New Marantz releases!

[Feanor]

For those that remember, it would be cool if Marantz launched new "retro" receivers that looked like the beautiful ones of the mid-70's. Smooth flywheel tuner, silver face plate, black dial with blue FM/AM numbers, pointer that lit-up at each station, meters showing signal strength, stereo indicator light, clean looking well layed-out controls.

Marantz' 30 something year old recievers are still popular, just have a look at the vintage sector of this forum, and sell for about their original cost ($200 +/-) on ebay when in "mint" condition.

My guess is the manufacturing cost for 1970's controls, exteriors and visuals combined with todays technology inside the box would put them out of reach for the mass market.

Yeah, I love the "silver" look of the '70s equipment, especially Marantz. Recently I bought 2252B receiver, circa '77 or '78, on Audiogon: see stock photo, below.

They are pretty common on eBay. Some guy in the Toronto area seems to have a steady supply of them.

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