The maker as introduced the Marantz Horizon and Marantz Grand Horizon, billed as ‘a new statement in wireless speaker design’.
For over 70 years, Marantz has offered high-performance audio products designed to combine innovative technology and musicality with attractive, luxurious and intuitive design. Now, the brand is bringing its expertise to the wireless speaker category thanks to two new models that the maker says will transform customer expectations.
The Marantz Horizon and its larger sibling, the Marantz Grand Horizon are described as two luxurious new wireless speakers crafted for passionate, discerning listeners who demand both exceptional sound and timeless elegance.
A new statement in audio design
Both Horizon and Grand Horizon integrate key elements of Marantz’s design ethos into the design, incorporating recognisable elements such as the brand’s circular porthole motif. Here, the porthole is reimagined as the core element of each speaker’s circular form. Combined with carefully arranged lighting and elevated trim materials that highlight Marantz’s characteristic architectural symmetry, the result is a tactile audio experience you can see, hear, and feel, says the manufacturer.
Wrapped in style
Both Horizon and Grand Horizon use thoughtfully conceived materials throughout. Each model is wrapped in Marantz RadianceTM 360o Seamless Ecofiber, a bespoke, sustainable fabric made from recycled ocean plastics. The three-colour fabrics have a glowing, luxurious feel thanks to embedded gold lurex elements, further enhancing the warmth of Marantz’s design and sound.
Three finishes are available: classically dark Midnight Sky, subtly bright Moon Ray and iconically warm Marantz Champagne. Each is complemented by an aesthetic natural marble base that is colour-matched to accentuate the elegance of each design. For users who prefer alternative solutions to incorporating wireless speakers into their home, Marantz also offers an American walnut tripod floor stand as an optional accessory for Horizon, while wall brackets will also be available for both models. Even the unboxing experience has been carefully considered, including an elegant protective case that cocoons each product.
The new shape of sound
Both Horizon and Grand Horizon are powerful single-speaker wireless solutions created to fill even substantial rooms with full-range sound. Each model is designed around a unique configuration of high-frequency and midrange drive units that radiate outwardly from a single central subwoofer, ensuring a spacious listening experience.
Key to this sound is proprietary Marantz RiseTM amplification, based around responsive and thermally efficient GaN FET technology and offering 310W of output in Horizon and 370W in Grand Horizon (FTC power output rating). This muscular core propels an array of high-quality Marantz GravityTM drive units, each of which employs powerful neodymium magnets to deliver a combination of accuracy, responsiveness and low distortion. At the heart of Horizon is a 165mm (6.5in) subwoofer, which is complemented by two 25mm (1in) silk-dome tweeters and three 50mm (2in) full range drive units. Grand Horizon, as the larger speaker in the line-up, scales that to a 200mm (8in) subwoofer, three 25mm (1in) tweeters and four 76mm (3in) midrange drive units.
The sonic characteristics of this acoustic platform can be optimised to suit both a user’s mood and music using the on-board Marantz MirageTM DSP. Accessible via the HEOS app, the Mirage digital signal processing allows for a customisable listening experience, with selectable options that can tailor the clarity, spaciousness and warmth of the sound to each user’s tastes. There’s also the option to select Sound Master mode, allowing listeners the chance to experience the sound of Horizon or Grand Horizon exactly as Yoshinori Ogata, the Marantz Sound Master, intended it to be heard.
Magical and intuitive user experience
Horizon and Grand Horizon have both been designed to reward the senses in more ways than one. Simply approach either product and its unique on-board proximity sensors will magically bring the speaker to life. Marantz AuraControlTM user interaction combines 100 carefully concealed LEDs with proximity and ambient light sensors to create a seamless symphony of light and sound. Just touch the illuminated ring around the central subwoofer to indicate the preferred volume and AuraControl will instantly bring the speaker up to the point chosen, clearly indicating the volume level with markings that reference the classic Marantz Star logo.
Fully featured, completely connected
Both Horizon and Grand Horizon have been designed as contemporary and completely connected wireless speakers able to meet the needs of every modern luxury consumer. Built around Marantz’s HEOS wireless music platform, they can access music content from a wide range of supported streaming providers including Amazon Music, Deezer, Spotify and TIDAL, with more services planned to follow. For added convenience with mobile devices, Apple AirPlay2 and Bluetooth are also included, and physical connected sources are well catered for. Horizon and Grand Horizon include analogue, optical and even HDMI inputs, and can also access music from locally connected USB-C music drives. Onboard Dolby decoding ensures full compatibility with Dolby Atmos supplied via HDMI, too.
As part of the HEOS ecosystem, Horizon and Grand Horizon can join other HEOS-enabled products to create a whole-home multiroom music system. Listeners can also choose to pair Horizons and Grand Horizons together to create a two-speaker system for music-listening experiences even in very large spaces.
The Marantz Horizon and Marantz Grand Horizon will be available from January 14, 2025.
Product Specifications
Marantz Horizon – Wireless streaming speaker – $3500 | £3250 | €3800
• 310W amplification (FTC Power Output Rating), 745W peak (This rating was not tested under the FTC standard)
• 2x 25mm (1in) tweeters, 3x 50mm (2in) full-range drivers, 1x 165mm (6.5in) subwoofer
• Stereo RCA in x1, Optical in x1, HDMI eARC x1, USB-C x1
• HEOS Built-in including Bluetooth, AirPlay2, Spotify Connect and support for numerous streaming services
• 364 x 210 x 387.5mm, 14.33 x 8.27 x 15.26in (H x W x D)
Marantz Grand Horizon – Wireless streaming speaker – $5500 | £5250 | €6000
• 370W amplification (FTC Power Output Rating), 860W peak (This rating was not tested under the FTC standard)
• 3x 25mm (1in) tweeters, 4x 76mm (3in) full-range drivers, 1x 200mm (8in) subwoofer
• Stereo RCA in x1, Optical in x1, HDMI eARC x1, USB-C x1
• HEOS Built-in including Bluetooth, AirPlay2, Spotify Connect and support for numerous streaming services
• 493 x 255 x 529.2mm, 19.41 x 10.04 x 20.83in (H x W x D)