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In Reply to: RE: Compare vintage vs reissue tube amps. posted by tesla on October 14, 2014 at 20:01:45
A comparison, if not directly answering the question:
I have two MC240's; one of which is as stock as the day it was made and has been used very very little; almost a museum piece. The other showing obvious heavy wear and use and totally 'rebuild' several years ago with all caps replaced etc. These sound very slightly different, the rebuild having slightly tighter bass while the 'original' has slightly more pristine highs (at least to my ears and in my setup and environment.
Both sound very good indeed to me.
My take away: I doubt the re-issue sounds 'exactly' like the original but I would expect both to perform very well when in a complementary system. The system and environment are (opinion again) far and away more contributory to any difference than those in the new/ old equipment.
$0.02 worth
JamesNW
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IIRC, the reissue 275 uses a. circuit board not hard wired as original. For me difference was.not subtle
Reissue tube Marantz used teflon silver plated wire: not close to the warmth of original.
FWIW and YMMV
Edits: 10/15/14
I saw, on a recent-ish "How It's Made" the process to build the new MC275, and you are quite right. There are circuit boards inside, very little point to point wiring, and things look much different.
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