Vintage Marantz 3300/3600 preamps


Can anyone offer an opinion on the Marantz 3300 or 3600 pre-amps? I'm using the pre-amp section only of a Marantz 1090
integrated connected from the pre-out jacks to a Yamaha P2200 power amp. It sounds great but have always wondered if a stand alone Marantz 3300 or 3600 would better the 1090s'
preamp. Did Marantz ever offer a pre-amp only using the 1090s'preamp?
hankman514

Showing 1 response by hififile

I am quite familiar with both. I owned both and my father sold them in his stores in the early & mid 70's. For the time period they were nice units. However the sliders and the volume control would get very scratchy and noisey.

If you buy one of these check the tone control sliders and the volume pot for scratchy noise. You may need to blow out the pots and give them a good cleaning.

Regarding their sound quality, many of todays units will sound much, much better. If you are into vintage and 70's coolness, go for it!