Best of the vintage Marantz integrateds?


I'm putting together a system for my garage and I noticed there are a lot of late 70s and early 80s 22xx model Marantz receivers available on Ebay for next to nothing.

Does anyone know which of the old Marantz receivers (if any)have a decent sound. Does anyone have other suggestions for other cheap amps and speakers that i could build a system around? My total budget is $250 for amp, speakers and cables. I guess I also need CDP suggestions.

Thanks.
cghoffman

Showing 1 response by xiekitchen

Ditto on the 2230.. gotta love that mellow midrange control! Understand however that it is common (so I hear) for usually one channel to "blow" with age on these. Mine did.. I have yet to repair it.