In Reply to: Marantz receivers posted by toppingh on March 1, 2007 at 15:16:25:
To some extent it will depend on the speakers you have. The earlier models (2230, for example) have capacitively coupled outputs, which will generally work better with 60's and very early 70's model speakers. particularly those that were designed in the tube era. The later model receivers are direct coupled, and those will tend to work better with later models of speakers. Speakers designed in the SS era.I look at the capacitively coupled amps as sort of a transition model between tubes and direct coupled SS.
For example, the 2230 works very nicely with the AR 4x. The 4x is at it's best with tube amps, but with direct coupled SS amps those speakers sound thin in the bass and dull and lifeless in the mids and highs.
Jerry
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- Re: Marantz receivers - Bold Eagle 20:32:41 03/01/07 (3)
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