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Marantz 7 - All Original?

I have a Marantz 7c that I got for free. It was tuned up by Terry Dewyck. Yours looks pretty original with the bumble bee capacitors.
 
I acquired a model 7 several years ago in a trade. I absolutely love it. Tons of flexibility and it sounds very, very good. Many collectors would say heresy but I replaced all the bumble bees on the phenolic board in the left middle of the chassis. One cap had a crack in it so I decided I'd replace all of 'em including the couple small electrolytics on that board (see my pics below). But, there are a ton of bumble bees on the tone controls and they would be an incredible nightmare to try and replace. Way too tightly grouped together on the pots. So, I keep the tone controls centered and hope I don't ever see any cracked ones . . . I do need to eventually replace the multi section can caps and selenium rectifier but also not looking forward to that job. In the meantime, it is an awesome performer. Oh, and yes, yours looks completely original.
Congrats on your find. It truly is a superior preamp!

Mine after I replaced some caps, couple resistors and the small electrolytics on the board.

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