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Did Marantz Ever Install Sprague 160P Caps in the 8B as Stock?
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Posted on December 24, 2020 at 14:02:01 | ||
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Location: Riverside CA Joined: September 21, 2009 |
I bought a Marantz 8b several months ago and it works fine, except that it is somewhat lacking on the lower end compared to numerous other amps I own and have worked on. It has the original Goodall caps in the 6BH6 section, but the coupling caps to the output tubes are Sprague 160P black beauties. Are the Sprague caps original as installed by Marantz when it was manufactured or were they changed? I think all of photos I've seen of stock units have Goodall caps coupling to the output tubes. If the Sprague caps are not originals, then I would not devalue the unit if I replaced them with new, better capacitors and hopefully improve the bass. Note: I'm aware of the high pass filter hooked to the standard input jacks, so I'm using the "test" jacks which helps the bass response a little. However, it's still lacking bass compared to other amps. Scott |
RE: Did Marantz Ever Install Sprague 160P Caps in the 8B as Stock?, posted on December 29, 2020 at 17:43:39 | |
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Location: Riverside CA Joined: September 21, 2009 |
That is how it appears.
Scott |