November 4, 20214 yr I was also disappointed that my speaker relay did not get replaced during a repair (at Dallas Vintage Audio), because it does now cut out in the right channel at low volume on quiet records. Alas. I just want the thing to work for another 45 years without having to think about it, as was my parents' method.
November 6, 20214 yr I’ve heard very mixed reviews about that place. I had an outstanding tech in McKinney, Mufich Audio, but he seems to have disappeared a few years ago. Hi Fi techs are a notoriously flaky bunch.There is a new place in Plano but have not dealt with him personally.https://www.metzgervintageaudio.com/Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
November 7, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, TexPx said: I’ve heard very mixed reviews about that place. I had an outstanding tech in McKinney, Mufich Audio, but he seems to have disappeared a few years ago. Hi Fi techs are a notoriously flaky bunch. There is a new place in Plano but have not dealt with him personally.https://www.metzgervintageaudio.com/ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Yeah. This has been a saga of my trying to get it worked on somewhat locally. FWAudio is the closest McIntosh service place to me at this point. They'll get it done. I'm trying to be understanding. And I think they'll take care of it. But I really want this thing up and running soon.
November 7, 20214 yr Author I updated carts on my #2 turntable. I also set up cooling fans on the KR 7600 because the Infinity Qb s are 4 ohm. I put a new Ortofon 10 Super on the Pioneer PL S40. Reasonably priced, easily upgraded with multiple styli available. Now the damn thing sounds better than my Sure cart on the PL 518. It could only mean one thing. An upgrade on the 518 is due! What an illness.
January 14, 20223 yr Having been in the audio business since 75 I’ve had some pretty good gear. Right now for some reason I’ve got what little remains in storage; we moved into this small house as a bridge house and we’re still here 7 years later.I’d kill to have my Sansui 9090dB receiver. It was a beast and I moved it too many times; those acrylic boards are like eggshells. The capacitors were like tomato cans.My favorite speakers were very rare NHT model 150’s, that Kenny Kantor and Chris Byrne designed for themselves as a rock n roll speaker, a 12” 3 way. They did not release them to their general distribution. Pure awesomeness.I had several Dual turntables but I found a pristine Thorens TD160 at an estate sale for $25. Put an Ortofon cartridge on it and it was magnificent. Had two TEAC A3340S reel to reels that were badass. Folks don’t know the joy of sitting at the rack making a 7 hour mix tape over a weekend. Weed. Whiskey. My best CD player was a Pioneer Elite CDL3070 Laserdisc player. Awesomeness.
January 14, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: My favorite speakers were very rare NHT model 150’s, that Kenny Kantor and Chris Byrne designed for themselves as a rock n roll speaker, a 12” 3 way. They did not release them to their general distribution. Pure awesomeness
January 14, 20223 yr I hate to tell you this but they were destroyed in a move 20 years ago. Storage facility fire, lost some less important gear. Chris Byrne had sent them to me personally to audition and enjoy.
January 14, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said: I hate to tell you this but they were destroyed in a move 20 years ago. Storage facility fire, lost some less important gear. Chris Byrne had sent them to me personally to audition and enjoy. Goddamn shame to hear that
September 13, 20241 yr Ok 2 1/2 year old necro bump but where can I learn about old Marantz receivers?My dad had one when I was little and I always remember him blasting Songs in the Key of Life album though some JBL speakers with it on Saturday mornings. Sir Duke was glorious. My new crib has a perfect place for a vintage vinyl setup and I want to go with an old Marantz because reasons.So, where do I start?
September 13, 20241 yr Ok 2 1/2 year old necro bump but where can I learn about old Marantz receivers?My dad had one when I was little and I always remember him blasting Songs in the Key of Life album though some JBL speakers with it on Saturday mornings. Sir Duke was glorious. My new crib has a perfect place for a vintage vinyl setup and I want to go with an old Marantz because reasons.So, where do I start?There’s a few good Facebook groups out there with people that repair them and have tons of knowledge. I have a 2215b and a 2245 myself (though I recently moved as well and need to set everything up).
September 13, 20241 yr Yeah, fortunately Marantz were pretty widespread and have a big following, you can dig up a lot of details pretty easy on them.
September 13, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said: There’s a few good Facebook groups out there with people that repair them and have tons of knowledge. I have a 2215b and a 2245 myself (though I recently moved as well and need to set everything up). A&P Pawn on Westheimer in Houston is your place for vintage Marantz
September 13, 20241 yr I saw this PIONEER SX-850 Receiver on an online auction site last night. Work of art. Sold for $700 to some lucky bastard.
November 29, 20241 yr Hoping someone can help me. I’m currently running a Marantz 2230 and a Marantz Model 140. What I am trying to accomplish is what is described in this thread: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/correct-speaker-setup-from-3200-to-140-to-run-headphones.445526/ My question is how does the connection picture at the end of the thread translate into what I have with the 2230? It’s the speaker connection I want to emulate so I can use the headphone output on the 2230 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Edited November 29, 20241 yr by CTC2
November 29, 20241 yr Hoping someone can help me. I’m currently running a Marantz 2230 and a Marantz Model 140. What I am trying to accomplish is what is described in this thread: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/correct-speaker-setup-from-3200-to-140-to-run-headphones.445526/ My question is how does the connection picture at the end of the thread translate into what I have with the 2230? It’s the speaker connection I want to emulate so I can use the headphone output on the 2230 Any help would be greatly appreciated. The 2230 doesn’t have speaker level inputs, so you can’t use it like the speaker input switch on a 3200. You would need to use the amplification on the 2230 for the headphones. You could achieve this by just splitting the preamp signal from the 2230 with Y cables, with one output going to the 140 (just plug your existing cable into the female side of the Y cable for each channel), and the other going back into the 2230 main in (just keep the 2230’s speaker outputs off since you’re only using headphones).
November 29, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said: The 2230 doesn’t have speaker level inputs, so you can’t use it like the speaker input switch on a 3200. You would need to use the amplification on the 2230 for the headphones. You could achieve this by just splitting the preamp signal from the 2230 with Y cables, with one output going to the 140 (just plug your existing cable into the female side of the Y cable for each channel), and the other going back into the 2230 main in (just keep the 2230’s speaker outputs off since you’re only using headphones). Really appreciate the help. Thanks.
November 29, 20241 yr On 9/12/2024 at 7:38 PM, tbone_ said: Ok 2 1/2 year old necro bump but where can I learn about old Marantz receivers? My dad had one when I was little and I always remember him blasting Songs in the Key of Life album though some JBL speakers with it on Saturday mornings. Sir Duke was glorious. My new crib has a perfect place for a vintage vinyl setup and I want to go with an old Marantz because reasons. So, where do I start? I still have the $99 Marantz receiver that I bought in HS. It's entry level, but you know what? It was my first.
November 29, 20241 yr 49 minutes ago, Steel Shank said: I still have the $99 Marantz receiver that I bought in HS. It's entry level, but you know what? It was my first. My first amp was a 1970s hand me down Marantz 1030 in HS. It weighed around 25 pounds and did 15W per channel, which really sucked trying to drive the big Klipsch hand me down speakers that came with it. Still, I used that thing daily until it finally died around 2000.
December 9, 20241 yr User is a moron Edited December 9, 20241 yr by dcbc I'm a moron and didn't realize I'd already posted the exact same thing 3 years ago
December 9, 20241 yr I have a Sony CX88ES in the garage that gave up last month. So now I just use the tuner. Where might I find some repair help in the Houston or Beaumont area? Anyone have any experience with this type of repair? I'm gonna try to get some research done it this week.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 My FIL is gifting me a Sansui 661 which I thought was pretty badass of him to do. Any suggestions for some reasonably priced bookshelf speakers to go with it? I haven't researched any of this stuff in years and just recently decided I wanted to put together some vintage pieces for our living room cabinet. It will only be used for phono and FM listening. Edited December 31, 2024Dec 31 by Okie State
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