In Reply to: VINTAGE STUPID - why not new posted by JWPATE on December 24, 2003 at 23:01:56:
JW,I will throw my 2 cents in here. High value resistors, caps, and switches all degrade in the 60's tube gear. If Sid Smith is overhauling the 7 I would recommend you send it to him and have it updated. Sid Smith is one of the top audio engineers of all time, is the designer of the pre amp, so how can you go wrong? It will be quieter than new and probably last another 40 years. Some here have said do not modify your 7 but we all know it is already modified by time. It is not the same unit with the same sound as when new.
Use an external step up device which matches the cartridge you chose. As for the 10B, my favorite Marantz piece, if you no longer use it you can sell it or put up a new outside antenna and start FM DXing!
Ron-C
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