Marantz AV 30 + AMP 30: when your home theatre starts sounding like a performance
There’s a moment in a great film where everything locks in: dialogue snaps into focus, bass hits with weight (not boom), and the room disappears into the soundstage. That’s the promise of proper separates—and it’s exactly what Marantz is chasing with the AV 30 surround processor and AMP 30 power amplifier.
These two are built for listeners who want cinema impact without giving up the musical, textured character Marantz is known for—especially in a dedicated home theatre where speakers, subwoofers, and seating are all dialled for the experience.
Why separates, and why now?
An AV receiver can be brilliant, but separates bring a different kind of confidence:
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Cleaner signal path + more headroom (processing and amplification each do one job, extremely well)
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More flexible system design (grow from a simple layout to a serious immersive setup over time)
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Better long-term upgrade paths (processors evolve faster than amplifiers)
The AV 30 + AMP 30 combo is Marantz’s newest move toward “reference-level” home theatre performance, with modern video support, immersive audio formats, and the connectivity to build systems that scale.
Marantz AV 30: the brain of a serious immersive theatre
At the centre is the AV 30, an 11.4-channel balanced AV preamplifier/processor designed for big, immersive layouts and precise control.
What it does beautifully
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Immersive processing for up to 11.4 channels—ideal for layouts like 7.4.4, with flexibility to build around your room and speaker plan.
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Four independent subwoofer outputs, giving you the tools to smooth bass across multiple seats instead of “one good spot” in the room.
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7 HDMI inputs plus eARC, all 8K compatible, built for modern sources and displays.
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Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Pro, and AURO-3D support for genuinely enveloping sound when your system is set up to take advantage of it.
Room correction and streaming that you’ll actually use
AV 30 includes Audyssey MultEQ XT32 and supports optional Dirac Live, giving you a serious toolkit for room tuning. And because it’s Powered by HEOS, you can stream music throughout the house (or just in the theatre) without treating your cinema room like a separate island.
Built like Marantz means it
Marantz highlights its HDAM discrete circuitry and that the AV 30 is crafted in Shirakawa, Japan—the kind of detail that tends to show up as ease, space, and composure when the soundtrack gets busy.
Marantz AMP 30: effortless power, six channels at a time
A great processor deserves an amplifier that doesn’t flinch. The AMP 30 is a 6-channel power amplifier designed to deliver high current, clean control, and the kind of dynamic headroom that makes action scenes feel physical—while keeping the tone refined.
The headline specs (and why they matter)
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200 watts per channel into 8 ohms (and 400 watts per channel into 4 ohms) means real authority with demanding speakers.
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Built on high-efficiency, low-distortion Class D amplification with Marantz’s exclusive HDAM tech—so you get power and finesse.
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Designed for system-building: add additional Marantz amps (like AMP 20 / AMP 10 / another AMP 30) as your speaker count and ambitions grow.
The “separates” advantage you can hear
Where receivers can start to sound strained at volume, a dedicated multi-channel amp tends to sound more relaxed as things get louder—bigger swings, cleaner transients, and tighter low end. AMP 30 is built specifically to be that stable foundation under an immersive system.
Putting AV 30 + AMP 30 together: a system that scales
One of the smartest reasons to look at this combo is how naturally it grows.
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Start with AMP 30 powering your front stage + surrounds (or surround/back channels)
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Expand to bigger Atmos layouts by adding another Marantz power amp
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Use the AV 30’s processing and subwoofer flexibility to refine the room as the system evolves
In other words: you can build a theatre that’s already impressive today, and still has room to become something genuinely special later—without rebuilding from scratch.