My Vintage Marantz

The Preamp is from the year I was born, 1967, the amp is from 1968 and the tuner is 1974. The Amp is actually dual monoblocks behind a common face plate. At the rear is 2 ac cords coming out, one for each amp. The preamp has a hook up for running an O scope, where you can beat channel A against channel B for a real friggin light show!

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Permalink Reply by Music in a bottle on December 4, 2009 at 12:57am

The older Marantz stereos were totally hand built in Woodside New York, with no printed circuit boards. Despite the age of my set, which all have the original wood cabinets, all the insides are totally original and still fuction flawlessly!ooThe sound is amazingly warmer than anything they make today, imported from China or whatever. Lets see your set up guys!

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Permalink Reply by Music in a bottle on December 4, 2009 at 1:01am

At the top of the page is the rear of my 1931 Philco super heteradyne 7. Those number 24 tubes produce the warmest of AM sensation imaginable. AM actually can sound so good, it's just that AM radios today are such crap