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In Reply to: Almost fell back into the "what if I just upgrade this..." trap posted by airtime on April 6, 2007 at 16:08:09:
Aren't those Marantz 2230 receivers fantastic? How do they sound so good? I am tempted to do the preouts to another power amp just to see what it would be like.I have a minor problem with my 2230's volume pot - slight unevenness in channels in only some positions, but otherwise sounds great.
My problem is I keep stumbling into new (old) vintage gear, so I try it out, and am never satisfied.
Glad you have some contentment, that's nice gear.
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an amazing performer.
I just keep going back to it and I've got lots of options although none as nice as Airtime.
The 2230 is clearly a superior piece of vintage gear. I used mine to preamp an ST-70 with terrific results before upgarding to a PAS. The only weak link, to my way of thinking, is the tuner section. I picked up a Kenwood 815 at a church rummage sale ($5) and that solved that problem.People who buy those anonymous black plastic boxes at Circuit City just don't know what they are missing.
Having been a funk-n-rock fanatic, wanted systems which could deliver plenty of clean volume via moderate wattage. Thus efficient two-way speaker designs became a prefered medium. 'Twas through a Fisher tubed amp, coupled with a Sanyo/Fisher solid-state receiver, & Utah/Jensen speaker system moi first experienced hearing recording limitations! Just like what them tech sarges used to point out thru their Fisher systems(Macs-n-Marantz were for officers). Eventually got comfortable with Marantz solid-state tonality, until bein' Sansui 9090 seduced recently. Love that reserve-power sonic solidity. Having hemp-coned Celestions has also been a revelation. Through Mesa Boogie Black Shadows can clearly hear how midrange-centric those vintage amps-n-receivers were. So it's all just a matter of mix-n-match to suit personal tonal taste. Am still vunerable to occasional gear substitutions, only to put the original back in da signal chain. After several months enjoying them smooth Black Shadows, went back to hemp-coned V30s in da living room speaker system. There's sum'pin sumptuous about alnico robustness, even faux in this instance. Especially combined with 60's-era alnico tweets. Harmonic hipster heaven! Would only be tempted by Celestion's new 50 watt Gold driver, which would be sent to Brown Soun for hemp-reconing(if ultimate hi-fi were required, substitute Celestion Century driver). For around a grand total, you'll hear your amp's full glory(hemp cones demand quality amplification). Who'd wanta spend several G's on a speaker that might tank in resale? Better to have spent two bills on an unloved '64 Fender Jag back in '79, which now garners several grand thanks to Curt Cobain!!!
i got the jag too
Totally different vibe from a Strat, plavcam! Never could figure out that damn tone control system, thus it was bypassed. Wired the stock pick-ups in series, & morphed into a Lou Reed-ish Rock-n-Roll Animal! Throughout the 80s 'twas great for wrangling Reed, Bowie, Mott, Tubes, Roxy, et al! Changed to Dimarzio H.S. 3s in 1990 proper, to accomodate stereo wiring. Tech who installed brass nut recommended 'em as ideal replacements. In stacked humbucker mode you'd get pretty close to that stock Jag tone, without all that damn hum, he explained. Then, thanks to those slider controls, it's a snap to switch into single-coil mode. Those other two sliders are for individual pick-up out-of-phase inversion, akin to positions 2 & 4 on Strat pick-up selectors. A veritable tonal palette, with quick-n-easy access to boot. Original sunburst finish arrived with a few finish nicks, which were subsequently joined by several solder bubbles. Damn! Just like real rock-n-roll!!!
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