THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF MARANTZ
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE HIFI BRANDS MARANTZ IS A HISTORIC AUDIO BRAND, NOW IN THE MIDST OF TURMOIL! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MARANTZ AND WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SURVIVE?
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00:00 INTRO
00:22 SAUL MARANTZ
00:44 AUDIO CONSOLETTE
01:46 MARANTZ COMPANY
02:15 EARLY MARANTZ MODELS
02:43 NASA & MARANTZ
03:10 SUPERSCOPE
03:34 THE DEALER SHEET
04:50 THE UNRELEASED MARANTZ
05:33 THE BLUE FACE ERA
06:12 THE STEREO WARS
07:03 JUST AUDIO & MARANTZ
07:37 TROUBLE IN THE LATE 70'S
08:15 MARANTZ IN THE 80'S
09:57 DYNASCAN & PHILLIPS
10:27 MARANTZ IN THE 90'S
10:44 DENON & MARANTZ
11:14 SOUND UNITED
11:33 MARANTZ COMING TO AN END?
12:52 THE TROJAN HORSE
Yo. You didn't get enough credit for the plot twist in this upload. I just rewashed it and the research and speculation was a perfect logical direction to steer this. Kudos
Haha thank you! Glad someone caught all that 🤣
Yeah, of course brother. Love your chann.
On a weirder note, there's something extremely suss going on in yoyr comment section. Specifically, next message down. This "Kevin Deal" character who is apparently "de-bunking" your take on the medical industrie's potenrial nefarious plans for Marranttz.
I don't wanna appear schizo, but thanks to the help of Google , it looks like that's where this might be. headed. So, after seeing the totally real human being named , KevinDeal , I attempted to defend your take on this subject (A reasonable opinion, i might add, based on past events) I was forced to rephrase my reply 4 times prior to it posting once refreshed. I encounter this every now and then. Unsure if it even shoes up in revised form now!!!!
Crazy days we are living in, brother!!!!
@@LennyFlorentine Philips' ownership slowly killed Marantz
My name is Kevin Deal and I own Upscale Audio. I'm a hard-core Marantz collector. From the 2500, 2600, to Model 9's, Model 2, 10B, etc. I was just at a high-level meeting with upper management of Marantz, and I can tell you with calm assurance that you could not be more wrong. Joe Kiani is investing massive capital into Marantz as it's OWN BRAND and OWN SOUND. Including bringing back manufacturing to Japan on many models. I could not have been more impressed. This man is not just a genius. He wants to save the identity of the brand. He is a GOOD GUY.
I hope so. Marantz deserves better.
Is the 40 built in China?
@guillermomartin8248 Cinema 40 made in Japan and is outstanding!!
Kevin, This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Marantz isn’t going anywhere and thank you for being upfront about it. Saul Marantz is one of my audio heroes. I’m so tired of these untruths being spread around on UA-cam. Older audiophiles like us take offense to such disinformation.
I have a 1200b integrated amp. Something wrong with it. I suspect it is in need of a new column control, but I could be wrong. Do you know of anyone willing to attempt repair? Answer here and we can connect further. Thanks.
Back in the 80s, I did a phone interview with Saul Marantz for a Maryland magazine on the pioneers of audio. I also spoke with David Hafler (co-founder of Dynaco and then another company bearing his name) and Paul Klipsch. They've all passed but their legacy in audio lives on.
That's pretty awesome.
Really @user-xx2hj7xb6b? Really? >_>
David Hafler, for me is the most memorable.
I’ve owned equipment from all three. I still have a DH-500, a 1980s era MOSFET based amp that was powerful, reliable, and sounded great, all for a reasonable price. It’s been updated over the years with new caps and with the last of the original matched sets of MOSFETs a decade ago, but it still plays like a champ. They made great equipment back then.
I currently work with Ed Fantasia who was David's right-hand man as his amplifier project manager at Dynaco & Hafler. Ed has designed his own retro-fit driver boars for the DH series amps that tale these legendary amps to the next level. I do all of Ed's upgrade installation work. Ed has been a great mentor to me for the past 8 yrs..@@Bill_N_ATX
My mom had a Marantz system back in the 70s , with a receiver and a turntable I don't know what models it was but it sounded great
Great video on the history of an iconic audio brand. With all the research you have done on the brands from the past you should write a book on the rise and fall of Hi-Fi. You are becoming a Hi-Fi historian. Keep up the videos.
Thanks, will do!
Back in the '80's I had a Marantz 3300 pre amp with a Dynakit 35 amp, a Technics SL-7 turntable, an Aiwa AD-F990 cassette deck running through a pair of Altec Stonehenge I speakers. It was a great sounding system. I miss it.
Absolutely- Kew Gardens! I lived quite close (born & bred in Queens). I quite happily loitered in stereo shops (and there were many) in the 70’s. It was an amazing time to be into hifi
Nice! I watch the King quite often!
These "historic" videos are always incredibly interesting. Thanks so much! I have a 2330 from 1977, and i'ts a monster. Incredibly well built and great sounding.
For sure! Thank you
I remember going to a store named the “Federated Group” in the 70’s. The salesman in the demo room would let us absolutely blast music through the various Marantz systems they had on display. They really did sound great especially when cranked up!
Philips' involvement in Marantz goes way back further than the 90s. Both companies' CD players were effectively badge-engineered twins with different front panels, with the bulk of both brands' devices made at Philips' plant in Belgium and the high-end Philips and Marantz models made at the Marantz factory in Japan.
Yeah the CD-63 and the CD-100 were the exact same. Thanks for info!
And .. Meridian Audio ‘modded’ that Phillips chassis as well becoming an icon if the day as well.
Philips owned Marantz, as well as Magnavox, B&O, and several other consumer electronics brands, First early Philips stuff from Belgium, soon moved to Mexico, when prices had to be reduced, Philips ownership made it still exist in the 90's as it was a fading company...now sold off as Philips did with ALL consumer electronics. Like so many others, just a name, Marantz is falling fast, like fisher, Scott,Magnavox,Denon,
@@LennyFlorentine and the Magnavox badged units, i had the first ones when CD first appeared, Made in Belgium, but in less than 2 years later 16bit chips where available, front loaders came about, and the units where now remote controlled, and $129 at the employee store,not all that cheap for early 80's CE stuff, all PLASTIC of course, made in Mexico, the first Belgium stuff where metal TANKS, but too pricey for mass consumption maybe $300 employee discount prices, that they needed to make CD take off like they made it do.
At some point, for reasons I can't begin to understand, the Marantz name ended up on VCRs. Did Phillips make those?
This was outstanding and I love when you take us down memory lane. This reminds me of the history of Audio Research and how it has been sold many times. I think your next piece should be on Audio Research, also an Iconic Brand.
Love your videos! Also, congrats on 100k subscribers!!
I saved up my money from working in fast food during the 1970's to buy my first quality piece of audio equipment: The MARANTZ 2015 Stereo receiver. I was in my teens then. Damn that thing was beautiful! While hanging out at the stereo shop a month or so later I spotted the wood case for it. I jumped on it and completed my system. Rocked out for years!
Awesome that his love of music drove him to create such iconic hi-fi gear. That’s kind of why I got into the hobby, for the love of high fidelity music playback. I think my father had a Marantz receiver when I was very young and I broke the tuning wheel by spinning it too much! Just thought it was cool.
You almost touch on a topic I'd like to hear more about, the Sony Superscope 1/4 inch 4-track. In the 1970s I had two of these machines in a small studio I ran for the Track Records label in London. They were sort of like the well-known TEAC 4-tracks but a lot better in sound and transport mechanism. I've never seen any of them anywhere else, or on UA-cam.
Back in the early to mid seventies as a teenager I would sneak into the local stereo stores and gawk at the incredible unaffordable chrome machines adorned with countless switches, meters and dials and listen to what we today call classic rock on huge speakers.
The Marantz receivers were the absolute pinnacle, occasionally I would dare touch the holy grail Gyro-Touch tuning knobs.
It was a pretty good time to grow up. I still love my classic American hi-fi, but my true love today is the other vintage brand beginning with an “M“ - McIntosh…
I like mcintosh a lot too. They are usually easy to work on, and the quality is definitely something else. If I had to go on a desert island, and only bring one system for the rest of my life, I would choose anything mcintosh, I like both the 250 power amplifier, and the 225, with the 7591 output tubes, they have a very distinctive sound and I like them a lot. If I had only à receiver, it would be the 4100. Nothing is comparable from the same time period, people don't like it very much but I know how it's made, and it must have at least 20 différents op-amp used as buffers and in the tone control section. The power supply section is beefy too, and it has an independent balanced power supply for those ic. It's something else than any other brand. They are good, but never that good.
@@MarvinHartmann452 I can only agree.
Every day I enjoy my MX-110 preamp/tuner feeding two MC-30 power amps hooked up to two Klipsch Cornwalls. The only solid state device in the entire setup is a single lonely transistor switching the FM multiplex light 😂
In my humble opinion this early sixties setup will beat 95% of the „high end“ systems being sold today. After a total rebuild a few years ago, the McIntosh components have been incredibly reliable and I know somebody will be able to repair them long after I‘ve been on that stairway to heaven.
Wow, an absolutely huge thank you for putting this video together. It truly came out amazingly. From the way you delivered the verbal history to the accompanying pictures, it’s a 100% top notch overall story / description of Marantz’s history as a company.
I was given a stunning example of a 2220B receiver which was not just recapped but fully refurbished. It still retains that warmer presentation Marantz is so famous for. I have a Tavish tube based phono stage going into the 2220B, then easily runs my Tekton Pendragon speakers due to their high sensitivity of aprox 95dB. It’s a perfect combination of old and new.
FWIW, I also have a Quicksilver tube monoblock amps, a tube preamp, plus a Parasound a23+ SS amp, but I just can’t take the Marantz out yet, if ever.
Some of this history is wrong. Philips bought Marantz in 1980, that why all of those early Marantz CD players are just rebadged Philips/Magnavox players. Apart from minor cosmetic and badging differences, the CD63 is a clone of the Philips CD100 and the Magnavox FD1000. Superscope continued to operate the North American dealer network and distribution until 1992.
The original CD-63 was never $325, it was more like $800. Marantz made many CD players called CD-63 over the years, so it's easy to get mixed up when researching prices.
Amazing history and story of this amazing audio equipment. Thank you for sharing this with us all and giving us an insight into early audiophile technology. Much appreciated.
Quite the story (and intriguing head-scratcher regarding the future of Marantz, not to mention the other well-known brands involved here). While I know you couldn't cover every prominent product Marantz produced within the span of this video, I'd give a shout-out to their Model 8/8b as the amplifier that helped Saul & Co. get serious attention from the late 1950s onward. Great presentation yet again!
I still have a 2230 receiver that I got in the late 70's "Lightly" used. I emphasized the "Lightly" because it had a completely broken Power push button. I soldered a toggle switch in and it worked fine. This was well before the internet made getting parts for these so much easier. It has the original wood cabinet and has been re-lamped (maybe a couple times?) but still works fine. I try to run current through it a couple times a year and so far, so good.
Still have my Marantz 1060 integrated amp with walnut cabinet I bought new in 1975. Gorgeous in it’s simple yet elegant design. Still sounds like butter! Wish I still had the Advent Loudspeakers I originally paired them with it.
I bought 1060 last week with walnut wooden case. Looks beautiful and sounds really good.
I was lucky enough to have used two Marantz products. I acquired a 2252B receiver in 2010 for a short time and it was boss and seemed more powerful than it's rated 52wpc. I purchased a Hitachi SR-804 in 1979 at Tech Hifi in NYC. Paid cash but units weren't in stock. After waiting several days the store manager offered me a "loaner" component of comparable output. I chose a Marantz 1090 integrated amp. I got to use it for three weeks until my SR-804 was available. That too seemed much more powerful than it's rated 45wpc. Both had that Marantz Industrial Look and heft. I still use the Hitachi SR-804 as my main amp but the Marantz units were a blast to play with.
Can’t believe you didn’t touch on the infamous Marantz 2270 that was in a fire and on one of their ads with the owners back story how the unit survived and still worked after being burnt to a crisp.
it´s true , i remenber it
Hello fellow music lovers and audiophiles. I still remember the jingle and it was: " I am the music, I am Marantz! I'll be good for your systemmm!!🤣
I still have the High Fidelity Magazine in which that ad appeared. Coincidentally, in college I bought the 2270 which still sits (unused) on a shelf for my stereo system.
Philips owned Marantz outside the US from the early 80's. You forgot to mention Ken Ishwata.
Good point.
My MR255 from 1979 is pre-transition, yet because it lacks the gyro-touch (ostensibly), it is valued at barely a fifth of its comparable 22-series brethren.
Previously, Marantz was made by Superscope. I have the cassette player which was the “Superscope Story Teller” and it still works. In addition, Superscope made the “Superscope Story Teller” book and cassette series featuring a collection of children’s fairy tales.
I like marantz, the 1974-1977, blue face time period were pretty good, but when they sold to phillips, the quality went down, the components were cheap, and when you had the misfortue to repair one, you saw that used the early desing STK ic power pack instead of discretes, the transformers were poor quality. If felt flimsy and when you opened one, you saw why. The power supply, tone control, pre-amp and power amplifier were on the same board, which also have the tuner. That's a sign that the quality dropped significantly in comparison with older series, in fact, the older superscope branded receiver were way better than anything that came out after 1978. If you can find one, I suggest this over any post 1978 model, they have the same construction, same components than the famous 22 serie for a fraction of the price.
There was another major drop in quality in the 90s. I refuse to even open one from the phillips area because it just doesn't worth it.
After the 1978 serie, the only thing they had in common with the older serie was the gyro tuner, and that's it. And I think it damaged the brand name à lot.
If I'm not mistaken, the last US made amplifier is the marantz 500. I have a small trio of separate, 3200 pre-amp/ 112 tuner/ 140 power amplifier, they're from the same time period than the 22 series and I like them a lot. But I prefer separate systems, the only receiver I like, and it's a severely underrated one, is the MAC4100 from mcintosh, it's not the most powerful one, but the quality of construction and the electronic circuits by themselves are something else. I speak as a tech with more than 30 years of experience. I'm not an audiophile, I just love listening to music.
Sorry for the bad grammar, english isn't my language.
Edit : there's a reason why the 22 serie is sought after, and it's not only because of the look, the construction and circuits are better, with good modular construction, the power supply section are also very good, with good transformer. No matter if it's a low power model or something like 2270, they're all made with great care and with the same modular construction.
History of Marantz without even a mention in Ken Ishiwata!
he is not american😊
We used to listen to music on our stereos. Now, our stereos listen to us.
I sure hope Marantz is around for a very long time. I have their components all around my house. They still make really great equipment.
I am the original owner of a Marantz 4270. My setup at the time included a Philips turntable, Techniques cassette tape deck and ESS Heil speakers. The 4270 is the only component left. It’s beautiful in its cabinet and just looking at it brings back fond memories. My question is what would you do to either reconstruct a new system, sell or what?
When I was a college student in the early 1970s, I first became aware of Marantz from reading an audio component survey in Playboy magazine, lol. The article featured a photo of a 2270; I thought it was the most mesmerizing piece of stereo gear I'd ever seen. When I graduated a few years later, I treated myself to a 2270. I got 20+ years of solid, dependable use out of it, and I ended up giving it to my brother who continued enjoying it. In recent years, Marantz has come out with their Models 30, 40, and 50 integrated amps. They've all been well-reviewed. Thanks for the video; I enjoyed the history.
I'm really loving this series. Will you do Macintosh as well?
My first turntable, amplifier and cassette deck were all budget Marantz, I had to buy my HiFi via my mum's John England catalogue :). The amp wasn't too awful but the decks were both junk, turntable suffered from feedback and the cassette deck got replaced twice before J.E gave me an Akai HX3 as an upgrade because of the problems, SD220 rings a bell.
One of my friends had to go the catalogue route but chose Rotel, he's probably still using it.
I wondered what happened to Marantz. Brilliant series BTW, thanks.
I love these audio history lessons. One thing that surprised me is that the early equipment had a TV input. I have been watching TV since the early 60s and I don't remember ever seeing a TV with an audio output. I do know that in the 70s people were tapping into the speaker output and making their own. Weird. Starting in the 70s I always bought amps based on specs. I never really considered Marantz because their specs never measured up. My son gave me a 2220b about 10 years ago and I was floored. Then I mentally kicked myself in the butt. It sounded great!
Marantz specs were always conservative…unlike most competitors.
@@davidsparling3505 Right you are!
With many tubes in a TV (20 or more) leaving three out and a decent speaker - box, having an output jack because even many table radios as well floor consoles had an input for a phono was an option. The first TV's had a separate FM circuit and tubes for the sound. Most folks first heard FM as TV sound not radio FM. Later a cheap circuit combined the sound and video and gave us decades of buzzing sound with 10 tubes or less used.
@@echodelta9 Great info, thanks! I have a 1940 RCA Victor radio with an RCA input. I sometimes connect an Amazon Echo to it.
I still have my Marantz EQ551 Graphic Equalizer Spectrum Analyser. Had it since 1993-4. still working great
The amount of research, time and scripting that went into this vid is immense. Hats off to all involved.
Thank you very much!
I love these autobiographies on audio companies!!
A couple of more interesting videos on Luxman, Kenwood, Nakamichi would be awesome.
Noted!
As an audiophile, it concerns me that many homes now use things like Sonos to get their music at home.
To @pedrofernandez8729: I echo your sentiment my fellow music lover and audiophile. I been into this for over 40 years and I don't like most of today's so-called music or the stuff they listen to music on. It's fatiguing low fidelity that just doesn't sound good. Processed junk food music with no lasting value. Mass produced stereo and mass produced music go hand in hand!
@@zockblattshickleblender7758 At least Bose was real stereo.
I found my old Kenwood receiver in my dad's garage after he passed away. I thought he threw it out 30 years ago when I joined the military.
I'm sending it to a stereo restoration shop in St Petersburg FL. I've been shopping relentlessly for a new stereo the past 5 years. There's a few models I would consider if I won the lottery but overall there's not much to choose from today. Hi-Fi died sometime after the 80's. The industry has only itself to blame with mergers and acquisitions that destroyed innovation and design. Everything nowadays looks and performs identical to each other. Peel away the shiny branding sticker that you paid thousands of dollars for only to discover you got ordinary 'made in china' junk just like the garbage you find at your local BestBuy.
So sad ..we living and witnessing the fallen of audio companies and as much as the passing of great music artists... really sad times
A few years ago I purchased a Marantz Professional dual cassette tape deck to digitize old band recordings, and the quality is fantastic.
I had a *_Marantz_* Stereo Rack System I bought in 1991 _- 500 Watt Receiver, Dual Auto-Reverse Tape Deck, 7-Band EQ, CD Player, separate Radio tuner._ I bought it Factory Sealed off a CrackHead for $100. The system sold retail at that time for $900. I LOVED it. The Receiver lasted until 1999. The CD Player died next. Tuner & EQ I still have them despite My house having a fire & water damage.
Now onto the Tape Deck, lasted for years as well. Before the fire, the tape decks started eating My Cassette Tapes. So I opened it to fix it, that I did, but one thing I noticed looking at some of the Parts inside including the main Circuit Board was *_TOSHIBA_* stamped on them.
I opened the EQ same thing. All those years of having a *_"Marantz"_* wasn't a Marantz at all. They should have simply put TOSHIBA on the enclosure instead. I would have still bought it as I did like Toshiba anyway.
I love my grandfathers 2230 marantz radio reciever
I still have a pair of Marantz Imperial 7 speakers that I bought in 1977. Still sound great, only been worked on once in 46 years.
When I was in high school (late 70s) Marantz was total earcandy and drool fantasy. But it was way out of the reach of regular people to afford. I bought a used dbx unit from a pawn shop and I remember seeing the top end Marantz receiver there with 250 watts per ch RMS, the thing was a monster! I always wondered what that receiver would have sounded like.
My Marantz TT551 linear tracking turntable is 38 years old still sounds brilliant.
Thanks for the great overview of the Marantz company and their great audio equipment. Love all your videos on these hi-fi icons.
Seeing the store takes me back to my youth when Hi Fi stores were everywhere.
This video makes me wish I never sold my model 2500 and glad I still own a SM-6.
One of my favourite Marantz amps had to be the Michael D. Custer designed Sm-1000.
Marantz product range in the 90s is dismissed in less than 20 seconds. Wow. A decade containing the Marantz CD52 MKII SE, considered to be the best pound for pound CD player ever made, or the KI Signature series? Really?
I have a Marantz 2235B that been in my possession since 2015. Their classic receivers go for a pretty penny now. Despite that, they are well worth having.
They sure do!
that was perfectly written and presented, with more info I could absorb. Gotta watch again!
Thank you!
Thanks just audio for the history of Marantz. So educational for us who love vintage stereo.I'm still a Marantz owner.
Keep up these awesome stories. Gotta get to your store. Yep didn't realize that these receivers wouldn't be around forever
I found a 2240 on Craigslist 20 years ago. One channel was in an out, all the pots were dirty, etc. But, it was in gorgeous shape. I talked him down to 40 bucks. Spent 400 having it recapped and professionally restored. Every little gizmo on the circuit boards was replaced. It's perfect. I am told that today its worth around 1500 bucks but it is not for sale.
Jan 20,2025 I still have my MARANTZ 8 Track Recorder with Dual VU Meters . Looks Great on the shelf. Great Conservation Piece..😊
Thank you so much, what a walk down memory lane. I bought my 1st Hi Fi in 1977. A Marantz 1060, 105B Tuner, 2x HD 55 speakers and a connoisseur belt driven turn table. Sold it in 2012😫😫. Now I am going to recapture the past but better. Again thank you✌🏻✌🏻
I'm carefully rebuilding my 70's gear bit by bit from deceased estates where goods are gifted to charity shops,I sold rotel sansui akai pioneer etc back then and it was a great time to unbox a new model and the highlight of the year was the trade show in Harrogate (uk)
My 1300DC lasted 40 years. I looked for replacement with similar specs and quality and couldn’t find anything comparable / matching my expectations!
Do you still have it?
I had a Marantz stereo console amplifier, 90 watts RMS per channel (late 1970s). Incredibly heavy. Sounded great. But drew so much power, even at idle. Some 300 watts, at 120 volts.
Did not use it for a while, and next time I turned it on, it would no longer turn on. It was too heavy to carry to a repair shop, so I put it out on the sidewalk…
Today I have a SONY amp/ receiver. Better specs than the old Marantz, also happens to be 90 watts RMS per channel. Paired with ADS 1290 speakers, the sound is breathtaking.
I got a pm-80 mk2 today for free but there is no remote. But is there one with remote with the same specs?
Very interesting but I believe you are missing a big important part of Marantz history, that is when it was split in two: in 1980 Superscope sells the Marantz brand, dealer network, and all overseas assets (except U.S. and Canada) to Philips Electronics, afterwards the quality began diverging, having better quality the ones from the Philips side and dregrading the ones from the SuperScopeside, Philips realized this was hurting the brand perception and in 1992 acquires U.S. and Canada trademarks and dealer network to create Marantz America and Marantz Professional was created with rights given to SuperScope but with the requirement the products be developed and manufactured by Marantz Japan in order to be certain of their quality.
SuperScope history is also very interesting.
I love these historical presentations!
Ahh Marantz....I remember working part-time at Radio Shack as a teen in the early '90's. I'd a have an older fella drop in regularly to tell me stories about vintage Marantz. I didn't know much about the brand. I just thought he just needed someone to talk to as he rambled on. If I had known better I should have invested a little more time picking up some used Marantz receivers back then. I'm sure people we're probably selling them for dirt cheap on the used market.
My first-ever amplifier was a late 1980s Marantz I purchased in 1989. It was a PM 65 AV. It served me well for about 15 years, before it completely died, and I sold it on eBay. It was a rock-solid amplifier with excellent sound. To this moment, I'd always believed Marantz was a wholly Japanese company.
There seems to be a pattern where good brands of the past are eradicated by mean corporate interests, where lack of culture in those corporations dominate alongside money mule tactics which destroy quality and soul of the brands all together.
Applies for any buisness or entity. They all end up on that path
You missed something. From 1977 onwards there was a takeover by Philips for the first time. Marantz Europe appointed Ken Ishiwata (May 8, 1947 - November 25, 2019) as Technical Coordinator in 1978. After two years, Ken was appointed Product Development Manager and would later become Brand Ambassador. In December 1980, Marantz was acquired by Philips. Only Marantz America and Canada remained with Superscope. Released in 1983, the Marantz CD63 was one of the first CD players to hit the market, following the introduction of the Philips CD100. The Marantz CD63 was almost identical to the Philips CD100, with the only difference being the Marantz branding.
I have Marantz AVR and it sound great. It is paired with B&W speakers.
Me too! Just bought another cinema 30 as well. It’s a great product. There is a bit of opinion on this that seems to have come from bias. It’s a year later and there is some decent growth and interest in keeping the brand alive. But if you want to go with the safe bet it’s always easier to say an electronics or Audi company will go under. Some of the best brands have. Remember Orion car audio? Or how about the sheer dominance Harmony had on the universal remote control market. Whenever these companies get acquired by other corporations they don’t have a clue what they are doing they fail. (Harmony remote controls can’t be stressed enough) but hopefully they weather the storm and get resold. Even private companies have to weather the storm. Check out companies like Bose or movie theater companies like Rave Motion Pictures. Investors want to make a return on their investment but they often destroy instead of waiting it out. Say what you will about Amazon but they played the long game and won. The best audio companies are the ones who get acquired and then leave the acquisitions alone to do what’s best or merely suggest new ideas.
I would love to get my model 2 amps running again. I love the sound of those things. They worked good for guitar also.
I recently bought my 1st Marantz product, a sr6009 AVR. It does everything i could ever want it to. I typically use vintage equipment and speakers but this thing is the heart of my home theater system SO... I went with something more modern that supports 4k and other modern features. Aside from SiriusXM not being supported anymore and the Marantz apps made for this unit and others not working its a great AVR.
I have the 2245 receiver purchased new in March 1975 with the walnut cabinet. Looks and works like new. Only one repair ... the on off button spring around the 25 yr mark. Purchased with and still rocking a pair of Advent loudspeakers.
Have had a Marantz PM4200 amp since the early 2000's. Fab!
I have a marvelous Marantz SACD player, solid, built like a tank, sounds great...as does all the Philips players I still have and
I was Gifted Marantz Models 7 and 8B. I hardly used the 8B, and Sold it. With the fantastic Help of an Electrical Engineer Friend, we rebuilt the Model 7 that I had for many Years.
I also had a Marantz 4-channel Box. I Used it's Carton and Foam Packing Shells to hold the Model 7. I Needed $$, and reluctantly Sold the 7.
In my late teens and 20s, a very close friend had a system with a 510M amplifier. Custom build speakers. The sound was stunning. Power reserves were outstanding.
This is why I have stuck with Yamaha. They have avoided being acquired, and have kept their focus intact as far as I can tell. Came *this* close to getting an Onkyo TX-RZ50 receiver but I decided against it (in favour of a Yamaha) because I was not sure if Onkyo would even be around after I made the purchase.
I have a Yamaha Receiver, I got it after My Marantz Receiver gave up the Ghost after 9 years of use in 1999. My Yamaha Recv. been through ALOT of miles/kilometers since 1999 and still going STRONG. I even had a fire & water damage at My home, and My Yamaha and a few other electronics didn't suffer.
That being said, many Marantz models win in the style department!
Marantz Europe was acquired by Philips in 1977, bringing in Ischiwata-san with his famous speakers, in 1990 they bought Marantz USA and Asia.
My first Marantz was their CD52 (under Phillips). A true deal for it's day. My current system has a Marantz front end (under Denon) and I love it.
Good job. No mention of the model 8b was the most popular stereo power amps ever. The model 9 is for me the best sounding amp by far of any of the classic stuff unmodified. The 10b FM tuners are to this day unequaled .
Glad you stressed that he was a graphic artist. I knew Saul Marantz in the 70's and he was a great storyteller. His start in electronics was trying to bring a car radio into his home. He still lived in the second home he ever bought. His first engineer knocked on his front door and as hard as he tried, couldn't improve on his preamp design. Couldn't find potentiometers which could track until Cosmos.
Hadley?
I brought a Marantz SR7013 new and recently just out of warranty, 3 years & one month it shorted out and i'm told its major. You cant get new boards as they dont support their products that long apparently. That's $4500NZD down the gurglar. Very disappointed for such an expensive receiver. I don't think I would risk buying their home theatre components again as Its not durable at all and the company doesnt stand behind the gear.
I'm just trying to figure out why they're so expensive this year. They had some massive increases in the past 2 years, then the new Cinema models went even more crazy. I'm a dealer, and nobody has a good answer for me except that "they're targeting the luxury market", but the pieces are as lightweight as they've ever been. Doesn't make sense to me. Nobody can articulate why their product is supposed to be higher quality. Meanwhile Sony ES is turning out tanks of AVR's (Starting at the 3000ES) for much less money.
I wish I had answers. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of Sound United and don't use their new products
I still have a PM230 in my Bedroom and it's great for that size of room with separates that span 4 decades! ✌🙏❤🍻🇬🇧
And at 5:40 history as I predicted is being Re Written due to the overuse of Blue LEDs for backlighting now. Every unit I worked on in the 80's from the 70's had Green/blue Light polarizers over the fuse type light bulbs producing a predominantly green with a touch of blue display panel. These ultra blue panels now being seen due to blue LEDs being used in my opinion is hideous.
I know its off topic. At 13:54 - where did you find this footage? This is my Grandfather. He was Chief of Telemetry at KSC...
Very nice walk through Marantz history. Quite enjoyable.
Love these audio company history lessons.
Please help me FIND the right SPEAKERS for the Marantz 2216b I just purchased. Thank you. I live in a small home, and I’m looking for quality sound not over booming sound. Because it’s Marantz I bought it before my speakers. My dad RIP had a late 70s or 1980 Marantz. Ty for your help and expertise.
I had 2 Marantz 2245's one of which I just lost in a house fire along with my 1300 vinyl albums and my JBL L100's. I still have my original 2245 which I purchased when I was in the army, which I'm going to have restored and try to rebuild my collection, but I'm sure it will be a daunting task. It's an awesome receiver nonetheless. Great video.👍
Ouch...very sorry to hear this. Hope you manage well restoring things, though I can guess putting the vinyl collection back together won't be easy.
@@barrettwbenton Thanks, fortunately I had them in alphabetical order and I'm a collector who actually played my records, so I've started a list going by memory from A-Z.
Hopefully, my memory lasts long enough! 😂🤔
As I watch this and look at my 2030, I realize that I like it as much now as the day I purchased it in 1972.
I just got a Marantz 2226 for around $100, was that a good deal? Is this particular model good/great? Sounds fine to me but I’m not an expert… Just enjoy music and vintage equipment…
Great deal!
I still have a 1030. I haven’t used it in about 3 years though as it now needs to be refurbished. I will refurbish it eventually.
i have not heard a Marantz in over 30 years that i have liked including the K1 Ruby. however i am avidly looking forward to auditioning the new Model 50 even though i bought a Rega.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane. 👍 oh by the way I still own mine. It a 2330 B the lights have been updated and they did some re-solder and a couple caps but she’s still rocking.
Hopefully we'll soon get audio equipment which provides ultra sound!
And still some people will not be satisfied.
Loved the blue face units.
I was left £700 in my grandads will when I was 18 in 1985 and I spunked most of it on a Marantz system, hooked up to an old set of AR speakers. It included a cd player that cost nearly as much as the rest of the separates put together. I never regretted that purchase, and still have it, minus the cd player, in the attic.
It's interesting that you didn't mention the link between Marantz and Standard Radio. Standard Radio, Japan were manufacturers of some of the finest ham radio tranceivers of their era being one of the first to release dual band VHF/UHF equipment. Much of their technology passed into the Yaesu brand.
I remember wanting to buy and paying on time, while working as a teenager for a Motorola Stereo,It a Bass boost controller on it, kickin during parties.
I have a Marantz 1030 and 6G speakers. They have been in my wife's family from new. The foam grills fell apart years ago.
Great summary. Love these historical sound company vids.
More to come!
@@LennyFlorentine awesome. Do one on Bob Carver and Sunfire!