On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:02:07 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Leon North" wrote in message

rdamor wrote:

Hi Jose;

I'm surprised that none of the responses you received recommended
that you purchase a vintage Marantz receiver, one made in USA or
Japan before 1980, after which even the Japanese companies went
"offshore" in order to avoid the high labor (and other) costs that
drove electronics manufacturing out of USA.

The Marantz Model 2330 receiver, for example, was made in USA in
1977, and it cost $790! That was a whole lot of money then, and if
this receiver was made in USA today, it would have to sell for over
$3,000.

Um, most of that would be incorrect. The 2230 had an opening
suggested retail of $349 which dropped to $299 after a year. It is
rated, per the manual, at 30 watts per channel into an 8 ohm load.
It was also manufactured in Japan. The receiver in that lineup which
cost in the ~$700 range was the 2270 which was rated at 70 watts per
channel. There was a later model, 2325, which was rated at 125 watts
per channel and sold in the ~$1,200 range.

Leon dispels suspicions about his illiteracy by proving that he can at least
read and comprehend manufacturer's spec sheets and price lists.

Whether these are a good
purchase these days is dicey due to their age and need for recapping.

Leon, why don't you give us a reliable unbiased indication of why these
specific units would require recapping.

YMMV.

For sure!

You could also read the specs at the URL you linked. All of
this is covered there, too.

As if spec sheets tell us how something is going to sound...

The only problem here is that Leon didn't make any claims about how
the unit sounds - he just corrected the original poster's citing of
incorrect specs.

Sorry.

You lose.

Again.