Vintage Marantz Stereo Love

schwarcw · June 2018

These are old blurry pictures but I still have the system in my garage. The system consists of a 6300 turntable, 3800 preamp, 510M amplifier, Model 150 tuner, 5025B cassette deck. I have the Marantz stack powering my Polk Monitor 7s. Sorry for the blurry pics, check it out:

boston1450 · June 2018

Sweet set up Carl. A few years back i had a 2252b 5025b (excellent performer imo) 6300tt hooked to 7's. None with wood boxes. Love the wood box look. Marantz made some great stuff for sure

jdjohn · June 2018

ThomasD wrote: »

Any more pieces you might be parting with???

Nah, the only one I have left is an SR 6000...from a different era without the black face dial. I'll eventually use it to set up a system for one of my kids.

stuwee · June 2018

Woof on that 150 Tuner with the scope!!!

Mikey081057 · June 2018

Got inspired to fire this rig up today and listen to some tunes.... at 10 o'clock on the voume pot it'll ruffle the blinds...she's a beautiful beast... that I may never part with.....

oldrocker · June 2018

^^ Sweet!!

Mikey081057 · June 2018

What's the consensus on the value of a nice 6300 TT? I might want to snag one.

oldrocker · June 2018

No idea on value, but the look of one sitting adjacent to your 2385 would be awesome.

msg · June 2018

la2vegas wrote: »

I saw an ad for a marantz in black face, are these somewhat rare?

When I was eaten up in the vintage craze, I saw black faceplates for sale on Ebay. These were third party accesso-rays. That unit's owner probably installed one.

mhardy6647 · June 2018

Mikey081057 wrote: »

What's the consensus on the value of a nice 6300 TT? I might want to snag one.

The value of one is (EDIT) probably about one-third of what you'll have to pay for one, as is the case with much of the Superscope-era Marantz hardware

A decent tt but not incredibly common and commensurately expensive, I'm sure, in decent condition.

I should've kept the nice, dump-find 6100 that I gave to a friend of my daughter's. I think it was CEC OEM; perfectly decent, perfectly unremarkable tt.

The DD 6300 is a cut or two above (OK, two -- based on its model number).

I reckon that CEC made it for Superscope -- but I dunno.

Scan0015 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

(the 6320, AFAIK, was the armless morph of the 6300)

Mikey081057 · June 2018

I saw one on the bay yesterday for like $700 bucks that was in very nice shape that also came with a parts 6300.... I remember having a Philips GA 312 during the late 70's early 80's which at the time was a technological marvel with it's heat sensing controls. I didn't see many of those around on the auctions.

Mikey081057 · June 2018

https://vintage-turntable.com/philips-312.html

mhardy6647 · June 2018

eBAY and turntables -- a bad combination.
I sometimes think of all of the good tts that have come to bad ends due to inept packing by eBAY sellers

700 smackers seems OK (with a parts donor) and in line with my comment. I'd say these are, realistically, maybe $250 tts used... but they won't be because of the name on them and the current, nonlinear insanity around rekkids.

The GA-212/312 are fairly common on eBAY IMO (or, at least they used to be). Maybe most of them have been destroyed by hapless packing for shipping

They are good tts, sort of. They were kind of crudely made but outperformed their modest design, at least with the high-compliance cartridges that were all the rage in the 1970s. They gave much of the performance of a Thorens at a fairly small fraction of the price (roughly half that of a cheap Thorens of that time). They were, and are, kind of fragile, which doesn't bode well for their survival when shipped today

I think there's one around here someplace, in fact -- although I am not sure whether it's functional.

FWIW -- I started with a GA-308, which was very similar to the 212/312 but with a simpler drive system, 10" platter, and mechanical rather than touch controls. Cute little deck, it was.

The touch switches on the 212/312 work via capacitance, not heat, BTW.

Scan0014 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

Mikey081057 · June 2018

So I connected these today to my Marantz 2385... I really don't have the right space for them but was sad about them being stored away in a closet..... I wish I had this rig in the early 80's...They were made for each other....

Mikey081057 · June 2018

schwarcw · June 2018

Very nice! I always wanted to try my SDA SRS 2.3s with the Marantz gear, but I never did. The 2.3s are gone but the Marantz system is still here.

Mikey081057 · June 2018

One thing I have overlooked is the FM tuner section in the 2385...I have not used it until the last 2 days since the rebuild & tuner alignment... I hooked an antenna to it and it sounds very nice and tuning with the gyro wheel, signal strength and centering meters is very accurate.

stuwee · July 2018

Mikey081057 wrote: »

One thing I have overlooked is the FM tuner section in the 2385...I have not used it until the last 2 days since the rebuild & tuner alignment... I hooked an antenna to it and it sounds very nice and tuning with the gyro wheel, signal strength and centering meters is very accurate.

The tuner is a gem, that receiver is the bomb! Please get a proper cabinet for it or, have one made in something exotic and illegal, what fun to have!! pay attention to have it properly vented while playing hard with those SDAs.

About those blackface 2270's, they are rare and lovely, check the voltage with them, most were not US or Canadian market units and have possibly been converted, check before pay absurd $$'s for a cockup just for the very pretty face.

Mikey081057 · July 2018

I just ordered this case.... been thinking about it for a while and this is a nice WC-124 reproduction for a while.

Not cheap but it is period correct. I always liked the look of this case anyhow...

https://reverb.com/item/7892175-custom-made-wc-124-reproduction-based-on-mid-70s-walnut

oldrocker · July 2018

^^ Cool!!

stuwee · July 2018

Mikey081057 wrote: »

I just ordered this case.... been thinking about it for a while and this is a nice WC-124 reproduction for a while.

Not cheap but it is period correct. I always liked the look of this case anyhow...

https://reverb.com/item/7892175-custom-made-wc-124-reproduction-based-on-mid-70s-walnut

Very nice and perfect for your 'baby'!! Have you had the lights redone in leds? That vellum paper screen isn't getting any cheaper. Nor are those lamps.

Mikey081057 · July 2018

I have LED's in there... Might change them to cool blue... and I have the vellum to replace. I am going to put it on the bench and have a look.... The lamp holders get a little brittle and I saw a guy who makes a replacement on a 3d printer.

Mikey081057 · July 2018

New Case, New Lamp Housing, Cool Blue LED's and replaced the vellum...OMG while I was searching around for my parts, I can't believe what these things are selling for...Insane money...

Mikey081057 · July 2018

Somewhat related but interesting vidoe non the less. Lotta junk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMJ-0TjGADU

oldrocker · July 2018

I saw that video a while back.

Mikey081057 · July 2018

New case.... More cosmetic parts in the way....

mlistens03 · July 2018

Oh. My. Gosh. That thing is absolutely beautiful.

oldrocker · July 2018

VERY nice!!!

Mikey081057 · July 2018

The first pic is before the new LED's and the second is after new cool blue LED's and vellum replacement.

A nice $12 upgrade for sure,

leftwinger57 · July 2018

Just a quick question, I know some of the 2xxx series receivers and gear came both black face. champagne and of course silver face. Are any of these worth more to a perspective buyer. I found this listing of a bunch of Japanese makers. they list value,going prices and rarity. A cool site you got to check it out.

http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/mindex.html

Vintage Marantz Stereo Love

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