Just happened across this thread....... well, not a thread, more like a bristle. My parents had one of these when i was a kid. It sounded great to me then, replacing as it did an old HMV stereogram. I as about 12 when they got it and they STILL have it and a tuner and cassette deck. All Marantz. I tend to think its not overly illustrious since my parents weren't audiophiles at all. But I still remember being totally blown away by the volume......... (in comparison to the HMV remember)