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In Reply to: RE: I inhereted a pair of Marantz 9s back in the early 90s and posted by Michael Samra on August 06, 2016 at 21:09:20
That is like that old tired story I always tell of the guy on my block that was an audiophile in the early 70's. He died and his widow as if I wanted all that tube crap. Me being 12 said no and bought some crap transistor stereo.
The pile of "crap" was tubes, stereos etc... and yes I DO!!!!! remember a Marantz on that pile.
How much power does Geezer need? Should he also try for a Citation or can he try the VTA. I LOVEEEEE that damn VTA!!!! The Gold Lion KT66s are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! Tons of energy on the top and bottom end with endless micro detail. Wonderful stereo and tube match.
I just moved in to my house on the 4th and I JUST setup the Sherwood. It was the first thing I did in my room.
charles
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This man was incredible and the most soft spoken individual,one you could listen to for hours and hours and not get bored.He owned all the A&Ws in Flint and Grand Blanc Michigan and now his son has them..He had one adopted son who hardly ever came around being AL lived up in north in Beaverton Mi. My daughter was like 3 yo when I started going up there and being he had no grandchildren,he loved when we would come up to visit for a week at a time.
He had 1959 Chrysler Imperial in his garage that be bought brand new.I got it running by giving it a tune up and putting a new battery in it so he put the insurance back on it and we drove it everywhere.Al couldn't drive anymore.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Also I hooked up my Sherwood today after moving for four months.
Magic!!!! Thanks
charles
Lou was also a Ham operator. That was where I got my start in ham radio.
he was a wonderful guy and I would go over there for hours and hang out with him. He had a garage and back room FILLEDDDDDDDDDD with tubed stereos that people were just getting rid of. He was a fun and interesting guy that dies all too suddenly.
His widow offered me a pile of audio gear that today would have paid for my entire house!!!!
Wonderful guys Al and Lou and I think of Lou often.
Just wish I would have taken at least one of those Marantz's.
Charlie
Did Lou have Marantz tube gear as well? Al had the Marantz 9s,the 7C,and the Scott 4310..The speakers he had were the Quad ESL63s.All this stuff he bought new but he also had some Rogers LS5s and he was driving those with a Denon Integrated amp..That's how I met him because high end audio store in our town whom I was friends with,told me to go up there and help him hook it up..From then on,I had the grandpa I never had.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Yes it was ALL tube gear. He had shelves and shelves filed with stereos and tubes. At the time I was lusting after a Marantz 2230. So the Marantz logo always popped out at me. The model numbers???? But there were several Marantz's of various types. I know there were several amps and most definitely a few preamps. The preamps were very noticeable because of the look of them.
I'm sure he also had to other goodies like Citations and Fishers, etc.....
Funny but I don't remember much in the way of speakers????
charles
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