greg,
Always check the weight, that gives you some clue about transformer size, etc.
I went the other way, I wanted an inexpensive 2 channel receiver with REMOTE VOLUME that can drive TWO PAIRS of speakers simultaneously. The remote requirement meant used but newer than vintage, and then a heck of a lot of surround sound units to avoid. And it needed Phono, many omit that.
Note: 2 zones is not the same as TWO MAIN PAIRS, my big fancy Onkyo AVR’s zone two is weird, I never succeeded with zone 2. Was awesome for 5.1, but eventually not enough HDMI inputs, and I’m giving it to my son for his 5.1 setup anyway.
I searched all over tarnation, finally picked this very inexpensive Insignia (Best Buy brand), eBay, made offer, seller accepted $85. total delivered.
https://www.insigniaproducts.com/pdp/NS-R2001/9693507
It has enough power for my 2 pairs of speakers, and real speaker connectors (not dinky spring loaded terminals), phono, and remote.
Also check the quality of the RCA jacks. My wonderful McIntosh mx110z and many from the Vintage era have jacks that corrode. I/You clean them, they start corroding again. I just had those replaced by gold plated rca jacks by Audio Classics.
It’s bigger than I wanted, but better for ventilation.
This is for music while working in the garage or shop. I imagine it will sound ’good enough’. If it sounds lousy, I’ll return it, and perk up my Fisher 500C, and use it with one of my Chase RLC-1 remote line controllers. User reviews are all over the place, from great to total crap
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Maybe for others not wanting true Vintage
this Marantz caught my eye, but in England
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234071550812
another Marantz, more than I will spend for the Garage, but tempting
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174804065340
this, for only one pair of speakers, has had a remote volume installed
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154491023243?hash=item23f861ef8b:g:4YEAAOSwakBgu~S2
Always check the weight, that gives you some clue about transformer size, etc.
I went the other way, I wanted an inexpensive 2 channel receiver with REMOTE VOLUME that can drive TWO PAIRS of speakers simultaneously. The remote requirement meant used but newer than vintage, and then a heck of a lot of surround sound units to avoid. And it needed Phono, many omit that.
Note: 2 zones is not the same as TWO MAIN PAIRS, my big fancy Onkyo AVR’s zone two is weird, I never succeeded with zone 2. Was awesome for 5.1, but eventually not enough HDMI inputs, and I’m giving it to my son for his 5.1 setup anyway.
I searched all over tarnation, finally picked this very inexpensive Insignia (Best Buy brand), eBay, made offer, seller accepted $85. total delivered.
https://www.insigniaproducts.com/pdp/NS-R2001/9693507
It has enough power for my 2 pairs of speakers, and real speaker connectors (not dinky spring loaded terminals), phono, and remote.
Also check the quality of the RCA jacks. My wonderful McIntosh mx110z and many from the Vintage era have jacks that corrode. I/You clean them, they start corroding again. I just had those replaced by gold plated rca jacks by Audio Classics.
It’s bigger than I wanted, but better for ventilation.
This is for music while working in the garage or shop. I imagine it will sound ’good enough’. If it sounds lousy, I’ll return it, and perk up my Fisher 500C, and use it with one of my Chase RLC-1 remote line controllers. User reviews are all over the place, from great to total crap
.....................................................
Maybe for others not wanting true Vintage
this Marantz caught my eye, but in England
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234071550812
another Marantz, more than I will spend for the Garage, but tempting
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174804065340
this, for only one pair of speakers, has had a remote volume installed
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154491023243?hash=item23f861ef8b:g:4YEAAOSwakBgu~S2