A fine working vintage Marantz model 4240 stereo/quadradial receiver plays test-input signals from CD. Manufactured 1974-1978, it delivers 40 W RMS per channel at 8 ohms, still providing deeper and fatter sound than today's consumer hardware with equal wattage. Not to mention the rich choice of interfaces on its back, you can choose from. You can see this in another video, "Marantz 4270", which deals of a similar type of Marantz receiver -- but with some more power output.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Technics SA-1010 Stereo Receiver
It's a beast. 125 watts per channel into eight ohms. Enough power to make sure everyone on the block knows where the party is. ;-) I don't know how many survive today, how many were made or what they're worth. I've seen a couple come up for auction--including an off-black colored unit--around the time this video was uploaded. This dates from approximately 1983. I bought this on eBay, found it to be in less than ideal condition and have been working at fixing it up every now and then. Even in its degraded state, it sounds good and has no problem running things right up to an unwisely loud level. Fixing it will take some time, it's pretty complex inside because of all the tinned wiring running from circuit board to circuit board. And there was shipping damage to contend with as well--at some point the space expander and slide rule tuning displays popped loose. The seller did offer to make things right. I said "forget it". There's hope, it does basically work, so why get really irritated? More seriously, this has a high quality digital tuner, New Class A Computer Drive design with discrete output transistors, lots of hookups for your equipment and a nifty looking "Space Expander" stereo expander circuit that processes the audio to make it sound like your speakers are further apart than they really are.
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