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I know not everyone does, but I absolutely love the way vintage Marantz units look after LED conversions. I just changed out the lamps in my 2440 with blue LEDs. Only did the fuse-type ones in the meters since its so easy. The meters went from pale green to bright blue. I think it looks so much better! Also a much better mate with my 2285 which had already been given the LED treatment.
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
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Looks great!
I have a Pioneer SX-1250. I got it with 3 of the 9 lamps out. I decided to replace all the lamps with LEDs. I used orange ones that match the original color fairly closely. I was lucky that the lamp supply is DC, so it was just a little current/voltage/power calculating to find the right resistor. Should run for a LONG time on LEDs.
I'm a big fan of LEDs replacing incandescents--in equipment, in homes, in cars, but not so much in ovens.
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Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
If I still had my Marantz receiver, I'd do the LED conversion in a heartbeat. Nice!
Cheers,
Bobbo :-)
Love the look in their wood cabinets.So you actually got that blue even with the yellow vellum still in place? I've seen the LED's with new vellum and it's a little too much for me but I like the look of yours.
I have 3 "gold/engraved" 2270's. Right now all the normal bulbs are working and the dials are still blue. 2 of these came with original cabinets, on the 3rd I had a guy make me a repro cab and had him stain it a darker walnut figuring it would look nice with the darker gold face on these (it does). I'm thinking as soon as I lose a bulb I will do what you did again thinking of the contrast with the more golden face of these.
Here's a link to how different 2 2270's can look. These are not mine.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=420398
Scroll down to post #8
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Thanks! Yep, that blue is with no replacement of the vellum. The blue LEDs really do the trick :)
That champagne 2270 is gorgeous!
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
...if one is interested in maintaining the original look of the receiver, then conventional lamps should be used. It's analogous to painting a vintage Model-T red instead of black.
Yeah, that's the rub for some people...but I am more interested in how it looks to me :) I much prefer the brighter blue.
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
The reason the color turns to green is that the Vellum paper that backs the faceplate turns yellow over time, and blue + yellow = green. I replaced the vellum paper and used the conventional lamp bulbs on my 2230, and it glows a beautiful blue now.There are pictures of my rebuilt 2230 at this link:
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Yes, thanks - that looks great! I know that is a good way to go as well, although the look is still different. And also, replacing the vellum paper is more difficult (although I know I should do it).
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
Funny - when I was about to buy a McIntosh amplifier (almost 20 years ago now, at Audio Classics near Binghamton, NY), my wife asked only one question. "Those meters, do they glow green or do they glow blue?" "They glow blue, hon." "Okay, you can buy it." True story.
Ha! That's awesome. And I get it. The truth is, the sickly green that my 2440 had become isn't how it looked when new, either...so what it is now is somewhere is bluer than when new, but much closer to what it would have looked like new than what it had become...
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
It looks good to me!Dave
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What voltage are they running off of? Did you add any series dropping resistors? If not, you may have short life spans for the LED's.
They are self-contained in the fuse style glass container but they were designed to run at the 8V or the Marantz lamps.
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
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