Marantz 2270 Receiver

I came across a surviving Marantz 2270 Receiver today, which will need a fair amount of restoration work.

This beast weighs in at 40 lbs. and is rated at 70WPC.

This is my first step into the cult of Marantz outside of the later year Marantz SR-1000. No comparison in build at all.

This unit needs new bulbs, feet a power button and probably needs a full cap replacement.

So far the unit powers up without the on/off button, I have yet to attach speakers and a source, that will be next.

It would be worth the money to restore a receiver of this vintage, given the following it has.

Marantz SR-1000 Receiver

Another vintage and a first for this blog is a Marantz product that arrived today.

The Marantz SR-1000 receiver was at the end of the era for the great Marantz and was still owned by Superscope, some say this was the beginning of the Philips days, this product was on the cusp.

Although the build quality is probably not as high as the 22XX series it still has all the hallmark signatures and styling of the earlier Marantz products.

This unit is rated at 20 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 25 watts per channel at 4 ohms.The power meters peak at 40 WPC 8ohms and 80WPC at 4 ohms.

More on the listening notes to follow.

Included in the purchase was another mint pair of this blogs favorite EPI 100V speakers. These will get the royal treatment including a full internal upgrade to Solen 10uf caps and proper internal wiring to banana plugs and new foam surrounds, the usual for this audiophile.

Update:

This unit has been powering a pair of 4 ohm Braun L1030's and sounds wonderful and is relatively stress free to the half volume level.  This is a very nice sounding 20WPC receiver that would make a great entry level unit for those just getting into vinyl.

The looks are absolutely gorgeous for an entry level unit, ignore what little is said about this unit on other audio sites this receiver is very open and full, the bass, mid range and treble are spot on along with the imaging.