Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
Veering even further off topic (or maybe back on topic), how easy is it to find parts for your 2270? I'm about to start refurbing my parents' old Marantz 2275 (from 1976) and have no idea on how much it will cost or whether the parts are even available. I've heard conflicting things about how easy it is to fix up vintage Marantzes. On that 2275, some of the indicator bulbs have gone out, and some of the switches periodically short out. I'm not sure if some simple cleaning will do the trick, or if replacement's in order.
Each bulb is $4 bucks and you can clean the switches until you get to the point that I was at and have them rebuilt. After a thorough tune up, re-biasing or something of the amps, and a serious $120 bill, I am essentially enjoying an "as-new" 2230. There's a guy on e-bay that specializes in rebuilding vintage Marantz receivers so before you spend like I did, it may not be a bad idea to check 'em out, sentimental value notwithstanding. I will say that it is absolutely worth the money as these Marantz receivers are so amazingly powerful, clean, and very hip/retro looking in their brushed steel and cool blue glow. I can't get much past half with the VR1's before it's pretty well uncomfortable (I'll have to pull out the spl meter to see how loud that is ), and that's only 30 watts peak!

Have fun Wooch!