differences between 2216 & 2216 B?
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The B has nothing to do with color or improvements.
Search some models like the 2216/2216B or 2230/2230B. Look at some interior pics.
The 2230 is better built than the 2230B. It also has different amplifier design.
Same with the 1060/1060B.
I think the B models are just newer models of the same output power of the non B's.
Rob
Search some models like the 2216/2216B or 2230/2230B. Look at some interior pics.
The 2230 is better built than the 2230B. It also has different amplifier design.
Same with the 1060/1060B.
I think the B models are just newer models of the same output power of the non B's.
Rob
Non B is cap coupled made in the early 70's.
B is newer and direct coupled - and made mid late 70's.
Which sounds better - ha very subjective, I liked my 2226b over my 2220 - in fact I had 2 2220's and like the 2226b over both.
Though I like cap coupled generally, just like that b better.
Cool.
Srinath.
B is newer and direct coupled - and made mid late 70's.
Which sounds better - ha very subjective, I liked my 2226b over my 2220 - in fact I had 2 2220's and like the 2226b over both.
Though I like cap coupled generally, just like that b better.
Cool.
Srinath.
cradeldorf
Mr. Lucky
Thanks for the info buddy, I have a 2216 non "B"
http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/mindex.html excellent for pictures and basic information.
bktheking
Gitter Done!
Right from the classic audio site:
Q: What does the 'B' designation on some components mean?
A: Not much, really. Sometimes, it means cosmetic changes. Sometimes, circuit changes. Sometimes both. Nothing you can depend on, though. At the most, it means, "We're going to do this better, somehow."
There are cases where the model completely changed in the transition from non-B to B designation (like the 2285 and the 2285B; sometimes, there is little obvious about it at all, like the 1200 and the 1200b integrated amplifier.
You can also find models that have electronic changes internally only (the 10 and the 10b are good examples of this... after making about 100 model 10s, they reworked the IF strip on the 10b, for one thing), and models that have new features and just the required cosmetic changes to accommodate the new features, such as the 3250 and the 3250b, which adds a moving coil amp for the phono input.
Q: What does the 'B' designation on some components mean?
A: Not much, really. Sometimes, it means cosmetic changes. Sometimes, circuit changes. Sometimes both. Nothing you can depend on, though. At the most, it means, "We're going to do this better, somehow."
There are cases where the model completely changed in the transition from non-B to B designation (like the 2285 and the 2285B; sometimes, there is little obvious about it at all, like the 1200 and the 1200b integrated amplifier.
You can also find models that have electronic changes internally only (the 10 and the 10b are good examples of this... after making about 100 model 10s, they reworked the IF strip on the 10b, for one thing), and models that have new features and just the required cosmetic changes to accommodate the new features, such as the 3250 and the 3250b, which adds a moving coil amp for the phono input.
2270 and 2245 are pretty early, non B models, and are NOT cap coupled. Mostly the lowered powered receivers.
2250 and 2250B are NOT cap coupled.
Both the 2215 and 2215B ARE cap coupled.
2216 and 2216B were both made in 1977, while the B ran longer.
There are many more examples of this. Not many were cap coupled.
The B may suggest a change, but it was not always for the better.
Rob
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Gang-Twanger
Resident Wharfedaliophool
Well, that sums it all up.....
In other words........ No, it does... I mean yes, it doesn't.
