Classic Marantz with Scope

27 Jul

A Scope in Marantz Tuner from the late seventies with ” Honky Tonk Women”
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25 Responses to “Classic Marantz with Scope”

UpYoursNightmare 27. Jul, 2010 at 9:12 am #

@agentseventyseven wow, those are great ive heard… this combination was in the same production series but just higher in quality (and price )
agentseventyseven 27. Jul, 2010 at 9:19 am #

@UpYoursNightmare They’re good, I have a 3650 pre amplifier and two 300DC power amplifiers
UpYoursNightmare 27. Jul, 2010 at 9:27 am #

@agentseventyseven ive read about those. they seem to be work perfectly with a 170DC power amp and a 3250 Power amp… do you have those two? coz i have this combination
GTI1dasOriginal 27. Jul, 2010 at 9:28 am #

still got a 2238, 5220 and 6170.

they´ll probably survive me I think.
motorband49 27. Jul, 2010 at 10:11 am #

I just got this same unit! It’s amazing! One cool song to try is called Strobe, by an artist called Deadmau5! It’s techno, but man is it cool to watch! Tell me what you think!
pastryhat 27. Jul, 2010 at 10:44 am #

i had a marantz receiver. really booted my pair of yamahas. it started itself on fire though on its 40′th birthday
footinmouthindustrys 27. Jul, 2010 at 11:24 am #

looks like a black hole at some parts
woodburycrew 27. Jul, 2010 at 12:12 pm #

Nice scope
sgtpepper1138 27. Jul, 2010 at 12:57 pm #

sweet, i’m going to be 29 in june

i’ve always loved vintage sound equipment, I picked up a FISHER 450C (can’t find hardly ANYTHING on it spec wise) at a garage sale for a dollar, hooked my turntable up to it, and it sounds great, I need to make a wood case for it (or find one off ebay) and find a few caps for some of the knobs, and do a good cleaning
jalexenglish 27. Jul, 2010 at 1:32 pm #

these old amplifiers put out real watts, not the boomy crappy power many brands set on their products!
honkycabbit 27. Jul, 2010 at 2:11 pm #

cool!!! nice song too rollin stones
HbrydWarrior 27. Jul, 2010 at 3:00 pm #

dumb video…
kinmanyuen 27. Jul, 2010 at 3:59 pm #

My recent amplifier died on me…
So I grabbed my dad’s old Marantz 1090, hooked it up and it still works like a charm!

That amplifier is even older than myself! (29)
dLimboStick 27. Jul, 2010 at 4:07 pm #

Very cool. Those old receivers bring back great memories.
TVGuido 27. Jul, 2010 at 4:56 pm #

Quartz locked tuning they called it?
TVGuido 27. Jul, 2010 at 5:00 pm #

I don’t quite understand what the ‘scope for tuning. I preferred the Luxman tuners that had that automatic lock built into the tuning flywheel! That would lock and click into place when the signal was best! That felt very assured, anybody with me on this?
It felt awesome too!
Jacorner 27. Jul, 2010 at 5:47 pm #

That’s drift on the dusty highway with an old dogs spitting tobacco apple pie and coffee next stop sister sauce!
themizatt 27. Jul, 2010 at 5:48 pm #

Those were scopes. In this video, it’s displaying the left channel on one axis and the right on the other. On the 2130 and some of the other better tuners of that day, you could patch the scope into a receiver, too. You could also switch it to display multipath and stuff.

Btw, I really want one of these.
Hydrocodone 27. Jul, 2010 at 5:55 pm #

oops forgot…it was part of Marantz’s Esotec line.Only was made for 2 years I’m told. Wish I never sold it! The scope was awesome and the tuner itself pulled in radio stations without any antenna. Jacks in the back were gold plated too.
Hydrocodone 27. Jul, 2010 at 5:56 pm #

I found a Marantz ST-8 Tuner at a flea market a few years ago. I paid 40 bucks for it! It was flawless! And VERY rare! Sold it on ebay for 1 grand!
dvsbstrd 27. Jul, 2010 at 6:29 pm #

Oh, the wonders of high end audio equipment.
raymondleeleggs 27. Jul, 2010 at 7:29 pm #

I like the way vintage receivers smell when thy warm up! I wish i was over to my moms house to enjoy my Marantz-superscope R1220
87GNXXX 27. Jul, 2010 at 8:28 pm #

they were oscilloscopes
pmgodfrey 27. Jul, 2010 at 9:18 pm #

Were these oscilloscopes or did they use what was known as a ‘tuning eye’?
Jasonsweeney 27. Jul, 2010 at 9:39 pm #

The scope is indeed functional in that it basically takes the place of the dual tuning meters (signal strength & tune/balance) commonly found on many vintage stereos of the 70′s. Plus, it also allows you to determine which direction the strongest FM signal is emanating from to help you place your antennae in the perfect direction. Plus…it’s fun to watch with music!