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In Reply to: RE: Here's a Picture. posted by Brian McGowan on November 24, 2014 at 21:14:02
that has to be the cheapest-looking rig I have seen, I would have never bought one of those back in the day! Compare that to the Marantz 2235 series, what a fall from grace!
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Simple, clean, and, functional. Not gaudy. Everything that a simple as should have. Likewise, the tuners, though it gets a little complex due to the switchable afc so to speak.
Better looking than many other mass merchandise oriented product with better construction, specs and sound. The magenta was perverse and a turnoff bit walking into a room lit up with green and blue dial lights, the magenta lighted dials stood out immediately. A good marketing idea but, not good for closing sales.
Compared to most mass market stuff at the time, these looked like more upscale product but, they had to need careful not to rob low end Marantz sales where they made decent profits plus had the volume. A carefully balancing act. Sony had a similar balancing act with its 2 lines but, allowed the low end line to cut into the higher line low end sales. Difficult to sell a 25 watts Sony receiver for $299 when you could go down the street to a Joe's Hifi, Grass, and Smoke Shop and buy a physically smaller but, nice looking Sony receiver with 25 watts for $75 less. Yeah, did not look like the same but it looked quality and sounded the same.
The real joke was when you turned the Superscope around it many times was labeled Superscope by Marantz and the turn a Marantz around and see a label saying something like, Marantz, a Superscope Company or, similar.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Thanks for that Information! I also really do like the looks of mine!Not too busy looking & easier to operate them most like you said do to the way it was layed out!
as I had nothing to hook the Amp up to,to see if it worked or how it sounded! I loved the look so much and did not mind the sound that I just had to get the matching Tuner from EBAY! I also own 2 matching top loading Cassette decks,in need of repair,along with a matching 8 track deck that has to be one of the best sounding 8 track decks ever!The controls do not feel cheesy,but yes they do not feel like the controls on a Marantz either!I did not care for the looks when they switched to a Purple colored Dial,Power Lights,etc,along with the style of knobs they changed over too!Good thing we do not all like the same things or it sure would be a dull world!
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