calling all proud marantz owners! whats in YOUR stash?

[stereorob]

me first.

18 receiver
26 receiver
1060 int amp
1150 int amp
2220 receiver
2220b receiver
2225 receiver
2230 receiver
2235b receiver
2270 receiver
2285 receiver

[Lance Lawson]

My one and only piece of Marantz equipment is my recently acquired SD 3020 two speed cassette recorder and its a beauty. Gorgeous and on fast speed can hold it's own with my RTR deck!

[stereorob]

yep. thats marantz for ya! damn good stuff! btw, nice little teac!

[Lance Lawson]

yep. thats marantz for ya! damn good stuff! btw, nice little teac!


Thanks! You've a nice collection of the BIG M stuff! My TEAC continues to function perfectly some 30+ years down the road and I suspect it will see me out too.

[stereorob]

Thanks! You've a nice collection of the BIG M stuff! My TEAC continues to function perfectly some 30+ years down the road and I suspect it will see me out too.

yeah i love the big M! i even dubbed my marantz stack "marantz mountian" lol. it grows all the time. i really like the old teac stuff. so well made! i have a a-2340r, 4300, and a a-1100. love them all. built like tanks!

[Big Tuna]

Yeah, I love the Marantz classics as well. I have a 2385 & 2500.

I did have a 2275, but I sold it *no*

I also have what has been dubbed as "the finest assembly of vintage Marantz speakers" anyone has ever seen.
HD880's
DS920's
M10's
Model 600's
HD770's
Model 7 MKII
I did have a pair of the later SP series "1500". Sounded really good for what they were.

[Socal Sam]

Some nice ones fur shure but there aren't many watts in that stable.

[Eminence1963]

I have one lowly Marantz receiver that I gave to my daughter this past christmas. Along with a Sony TC200 and a set of Infinity SM152. She now Play's that B bop crap thru it!*bang*
Now Im gonna have to cary my lazy *butt* up the stairs to find out what model it is*sarc*

[Big Tuna]

Some nice ones fur shure but there aren't many watts in that stable. Who you replying to, Sam? Me or Rob?*hypnot*

[Socal Sam]

Who you replying to, Sam? Me or Rob?*hypnot*

Rob.*headache*

[Eminence1963]

I have one lowly Marantz receiver that I gave to my daughter this past christmas. Along with a Sony TC200 and a set of Infinity SM152. She now Play's that B bop crap thru it!*bang*
Now Im gonna have to cary my lazy *butt* up the stairs to find out what model it is*sarc*

Update 2223*wave*

[stereorob]

Rob.*headache*

thanks sam! the best part of my marantz mountian is that all of those receivers are all hooked up together and used as one big system! its sounds incredible!!

[rtp_burnsville]

The only Marantz piece I own is a PMD-430 portable cassette deck. It is a very nice deck, stereo, dolby, dbx, 3 heads...

[stereorob]

its a marantz!

[Eminence1963]

thanks sam! the best part of my marantz mountian is that all of those receivers are all hooked up together and used as one big system! its sounds incredible!!

Are u using a patch box or just daisy chaing them together*?confused*
We need a ? mark Smily

[Squank]

I only have a Marantz CP430 portable 3head deck,nice little unit.

[stereorob]

daisy chain. tape out to aux in.

[rmgantt]

main: marantz 1200 integrated, 120 tuner, 5020 cassette
secondary: 1060 integrated, 110 tuner

[DaveInVA]

http://www.braveknight.com/images/MarantzSLT12uR.jpg


Dave

[Lance Lawson]

I made a serious recording on my SD 3020 this evening. Used Maxell UD XLII and recorded a smooth Jazz CD. Used the 3020 at high speed no Dolby. Amazing sound!

[TheCityBeef]

Love my 4270. Love the Looks and the wood case, dunno if ill ever get rid of it.

[bob955i]

CP-430 and a couple of Superscope C-190.

[J B S]

2385 Reciever
SD 3020 Two Speed Deck

[mrfoxboy]

My only piece of Marantz gear is my SD-4000 two-speed three-head deck, it sounds great. I in fact just uploaded a video of it playing back a high-bias no-dolby tape at high-speed, and it sounds great for it's age. Link ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9pfBDY-Ng

[Maximillian]

My stash contains:

Marantz 2500
Marantz HD88

*Hi5*

[Lance Lawson]

My Marantz SD 3020 2 speed cassette deck is VERY VERY sick right now as I managed to short out half the main board. It'll need about 10 new components to revive. I'm of course not giving up on it since it's a killer machine when running.

[Bluemoon]

My Marantz stuff is from the seventies. I have a 2285 and a 2230 receiver and I just picked up a near mint 5120 cassette recorder. I doesn't sound near as good as my Teac reel to reels, but it looks great and it's easy for my wife to operate.

[stereorob]

http://www.braveknight.com/images/MarantzSLT12uR.jpg


Dave

i hate you.

[stereorob]

it looks great and it's easy for my wife to operate.

aint that the truth! even the wimmens like the marantz stuff! i just gave my wife a 2225 for the bedroom system, she wanted a marantz for awile, even she can appretiate a marantz, she hates my hobby, she hates my gear, but she LOVES marantz stuff and its about the only brand of gear i dont have to sneek into the house these days!!*devil*

[DaveInVA]

i hate you.

I bought it new. I even still have the box and packing etc. It still gets used almost every day...

Dave

[stereorob]

I bought it new. I even still have the box and packing etc. It still gets used almost every day...

Dave

*fit* yeah i hate you more! just keep rubbing it in, why dont ya. ive always wanted one of those liner marantz TTs. it would look really good with my model 18 *contract*

[macman007]

I own a 1120 and a 1200 stereo console integrated amplifiers, still perfect after all these years.



*reelspin*____*reelspin*

[stereorob]

awsome. lets see some pics!

[ke4mcl]

i had a huge collection of the japanese built 70s stuff but sold it all off. must have had over 15 receivers in quad and stereo in total. now just have an american made console 3300 preamp i believe it is. used to belong to the founder of miami records and was part of his sound system in his office.

i also have one of those big clunky digital recorders. pmd1 maybe? cant remember the model number. i think i may have a 4020 in the wood case if stereorob didnt get it. amp section was shot. was gonna mod it to a 4x100w class d amp.

[stereorob]

. i think i may have a 4020 in the wood case if stereorob didnt get it. amp section was shot. was gonna mod it to a 4x100w class d amp.

nope. didnt get that one, but id LOVE to have it *grin*

[ke4mcl]

wow! i lost a marantz? crap.... how the heck do i lose a marantz?

[kelvinmunson]

2215b Receiver and SD1000 cassette in silver

Some black stuff too......

SD57 Cassette,
PM63SE amp
CD63SE CD
ST360L Tuner

[LesX55]

Hi all,

I have a Marantz SA-KI Pearl SACD player

[Akaionkyoteacfan]

I have a Marantz 510 power stack amplifier ( basic model with no meters, wood case, or rack handles. I love how it delivers all it is supposed to do and then some.

[SansuiPhoto]

I just finished the restoration (or should I say the techs at Magnetic Tape did so) on a Marantz 27 receiver. The heart and soul of my bedroom system and my first ever Marantz receiver. On my main system I have a Marantz CD-53 (the middle brother of the 43 to 63 line from the 90's) cd player. The CD-53 was my first ever piece of Marantz gear and is a very good little player. Wish I had the remote though, it was lost or went bad years before I bought the player.

[Superfly]

Proud Marantz owner checking in.

My stash;

4400 quadraphonic receiver with SQ-A full-logic decoder
CD-400B Disc demodulator
5220 cassette deck
5030 cassette deck
Superscope (by Marantz) TD-830 8track record/player



Question:
Did Marantz make vacuum tube stereo amps with blue VU meters?
The reason I ask is because I want to buy two vacuum tube amps for front & rear line outs from my 4400 quad receiver. I know McIntosh has made them.
I'm really loving the Marantz 510 amps but that is solid state, not tube.
The only quad amp by Marantz is the 4220 which puts out less power than my 4400 and it's also solid state.
Any suggestions?

[DangeRuss]

I own their

Model 1090 and 1152DC Console amps and ....
Model 2100 and 2130 Tuners *bigthumbup*

Both sets are in need of a little TLC at the moment *embarrased*

[BigM.]

Took a drive south yesterday to Colonial Heights, Virginia to drop off a neglected Yamanha four track deck. The electronics shop always has cool vintage stuff that works as they service most everything before it hits the floor, and they are uptight about fresh belts, not a bad thing. Anyhow, nabbed my second two speed deck, the Maranta SD-1000 for 35 dollars. I have been running this thing non-stop since purchase as I worked most of today from home, it was kicking in the background and I made a lot of tapes with the high speed setting. I am excited about the sonic results with some common/older tapes I was using, for taping a variety of my favorite music from vinyl. I wonder with the high speed and not using Dolby if its more forgiving with generic normal bias tapes of the era. I gotta figure out what works best before ruining valuable still sealed tapes, but my compromised standards are such that I cant see how any used early 80's tapes that I have thrown at it have sounded bad (Maxell UD, BASF Ferro Extra I, TDK SA '82, and the later TDK SD for kicks which actually sounded brilliant to me....I used the normal eq setting with high bias trick with that tape. The eq control is another bonus with this reasonably priced deck...only had this feature on my Nak before.