new york 1953 headquarters kanagawa japan products audio visual parent d & m holdings website www.marantz.com marantz is a company that develops and sells high end audio products . 1 the company was founded in new york but is now based in japan . the first marantz audio product was designed and built by saul marantz in his home in kew gardens new york . 2 the company had a major influence in the development of high fidelity audio systems and reached the high point of their success in the mid to late 1970s . during the 1980s while owned by philips 3 4 a pioneer in compact disc technology marantz built some very well received cd players but other products in the line were not as successful as in the past . as of the early 1990s marantz has focused on higher end components . in 2001 marantz japan acquired the brand from philips and owned all overseas sales subsidiaries . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit 1952 saul marantz sells his first audio product the consolette pre amp 1964 marantz acquired by superscope inc. 1966 beginning with the model 25 and then 22 and 28 marantz starts manufacturing its products in japan through a partnership with standard radio corp. 1974 a manufacturing plant is opened on the p ronnes lez binche site walloon region belgium marantz europe 1974 1985 1975 standard radio corp. changes its name to marantz japan inc. 1980 superscope sells the marantz brand dealer network and all overseas assets except u.s. and canada to philips electronics 1983 marantz s audio enhancement technology marantz enhanced digital stereo is introduced 1992 philips acquires u.s. and canada trademarks and dealer network 1997 saul marantz dies aged 85 2001 marantz japan inc. acquires the brand and all overseas sales subsidiaries 2002 marantz japan and denon merge to form d & m holdings to later be joined by other higher end audio equipment brands such as boston acoustics 2008 philips sells its remaining stake in d & m holdings ending a 28 year relationship between philips and marantz 2014 marantz professional acquired by inmusic brands products edit main article list of marantz products selected products marantz 2325 receiver marantz 5420 cassette deck marantz 2600 marantz s most powerful receiver marantz hd77 four way high fidelity loudspeaker system marantz pmd 660 solid state recorder references edit audio illusions marantz legendary audio classics marantz classics faq iverson john . three s company in stereophile march 16 2003 . iverson john . philips and marantz japan re shuffle brand ownership in stereophile march 4 2001 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to marantz . marantz global marantz america saul b. marantz online audio museum thevintageknob marantz hifi classics and history 1960 1985 german marantz campaign ben blish s original classic marantz gear website since 1997 the web s first classic audio website v t e electronics industry in japan companies current alaxala 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