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@ricardoflot2787Ай бұрын
Marantz sold TONS of equipment in the 70s, and they were reasonably priced! The used market garnered RIDICULOUSLY GREEDY collectors, who drove prices crazy and the romance of Marantz died! Their sound was quite different from Sansui, Pioneer, and Kenwood, which have their distinctive sounds. I once saw on the back of an audio mag in the 70's that read: "The wife got the house and the car, but she's NOT getting my Marantz!" I also saw another one that read: "MY house burned down, but my Marantz still works!" LOL 😆 🤣 😂
@upscaleaudio11 ай бұрын
My name is Kevin Deal and I own Upscale Audio. I'm a hard-core Marantz collector. From the 2500, 2600, to Model 9's, Model 2, 10B, etc. I was just at a high-level meeting with upper management of Marantz, and I can tell you with calm assurance that you could not be more wrong. Joe Kiani is investing massive capital into Marantz as it's OWN BRAND and OWN SOUND. Including bringing back manufacturing to Japan on many models. I could not have been more impressed. This man is not just a genius. He wants to save the identity of the brand. He is a GOOD GUY.
@bryede10 ай бұрын
I hope so. Marantz deserves better.
@guillermomartin824810 ай бұрын
Is the 40 built in China?
@NANDO-vf6hi10 ай бұрын
@guillermomartin8248 Cinema 40 made in Japan and is outstanding!!
@larryschwartz988310 ай бұрын
Kevin, This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Marantz isn’t going anywhere and thank you for being upfront about it. Saul Marantz is one of my audio heroes. I’m so tired of these untruths being spread around on KZfaq. Older audiophiles like us take offense to such disinformation.
@robertmceuen36309 ай бұрын
I have a 1200b integrated amp. Something wrong with it. I suspect it is in need of a new column control, but I could be wrong. Do you know of anyone willing to attempt repair? Answer here and we can connect further. Thanks.
@user-xx2hj7xb6b Жыл бұрын
Back in the 80s, I did a phone interview with Saul Marantz for a Maryland magazine on the pioneers of audio. I also spoke with David Hafler (co-founder of Dynaco and then another company bearing his name) and Paul Klipsch. They've all passed but their legacy in audio lives on.
@mikecampbell585611 ай бұрын
That's pretty awesome.
@SoCalFreelance11 ай бұрын
Really @user-xx2hj7xb6b? Really? >_>
@chuckmaddison292411 ай бұрын
David Hafler, for me is the most memorable.
@Bill_N_ATX11 ай бұрын
I’ve owned equipment from all three. I still have a DH-500, a 1980s era MOSFET based amp that was powerful, reliable, and sounded great, all for a reasonable price. It’s been updated over the years with new caps and with the last of the original matched sets of MOSFETs a decade ago, but it still plays like a champ. They made great equipment back then.
@Theupgradeguy5 ай бұрын
I currently work with Ed Fantasia who was David's right-hand man as his amplifier project manager at Dynaco & Hafler. Ed has designed his own retro-fit driver boars for the DH series amps that tale these legendary amps to the next level. I do all of Ed's upgrade installation work. Ed has been a great mentor to me for the past 8 yrs..@@Bill_N_ATX
@thisisnev Жыл бұрын
Philips' involvement in Marantz goes way back further than the 90s. Both companies' CD players were effectively badge-engineered twins with different front panels, with the bulk of both brands' devices made at Philips' plant in Belgium and the high-end Philips and Marantz models made at the Marantz factory in Japan.
@LennyFlorentine Жыл бұрын
Yeah the CD-63 and the CD-100 were the exact same. Thanks for info!
@PerfDayToday Жыл бұрын
And .. Meridian Audio ‘modded’ that Phillips chassis as well becoming an icon if the day as well.
@cengeb11 ай бұрын
Philips owned Marantz, as well as Magnavox, B&O, and several other consumer electronics brands, First early Philips stuff from Belgium, soon moved to Mexico, when prices had to be reduced, Philips ownership made it still exist in the 90's as it was a fading company...now sold off as Philips did with ALL consumer electronics. Like so many others, just a name, Marantz is falling fast, like fisher, Scott,Magnavox,Denon,
@cengeb11 ай бұрын
@@LennyFlorentine and the Magnavox badged units, i had the first ones when CD first appeared, Made in Belgium, but in less than 2 years later 16bit chips where available, front loaders came about, and the units where now remote controlled, and $129 at the employee store,not all that cheap for early 80's CE stuff, all PLASTIC of course, made in Mexico, the first Belgium stuff where metal TANKS, but too pricey for mass consumption maybe $300 employee discount prices, that they needed to make CD take off like they made it do.
@VSigma72510 ай бұрын
At some point, for reasons I can't begin to understand, the Marantz name ended up on VCRs. Did Phillips make those?
@miguelcontreras3953 Жыл бұрын
Great video on the history of an iconic audio brand. With all the research you have done on the brands from the past you should write a book on the rise and fall of Hi-Fi. You are becoming a Hi-Fi historian. Keep up the videos.
@LennyFlorentine Жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@mehulmepani11 ай бұрын
History of Marantz without even a mention in Ken Ishiwata!
@jimmyhawke Жыл бұрын
Back in the '80's I had a Marantz 3300 pre amp with a Dynakit 35 amp, a Technics SL-7 turntable, an Aiwa AD-F990 cassette deck running through a pair of Altec Stonehenge I speakers. It was a great sounding system. I miss it.
@Algabatz Жыл бұрын
These "historic" videos are always incredibly interesting. Thanks so much! I have a 2330 from 1977, and i'ts a monster. Incredibly well built and great sounding.
@LennyFlorentine Жыл бұрын
For sure! Thank you
@NateEll Жыл бұрын
Absolutely- Kew Gardens! I lived quite close (born & bred in Queens). I quite happily loitered in stereo shops (and there were many) in the 70’s. It was an amazing time to be into hifi
@LennyFlorentine Жыл бұрын
Nice! I watch the King quite often!
@AB2A8 ай бұрын
I remember going to a store named the “Federated Group” in the 70’s. The salesman in the demo room would let us absolutely blast music through the various Marantz systems they had on display. They really did sound great especially when cranked up!
@bpalpha Жыл бұрын
Awesome that his love of music drove him to create such iconic hi-fi gear. That’s kind of why I got into the hobby, for the love of high fidelity music playback. I think my father had a Marantz receiver when I was very young and I broke the tuning wheel by spinning it too much! Just thought it was cool.
@wjekat Жыл бұрын
Back in the early to mid seventies as a teenager I would sneak into the local stereo stores and gawk at the incredible unaffordable chrome machines adorned with countless switches, meters and dials and listen to what we today call classic rock on huge speakers. The Marantz receivers were the absolute pinnacle, occasionally I would dare touch the holy grail Gyro-Touch tuning knobs. It was a pretty good time to grow up. I still love my classic American hi-fi, but my true love today is the other vintage brand beginning with an “M“ - McIntosh…
@MarvinHartmann452 Жыл бұрын
I like mcintosh a lot too. They are usually easy to work on, and the quality is definitely something else. If I had to go on a desert island, and only bring one system for the rest of my life, I would choose anything mcintosh, I like both the 250 power amplifier, and the 225, with the 7591 output tubes, they have a very distinctive sound and I like them a lot. If I had only à receiver, it would be the 4100. Nothing is comparable from the same time period, people don't like it very much but I know how it's made, and it must have at least 20 différents op-amp used as buffers and in the tone control section. The power supply section is beefy too, and it has an independent balanced power supply for those ic. It's something else than any other brand. They are good, but never that good.
@wjekat Жыл бұрын
@@MarvinHartmann452 I can only agree. Every day I enjoy my MX-110 preamp/tuner feeding two MC-30 power amps hooked up to two Klipsch Cornwalls. The only solid state device in the entire setup is a single lonely transistor switching the FM multiplex light 😂 In my humble opinion this early sixties setup will beat 95% of the „high end“ systems being sold today. After a total rebuild a few years ago, the McIntosh components have been incredibly reliable and I know somebody will be able to repair them long after I‘ve been on that stairway to heaven.
@normwetherbee340311 ай бұрын
I still have a 2230 receiver that I got in the late 70's "Lightly" used. I emphasized the "Lightly" because it had a completely broken Power push button. I soldered a toggle switch in and it worked fine. This was well before the internet made getting parts for these so much easier. It has the original wood cabinet and has been re-lamped (maybe a couple times?) but still works fine. I try to run current through it a couple times a year and so far, so good.
@edmatzenik9858 Жыл бұрын
You almost touch on a topic I'd like to hear more about, the Sony Superscope 1/4 inch 4-track. In the 1970s I had two of these machines in a small studio I ran for the Track Records label in London. They were sort of like the well-known TEAC 4-tracks but a lot better in sound and transport mechanism. I've never seen any of them anywhere else, or on KZfaq.
@barrettwbenton Жыл бұрын
Quite the story (and intriguing head-scratcher regarding the future of Marantz, not to mention the other well-known brands involved here). While I know you couldn't cover every prominent product Marantz produced within the span of this video, I'd give a shout-out to their Model 8/8b as the amplifier that helped Saul & Co. get serious attention from the late 1950s onward. Great presentation yet again!
@sidvicious312911 ай бұрын
This was outstanding and I love when you take us down memory lane. This reminds me of the history of Audio Research and how it has been sold many times. I think your next piece should be on Audio Research, also an Iconic Brand.
@gotham61 Жыл бұрын
Some of this history is wrong. Philips bought Marantz in 1980, that why all of those early Marantz CD players are just rebadged Philips/Magnavox players. Apart from minor cosmetic and badging differences, the CD63 is a clone of the Philips CD100 and the Magnavox FD1000. Superscope continued to operate the North American dealer network and distribution until 1992. The original CD-63 was never $325, it was more like $800. Marantz made many CD players called CD-63 over the years, so it's easy to get mixed up when researching prices.
@nathanjones4039 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe you didn’t touch on the infamous Marantz 2270 that was in a fire and on one of their ads with the owners back story how the unit survived and still worked after being burnt to a crisp.
@RUfromthe40s11 ай бұрын
it´s true , i remenber it
@williamcampbell386811 ай бұрын
Hello fellow music lovers and audiophiles. I still remember the jingle and it was: " I am the music, I am Marantz! I'll be good for your systemmm!!🤣
@geraldmartin770311 ай бұрын
I still have the High Fidelity Magazine in which that ad appeared. Coincidentally, in college I bought the 2270 which still sits (unused) on a shelf for my stereo system.
@dbkfrogkaty17 ай бұрын
I saved up my money from working in fast food during the 1970's to buy my first quality piece of audio equipment: The MARANTZ 2015 Stereo receiver. I was in my teens then. Damn that thing was beautiful! While hanging out at the stereo shop a month or so later I spotted the wood case for it. I jumped on it and completed my system. Rocked out for years!
@davidsparling350511 ай бұрын
Still have my Marantz 1060 integrated amp with walnut cabinet I bought new in 1975. Gorgeous in it’s simple yet elegant design. Still sounds like butter! Wish I still had the Advent Loudspeakers I originally paired them with it.
@MarvinHartmann452 Жыл бұрын
I like marantz, the 1974-1977, blue face time period were pretty good, but when they sold to phillips, the quality went down, the components were cheap, and when you had the misfortue to repair one, you saw that used the early desing STK ic power pack instead of discretes, the transformers were poor quality. If felt flimsy and when you opened one, you saw why. The power supply, tone control, pre-amp and power amplifier were on the same board, which also have the tuner. That's a sign that the quality dropped significantly in comparison with older series, in fact, the older superscope branded receiver were way better than anything that came out after 1978. If you can find one, I suggest this over any post 1978 model, they have the same construction, same components than the famous 22 serie for a fraction of the price. There was another major drop in quality in the 90s. I refuse to even open one from the phillips area because it just doesn't worth it. After the 1978 serie, the only thing they had in common with the older serie was the gyro tuner, and that's it. And I think it damaged the brand name à lot. If I'm not mistaken, the last US made amplifier is the marantz 500. I have a small trio of separate, 3200 pre-amp/ 112 tuner/ 140 power amplifier, they're from the same time period than the 22 series and I like them a lot. But I prefer separate systems, the only receiver I like, and it's a severely underrated one, is the MAC4100 from mcintosh, it's not the most powerful one, but the quality of construction and the electronic circuits by themselves are something else. I speak as a tech with more than 30 years of experience. I'm not an audiophile, I just love listening to music. Sorry for the bad grammar, english isn't my language. Edit : there's a reason why the 22 serie is sought after, and it's not only because of the look, the construction and circuits are better, with good modular construction, the power supply section are also very good, with good transformer. No matter if it's a low power model or something like 2270, they're all made with great care and with the same modular construction.
@pedrofernandez8729 Жыл бұрын
As an audiophile, it concerns me that many homes now use things like Sonos to get their music at home.
@williamcampbell386811 ай бұрын
To @pedrofernandez8729: I echo your sentiment my fellow music lover and audiophile. I been into this for over 40 years and I don't like most of today's so-called music or the stuff they listen to music on. It's fatiguing low fidelity that just doesn't sound good. Processed junk food music with no lasting value. Mass produced stereo and mass produced music go hand in hand!
@pedrofernandez872911 ай бұрын
@@zockblattshickleblender7758 At least Bose was real stereo.
@mikecampbell5856 Жыл бұрын
I love these audio history lessons. One thing that surprised me is that the early equipment had a TV input. I have been watching TV since the early 60s and I don't remember ever seeing a TV with an audio output. I do know that in the 70s people were tapping into the speaker output and making their own. Weird. Starting in the 70s I always bought amps based on specs. I never really considered Marantz because their specs never measured up. My son gave me a 2220b about 10 years ago and I was floored. Then I mentally kicked myself in the butt. It sounded great!
@davidsparling350511 ай бұрын
Marantz specs were always conservative…unlike most competitors.
@mikecampbell585611 ай бұрын
@@davidsparling3505 Right you are!
@echodelta911 ай бұрын
With many tubes in a TV (20 or more) leaving three out and a decent speaker - box, having an output jack because even many table radios as well floor consoles had an input for a phono was an option. The first TV's had a separate FM circuit and tubes for the sound. Most folks first heard FM as TV sound not radio FM. Later a cheap circuit combined the sound and video and gave us decades of buzzing sound with 10 tubes or less used.
@mikecampbell585611 ай бұрын
@@echodelta9 Great info, thanks! I have a 1940 RCA Victor radio with an RCA input. I sometimes connect an Amazon Echo to it.
@edholmwood2263 Жыл бұрын
Philips owned Marantz outside the US from the early 80's. You forgot to mention Ken Ishwata.
@johnevans9751 Жыл бұрын
Good point. My MR255 from 1979 is pre-transition, yet because it lacks the gyro-touch (ostensibly), it is valued at barely a fifth of its comparable 22-series brethren.
@Musicradio77Network Жыл бұрын
Previously, Marantz was made by Superscope. I have the cassette player which was the “Superscope Story Teller” and it still works. In addition, Superscope made the “Superscope Story Teller” book and cassette series featuring a collection of children’s fairy tales.
@donk1822 Жыл бұрын
My first turntable, amplifier and cassette deck were all budget Marantz, I had to buy my HiFi via my mum's John England catalogue :). The amp wasn't too awful but the decks were both junk, turntable suffered from feedback and the cassette deck got replaced twice before J.E gave me an Akai HX3 as an upgrade because of the problems, SD220 rings a bell. One of my friends had to go the catalogue route but chose Rotel, he's probably still using it. I wondered what happened to Marantz. Brilliant series BTW, thanks.
@NickP33311 ай бұрын
Wow, an absolutely huge thank you for putting this video together. It truly came out amazingly. From the way you delivered the verbal history to the accompanying pictures, it’s a 100% top notch overall story / description of Marantz’s history as a company. I was given a stunning example of a 2220B receiver which was not just recapped but fully refurbished. It still retains that warmer presentation Marantz is so famous for. I have a Tavish tube based phono stage going into the 2220B, then easily runs my Tekton Pendragon speakers due to their high sensitivity of aprox 95dB. It’s a perfect combination of old and new. FWIW, I also have a Quicksilver tube monoblock amps, a tube preamp, plus a Parasound a23+ SS amp, but I just can’t take the Marantz out yet, if ever.
@urbanknish11 ай бұрын
I sure hope Marantz is around for a very long time. I have their components all around my house. They still make really great equipment.
@nickmrt2670 Жыл бұрын
I love these autobiographies on audio companies!! A couple of more interesting videos on Luxman, Kenwood, Nakamichi would be awesome.
@LennyFlorentine Жыл бұрын
Noted!
@agrippa123422 күн бұрын
I got it, with classic audio ownership often resting with more mature owners and it's ownership by a company knee deep in medical technology, build a New Marantz receiver/preamp with a built in AED! Imagine "Dark Side of the Moon" cascading in your listening space and uh oh, you feel hour chest tightening and with your Apple Watch a warning goes off on the Marantz and the attached AED lights up and the unit gives you instructions right through the speakers, "Money, you can't wait"......CLEAR! I like it.
@rangersmith465211 ай бұрын
We used to listen to music on our stereos. Now, our stereos listen to us.
@Simon_Hawkshaw11 ай бұрын
Amazing history and story of this amazing audio equipment. Thank you for sharing this with us all and giving us an insight into early audiophile technology. Much appreciated.
@richardhart92042 ай бұрын
My first-ever amplifier was a late 1980s Marantz I purchased in 1989. It was a PM 65 AV. It served me well for about 15 years, before it completely died, and I sold it on eBay. It was a rock-solid amplifier with excellent sound. To this moment, I'd always believed Marantz was a wholly Japanese company.
@jamesrevell647511 ай бұрын
I found my old Kenwood receiver in my dad's garage after he passed away. I thought he threw it out 30 years ago when I joined the military. I'm sending it to a stereo restoration shop in St Petersburg FL. I've been shopping relentlessly for a new stereo the past 5 years. There's a few models I would consider if I won the lottery but overall there's not much to choose from today. Hi-Fi died sometime after the 80's. The industry has only itself to blame with mergers and acquisitions that destroyed innovation and design. Everything nowadays looks and performs identical to each other. Peel away the shiny branding sticker that you paid thousands of dollars for only to discover you got ordinary 'made in china' junk just like the garbage you find at your local BestBuy.
@user-bl7oe2md4p11 ай бұрын
When I was in high school (late 70s) Marantz was total earcandy and drool fantasy. But it was way out of the reach of regular people to afford. I bought a used dbx unit from a pawn shop and I remember seeing the top end Marantz receiver there with 250 watts per ch RMS, the thing was a monster! I always wondered what that receiver would have sounded like.
@RJ986S3 ай бұрын
When I was a college student in the early 1970s, I first became aware of Marantz from reading an audio component survey in Playboy magazine, lol. The article featured a photo of a 2270; I thought it was the most mesmerizing piece of stereo gear I'd ever seen. When I graduated a few years later, I treated myself to a 2270. I got 20+ years of solid, dependable use out of it, and I ended up giving it to my brother who continued enjoying it. In recent years, Marantz has come out with their Models 30, 40, and 50 integrated amps. They've all been well-reviewed. Thanks for the video; I enjoyed the history.
@nhlanhlamagagula7467 Жыл бұрын
So sad ..we living and witnessing the fallen of audio companies and as much as the passing of great music artists... really sad times
@joeprestera223911 ай бұрын
I'm really loving this series. Will you do Macintosh as well?
@leafyleafyleaf11 ай бұрын
This is why I have stuck with Yamaha. They have avoided being acquired, and have kept their focus intact as far as I can tell. Came *this* close to getting an Onkyo TX-RZ50 receiver but I decided against it (in favour of a Yamaha) because I was not sure if Onkyo would even be around after I made the purchase.
@MemoGrafix11 ай бұрын
I have a Yamaha Receiver, I got it after My Marantz Receiver gave up the Ghost after 9 years of use in 1999. My Yamaha Recv. been through ALOT of miles/kilometers since 1999 and still going STRONG. I even had a fire & water damage at My home, and My Yamaha and a few other electronics didn't suffer.
@leafyleafyleaf11 ай бұрын
That being said, many Marantz models win in the style department!
@MemoGrafix11 ай бұрын
I had a *_Marantz_* Stereo Rack System I bought in 1991 _- 500 Watt Receiver, Dual Auto-Reverse Tape Deck, 7-Band EQ, CD Player, separate Radio tuner._ I bought it Factory Sealed off a CrackHead for $100. The system sold retail at that time for $900. I LOVED it. The Receiver lasted until 1999. The CD Player died next. Tuner & EQ I still have them despite My house having a fire & water damage. Now onto the Tape Deck, lasted for years as well. Before the fire, the tape decks started eating My Cassette Tapes. So I opened it to fix it, that I did, but one thing I noticed looking at some of the Parts inside including the main Circuit Board was *_TOSHIBA_* stamped on them. I opened the EQ same thing. All those years of having a *_"Marantz"_* wasn't a Marantz at all. They should have simply put TOSHIBA on the enclosure instead. I would have still bought it as I did like Toshiba anyway.
@boudewynwagener7653 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, what a walk down memory lane. I bought my 1st Hi Fi in 1977. A Marantz 1060, 105B Tuner, 2x HD 55 speakers and a connoisseur belt driven turn table. Sold it in 2012😫😫. Now I am going to recapture the past but better. Again thank you✌🏻✌🏻
@mandymoo7406 Жыл бұрын
I'm carefully rebuilding my 70's gear bit by bit from deceased estates where goods are gifted to charity shops,I sold rotel sansui akai pioneer etc back then and it was a great time to unbox a new model and the highlight of the year was the trade show in Harrogate (uk)
@pervertedalchemist9944 Жыл бұрын
I have a Marantz 2235B that been in my possession since 2015. Their classic receivers go for a pretty penny now. Despite that, they are well worth having.
@LennyFlorentine Жыл бұрын
They sure do!
@raducristiandumitrescu180611 ай бұрын
There seems to be a pattern where good brands of the past are eradicated by mean corporate interests, where lack of culture in those corporations dominate alongside money mule tactics which destroy quality and soul of the brands all together.
@THE-xp3hp10 ай бұрын
Applies for any buisness or entity. They all end up on that path
@joekelley512111 ай бұрын
A few years ago I purchased a Marantz Professional dual cassette tape deck to digitize old band recordings, and the quality is fantastic.
@wal Жыл бұрын
Love your videos! Also, congrats on 100k subscribers!!
@HawklordLI9 ай бұрын
I still have a pair of Marantz Imperial 7 speakers that I bought in 1977. Still sound great, only been worked on once in 46 years.
@martinrascon13504 ай бұрын
I love my grandfathers 2230 marantz radio reciever
@dbaider946711 ай бұрын
The amount of research, time and scripting that went into this vid is immense. Hats off to all involved.
@LennyFlorentine11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@teknolojigundemi Жыл бұрын
Acquired means dead.
@davefox89484 ай бұрын
Seeing the store takes me back to my youth when Hi Fi stores were everywhere. This video makes me wish I never sold my model 2500 and glad I still own a SM-6.
@roccobruno802711 ай бұрын
One of my favourite Marantz amps had to be the Michael D. Custer designed Sm-1000.
@Djekkie-gj7jz6 ай бұрын
You missed something. From 1977 onwards there was a takeover by Philips for the first time. Marantz Europe appointed Ken Ishiwata (May 8, 1947 - November 25, 2019) as Technical Coordinator in 1978. After two years, Ken was appointed Product Development Manager and would later become Brand Ambassador. In December 1980, Marantz was acquired by Philips. Only Marantz America and Canada remained with Superscope. Released in 1983, the Marantz CD63 was one of the first CD players to hit the market, following the introduction of the Philips CD100. The Marantz CD63 was almost identical to the Philips CD100, with the only difference being the Marantz branding.
@bernieditullio49766 ай бұрын
I am the original owner of a Marantz 4270. My setup at the time included a Philips turntable, Techniques cassette tape deck and ESS Heil speakers. The 4270 is the only component left. It’s beautiful in its cabinet and just looking at it brings back fond memories. My question is what would you do to either reconstruct a new system, sell or what?
@jjakes558911 ай бұрын
I brought a Marantz SR7013 new and recently just out of warranty, 3 years & one month it shorted out and i'm told its major. You cant get new boards as they dont support their products that long apparently. That's $4500NZD down the gurglar. Very disappointed for such an expensive receiver. I don't think I would risk buying their home theatre components again as Its not durable at all and the company doesnt stand behind the gear.
@crimlarksSteve Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great overview of the Marantz company and their great audio equipment. Love all your videos on these hi-fi icons.
@lbowsk8 ай бұрын
I found a 2240 on Craigslist 20 years ago. One channel was in an out, all the pots were dirty, etc. But, it was in gorgeous shape. I talked him down to 40 bucks. Spent 400 having it recapped and professionally restored. Every little gizmo on the circuit boards was replaced. It's perfect. I am told that today its worth around 1500 bucks but it is not for sale.
@Gectms11 ай бұрын
I love these historical presentations!
@danallan48603 ай бұрын
A fantastic history on Marantz!
@siegfriedbarfuss9379 Жыл бұрын
My 1300DC lasted 40 years. I looked for replacement with similar specs and quality and couldn’t find anything comparable / matching my expectations!
@andymarcano995 Жыл бұрын
Do you still have it?
@AB-zw5xx5 ай бұрын
It’s just so iconic that I can’t stop saying the word “iconic.”
@JukeboxAlley6 ай бұрын
This was a very good and informative video, much appreciated. Those 2230s and really that whole lineup when restored are just so good lookin, and makes a decent preamp too.
@Spock1055 ай бұрын
Still in use every day : Marantz 2226b , Marantz 1122dc , Marantz 5030 , Marantz 2130 all in new woodcases , all in perfect optical and technical condition & new Marantz AV 7706.
@ericshutter530511 ай бұрын
Denon and Marantz are doing quite well. Quality wise also. So this "end of" is just your own b.s. opinion.
@ClassicTrialsChannel6 ай бұрын
I still have my Marantz EQ551 Graphic Equalizer Spectrum Analyser. Had it since 1993-4. still working great
@dalesanderson476411 ай бұрын
Good job. No mention of the model 8b was the most popular stereo power amps ever. The model 9 is for me the best sounding amp by far of any of the classic stuff unmodified. The 10b FM tuners are to this day unequaled .
@paullorenz7135 Жыл бұрын
Keep up these awesome stories. Gotta get to your store. Yep didn't realize that these receivers wouldn't be around forever
@pedrofernandez8729 Жыл бұрын
As I watch this and look at my 2030, I realize that I like it as much now as the day I purchased it in 1972.
@phil9012511 ай бұрын
Marantz product range in the 90s is dismissed in less than 20 seconds. Wow. A decade containing the Marantz CD52 MKII SE, considered to be the best pound for pound CD player ever made, or the KI Signature series? Really?
@opera5714 Жыл бұрын
Glad you stressed that he was a graphic artist. I knew Saul Marantz in the 70's and he was a great storyteller. His start in electronics was trying to bring a car radio into his home. He still lived in the second home he ever bought. His first engineer knocked on his front door and as hard as he tried, couldn't improve on his preamp design. Couldn't find potentiometers which could track until Cosmos.
@stillastillsfan11 ай бұрын
Hadley?
@robertholsopple945111 ай бұрын
I recently bought my 1st Marantz product, a sr6009 AVR. It does everything i could ever want it to. I typically use vintage equipment and speakers but this thing is the heart of my home theater system SO... I went with something more modern that supports 4k and other modern features. Aside from SiriusXM not being supported anymore and the Marantz apps made for this unit and others not working its a great AVR.
@gregphillips.13127 ай бұрын
I still have a PM230 in my Bedroom and it's great for that size of room with separates that span 4 decades! ✌🙏❤🍻🇬🇧
@thefreestylefrEaK Жыл бұрын
Ahh Marantz....I remember working part-time at Radio Shack as a teen in the early '90's. I'd a have an older fella drop in regularly to tell me stories about vintage Marantz. I didn't know much about the brand. I just thought he just needed someone to talk to as he rambled on. If I had known better I should have invested a little more time picking up some used Marantz receivers back then. I'm sure people we're probably selling them for dirt cheap on the used market.
@roguico11 ай бұрын
Very interesting but I believe you are missing a big important part of Marantz history, that is when it was split in two: in 1980 Superscope sells the Marantz brand, dealer network, and all overseas assets (except U.S. and Canada) to Philips Electronics, afterwards the quality began diverging, having better quality the ones from the Philips side and dregrading the ones from the SuperScopeside, Philips realized this was hurting the brand perception and in 1992 acquires U.S. and Canada trademarks and dealer network to create Marantz America and Marantz Professional was created with rights given to SuperScope but with the requirement the products be developed and manufactured by Marantz Japan in order to be certain of their quality. SuperScope history is also very interesting.
@westhavenor951311 ай бұрын
Growing up in the 70's in an upscale neighborhood, I remember well all the Marantz stereo systems of my neighbors. In the 90's, as a young adult, all that equipment was available at garage sales and thrift stores, in favor of shitty compact CD stereo systems. Today is even worse, with data compressed MP3's, satellite and internet music. Yeah, I'm a grumpy old boomer ;)
@analogdesigner5 ай бұрын
There is the rarest Marantz Model 10 (not the 10B) FM tuner in which only 100 units were built. The first 8 units were owned by Saul's family. My friend that was good friends with Saul got serial number 9. I wanted to mention this his tuner may be out there...
@billhawkins1236 Жыл бұрын
I had 2 Marantz 2245's one of which I just lost in a house fire along with my 1300 vinyl albums and my JBL L100's. I still have my original 2245 which I purchased when I was in the army, which I'm going to have restored and try to rebuild my collection, but I'm sure it will be a daunting task. It's an awesome receiver nonetheless. Great video.👍
@barrettwbenton Жыл бұрын
Ouch...very sorry to hear this. Hope you manage well restoring things, though I can guess putting the vinyl collection back together won't be easy.
@billhawkins1236 Жыл бұрын
@@barrettwbenton Thanks, fortunately I had them in alphabetical order and I'm a collector who actually played my records, so I've started a list going by memory from A-Z. Hopefully, my memory lasts long enough! 😂🤔
@williamhoodtn11 ай бұрын
Like most things, Philips destroyed all their consumer electronics business. Extremely bad management.
@chrisrickmears38266 ай бұрын
I still love the sound my 2250 receiver puts out nothing on the market sounds like it. Cheers all
@dperr338 Жыл бұрын
I wish Masimo would sell Sound United to someone else. Maybe Apple would buy that. That wouldn’t be a bad thing since Apple didn’t change Beats Audio too much other than giving their headphones a bit more balanced sound higher build quality. I do miss having the beats audio software on my phone and think it made my music sound a lot more clearer and more livelier.
@paulcampbell86965 ай бұрын
I've owned a small installation company for almost 20 years, and I can tell you that ALL I want from Marantz is better reliability. When I have to talk my client into a brand, I don't want it to go two or three years before it starts having HDMI issues. That's it. In my opinion, the rest is mostly irrelevant these days. You can tell me all day how great Marantz sounds, but if I put you in front of an A-B-X test, you wouldn't be able to distinguish your favorite Marantz from a basic Sony stereo receiver. Sorry to burst everyone's bubble.
@rofgabor11 ай бұрын
that was perfectly written and presented, with more info I could absorb. Gotta watch again!
@LennyFlorentine11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@desbarry8414 Жыл бұрын
Marantz and Denon are finished. Best stick with Yamaha, at least they make most of their own stuff. Im worried for Pioneer/Onkyo too.
@killakoala10 Жыл бұрын
My Marantz DVD player was a steaming pile of detritus. It had major issues reading very slightly soiled discs that other players had no issues with. It's only redeeming feature was the ability to programme it to make it multi-region.
@indecent007910 ай бұрын
My player has issues reading DVD RW that are slightly soiled. Other then that, I think it is an 06 model with HDMI which was a very expensive piece at the time. But mostly it still works fine, unlike many DVD players with cheap build
@TerryJonesPrinterRepairs11 ай бұрын
And at 5:40 history as I predicted is being Re Written due to the overuse of Blue LEDs for backlighting now. Every unit I worked on in the 80's from the 70's had Green/blue Light polarizers over the fuse type light bulbs producing a predominantly green with a touch of blue display panel. These ultra blue panels now being seen due to blue LEDs being used in my opinion is hideous.
@paulforester69964 ай бұрын
I would love to get my model 2 amps running again. I love the sound of those things. They worked good for guitar also.
@giuseppelavecchia77511 ай бұрын
Hai fatto bene a fare un video sulla storia della marantz,marca leggendaria
@mrgcav11 ай бұрын
You know your history well. Great job. I was a Marantz Dealer. Cobra did not know what to do with Marantz and let it flounder.They were great until Phillips acquired them.
@raythomas481211 ай бұрын
its all very depressing ....I know its progress but it's still a shame. on a positive note ... I love your channel and if I were to ever visit your shop, I would end up skint !
@Picklebracket9 ай бұрын
Have had a Marantz PM4200 amp since the early 2000's. Fab!
@Edward135i11 ай бұрын
My biggest problem with the modern Marantz is why would you spend more for a Denon.
@jeditoto3441 Жыл бұрын
Saul sold marantz because the 10b Development had been so costly. Marantz moved to Japan because the factory in NY where the model 19 was burnt down. They were on the verge of launching model 22, when the factory burnt down they urgently looked for an alternative : standard radio in Japan… that is why the model 22 is a piece of crap. Later Marantz bought standard radio…. Some say the fire in the NY plant wasn’t an accident …the Tuchinski bothers needed an excuse to move to a low cost country. I was told this by one of the engineers that worked on the 510 development…
@chrislj2890 Жыл бұрын
Usually nothing good comes from acquisitions and takeovers in the end.
@jamesdellaneve90056 ай бұрын
Loved the blue face units.
@yuidfbse11 ай бұрын
HiFi is dead.. it's been for long time, both the industry itself and the new generation of morons that doesn't know better than iPhones and Airpods. Hifi? The art of listening to music? The thrill of actually listening to just ONE SONG OR TRACK with select audio equipment?. Say what? Most people now-a-days have no idea what anything is anymore, music included. It's all over, but the memories stay and for those who know, the vintage audio gear still available today is worth more gold and pure listening pleasure with each passing day✨✨✨✨✨
@BarneyRolls11 ай бұрын
The first secs of all of your videos I wonder which substance you're on 😆🤣
@LennyFlorentine11 ай бұрын
Lots of caffeine
@Signal_Glow Жыл бұрын
Marantz Consolette shown at the beginning is mechanically made the same way high end pro audio gear meant for 24/7 use. Carbon composition resistors are what everyone used at the time, so nothing special, difference with Marantz are high quality switches, elaborate circuit design, a lot of playback flexibility because LP standards were not yet set for RIAA, hard wiring (point to point wiring) is another great thing. High end audio seems to be meeting the same fate as many pro audio companies ran by families; they are bought by bigger companies who then ruin them for various reasons, or make their products far from what they once were. Even signal transformer companies like Sowter have been bought by huge companies who are not often not making custom stuff.
@boldford11 ай бұрын
It's interesting that you didn't mention the link between Marantz and Standard Radio. Standard Radio, Japan were manufacturers of some of the finest ham radio tranceivers of their era being one of the first to release dual band VHF/UHF equipment. Much of their technology passed into the Yaesu brand.
@JR-ho5qm11 ай бұрын
Dude! You are good at these historic lessons! CerwinVega! Please😃
@fraggit11 ай бұрын
I was left £700 in my grandads will when I was 18 in 1985 and I spunked most of it on a Marantz system, hooked up to an old set of AR speakers. It included a cd player that cost nearly as much as the rest of the separates put together. I never regretted that purchase, and still have it, minus the cd player, in the attic.
@barryedwards13366 ай бұрын
Not a mention of the iconic budget CD player the CD52 mk2, which left many more expensive and big name cd player at the starting plate, this when Phillips owned them.
@donmoore778511 ай бұрын
Very nice walk through Marantz history. Quite enjoyable.