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In Reply to: RE: Finally getting a "real" vintage receiver! posted by MannyE on January 26, 2017 at 09:48:16
We were just going to pull your audiophool card, but I guess we'll wait until you get the yammie.
No really that is a real jewel of a receiver. I had one for about two years. And that was in my rapid high speed audio trading days.
Not only is that a wonderful piece but one of the most stylish pieces I've ever seen. Invest the money and have it professionally restored. It really is worth it. One of the few vintage pieces that maintained a natural open sound but still had those 70's balls!
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I'm excited about it.
I've wanted one of these things since I used to drool over them when I was but a tot of 9 or 10 back in 1977. I remember the price back then was about the same as my father paid for a 1963 4 door Mercury Comet that was the family car, so that wasn't going to happen.
Now it's time!
Yeah, I know that drool! I used to go to Newmark and Lewis in the late 60's early 70's and drool over the Marantz stereos. But like you said, where is a kid going to get that much money!
If I was going back into receivers I would get a Marantz 2275 (even thou it's a later model than the 2270) and a Yamaha CR-2020.
Are you going to have any restoration work done on it?
Oh yes. I'm going to have it gone through and updated/upgraded. The seller is including the service bulletins for the power switch resistors and two or three other factory recommended procedures and the service manual along with the user manual.In addition, I'm looking for a local guy that will go through and replace the old electrolytic capacitors and check the bias, etc.
This is one case where vintage isn't really a bargain, but still a great value. Cosmetics seem "minty" in the pics, but I'm a freak and I always try to restore things to "as new" so in the end I will probably end up spending right about what it is going for in tip top shape anyway.
So why not buy one that's already restored and in tip top shape? Because that's no fun and I feel it's important to preserve these things for future crazy people.
This will add one more "survivor" to the pile. I put that in quotes because in classic cars a survivor is a car that remains in untouched pristine "from the factory" condition and is often used as a reference for a 100 point restoration. In this case, I guess a classic receiver like this can be used to get information to get another one working again.
In any case, I will document the work in detail so others can benefit.
Edits: 01/27/17
Please do some research first on who and how it's restored. Go over to the Audiokarma's Marantz forum and look up Bob Speece (wlhd1610) At least email him first before you do any "surgery" on it. He did my Marantz 250M and is very knowledgeable on vintage transistors, relays, etc..... He's like the Mike Samra of SS vintage gear.
He's highly recommended in my book for SS vintage.
Thank you! I will!
It's going to be hard to resist the temptation to just listen to it for a while! But I may do just that at least for a few days...
Being very careful not to flick that power switch too hard!
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