Marantz 2245 Back in Action

[Mark R]

Marantz was one of the cat's meow back in the day. I used to Manage a HiFi Store In Phila. Pa. We had every Marantz Receiver and Pre Amp and Power amp we could load on our demo shelves. Sold like hotcakes. Of course we had the competitors stuff which also sold well.

I'm a Vintage head. All my gear is Marantz. 3300,250's 150, Mode 500 and more. Luckily I have my own shop here at home to keep up on the flat tires. L.O.L.

[Formerly YB-2]

Mark - did you know Dan Greenfield who was the McIntosh dealer at 21st & Sansom? Quite the iconoclast and a most 'interesting' shop.
Marantz (before going belly up and becoming just a "name" today) was some great gear.

[Mark R]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Mark - did you know Dan Greenfield who was the McIntosh dealer at 21st & Sansom? Quite the iconoclast and a most 'interesting' shop.
Marantz (before going belly up and becoming just a "name" today) was some great gear.

That was my old stomping grounds back in the Hippy days. I do know of him. In fact at one time I owned a Mac 240 and a I think 2300 preamp with a pair of JBL Tower speakers. No I didn't Know him and had never been in his store. But I know of his Mac outlet.

I lived at the Parkway House at 21st and the Parkway back then. My store (RESCO ELECTRONICS) was on Chestnut street on the corner across from the Ben Franklin Hotel. I think at one point the head office had tried to get Mac into our Store but back then there were fair trade price laws and Dealer Distance sales protection so we were turned down.

Up the street from us on Chestnut street about 3 blocks was " Sam Goody" Hi Fi Store on the second floor and record sales on the first. And up the street from Sam's place was "Nathen Muchnik" store who sold "Grundig Hi Fi and Radios.

Back then HiFi was rock-en. Latter down the road a friend of mine opened a store called " Town Stereo" located at the "Widener Building street level at Broad and Chestnut. They only sold everything "Panasonic" They had a Demo room with the CD-4 Quad system. I used to work there Part time to help him out.

He did very well selling only Panasonic as at that time they made all kinds of crazy stuff.

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by Mark R

That was my old stomping grounds back in the Hippy days. I do know of him. In fact at one time I owned a Mac 240 and a I think 2300 preamp with a pair of JBL Tower speakers. No I didn't Know him and had never been in his store. But I know of his Mac outlet.

I lived at the Parkway House at 21st and the Parkway back then. My store (RESCO ELECTRONICS) was on Chestnut street on the corner across from the Ben Franklin Hotel. I think at one point the head office had tried to get Mac into our Store but back then there were fair trade price laws and Dealer Distance sales protection so we were turned down.

Up the street from us on Chestnut street about 3 blocks was " Sam Goody" Hi Fi Store on the second floor and record sales on the first. And up the street from Sam's place was "Nathen Muchnik" store who sold "Grundig Hi Fi and Radios.

Back then HiFi was rock-en. Latter down the road a friend of mine opened a store called " Town Stereo" located at the "Widener Building street level at Broad and Chestnut. They only sold everything "Panasonic" They had a Demo room with the CD-4 Quad system. I used to work there Part time to help him out.

He did very well selling only Panasonic as at that time they made all kinds of crazy stuff.

Small world. I lived at 20th & Cherry (next to Moore College of Art) and walked to the Penn campus most every day, so would go by (and into) Dan's shop quite often. Very much "old school", stuffed with gear of all sorts, but primarily McIntosh (guess that's stuck with me).
You likely recall Third Street Jazz, which was the largest record store in the world at the time ('70s). Sadly, it closed in '88 due to the CD craze. Remember Sam Goody's quite well.
As you've said, fond memories.

[Mark R]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Small world. I lived at 20th & Cherry (next to Moore College of Art) and walked to the Penn campus most every day, so would go by (and into) Dan's shop quite often. Very much "old school", stuffed with gear of all sorts, but primarily McIntosh (guess that's stuck with me).
You likely recall Third Street Jazz, which was the largest record store in the world at the time ('70s). Sadly, it closed in '88 due to the CD craze. Remember Sam Goody's quite well.
As you've said, fond memories.

Yep Fond Memories,
When I was younger I was a Jr. member of the Franklin Institute which is right there. Went there many a time with my Dad. I remember siting in the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang they had on display. You could move the stick around and play with all the controls. They also had this Giant Steam Locomotive in there. Great place.

Yep I remember Third Street Jazz. To bad.. now it's DAC's and ADC. And a whole new world of Music reproduction. I also worked at Sigman Sound Studio down around Society Hill. Use to do some wire pulls and run cables during mod's and upgrades.

Those were the days of Multitrack recording and Mix down to 1/2 track at 15 IPS. Which brings me to ..... Direct to Disc recording. First done by Sheffield Labs. Have you ever listened to one? I have a few originals that sound almost as good as Digital. Check this link ...

https://www.sheffieldlab.com/ Unfortenitly they don't have DD recordings ..most are CD's Sometimes you can find them on E bay But are $$.

There still around. Every now and then I'll pop one of my DD recordings on and be amazed at the sound quality from a Piece of Vinal. I'm sure you must have run across one of there recordings in your Audio life.

[Formerly YB-2]

Yes. Believe I have three Sheffield DD LPs. The last one was given to me when I purchased a used LP. The seller had no idea what it was so just included it with the purchase. OK with me.

[Mark R]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Yes. Believe I have three Sheffield DD LPs. The last one was given to me when I purchased a used LP. The seller had no idea what it was so just included it with the purchase. OK with me.

I have a bunch. But the standard Vinal doesn't compare to the DD Sound.

[jpgr4blu]

I still use my original Marantz 2270 in my system for the fm tuner. Replaced the caps once about 7 years ago. Still going strong. I bought it at Stereo Warehouse in Paramus NJ on sale in, I believe 1975, for $210. I told a friend of mine about how great it was and a month later and he went in and purchased one from the same place for $200.

[jimtranr]

Originally Posted by Mark R

Direct to Disc recording. First done by Sheffield Labs. Have you ever listened to one? I have a few originals that sound almost as good as Digital. Check this link ...

https://www.sheffieldlab.com/ Unfortenitly they don't have DD recordings ..most are CD's Sometimes you can find them on E bay But are $$.

There still around. Every now and then I'll pop one of my DD recordings on and be amazed at the sound quality from a Piece of Vinal. I'm sure you must have run across one of there recordings in your Audio life.

When I worked at San Jose, CA's Garland Audio from 1977 to 1980 one of our "hot" demos was Dave Grusin's Discovered Again, a Sheffield D-to-D. Another was Erich Leinsdorf's recording with the L.A. Philharmonic of excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. As you say, great-sounding discs. It's said that familiarity breeds contempt, but not in this instance. Never tired of listening to them.