Marantz Record Player

Inspector 24
Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
edited October 2012 in Electronics
There's a Marantz 6025CT Record Player for sale locally, anybody know if these are good players? I'm just getting into Vinyl...in fact this would be my first record player so to be quite honest I have almost no idea what I'm doing, but this popped up for $40...Good starter or should I look elsewhere?

Thanks!
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    For $40 you really can't go wrong if it functions.
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  • edwardm10
    edwardm10 Posts: 104
    edited October 2012
    If you get it and don't like it, you're only out 40 bucks
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited October 2012
    Reguardless of the silly cheap price I'm more concerned that it's a decent player worth the time. If Marantz made a crap record player I'd rather spend the time getting one that's worth the effort. :)
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  • Ronster267
    Ronster267 Posts: 60
    edited October 2012
    If your into vinyl I would say why not? Marantz isn't known for making "crap", never has been.
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited October 2012
    That turntable was $180 new in 1978. According to audiogon, it is worth about $30. Try to negotiate the price down, especially if it requires a new cart, stylus, belt, etc. This was a basic turntable even in its day.

    If it needs any work, you may wish to pass. If it is in fine working condition, then for no more than $40 it will serve as an introduction to vinyl to see if you want to dive deeper.
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited October 2012
    That is a lot of great information and exactly what I was looking for!!!

    I think I'll pass on this one, I'd like to start a little higher up than entry level. Still keeping an eye out for a Technics player, I've been told the 1200 series is a solid unit but I've got plenty of learning yet to do.

    Thanks again!!

    Ryan
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    If your looking for a 1200. Check out Guitar Center. They usually have a good choice of used tables.
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited October 2012
    No kidding? There's one right by my house!

    Any tips for a vinyl newbie?
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited October 2012
    Inspector 24 wrote: »

    Any tips for a vinyl newbie?

    Get a 2nd job. :razz:

    Seriously, finding a decent and fully operational table is a good start. Obtain a modest-to-decent cartridge for starters until you decide if vinyl is truly for you. Think about how you're going to obtain your vinyl--you'll need to determine how you wish to clean that vinyl, especially if buying used (as most do).
    Jay
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    I kid you not. For alot more info than i have. Go to www.vinylengine.com. They have all the info on there forum section, no matter what table your looking at. Check out the manufacturers section. Hope that helps. Good luck. I just bought an imitation Technics 1200 last week.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,421
    edited October 2012
    Ronster267 wrote: »
    If your into vinyl I would say why not? Marantz isn't known for making "crap", never has been.

    They had their dark days like most other manufacturers... I remember a time when Marantz was one step above Soundesign.(ok... two steps)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,806
    edited October 2012
    There was some truly awful stuff branded "Marantz" in the 1980s...
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  • Ronster267
    Ronster267 Posts: 60
    edited October 2012
    Geez. I guess everyone had their bad days. I remember my parents had a relatively high end Marantz system in the late 70's. I then went with Onkyo gear in the mid 80's. hell I thought I was high end! This forum has a great way of putting everything in it's proper historical perspective. Now. what to I have to do to put you into an early 80's Panisonic "Platinum" boom box TODAY? LOL!!!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,806
    edited October 2012
    oh, Marantz made some fine stuff... back when a guy named Saul was running the place. Unfortunately, he ran the business into the ground financially and was forced to sell it to Superscope; it never reattained its place in the pantheon of hifi hardware (even though the name has been associated with plenty of decent, mostly massmarket equipment since then). My understanding is that Marantz's over-investment in the fabulous, and crazily expensive 10 and 10B tuners was the original company's downfall.

    The name "Marantz" has been owned by several different companies since the late 1960s (Superscope, Philips... who owns it now, is it still Philips or is it Japanese-owned)?

    Saul was also heavily involved in the commercialization of Jon Dahlquist's DQ-10 loudspeakers in the 1970s.

    Real Marantz:

    Marantz8Bfrontlookingup-1.jpg
    Marantz8Bbefore.jpg

    (not mine, unfortunately - although I did have the privelige of restoring this one; an 8B is on my life list, though)

    Superscope-era Marantz (the "oh, wow, man, that's heavy factor" was palpable):

    scan0011.jpg

    The Philips "ewww"-era Marantz (sorry, I don't have any of the slide-control and LED-laden mid-80s abominations in the collection):

    marantzcd40.jpg

    Current-era (more or less) Marantz:

    TT15S12.jpg

    (yeah, it's "just" an OEM version of the Clearaudio Emotion deck with CA Satisfy arm and a mediocre CA cartridge - but it was heftier and generally upgraded from the Emotion of the time and no more expensive)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,937
    edited October 2012
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    The name "Marantz" has been owned by several different companies since the late 1960s (Superscope, Philips... who owns it now, is it still Philips or is it Japanese-owned)?

    It's owned by D&M Holdings now, same company that owns Denon, so yeah, Japanese owned.
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