Marantz Cinema 50 Series 2 – 9.4 Channel AV Receiver

CINEMA 50 SERIES 2

9.4-Channel AV Receiver with Dolby Atmos, Dirac Live ART upgradeability, and Powered by HEOS 

Stop Watching. Start Feeling.

At Marantz, we believe true cinematic experiences come to life through sound. CINEMA Series brings the emotion and scale of cinema into your home. CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 takes that experience further, delivering even greater immersion, flexibility and performance for dedicated movie lovers, gamers and music enthusiasts.

From explosive action and crystal-clear dialogue to soaring scores and breathtaking surround effects, CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 elevates everything you love about the movies, delivering premium home cinema performance without compromise. Built on decades of engineering expertise and a passion for exceptional sound, it combines immersive surround sound, advanced connectivity and powerful amplification in one elegant AV receiver.

With upgraded DACs, advanced room calibration, Dolby Atmos for dedicated ceiling speakers and extensive 8K HDMI connectivity, CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 becomes the heart of your media room’s entertainment. Powered by HEOS, it effortlessly connects movies, music and gaming into a seamless experience while providing the flexibility to build a more capable home cinema setup.

Every component is Sound Master-tuned to deliver the signature Marantz sound with exceptional clarity, balance and musicality. The result is a powerful, versatile AV receiver that brings breathtaking cinematic experiences into the modern home.

• 9.4-channel AV receiver
• Dolby Atmos immersive audio
• Dirac Ready for Dirac Live Room Correction, Bass Control, and Active Room Treatment (ART)
• Powered by HEOS multi-room streaming
• 8K HDMI connectivity
• Upgraded 32-bit DAC
• 110W per channel amplification
• Sound Master tuned performance
• Timeless Marantz design
• Built for movies, music and gaming

Cinematic Sound, Brought Home

CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 delivers immersive, multi-dimensional sound that places you at the center of every scene. From explosive action to subtle detail, every moment is rendered with clarity, scale and emotional impact.

 

Greater Power for Greater Immersion

With 9.4 channels of 110-watt-per-channel amplification and support for up to 11.4 pre-amp mode/pre-outs, CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 provides the power, control and flexibility needed to create a truly cinematic experience. From explosive action to subtle detail, every moment is reproduced with confidence and impact.

 

Precision Sound, Masterfully Tuned

Every Marantz CINEMA Series receiver is meticulously tuned by our Sound Master to deliver a signature sound defined by clarity, balance and musicality. Whether you’re watching movies, gaming, or listening to music, every detail is reproduced with precision and emotion.

 

Next-Generation Audio Performance

A newly upgraded high-performance DAC enhances clarity, resolution and dynamic range across all your content. Combined with carefully selected components and decades of engineering expertise, CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 ensures exceptional sound quality for every source.

 

Immersive Formats, Unforgettable Entertainment

Support for Dolby Atmos provides immersive, room-filling three-dimensional audio from both ear-level and dedicated in-ceiling speakers. The result is a lifelike, cinematic soundstage that places you at the center of every scene.

 

Exceptional Sound, Tailored to Your Space

Audyssey integration provides advanced room calibration for dedicated media rooms and home theaters. By analyzing your listening environment and optimizing system performance, it ensures immersive, precise sound that is perfectly tailored to your space. Enhance performance further with optional upgrades to Dirac Live Room Correction, Bass Control, and Active Room Treatment (ART).

You can purchase Dirac Live license keys to unlock this functionality. Visit dirac.com for more information about Dirac.

 

Timeless Marantz Design

CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 embodies Marantz’s timeless design philosophy, combining premium materials, elegant proportions and intuitive usability. Crafted to complement sophisticated home entertainment systems, it delivers exceptional performance from a design that feels as refined as it sounds.

 

Effortless Control and Setup

From intuitive on-screen setup to seamless day-to-day control, CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 is designed to be simple to live with. Advanced features work in the background, ensuring a smooth, user-friendly experience from the moment you power it on.

 

Built for Movies, Music and Gaming

CINEMA 50 SERIES 2 is engineered to excel across all your entertainment. Whether it’s movies, music or gaming, it delivers powerful, immersive performance that adapts to how you listen — ensuring every experience feels complete.

 

 

 

Marantz HDAM

To preserve the detail, nuance, and essence of the music you love, Marantz developed Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules (HDAM) which are superior in their speed and response to off-the-shelf modules found in other products. HDAM design is unique and different to each Marantz product carefully designed by Marantz engineers and sound masters. CINEMA 50 leverages this unique Marantz innovation to ensure whatever you’re listening to is always the most musical.

 

Dolby Atmos®, Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization, and Dolby Atmos Channel Expander

You can feel every dimension in Dolby Atmos®. Enjoy up to a 5.1.4 or even 7.1.4 (with additional amplification) speaker configuration for the ultimate home theater experience— including the Dolby Surround upmixer for legacy content. For those without in-ceiling speakers, Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization Technology leverages Dolby’s deep understanding of human audio perception to create the sensation of overhead sound from listener-level speakers. You can also enjoy Dolby Atmos music tracks available from Apple Music, Amazon Music HD and TIDAL through a compatible streaming device. The new Dolby Atmos Channel Expander further enhances immersion by utilizing all available speakers when playing channel-based Dolby Atmos content. 

 

DTS:X® and DTS Virtual:X

Immersive DTS:X audio content places sound where it would naturally occur in space, creating lifelike, multi- dimensional audio. The DTS Neural:X upmixer offers improved immersion and heightened realism for legacy content. DTS Virtual:X provides immersive audio without height channels, creating virtual height effects in a 7.1, 5.1 or 2.1 speaker setup.

 

Auro-3D® Experience

Putting you in a cocoon of life-like sound, Auro-3D® elevates the home theater experience to amazing new levels by delivering the excitement of three- dimensional sound for music, games, broadcast, and films. The Auromatic up- mixing engine will enhance your existing audio-visual collection.

 

IMAX® Enhanced
Get the most premium at-home entertainment experience with IMAX® Enhanced — the latest technology from DTS that sets a new standard for home theater imaging, sound, scale, and clarity. Watch clearer pictures and brighter images. Feel immersive, heart-pounding audio and experience premium content digitally remastered by IMAX.

 

Immersive Gaming

Recognizing the growing importance of gaming within modern home entertainment, the new CINEMA Series 2 models introduce support for 1440p video pass-through together with AMD FreeSync™ compatibility, delivering smoother gameplay, lower latency and tear-free visuals for compatible PCs and gaming consoles. Combined with Marantz's existing HDMI 2.1 capabilities, these enhancements ensure exceptional performance for today's most demanding gaming platforms.

 

Center Bi-Amp Mode

The CINEMA 50 Series 2 also introduces Center Bi-Amp Mode, for improved dialogue clarity, complementing the existing Bi-Amp mode for compatible front left and right speakers.

 

High-Resolution Audio Support

Discover the incredible fidelity of Hi-Res Audio tracks with the ability to decode up to 24- bit/192-kHz ALAC, FLAC and WAV lossless files as well as DSD 2.8MHz and 5.6MHz tracks via the front panel USB port and network sources. You can also listen to other popular file types such as MP3.

 

HEOS® Built-in Multi-Room Streaming

HEOS® Built-in technology lets you enjoy your favorite music in any room of your home for a wireless, whole-home audio experience. Play the same song in every room or select a different song for each connected room — the choice is yours. Enjoy music from Spotify, Amazon Music HD, TuneIn, SoundCloud, TIDAL, Napster, Deezer or your local music file libraries. With additional HEOS components, like HEOS-capable speakers, play all your music in one room or many.

 

Roon Ready

Subscribe to Roon to get more out of your digital music library with searchable, surfable information about your favourite artists and songs. Find lyrics, concert dates, photos, bios, reviews, and more.

 

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and AirPlay 2 Capability

A dual antenna system lets you stream the most popular music services via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and AirPlay 2. Listen to your playlists on Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, Deezer and more. Use AirPlay 2 to enjoy Apple Music with ease.

 

Multi-Source, Multi-Room

Watch a movie in one room while another family member plays a song from Spotify in a different zone without interruption. Enjoy up to a 9.4 channel surround sound in the main room and a separate source or music stream in a second zone. Hook up a separate stereo amp and speakers to the second zone pre-out.

 

All Zone TV Audio

Share the main zone TV audio to all your zones without losing fully discrete multi- channel playback in the main zone. Select “Source” for the second zone from the Marantz AVR Remote app so that main zone audio will not switch to stereo PCM.

 

Smart TV Connectivity

Marantz CINEMA Series can be controlled with your compatible Smart TV remote via the HDMI CEC functionality associated with your TV.

 

Marantz AVR Remote App

The Marantz AVR Remote app for iOS and Android provides complete control over the latest Marantz network AV receivers and pre-amps. Use it to power on/off, adjust volume, input, and settings, or switch instantly to the HEOS® Built-in app.

 

Convenient Smart Select Functions

The included remote has four Smart Select function buttons so you can store preferred or frequently used settings and call them up easily on the fly— including input source, volume level, sound mode, and Audyssey configuration. With the push of a button, CINEMA 50 instantly configures the receiver to your desired setting at any time.

 

Easy Setup Experience

The included Quick Start Guide provides simple and direct instructions to get started. Once you connect your TV to CINEMA 50 Series 2 via HDMI, the Marantz Setup Assistant appears on your TV screen and guides you through setup. The Setup Assistant helps you adjust crucial settings for the best possible sound quality, whatever your configuration.

 

Greater Control

The all-new Web Control 2.0 delivers complete system configuration and control from any smartphone, tablet, or computer, eliminating reliance on TV on-screen menus during installation. In addition, for professional custom installers, HDMI Diagnostics 2.0 within CI Mode provides automated HDMI verification and advanced troubleshooting capabilities, streamlining installation and reducing setup time. The new Channel Level Monitoring feature provides real-time visualization of channel activity across all CINEMA Series 2 models, making it easier to verify speaker operation and system performance.

 

Advanced Audyssey MultEQ XT32

Equipped with the full Audyssey suite of advanced DSP algorithms, the CINEMA 50 features Audyssey MultEQ XT32 automatic room acoustic correction. With the supplied measurement microphone, MultEQ XT32 analyzes each speaker’s output (including the subwoofers) at up to eight measurement locations and generates precision digital filters that optimize each channel for the correct frequency and time domain response. Audyssey Dynamic Volume smooths out disruptive jumps in volume (such as TV commercials), letting you listen at lower levels while still enjoying clear dialogue, music and sound. Audyssey Dynamic EQ provides full-range clarity at any listening level, and Audyssey Low Frequency Containment uses advanced psychoacoustic algorithms to deliver a full-range balance, including deep bass, without disturbing neighbours or people in other rooms of your home. Audyssey Sub EQ HT provides individual DSP tailoring of each subwoofer in a dual subwoofer setup for deeper bass with improved definition. Plus, the Audyssey MultEQ Editor app lets you view and adjust settings for detailed tuning and customize the sound more precisely to your room and tastes, and is available for purchase in iOS App and Google Play stores.

 

Dirac Live Room Correction, Bass Control, and Active Room Treatment (ART) Optional Upgradability

The interaction between your sound system and the physical layout of your room has a huge impact on sound quality. Optional Dirac Live Room Correction, Dirac Bass Control, and Dirac Active Room Treatment upgrades allow for fully optimized sound in even the most challenging acoustic conditions. Dirac Live® Room Correction applies state-of-the-art, patented algorithms to analyze and digitally reduce room impact and enhance speaker performance. Dirac Live delivers a larger sweet spot, accurate staging, clarity, voice intelligibility, and a deeper, tighter bass not otherwise possible. Fully tuneable to your preference. Select Marantz AV receivers and AV preamplifiers support Dirac Live Upgradability. You can purchase a Dirac Live license key to unlock the functionality. Visit dirac.com for more information about Dirac Live.

 

External Control Capabilities

Features external RS232 and IP control capabilities for easy customization and compatibility with third-party integration solutions. The Marantz CINEMA Series offers IP control capability for major third-party control devices, as well as Control4 SDPP (Simple Device Detection Protocol) certification for seamless integration with Control4 home automation equipment. IR (infrared) remote control input and output are included on the rear panel for remote control compatibility with other components in your home theater system.

 

11 channel processing, 9 channel amplification

9 channel amplification does not mean you need to stop at max 9 channel speaker configuration. With external 2 channel amplification that can be assigned to either Front Left and Front Right, or a pair of height channels, you can setup 11 channel speaker configuration such as 7.1.4 or 5.1.6, allowing you even more flexibility and elevated immersive audio experience.

 

Pre-Amplifier Mode

With Pre-Amplifier Mode, your receiver works as a perfect 11.4 channel AV preamplifier with the latest HDMI connectivity. Pre-Amplifier Mode provides a cleaner signal path and more tolerance in clipping level by disconnecting internal amplifiers. The receiver features 11.4 channel preouts. You can also disconnect only selected speaker channels so that you can use receiver's built-in amplification to drive non-critical channels, yet getting cleaner signal path for the channels driven by external amplification such as Front L+R. Enjoy the best of the both worlds.

 

Phono Input for Turntables

With the built-in phono EQ, you can connect your turntable directly to the AV receiver's MM phono inputs and play vinyl records. Enjoy your vintage collection with exceptional quality and sound.

4 Independent Subwoofer Outputs

Immerse yourself in evenly distributed, accurate bass. Featuring up to four subwoofer outputs to smooth out low frequencies and provide better dispersion. No audible peaks or dips — just powerful, room-filling bass.

 

Two Subwoofer Modes

Giving you even more freedom to tweak your subwoofer settings to your preference when you are connecting more than 2 subwoofers. Select "Standard" if you want evenly distributed bass performance equally throughout the room. Audyssey sub EQ HT will be engaged to provide a global filter to all subwoofers and will give you broader sweet spot in the room. Select "Directional" if you want more directional bass performance seamlessly integrated into each speaker channel closest to each subwoofer. Bass feels different depending on where you sit in the room.

 

MPEG-H

MPEG-H is a 3D immersive audio coding standard developed by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and Fraunhofer IIS for broadcasting content, currently available in Korea, China and Brazil. MPEG-H decoding is supported globally for select Marantz AV receivers and AV preamplifiers.

 

360 Reality Audio

Immerse yourself in sound all around you. As real as if you are there at a live concert or with the artist recording in a studio. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and so real. Select Marantz AV receivers and AV preamplifiers are capable of 360 Reality Audio playback by connecting a Google Chromecast device to the AV receiver via HDMI.