My best friend scored this old Marantz 2225 for me in the Dallas area. I've been wanting a vintage Marantz for several years. My cousin gave me an Marantz SR 2-4000 cant remember the exact number. It was not a desirable pre '80 but it had the WPC bumped up and would really pump out the music. Lightning took it out.

This is factory rated at 25 WPC but puts out closer to 33. I had a 150 WPC Denon I replaced tis with and it is as loud or louder than the Denon.

Dig my high tech Redneck stereo cooling sysrem !

Now I need to get some worthy speakers.

I think mine is a 2215

Cool

I had one like that in the garage before ghosts finally got into the machine.

Marantz is good stuff..................

MM

Marantz 2270 (with the wood cabinet) and JBL 4310 Control Monitors here. Sound as good today as they did in the early 1970’s.

The 2270 is a beast. The wood cabinet is nice. pretty pricey to try and buy one.

The best speaker I have is a JBL. Some type of mid-range I got with a pair of yamaha larger book shelf speakers.

Do you still have it? They can be rebuilt.

I hate the 4 Channels didn't catch on.

I had one back in the early 70's and it was fun to sit in the middle of a room and let the music spin around you.

The speakers could blow out a match from a foot away

those were the days. never could afford a marantz but i got a nice 100 WPC technics setup when i was stationed in korea in 84. i had bose 901's for a while but they were not all they were cracked up to be. i sold them and bought some mid size klipsch speakers. that combo on half volume will scramble your brain. but its stacked on a shelf downstairs. i haven't listened to it in decades.

Nice receiver - do you have easy access (antenna or cable) to FM radio? Not familiar with that model - aside from phono and aux, what are the other available inputs? Will you be driving horns, or acoustic suspension, or ??

I have a 2238B, paired with an old pair of re-foamed Snells, which sounds fantastic. I'm on the lookout for a 2285B, but I'm afraid they're way overpriced at this point - I've seen them for as high as $2,500.00, but most tend to sell in the $1K range.

These old Marantz receivers from the 70s are hard to beat once they've been recapped and fully serviced.

I see your Q102 sign. Remember the Zoo?

I had a customer the other day show me pics of all his McIntosh amps and vintage Klipsch stuff that got burned up in the Camp Fire a few years ago.

He was nearly in tears.

Marantz stuff was nice and I remember my buddies dad had one just like your pic he never wanted us kids touching, but man it sounded good.

I remember ogling the McIntosh equipment at their flagship store on Front St. in Binghamton, NY in the early 1970’s.

Dick’s flagship store was also located less than a mile away down Front St. and always stopped in to check out the used guns.

A lifetime ago..

I had one of those in the late 70's. Absolutely loved that stereo. I paired it with a Sansui direct drive turntable and a Onkyo reel to reel. Rounded it out with a pair of Pioneer speakers.

That stereo definitely rocked the dorm until my mother accidentally killed it. My brother and I had the typical dorm room shelving of cinder blocks and pine planks. My mom tried to revive a plant of my brothers on his side of the desk. No tray under the pot and the water ran down the shelf to just above the receiver and poured right in. Only horrible noise sparks and smoke. I do miss it.

Used a Thorens TD 125 AB MK11 turntable and Shure V15 Type 111 stylus with the system.
State of the art (that I could afford) at the time.

1911a1: I would recommend Klipsch horn speakers, such as the Heresy III from their Heritage line. The Klipsch horn design is incredibly sensitive and does not require high wattage at all, in fact, they excel with low wattage amplifiers, whether tube or solid state. The Heritage line from Klipsch is an all together different animal than other speakers offered by Klipsch.

Of course, I'd recommend auditioning several brands and types of speakers and go with what sounds best to you. What's your speaker budget?

I'm piecing together another system which consists of Klipsch Heresy IIIs, a McIntosh MC250 & a McIntosh C45. I'm almost there - just need to find a good C45 w the tuner upgrade and the RAA1 antenna for a decent price. I've heard such a system and it's absolutely sublime.

Unfortunately it took a ride to the dump.

Dang, I hate to know this now.

It got to where it would be playing radio, then the sound would go almost to mute or silent.

Take a screw driver handle and thump the end cap of the silver knob and it would jar it back to life. Got to where that Fonzi trick wouldn’t work any more.

Slum: Yep. Could have been rebuilt.

Who does that sort of thing? Mee maw and pee paw radio shop? 😀

The big Klipsch Corner Horn is my favorite to this day - in the living room here - and it is very efficient and most transparent. Have used various smaller versions of that in the past - La Scala, Belle and the Cornwall in a dressier setting.

This place is full of 50 and even 60 year old hi fi equipment - a sound system in just about every space - including the shop and garage - McIntosh, Crown, Sansui, Tecnics, Teac, Transcriptor, Garrard, Miracord, Magnecord, LDC, Infinity - on and on - just fun.

A classic pairing with that Marantz would be a set of Large Advent loudspeakers.

Slum: Nope. You need to find a specialist. I'd start with Audio Classics in Vestal, NY. They're McIntosh specialists but also do work on other brands like Marantz.

Yep. Advents would be a good choice as would the JBL 4312 or similar, but those are quite pricey.

I'd also look at Salk. Excellent speakers and they come up used from time-to-time.

Thanks

........... Exactly what I had circa mid 70's to early 80's...... Except I forgot the model number of the Marantz, but it was in a wood case and the front end looks like a twin of that one pictured. Back then my holy grail speakers would have been something from Klipsch, but the Advents were no slouch.

I've got two mint condition KZEW t-shirts in my 'Rock and Roll Vault'!!

1911 , you get you some Klipsch Corner Horns ( super efficient Spkrs. ) and they will hear you clear over in Lubbock ! I heard somewhere that you Texas boys have really deep pockets . Pocono Jack , if you're ever up in NYS again , mosey on over to the Old Vestal Rd. HiFi Shop ( can't remember the name .....but PM me if you want it ) , and you will see more used McIntosh Electronics than you will see anywhere .

You need a set of these to do it justice.

Sansui Sp-X8000.

I already mentioned them. Audio Classics: 3501 Vestal Rd., Vestal NY, 13850, 800-321-2834.

My cousin has 4 cornerhorns out of the old skating rink. He sayes when i listen to the Eagles so does the whole block. 😁

Yes Sir High Noon I should have read every response . I stopped in at Audio Classics last year and they had Klipsch Corner Horns and were assembling a Levinson System for some lucky Customer . They also favor Jadis Equipment . They are also very skilled in Repairing and Testing High end Equipment . I was amazed at their inventory ! IIRC , most Spkrs are at 0.1-1.0 % Efficiency . The Corner Horns are like 15% Efficiency , so you can drive them with a low power Amp or deafen someone .

It's well worth the expense to purchase from Audio Classics. They are true experts and just as important, they know how to properly package their equipment.

Audio Classics has a dedicated shipping department and they make their own double walled, double boxed shipping crates. I was extremely pleased with the quality of their packaging. In my case, the McIntosh packaging materials consisted of the following: The holes they drilled in the wood board (used to affix the piece of audio equipment and keep it from moving around during transit) were perfectly aligned, they sent all the machine screws and washers necessary to affix the amp to the board, and they even included sheet metal screws in case the holes on the chassis were stripped. Also included were two heavy-duty, double walled cartons (inner & outer), dense closed cell foam to line the walls of the outer box, plenty of bubble wrap to fill the voids and layers of cardboard glued together to level the inner box. They certainly know how to pack 'em properly.

Proper packaging materials are just as important as finding highly-skilled technicians that are experts in restoring these old pieces of audio equipment that we love. If not packaged properly, a 50 or 100 lb. amp will be damaged during shipping and no one wants to deal w/ that hassle. The packaging materials I received from Audio Classics were so stout, in fact, that if a person was so inclined, he could stand on the shipping crates and not crush the cartons!

Also important to note: If you purchase a piece of equipment elsewhere, Audio Classics will make and send you the proper packaging materials for a reasonable cost, so you can greatly minimize the possibility of damage during transit.

Bose 901s but they need big power. Mind blowing sound.

No offense meant to you, but, meh... For their day meebe, but there's far better speakers out there. Everyone's ears are different, however.

Yep, the Bose’s were hard to drive.
Good to know about Audio Classics, Vestal is an hour and fifteen minute drive.

Yamaha and Klipsch here.

My first pair of decent speakers were Advents when I was in high school, around 1978 , 1979 ish. Technics receiver and a component equalizer that I can’t recall the name of. Tech turntable with the best stylus I could get very 6 months or so. Original albums fromThe Beach boys in 1969 , Zeppellin ( all up to that point) , Eagles , J Geils, Black Sabbath , Skynyrd: etc. had 200;or so albums that got stolen from storage years ago. I miss them very much

I have Pioneer CT-F500 I'll sell you cheap. Might need work?

Marantz 2330B here. Also have floor Marantz speakers.

https://classicreceivers.com/marantz-2330-b

Equalizer was likely an ADC Sound Shaper

Going to look at a very nice 2230 today that’s been gone through. Any tips on what to watch out for prior to buying one? Being sold by a local hobbyist that does the needed cleaning, caps, and lighting changes. He’ll have it hooked up to demo.

Just got off the phone with Audio Classics, was considering having them go through the 2270. Unfortunately, they only work on the more valuable 1960’s Marantz tube equipment, not the 1970’s transistor stuff.
I did find a shop that specializes in 2270 refurbs, but at a cost of $750.00 to $850.00 it’s hard to justify for a receiver that is currently not experiencing any issues. Oh well.

I still have my Carver M400 amplifier, David Hafler pre-amp that I assembled and both Bose 901-II's and KEF speakers as well as a Yamaha turntable. All stuffed in a closet having not been used in 30 years. My youngest son wants to get it all running.

When I was a 21 year old college student in 1972, I bought a Marantz 2230.

When I as an electrical engineer with paychecks in 1977, I upgraded beyond Marantz. Crazy beyond.

In 2000 I took the giant JBJ speakers to the dump. I was trying to kick the stereo gear habit.

In 2006 I designed amplifiers that 100s were computer tested per month that sent me feedback on the data. There are many similarities between this feedback and group sizes in rifle testing.

Right now all I have is two Sangean monitors on my computer.

Great sound equipment is a blessing - always has been - at least in my life. Always needed a setup that would move A LOT of air - and with precision. So, often have used big Altec Lansing Voice of the Theater speakers, or Klipsch Corner Horns - (horns seem to do it best) and appreciated the efficiency. Usually have pushed those with McIntosh or Crown amps - and some other very good ones others have mentioned here.

Instruments and voices move air - the larger ensembles move a lot of air in performance - not easy to reproduce those real effects. Speakers other than horns, especially those with the smaller overall surface area, can sound quite good when one is up close but, regardless of amp power and volume level, I have never found them able to cause me to feel that I am standing up front and conducting the ensemble. Moving air mass is it - acoustics is acoustics.

Still have my 1979 Yamaha cr 840 reciever.

Here are some photos of the inputs and outputs. The input you can't see the lable is the phono one.

I don't have the coin to really outfit this like a die hard audiophile. I'll probably try to find some older high end speakers used. The fellow my friend bought this from has rooms stacked with audio equipment. he even had a turntable that cost over 15 grand. The marantz my friend bought from him was a 2325. It's a 125 WPC. unit.

Oh yeah, I listened to that station a lot also. I loved it when they had a "No Phill Collins or Genesis weekend" one time in about 1984-88 era.

I had a 2225 that I bought in 1976 and bought a pair of Genesis II speakers with it and a Technics turntable. They were all stolen in 1983 when punks broke into my house. I replaced it with a SONY receive and EPI 100T/E but they died years ago. What I would recommend to go with that receiver is Human 81 speakers. They are made in a small shop by a guy who worked for Genesis and EPI back in the day. The 81 is a nice 2 way speaker with an 8" woofer and 1" tweeter, like the old EPI 100s. I bought a pair of Human 81 in Oak cabinets a few years back and they are still sounding great. They are part of my home theater surround sound along with some small Energy speakers with a sub and my Yamaha AV receiver.

I do miss that Marantz tho and always note when I see one somewhere.

Have a 2235 in my workshop; with a pair of JBL L26 Decade speakers and Technics SL1200 turnatable with Audio Technica stylus. Original owner of all of them; thats where I spin my vinyl while "piddlin' around" with my hunting/fishing/gun gear. Sounds great. Have a spare 2225 I may put up for sale.

1911a1 - thanks for the photos - that is a very nice unit. Am thinking that your idea to find some good used high end speakers is a good approach. Don't know your budget, of course, but I would be looking for some old Klipsch Heresy or Cornwall speakers.

What made the Marantz sound good for early 1970s was it delivered twice the power into 4 Ohms than it did to 8 Ohms.

That made the bass notes not distort.

The speaker said "8 Ohms" but the impedance changes with frequency and there could be 4 Ohms showing up in places down in the bass notes.

I had one as well and it was special. Somehow in all the moves it disappeared.

Be careful buying old used speakers. Many used foam surrounds in the woofers and mid-range drivers and the foam over time will disintegrate. It was the foam surrounds disintegrating that put an end to my EPI 100 T/E speakers. The vast majority of the old speakers that had foam surrounds, that are still working today, have had the surrounds or drivers replaced. When I ordered my Human 81s, at the time there was a choice between foam or butyl rubber surrounds. I went with the slightly less responsive but more durable butyll rubber. The drivers using butyl rubber surrounds are the only type he offers now.

http://humanspeakers.com/

Yup...
I'd get home from pulling alert and flying an eight hour mission, put on the Sansui 9001 QRX, lay on the floor in the middle of the living room and relax to The Dark Side of the Moon. Our neighbors knew that I was back home...

Buncha guys when I was stationed in Germany.
Buying up high dollar stereo components at the PX in Stuttgart.
Huge selection of stuff in the Audio room.
Room musta been 1500 sq ft at least of anything you could think of for stereo stuff.

Big ole out do the other guy stuff going on.
Most of em had Bose speaker systems in common.

You can re-foam yourself. Not hard to do. There are kits out there. I have done it. Need to do it again.

I bought the 2230 I looked at last night. Really clean with all the basic maintenance and lights upgraded to LED’s done. Hooked it up to some Bose 301’s I have and it sounded good for those speakers. Going to be on the lookout for some better speakers for it now.

My wife likes the blue lights...chicks. 🤦🏼‍♂️

I like the blue lights too.

When my brother was stationed in Japan early 80s, he brought home a Marantz 2325? With JBLL110 speakers, I remember I brought those speakers up to a place in Brooklyn New York to have them re-skind, Sold it never even realized what I had. What a bad ass sound system that was.

I have to admit, I do too. 😁

He had a 185w Pioneer SX-1280 he was waiting on a part for and then going to put up for sale. What a beast! 65lbs!

Paul Harvey said I could throw all of my “living full of burdensome hifi speakers and stereo receiver away” and that the Bose Acoustic Wave Radio was just as good even better.


So after my many years of sifting asbestos at Johns Manville, I got the Wave as a retirement gift to myself (chortle) !!. Hauled all that hi fi junk out for the trash man.

Pioneer’s have nice blue lights too, but not as striking as the Marantz blue.



I have a Bose Sound Wave in the kitchen, very convenient for Bluetooth or to listen to a CD.

so you guys that have those older systems, are you buying a turntable and playing vinyl records?

I have an old Denon in my workshop that I've had for years, and I ended up hooking a bluetooth receiver to the tape in, and I have a Amazon echo dot that stays connected to it so I stream music thru it when I'm out there.

Never had a Marantz - someone mentioned McIntosh - that is a receiver I always wanted to have but never had the cash to buy. About the best I could afford back in the day was a used Sansui

I was planning on a turntable and an RCA-to-lightning adapter for my iPhone. I’ve got a ‘01 Accord if I want to kick it with a CD or cassette.

Bought my current house 5 years ago and there were built in bookcases in the great room. There were a couple of speakers in the top shelf; could only see the grill covers. Hooked up a system to the wiring and thought, WOW, those sound good? Took the grill covers off and found a pair of mint JBL L100 Century's. BINGO! Those bring big money now

Man, we had Q102 and The Zoo stickers everywhere back in the 80's. I think someone gave me a Q102 shirt as well. Forgot all about those stations.

Turntables/vinyl? Aside from my 75 year immersion in music, and even though we have lived in various parts of the US and have moved a few times, I seem to be a hoarder of hi fi equipment. I have kept just about every turntable acquired since 1958, including Garrard, Rec O Cut, Thorens, Audio Tehnica, Tecnics DD, Miracord, Sony DD, Transcriptor Skeleton, etc. What a pile of flotsam - but I do use some of them.

Also have kept most of the vinyl - everything - from classical to jazz to rock/pop to show tunes to some country, to Christian etc. There must be 300 of them here - and recent MOVED THEM AGAIN.. Just nutso - but happy. So - yes - we do use the TTs and listen to old vinyl. I do think that tubes sound more natural.

Yes, I know that most of the surrounds can be repaired/re-foamed. My EPI 100 T/E could not be because the foam actually formed the cone with some plastic material applied over the foam. Unlike other speakers, the foam was integral to the cone. The only option then was to replace the woofers. I could have done that as Human had replacement drivers for them but I got to Jonesing after the Human Speakers.

Had a Marantz for years, it finally gave up. Picked up this Sansui solid state eight. What a beast, very heavy! and an old set of Kenwoods. Sounds good to me! (old deaf ears)!

Wow. Marantz was, and still is, the best.

Congrats on the vintage receiver!

When my friend picked it up the guy he bought it from said that it had already been relamped with conventional bulbs. The meter lights on the left look a little green which I understand can be that the diffuser is yellowed. But he did install a new power supply and replaced all the capacitors that were bad or leaking. Which I barely know what that means.

Hopefully he replaced the flux capacitor. We are boomers reliving our youth.