I love low watt solid state receivers from the late 60's and early 70's and another gem arrived yesterday that needs a bit of a tune up under the hood but non the less really impressive, this 20 WPC Marantz Model 28.
Preceding the Marantz 22XX series this unit still seems to be stamped with the Superscope label on the owners manual.
Besides the typical oxidization in the pots there is a bit of static noise in the right channel which could indicate a week filter cap.
Early listening revealed solid bass without the loudness and a pretty warm and detailed mid to high frequency fulfillment, not unlike a tube amp. Early solid state units are as close sonically as you can get to a tube amp, as that was the standard when IC's were introduced.
This unit will go into a repair shop and get tuned up and the walnut case will be refurbished, an update will be published when done.
Preceding the Marantz 22XX series this unit still seems to be stamped with the Superscope label on the owners manual.
Besides the typical oxidization in the pots there is a bit of static noise in the right channel which could indicate a week filter cap.
Early listening revealed solid bass without the loudness and a pretty warm and detailed mid to high frequency fulfillment, not unlike a tube amp. Early solid state units are as close sonically as you can get to a tube amp, as that was the standard when IC's were introduced.
This unit will go into a repair shop and get tuned up and the walnut case will be refurbished, an update will be published when done.
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