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In Reply to: Re: Marantz fm 20 posted by Brian Levy on August 3, 2005 at 09:59:02:
I bow to the opinion of the tuner god Mr. Levy whose opinion I highly value.I have heard the 20 and 20b and think they are great, but be advised they are 60's vintage and may need work.
I have had two Marantz 120's which is the model that came after the 20 that have received mixed reviews(at best). I have noticed that many of these solid state tuners that were designed right after manufacturers switched from tubes to solid state have a similar sound character. These tuners (like the Marantz 20) are "voiced" to have a rich midrange, a bit of a shelved treble and warm bass. By comparison the opamp audio sections of tuners that came after these intial transistor units sound clean but a sterile by comparison, and lack what some consider the warmer tube like sound character.
One issue that you may consider is that these Marantz units do not have meters for signal strength or center tuning. Instead they depend on the built in scope which also displays multipath. These scopes can be expensive to replace IF you can even find them. I have seen some CRT's available for the 150 and 120B but not for the (smaller) 120.
Does anyone know where to find a scope tube for a Marantz 120 besides a "parts" donor unit?
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Follow Ups
- Re: Marantz fm 20 - tbonner1 12:43:45 08/03/05 (2)
- Tuner god?? - Brian Levy 11:47:06 08/08/05 (1)
- Re: Tuner god?? - Brian Levy 11:50:37 08/08/05 (0)
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