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Lots of options for vintage systems

Posted by M3 lover (A) on November 23, 2017 at 10:28:57

In Reply to: RE: Marantz Tube Receiver and Speaker Recommendations posted by dofthesea on November 23, 2017 at 09:24:07:

dofthesea, sorry but there is no single answer to your inquiry, just as others have suggested.

Two popular tubed receivers of the era were Fisher 400 and 500 models in one or more iterations. Other quality units were sold by Scott, Sherwood, and of course McIntosh. Many different speakers were paired with them besides JBLs, including Altec, Bozak, AR, KLH, Klipsch, Electro Voice, as well as those offered by the receiver companies themselves.

Properly put together some combination from this list (though not exclusive) should be a satisfying system. Just be prepared that some specific units are sought after and so may be expensive. Also, due to their age, any electronics that old will require some parts updating (not just the tubes) and the FM section a tune up. Assuming you can't do that yourself it may be very difficult with a budget of $3-500.

Regarding the Marantz receivers (solid state), the first generation products sold by Superscope as described by Charles were not as good as their later products. Look for a 4-digit model number, such as the 2270 already suggested. I made the mistake of relying on the Marantz name and bought a 23 or 27 (can't remember which) receiver in the early '70s and it was a poor performer.

Good luck.

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