I am not sure to say it was muddy. It just seamed to have more what i would call Reverb in the mid section. Kind of the wrong word to use, but its the best word i can come up with. The only way to see if i'm full of (*&^$*&) is to plug in restored, "but not in such a drastic way", Boards and try it.
I have a few backed up projects to deal with before trying it. I have to figure it out before tackling the pioneer marantz unit, being i am looking for the marantz warmth, with the pioneer balls.
I have that PEO1 board to use as a Guinea pig and a few others.
Pat gave me some real good info on what i did to loose the sound.
He felt the stock marantz films are hard to beat. I made the mistake of pulling them all out.
If i would have stuck with just doing the upgrades on this thread, i would have been OK.
Pulling the brown and grey ones hurt the sound i like. They are going to be replaced again, using a formula pat fought hard to learn.
I am getting off easy, but i learned my lesson about what not to do. (IMO)
This 2325 sounds fabulous to anyone but me because i am forever a dented can