I do not necessarily care about it being all original as long as the sound is the same and it is goodwhyaskit said:Ask the person who has the 2270 for info. Too many variables to say if you should or should not bid. New parts for nonworking parts and cleaning are genrally good things. Also the amount you are bidding is a factor.
If you want all original maybe this is not the piece for you as it looks like a few items are not original. One thing for sure, asking questions before bidding is the best way to go.
A couple of more pennies for the pile.
Because I did not notice this difference until I looked back at one of alexkerhead's pictures- the listing said no such thing about any updates, the seller doesn't seem to know anything about it either just repair/cleaning. I still want the unit, I was just concerned for a moment because this issue came out of nowhere. If it does have newer parts, it should save me a bit of hassle later on- it looks like the power relay was updated in some manner and the caps replaced which sounds inline with what a repair would entail. Just checking with you guysMark W. said:One this is almost certain. If it is all original with no refreshing it will most likely NOT sound the way it did new. As parts drift caps leak resistors break down.
I recently had a Pioneer SA-9100 completely gone through by Pustlenaikr and the difference between the untouched one I have and the new one is Blatantly obvious. The same would hold true for this Marantz.
But the advice to ask questions is excellent you want to know something about something ASK.
As to retracting a bid WHY bid if you weren't certain you wanted it?
Sweet deal mantis!mantis said:Well it is done, I won! The great experiment has begun
That is my recent assessment- I thought about it for a moment and noticed a few things- firstly the speaker connectors on the back are not the black and red kind found on some of the newer 2270s, and the seller later informed me that he did not believe it had parts replaced. In either case, I think this will be a lot of fun! Either I get one of the early models in excellent shape, or I get an early model in excellent shape with some already fixed up parts I do not believe I paid too much for this particular unit, Ebay has had some crazy prices on units in greatly inferior condition- as a college student it was still too much, but if this thing does the trick and lasts a good bit I think I would say not enough!Shain said:It looks to be pretty much original. The gray main caps are probably original. Some of the early production 2230s and 2270s had gray caps.
And it's an early version of the 2270... probably made about 1972 or 1973.
what are you saying?jstang said:My very early 1972 2270 has gray Main supply caps.....
jk
mantis said:
Looks to me like someone "updated" some of the components. What do you guys say? Worth going through bidding on or retract?
so what does that mean for me? Will this be a problem?whsh93a said:Doesn't look up-dated to me. It looks like a European version. The give-away is the bank of fuses on the heatsink. And the back transformer block is there - so you can switch line voltages. It's an early Euro model for sure.
DH