Marantz 2270 Receivers
Marantz 2270 Receivers
USER REVIEWS
[Feb 18, 2019]
stereorobb
Strength:
What is there to say about the 2270 that hasnt already been said? Lol its great! Ive has several of them over the years. I do think they are a bit overrated tho. Good? Yes. Solid? Yes. Versatile? Sure. The 2270 does really good with bass and crisp highs. Has a solid amount of weight to it and has all the controls you could ever want in a receiver Weakness:
Lacks a bit on the midrange. Solid sould but breaks up a bit when pushed really hard. Power button fails on all of them and its a known fault. Tuner section and phono stage is kind of meh. Price Paid: 5
Purchased: Used
Model Year: 1972
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[Dec 22, 2018]
Ton
Strength:
pro's : lots of connection options plenty of output power Weakness:
Contra: no Bluetooth, no remote control. Price Paid: 450
Purchased: Used
Model Year: 1972
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[Jul 26, 2017]
john w
Audio Enthusiast
Haven't heard it as its in for service and recapping. Hoping to match it with a pair of JBL 4211"s and see how it compares with $6000 worth of Onkyo and Jama equipment. BTW the marantz was a freebie and the JBL"s $500. Can't wait to wow the wife. |
[Mar 27, 2014]
Kent
Audio Enthusiast
Grief falls upon me, we have posters thinking this is tubed, we have users hooking this thing to Bose speakers, bet someone out there is trying to push a HDMI cable through the air vents to get their Visio connected.
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[Jan 12, 2014]
John Keifer
AudioPhile
Ah yes, another review of the Marantz 2270, just what the world needs. Why bother, right? Well, why celebrate holidays or take vacations? For the fun of it, that's why! The 2270 is indeed a special piece of equipment and history. Say what you want, an awful lot of people have taken the time to write about these units, you have to wonder why. My own audiophile journey began back in the 60s with my dads Eico HF-81 vacuum tube amplifier driving Electro-Voice loudspeakers, so it's his fault I have spent all this time thinking about audio equipment.
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[Nov 26, 2013]
stereoguy11
AudioPhile
This was my dad's prized unit. He bought it new (I'm guessing it was about 1977) and by then it was already an older model but the build quality is second to none (see 70's Marantz ad featuring this model surviving a house fire and then a 10-20 foot drop from the wrecking crane 100% intact. Unbelievable. I literally grew up listening to this one. At 14-15 years of age, when I first got into The Doors and Led Zeppelin, it was this receiver casting it's spell in my still developing brain. Think about it, this receiver sold for up to $600 new back in the mid-70's. Do any of you people know how much that is in today's $$!! That was far beyond the price range of the average consumer back then because it was built to please the most discriminating audiophiles, yet you didn't exactly have to be rich to afford it (see Macintosh, did I spell it right? No? Well, probably because I don't have one!) Thanks to my vintage receiver collecting hobby, I now have many others to readily compare it to. For you number obsessed people, here are the most notable: 70wpc RMS (definitely powerful but far from being monsterous), THD .3% (not bad at all), but here's the kicker, powerband width 7hz-50kz - incredible! By far, I think, the widest of any vintage Marantz, (most are only 20hz-20kz). I guess I'm just trying to explain in numbers why this receiver sounds so freakin' good. While it's true that numbers explain a lot, they never tell the whole story. While far from being the most powerful, or lowest distortion, or widest frequency response, it is still the most beautiful sounding receiver I've ever heard (and believe me, I've heard a lot). No, I haven't heard a Mac yet, but I believe the emperor wears no clothes. A lady at a music store once asked me, "Have you heard a Macintosh? Well, my dad swears by them." And I'm thinking your dad must have an awful lot of disposable income. Because I'll bet my money that this Marantz can easily hold it's own against any Macintosh for pure sound quality, in spite of what the hoighty-toighty stereo crowd may tell you, and you don't have to spend a small fortune on it, either. I once talked to a nose-in-the-air stereo technician at a local high-end stereo store who told me that Marantz was made by Macintosh! Marantz's were like Mac's for the masses. I thought, oh my gosh, he's talking about me! I'm just one of the masses who can't afford a Mac, so I have to "settle" for a Marantz! He even went so far as to say they didn't even sound that good! I wondered what world he was living in. In the meantime I'm holding onto my Marantz's, because "settling" has never sounded sweeter! |
[Jan 20, 2013]
keith
Audio Enthusiast
Bought my 2270way at a yard sale with two tower 15's sounded decent hot home and hooked up two 12in jvc towers and lets say the neighbors werent to happy. I've had it for seven years now and I will not go back to anything else best thirty bucks i have ever spent thank you marantz! |
[Jul 27, 2011]
313
AudioPhile
its amazing that this still sounds better than new receivers, anyway... my dad bought this new when he was in the army in europe... with a pair of imperial 7's.. i never heard it with those but he said it sounded amazing, i wish i woudl've... we still have them but they've rotted out over time, we now have a bose acoustimass, he doesn't listen to it much anymore and i get the most use out of it... i respect the receiver a lot, (as weird as that sounds) its still perfect, never needed to be serviced, everything still lights up perfect (some lights are a little dim)... eventually i hope to have this reciever and get some tower speakers for it when i move out. |
[Jan 07, 2011]
Yggdrasill
Audio Enthusiast
I bought a 2270 three years ago and just had it completely recapped (replacement of all electrolytic capacitors). These do wear out, and as my receiver is now 40 years old it was time to give it a makeover.
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[Oct 12, 2010]
light1
Audio Enthusiast
i found my marantz 2270 at my local thrift store. i had never heard of marantz,but i knew this thing was an old tube recciver. it was heavy as hell. my girlfriend thought i was crazy for spending 14.00 for it. i was pretty sure it wasnt going to work,so it went under my bed for a couple of months. then one day when i was bored i un hooked my current jvc recciver and put the 2270 in its place.all the lights came on and it worked perfectley. i was amazed how good this thing sounded. now i use it with a cd player and it pushes a pair of bose towers. i wont be getting rid of it any time soon. |
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