Beautiful styling & very good performance, a legend in audio electronics

Its 30 years old & doesn't have a remote control

My brother bought a new Marantz 2270 back in the mid 70's & it was an excellent receiver. We listened to it for years. He still has it & it still works well. Its never been serviced. I replaced a few dial lights, but thats it. I recently decided to buy a 2275, the successor to the 2270. The 2275 was manufactured around 1975 and has some technical improvements, but looks much like the 2270. I watched eBay for a few months & found a 2275 that had been "restored" by a guy that sells vintage equipment that he services & cleans up. I'll tell you, the unit I bought was in excellent condition. It looked almost like a new 2275 & it plays perfectly. The seller aligned the tuner, set important voltages, cleaned the tone control board & pots so that the controls were clean & quiet, replaced all lights & included an owners manual & antenna. I paid $400 for it, but it was worth it to have a fine 2275 that did not need servicing. I searched eBay for months looking for a mint walnut case. Eventually, one showed up & I grabbed it. The 2275 looks great with the flawless walnut case. Its a beautiful piece of equipment & fun to listen to.

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Hi, folks I'm from Bulgaria and I just bought this wonderfool piece of electronic art for $170 ;) w/o the wooden box. It's in a perfect condition. I must say, that 2270 is a great rec. with PERFECT sound. And it's 30 y.o. ... Can you believe it? :-)))))

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Incredible sound for the dollar.

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I've been searching Ebay for over a year trying to find a good 2270 for a fair price. I kept getting outbid in the last minute and the prices were to high for my Canadian dollars. In early Dec. I found a perfect 2270 in a wood case for just over $250 U.S. The seller put the receiver in the vintage audio section and I don't think that many people new it was even there. I won it for $255 and the seller lived only a couple hours away. The wood case is in fair condition, but the receiver is a perfect 10. The sound is unbelievable. There is so much power in reserve and it produces that beautiful warm Marantz sound. I am sorry to say that I'm the person to ruin this products 5 star rating though. I'm giving it a 6 out of 5 for value.

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The lights burn out, I had to replace the tuner string, and the power switch has gone out twice. This unit has been used daily for 30 years and this is the only maintenance i have had to do up until now. It needs some electrical servicing finally!

My dad bought this reciever in '72 in a small store that later became the Best Buy co. in Minneapolis. He has used it for years. I "borrowed" it from him when he bought a brand spankin new Pioneer AV system. I later found a backup in a pawn shop for $90 which I consider a deal of a lifetime. The sound of these are incredible. My dad's has since been returned to him and is in need of repair. I imagine it is a cap or somthing like that. 30 years is a long time.

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The lights burn out, I had to replace the tuner string, and the power switch has gone out twice. This unit has been used daily for 30 years and this is the only maintenance i have had to do up until now. It needs some electrical servicing finally!

My dad bought this reciever in '72 in a small store that later became the Best Buy co. in Minneapolis. He has used it for years. I "borrowed" it from him when he bought a brand spankin new Pioneer AV system. I later found a backup in a pawn shop for $90 which I consider a deal of a lifetime. The sound of these are incredible. My dad's has since been returned to him and is in need of repair. I imagine it is a cap or somthing like that. 30 years is a long time.

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Incredible warm and realistic sound and plentiful power; magnificent Japanese build quality; beautiful appearance; can last a lifetime and then some; discrete analog design

AM radio performance could be better, maybe it's my unit. (It's not a Collins R-390/URR military receiver)

I bought a Marantz 2270 in 1975 with a wood case just after getting my electrical engineering degree; I bought right the first time and I've used it continuously since then. Mine was manufactured in Japan (they moved production from the USA). Still have the original Marantz carton and manual. It's such a great receiver, I will never sell it, I'll get it repaired if needed. So this is one serial number that will not be on the market till I die- for possibly 20 or 30 or 40 more years. It's discrete transistor design has an incredible sound, nothing like the crap A/V digital integrated circuit units sold today. I'm driving a pair of OHM loudspeakers, also from the same era. The 2270 was designed to drive anything in the range of 4 to 16 ohms and it states this in the manual. The brushed aluminum front panel and blue backlighting look great. It needed replacement of 2 small-signal transistors in 1980 and occassionally I replace a front panel lamp. The main power switch sticks once in a while (It prefers to be pressed in a certain way) and I understand it is not uncommon to replace these switches which are still available. I doubt there are many receivers produced in recent years that can compare with the sound quality this delivers. My only regret is that it does not have both the gyroscopic wheel driven analog tuning display AND an additional digital frequency display, as with analog tuning displays you have to guess a bit about what station you are tuned to. At $500 28 years ago and one repair, it doesn't owe me anything. If this exact model were still made, I'd buy a new one today to be sure it would last me another 28 years. It has more than adequate power, with the big OHM floor model 4 ohm 4 element speakers I only need to crank the volume control to the 10 O'clock position. It has none of the harshness to the sound that newer equipment has. It deserves more than a 5 rating. In my opinion the prices for used 2270's in good working order are too low.

Classic beauity and that blue glow, Powerful, not underrated like everyone says - just honestly rated, those who know the dishonesty of how most if not all companys today rate the power of their equipment know this.

None, a 30 year old amp that shows up all but the most expensive equipment today! For the Dolby Digital people though - if you buy a seperate DD decoder and hook it up as a front end into the mains of several Marantz amps you'll have one beauityful sounding home theater setup.

I've used several amps and recevers over the years, my favorite being a vintage Akai aa-r32 which sounded very good at 45wpc, Sadly though the power transformer burned up so i just decided to get a new unit, Now I've herd of Marantz before but never gave it much though to buy one until I was out one day getting a new cartridge for my 63' AR turntable and one cought my eye, Turned out to be a semi rough 2270. Visuaily it's not perfect and looks as though it was dropped at some point with a slight bend in the lower right corner of the faceplate. I bought it on the spot though and hooked it up as soon as I got home, immeaditly I noticed how much cleaner and warm the sound was, after several weeks of just sitting and listening without distraction I was hooked, pure musical heaven!, This unit performed flawlessly despite looks. I will never buy anything but Marantz again and will certainly never part with this unit at any cost!

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Build quality Tuner section soundstage Power power power

sorry none - this unit has passed the tet of time.

THIS IS FOR MARANTZ 2285B Having read the overwhelming reviews for the 2270, I decided to get one as I adore vintage stereo of high quality. I did quite a bit of research and opted for the younger cousin "2285B", which is a tad newer (78-80), has a better tuner, and a little extra power(2 x 85) After plugging this monster thing (39LBS) in, my first surpise was how little volume knob turn it needed to send my capable wharfedale speakers into orbit: Huge, open and warm sound at the 9 o'clock position. The Tuner section is just fantastic - this is where the sound more than anything resembles true audiophile Tube gear. The quality of this Amp is amazing, 25 year old knobs and bottons works almost like new with a distinctive feel of craftmanship. Inside you'll find an enormous powersupply and two huge 15.000 micro fahrad caps. everything seems to be made overkill. Be aware, as with all heavy amps - they need at leat 45-60 minuttes warm up they reach operating temps in all circuits - then they shine. What happend - did all the 1970 engineers retire - the distinguished gentlemen in suits, smoking pipe while designing units that would enthrill their sons and grandsons. I dont know - the receivers I see today is a sad generation of black plastic and underdimensioned powersupplies. I guess for every engineer with ambition, you'll find 1 cost controller and 1 marketing guy.

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Performance,reliability Man! Did I get my money's worth or what?

It is heavy, I remember almost losing the tips of my fingers sliding it into the wood case. But, it IS a Heavyweight!

Bought new in 1972.This is the unit I've used on a daily basis for 31 years. It's in perfect condition. Never had a repair or professional cleaning. The walnut case still has a beautiful finish. This is a guys' powerhouse type of sound, crank it up and let it blow your hair back.

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Thorens direct drive turntable is pretty cool too.

ample current. and i'm thinking 70rms at 8ohms is a bit shy of what its really producing, a previous poaster had a good description of why. overall a1 quality.

needed 2 bulbs.

Of my piles of gear, this one ranks right up there in the top three, and i've only had it a little over a month. the look is unreal, i love it, i got one with the wood case, almost mint, a few nicks here and there but the face is completely flawless. this is a quality built machine. yes mac and nad can outrun it, but theoverall soundstage that the marantz produces is accurate and damn powerful, excelent clarity. im running it as a bedroom system with a pair of my ancient OHM d's and a set of ar-2a's. it's an awesome, quality piece of history that can give some good gear a run for it's money.

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