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Years ago, I bought a Marantz 10B tuner with an unusual wood cabinet. The seller claimed it was originally purchased along with the tuner. Instead of the cooling cut-out having the familiar black metal screen, my cabinet has a rectangular cut-out on the top with a wood lattice grill insert. See image. Does anyone recognize this cabinet? Was it a very early Marantz cabinet perhaps? It has the same beveled inset for the front panel as the usual WC-1, WC-2, but there are no finger grip cut-outs on the lower edges of the side panels. Any information would be appreciated.
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Brian
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Thinking back, I seem to remember that there were 3rd party cases available for some popular models.
I'd be inclined to carefully remove the component from the case and see if there are markings on the inside.
Jerry
Jerry, There is no part number written on either of my two cases, the one in question or the known Marantz WC-x. I'll post pictures of all sides of the two cases for comparison.
Top view.
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Brian
Bottom view:
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Brian
Front view.
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Side view.
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Back view.
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Brian
Bold Eagle is correct, there were third party or aftermarket wood
cases made for the more popular brands and models for Fisher, Marantz
etc. I remember seeing them in Stereo stores and ads for them
in magazines.
That seems very likely given how different these two cabinets are from one another.
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Brian
Seems more for amplifier than tuner. Most tube tuners I seen, have tubes from front to back. With cooling grid cover covering the entire unit.Amps tend to have their output tubes towards the back of the unit. Therefore, cover girds toward the rear.
Just a WAG.
Edits: 09/28/16
Probably right. The Marantz 10B has a complete ring of tubes around its perimeter and would be better suited in the traditional WC cabinet with the large metal screen. I posted a comparison picture of the cut-out styles here:
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Brian
with my Sherwood 8800a. Maybe it's not marantz. The grill work really looks pretty similar. Norm
Gonzo,I located this picture on-line of a Sherwood S-8800 in its wood cabinet. You are right that the lattice grill on top is nearly the same as mine. But note that the front edges are not beveled like the Marantz. So, it might be possible that both cabinets were made by the same company - either as an OEM supplier to the respective brands to be sold under their names, or that these were both sold by an aftermarket cabinet supplier.
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Brian
Edits: 09/28/16
I went into my basement to find the Sherwood, and the case is as pictured. No beveled front edge, but rather squared and recessed. Mine is the S8800a and does look like the one above. Norm
Thanks for your trip to the basement!Not a big deal - I was just curious about the provenance of these cabinets.
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Brian
Edits: 09/28/16
Not shown very clearly in my picture is that the front has that characteristic vintage Marantz inward beveling (same as the WC-1 and WC-2), which recesses the front panel for that lovely classic framed look. I don't think Sherwood or others did it quite like that, but I could be wrong.
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Brian
You could try posting that picture over at the Audiokarma Marantz group. It doesn't look like their typical cabinet. But some of their early stuff did change up without much notice.It doesn't look like an original lattice. That could have been replaced for what ever reason???
Edits: 09/27/16
Thanks. Yes, I put up the same post on AudioKarma too. The lattice piece is so perfectly machined to precisely fit the recessed area in the top piece that it seems to be original. Plus, I am not aware of any bevel-faced Marantz cabinets with any sort of rectangular cut-out on top. There is either no cut-out or the familiar one that extends all the way to the back edge and has a black metal screen.
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Brian
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