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This product has exceeded my expectations. Everything works perfectly and is of high quality. They don't make stuff like this anymore. Regards from Lubbock

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HF performance not as focused or smooth as quality modern equipment, Tone controls and pre-amp circuit seem to be the weakest link, amplifyer section sounds better on it's own. truck repair company

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Price Paid: $165.00 from craigslist

Summary:
I got this beast on craigslist for the great price of $165. The receiver was restored and all the light were changed. Everyone was talking how good those Marantz receivers are and I decided to get one. What can I say about the sound? You can tell by the reviews of the other people and the brand name! It is a very clear sound with deep bass and the mids and highs are so clear. This silver face with the light will take your eyes right away! The receiver can drive any speakers with a lot of power. It is rated 50W but it sounds for 10 times more so don't judge by the wattage.

Strengths:
Clear warm sound, great bass, mids and highs with adjusting levels

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
Sansui, Mcintosh, Yamaha, Pioneer and all old classic receivers

Great sound and good looks.

May require maintenance of technician quality unless your a do-it-your-selfer with some knowledge of electronics and a strong desire to learn.

Very smooth sounding receiver and yes it is audiophile quality by any means.
Old audio equipment should be checked by a vintage tech before using.
This sounds better than my Yamaha RX-V870 surround. Also sounds better than my Pioneer SX-980 somewhat. One quarter volumne is usually loud enough, but one half volumne will really rock the place. This will blow away the 80 watts per channel yammie I have. Sonically the best I've listened to so far.This I'll never part with.

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Pioneer SX-980
Marantz 1515

Superb build quality, Excelent sound for the vintage, Great tuner out-performs almost anything made today, Plenty of inputs, Pretty to look at

HF performance not as focused or smooth as quality modern equipment, Tone controls and pre-amp circuit seem to be the weakest link, amplifyer section sounds better on it's own.

A great, reliable, well built peice of equipment. Sounds good enough to listen to, I still keep it around for the tuner. I bought a 2250 at a yard sale when I was 12, it was my first step up form the Fisher Price recod player I had since I was 6. It initialy blew me away played through my dad's old Electro-Voice speakers. Sure it was step up from the Fisher Price unit... Any way I continued to enjoy this receiver for many years to come, with my Sony cd player, EPI model 70s, then Paradigm Titans and fianly Paradigm Mini-Monitor V1s, at which point I realized my receiver was now the limiting factor, not my speakers. I replaced it with a Jolida 101 integrated tube amp, but the Marantz's awsome analog adjusted PLL tuner continued to provide my AM/FM until the Onkyo TXDS494 rocketed me into the multi-chanel world. The Marantz is built like a tank in all respects, and has a great look with all the soft blue and creamy-white light comming from the front panel. The amplifyer section may actualy be stronger than the pre-amp section in over all audio quality (running the variable outputs from my Sony CD directly into the processor loop in on the Marantz yeilded cleaner treble and tigher bass) and although it's sound is stellar for solid state equipment of it's vintage it manages to be both a little smeary and a little grainy in the top octives. Bass performance is good, but it doesn't rule with an Iron Fist the way some Sansui and all McIntosh equipment of this vintage does. Then again it was less expensive than either when new. Midrange sound is smooth reasonably dynamic and mostly free of color. Better built than anthing you can buy today for less than $2000, and still good enough to run a second system without too many apologies. I suspect I'll pass this unit to my children or grand-children (if I ever have any) and someone might still be using and enjoying it 100 years from now.

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Sansui G-5700 McIntosh MAC-1900 Sherwood receiver

clean and plenty of power tube amp

no remote

I purchased this amplifier about 5 yrs ago. I moved from a small boombox to this amp. It kicks ass. It has plenty of power. it is aways crystal clear and crisp sound. Unlike the models of today it has a pleseant warmth to it. I have never hand any problems with it. Except for the fact that the power switch needs to be cleaned about every year and half. It becomes a hasle to just turn on. I would recomend this amp for anyone

I love this reciever due to the control you get over the sound.

None. This is a 20 year old reciever, and its still kicking ass. This reciever is better than alot of the new stuff out there today. I work at Future Shop (Best Buy Canada), and I am around alot of audio equipment and this surpasses alot of the new stuff from Sony, Yamaha ect... The only new reciever I would say compares would be a Harmon Kardon.

This is an amazing system. Currently I have the Marantz 2250 B on a brand new pair of Athena AS-F1's. This reciever is driving these nicely. Rated at 60 X 2 this pushes harder than that. And rocks these speakers.

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Harmon Kardon Yahama Sony JVC Malata Toshiba Technics Panasonic (aka technics)

Clear, crisp, clean sound...additional jacks in the front for dubbing...all around, just a heckuva unit!

Too bad this monster doesn't have a remote to it...and it weighs almost 40 pounds!

My ex-mother in law gave me a Marantz 2250B that someone she once worked for didn't have any use for at the time...and does this receiver KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS! The sound is so clean and crisp...it ran the little Optimus STAV-3280 right out of the neighborhood! I can crank this thing up and the sound is still clean...not distortion whatsoever...and as I am a record collector it really brings out the sound of those old 45's and 33's! It is, without a doubt, the absolute BEST receiver I have ever owned!

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Optimus STAV-3285 (Radio Shack brand), Fisher

Excellent build quality and very good sound quality.

Whadda ya mean for 8 bucks weaknesses ya gotta be kidding.

Hey folks just adding my 2 cents worth of opinion here, take it for what is worth to you. The receiver I am reviewing is the Marantz 2245. I wrote an earlier review on the 2230 in the 2220 section. I still own the 2230. I need to get the speaker connections fixed on it though. I found the 2245 at Value Village for $7.99. I plugged it in, it lit up, however there were no speakers to test it with. I decided to chance to my luck and buy it. Took it home unhooked the 2230, hooked up the 2245 and Goody for me worked. The 2245 and the 2230 are very similar sounding, some people claim the 2230 is more musical. All I can say to that is damn those guys must have dog like hearing. I did notice that the 2245 had somewhat better control in the bass region. It didn't really get any lower than the 2230 just had more authority down there. I use a test LP to set my system up. The LP has a variety of tests to help you set your system. One of the tests is a series of test frequencys from 10 khz down to 30 hz using the tone controls to get a flat response. The Mid And Treble are set to flat with the Bass set to 1 o'clock. The output is useful to below 50 hz there is still output at 30 hz but it isn't of much use. The 2245 sounds great with all types of music. The older Marantz receivers from the 70's are a worthwhile buy as long as the buyer is aware of what they are buying. These old receivers are good but they are not Audiophile quality by any means.

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Marantz 2230