[gil]

On Jul 31, 10:06 pm, Trevor Wilson
wrote:
gil wrote:
Just got one of these at a garage sale and from what I read it has 26
WPC.

**The actual power ouptut was more like 30 Watts @ 8 Ohms. Additionally,
the Marantz could deliver somewhat more power @ 4 Ohm loads. At 1% THD,
the 2226b was rated for 53 Watts/ch @ 4 Ohms.



How is it that this unit can rock and pump my power hungry ADS L300
the way it does?

**Maybe your speakers aren't as power hungry as you think they are.

I know this is no high end unit but many amps and

receivers have come through here with two to three times the power and
none have sounded as powerful.

Any thoughts?

**Yep. You've compared it to some pretty crappy amps. I suggest you
comparre it to a modern Rotel or NAD sometime. For 1978, the 2226b was
OK. It 2007, it is barely adequate.

Trevor Wilson

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Trevor, I do have NAD stuff here and in no way I am comparing the
2226b to any of them, my amazement with the 2226b is the way it makes
my ADS L300 speakers "punchier" than I have heard them before, even
with the NAD receivers and others I have here, I just think it says a
lot for a low power receiver that came out in the 70's.

Gil