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On 31/08/2011 22:58, ClayE wrote:Gary:
I assure you that I was aware that I wasn't restoring a California built Marantz. I have owned Pioneer, Denon and Sony stuff and it all went in the trash. The fact that the 70's Marantz stuff is still functioning today, (usually without any lights) is a good indication of the quality.
My Marantz record deck only stopped functioning two years ago. In that interim I think I had at least three others. It was built to last. I also have a fairly low-rent Marazntz CD player I bought about 20 years ago which has given me nary a moment's trouble. Again, many others have come and gone in that time.
It's not the best gear made in Christendom and often used to get pretty scathing reviews in the hifi press, such as it was. There was a snob value hifi shop in town that offered a deal of some sort when you brought in your (specifically) Marantz gear to 'trade up' to some absurdly expensive new bit of kit. I wandered in and asked them what they did with the units people brought in but they didn't want to answer, for some reason. Many years later I met someone who had briefly worked in the shop who told me; the guys in the shop took it home and used it for themselves. (He also added that it didn't happen very often that people gave it away)
Mike