information is available at www.marantz.eu. About D+M: D+M Group is a global operating company providing worldwide management and distribution platforms for premium consumer, automotive, commercial and professional audio and video businesses including Denon ®, Marantz®, Boston Acoustics®, Calrec Audio, Denon DJ, Allen & Heath, D+M Professional and D+M Premium Sound Solutions. Our technologies improve the quality of any audio and visual experience. All product and brand names with a trademark symbol are trademarks or registered trademarks of D+M Group or its subsidiaries. For more information visit www.dmglobal.com. Marantz Division of D&M Europe B.V. Beemdstraat 11 5653 MA Eindhoven www.marantz.eu For more information please contact: Roger Batchelor, Roger.Batchelor@dmh-global.com, 07768 355473 or Henry Griffiths, Henry@littleredrooster.co.uk, 07723 002061