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janikphoto
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That thing is massive! You could hollow it out and live inside it, if you had to.
Saint Johnny
Bon Ton Roule
It looks nice, but who wants a receiver?:thumbsdn:
:yes: I'm in 100% agreement. Since acquiring an M-4 and a C-4, recently. It's time to dump all my Marantz receivers and find a nice B-2, or M-2 at less than a quarter of the price.
If the going price for them was $300, I wouldn't want one.
Saint Johnny
Bon Ton Roule
You wouldn't take a B-2 or M-2 for $300?
Oh wait, you mean $300 for the Marantz receiver!
:lmao:
SoCal Sam
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The 2500 is a collector's piece for sure. Not really good for much except for increasing in value over the years. That being said, $3,000 is way over for a 2500. Closer to $2,000 would be top, top dollar. If this was a 2600, $3,000 would be a good price. A couple of years ago, 2600's sans wood case were regularly catching $4,000 plus.
For those who are into Marantz receivers or are collectors or investors, it is their money and therefore what they do is their business and I have no problem with whatever they want to do with their own money.
GOD bless 'em. :thmbsp:
That said: Who wants a receiver? :thumbsdn:
Saint Johnny
Bon Ton Roule
Ergo, logic dictates that it is safe to assume, that after three years without any sales. Generally speaking of course, NO Marantz 2500 is worth $3000. :nono:
Wonder if he has noticed that perhaps the price may be out of line? Or he is of the school of give it enough time...
SoCal Sam
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For those who are into Marantz receivers or are collectors or investors, it is their money and therefore what they do is their business and I have no problem with whatever they want to do with their own money.
GOD bless 'em. :thmbsp:
That said: Who wants a receiver? :thumbsdn:
With your collection of ultra-accurate gear, high road noted!:thmbsp:
At least two collectors want receivers so they can bid each other up.:yes:
Four grand for a Marantz 2600 would buy a mostly diy system which would challenge mine. Or if one already had a decent system, it would go a long way toward one wonderful component upgrade.
I don't 'collect' nor do I invest with an eye to resell. I buy and use what increases my musical enjoyment. As I am positively certain you do Sam. Your time spent evaluating a mountain of gear, and the interesting selections that you have gleaned to listen to and live with testify to that.
For those who want a 2600/ 2500 they are out there. But I still wonder - Why bother?
SoCal Sam
Lunatic Member
Sure, there are lots of pedestrian gear that will run rings around any receiver at any price. For example, most modern PA amps such as the Chinese made Crown XLS202 are objectively far more accurate than any receiver and many boutique amps for that matter. No, I cannot justify my ownership of a 2500 and a 2600 because they sound better. However, the 2500 or a 2600 will give any serious 70's collection credibility. And since I am in the money on both of them, holding them is not a risk or a hardship.
If you don't like to make a profit on your pieces, you are definitely a country gentleman. However, I imagine you do not want to overpay nor do you want to undersell. So there must be some economic sense to how you approach this hobby. As for myself, I buy and sell in order to make "audio profits" which I then plow right back into gear that I have always wanted. I always spend more than I make, which ensures that the pieces that remain get better and better.
That is a valid reason to buy a 2500/2600.
I'd guess that you weren't paying $4000 or $3000 respectively. :thmbsp:
I'm just one of those people who is curious about some vintage pieces which either have a strong underground reputation (vis Yamaha C2x, Yamaha B-2, Yamaha PX-2, Kenwood 700C, Kenwood L-1000M, Yamaha GT 2000) or have a circuit which has caught my ear (like the Sigma Servo Kenwood L-06Ms and Kenwood L-08Ms).
I have the wrong nature to be a business man (I'd give something away if I liked a person enough).
My reward comes when I find a special sounding component or combination of components. Luckily for me, over the past 10 years I have had the pleasure of listening to quite a few wonderful components. Nearly every one has been Japanese. I came into this pursuit during an era when Japanese was a dirty word. The irony of that is that all of these components are from that very era. They are however some of the best that the corporations ever made. Many were never reviewed in the English speaking magazines.
It has been a pleasure to live with these overlooked gems, and to post my impressions on the 'net so that they have a 'face' to present.
I wish that I was a country gentleman. I am in a low-income bracket. What enables me to dabble is the fact that I am single with no children and I am blessed to have no mortgage. My spending on hi-fi components (my system in other words) is the pleasure that I get from my hard work. Music being the central impetus. Without a significant other or dependents, my attention is focused on music listening without distraction. It's a labour of love in other words.
Beautiful systems enhance music in ways that I could never have imagined when I first set-out on this path over 35 years ago. I am a happier music lover as a result, and I am not finished yet. The journey has been an eduction as well as a sensory experience.
Strangely enough, with a great system to feed them from, it has been a headphone amp and headphone which have given me (in combination with my analogue front-end) the greatest connection with both the music and the best outright sound quality that I have ever heard. This has occurred in the last 12 months and has opened my eyes and ears to the amazing magic in the recorded music legacy. Kinda makes me glad that I invested so much into 3,000 records over the past few decades.
I get that you are a music lover and great sound lover. Owning and trading in receivers doesn't diminish that in the slightest. You have your priorities right. The means to the end is justified by the end. :thmbsp:
