Before 'remotes' we would sit in front of the stereo like we were 'Piloting' the stereo ... loved it ... Marantz still among the best of the best imo....perfect music btw...
Beautiful! I have the 2385, it blows my mind every time I listen to it, these magnificent "monster receivers" are built to outlive there original owners! I listened to this video through the 2385, cool {:-) I believe a 2600 has sold for over $5,000. The 2385, 2500, and 2600 are all worth more now than they were new!!
2385 is very nice unit too,they will work forever,only capacitors need to be replaced.my 2600 looks like new,less than one year ago it was fully restored
I had the 2385, too. Beautiful behemoth, served me well for years, but then the pots and switches started getting intermittent and the lamp bezel got yellow and brittle from the heat. Nothing terrible, just not the level of manufacturing quality you'd find in an American made piece of kit, say McIntosh or Audio Research. I know, different price point. Anyway, sold it for $400 in the mid -90s, replace by a MAC 4100, which wasn't much less than what I paid for it new at Uncle Steve's in Newark, $499 in 1981, if memory serves. Great deal.
That is beautiful. Watching this I have something to look forward to as my 2500 is almost finished. Just working on dialing in the "depth" of the lights. Thank you for the video.
The ultimate receiver. I used to sell them when I worked for Leo's Stereo in 1979. They went for 1799.00 If you can find one now they go for close to 20K.
20K??? Gotta link to one that sold for anywhere near that amount? I found this which is still a lot of $$$ that receiver classicreceivers.com/marantz-2600-sells-for-over-6000
I love my saba 2080 and philips 280 .. but still are my wires and speakers doing the real job in the total witch speakers are recommend by this 1000 procent super piece off art
Every time I see a monster receiver I can't help but think of Tom Cruise risky business dancing to old time rock and roll after his dad told him it's not a toy haha.
Thank you for not plugging in a ipod or the like, via headphone out, into such a beautiful machine. So many people are unaware that your source is just as important as your amp/receiver/pre amp etc.
I do not use ipods or any other USB devices for audio.I do not have any MP3 discs at home.big part of CD's I have are SACD other part I use for audio is LP's :) thank you for watching!
Not that it matters, but you'd be surprised how good of a source iPod, or even iPhone are. They sound better playing lossless material than almost any sub-500 dollar CD player playing CD's. In fact, my friends could not tell an iphone 4s apart from a 1000 dollar DAC, listening trough 1500 dollar headphones plugged into a 1000 dollar headphone amp, and that setup is more detailed and revealing than almost any speaker set out there, regardless of price. People often bash iPod and iPhone because it's Apple gear, and they assume it's bad, but reality is, they do sound really well for some reason. Even if you look at their measurements, they're extremelly good.
derbigpr500 " In fact, my friends could not tell an iphone 4s apart from a 1000 dollar DAC, listening trough 1500 dollar headphones plugged into a 1000 dollar headphone amp" Some of my friends can not see difference between HD and SD video.one of them told me people buy canon and nikon cameras because they are stupid and walmart's disposable camera takes exactly same pictures. "and that setup is more detailed and revealing than almost any speaker set out there," I agree,but how much will cost 12 pairs of good heaphones? (yesterday we had a party of 12)
The oscilloscope display can be built into these new receivers, in the form of a color LCD with choice of colors to display, and the same fiber optic technology to make the transparent front quadrant panel glow. Seriously, why not build some with this little display. Marantz was ahead of its time during the 70s and early 80s.
If you want sell receiver for $2000 you have spend $200 for parts +labor.this is how today's market works 10% parts and labor 90% profit.like vinyl79 says it would cost so much to build it
You can still buy equipment of this build and quality. Companies are out there. Most of them the average person has never heard of. $20,000 for some of the receivers would be at the very low end of the equipment available. $80,000 and up is more like it. That said, if you seriously want to kick it up a notch, forget vintage stereo. Go quad.
Dave Henderson this is true. some of the new tube amplifier are brilliant, but very price prohibited. I had a nice Lafayette amp and later a Pioneer reciever in the 70s. By the 90's I got sucked into digital. That $600 Sony piece of crap has sat in its box in my garage for many years. I have 2 vintage setups in my house all of which came from thrift stores Craigslist and garage sales. I will never go digital again, except for a cd player, l have several thousand cds. I mostly buy vinyl now. It's kind of funny they say everything comes back. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard vinyl is back. People getting sick of poor digital quality. Well I digress, you can get good quality if you have $20,000 or a lot more like $1,000 speaker wire.
Actually, it's more like $1200 for parts, $5000 for tooling up to fabricate the metal chassis parts, $40,000 for UL and FCC type acceptance testing, and then a slice of the cost of 80 employee's healthcare insurance, unemployment insurance, then government taxes on corporate assets (property tax/capital equipment tax) tax on profits, legal liability law firm costs, etc. In all, about $3.5 million to start up. Anyone want to invest? :)
leute,der einzige marantz was wirlich optisch schön ist,ist der marantz 19!!! das ist ein kunstwerk! innen schön aufgeräumt und total servicefreundlich für techniker!
True story I Went to the fly market to buy an old amp with i thought woody cabinet will be nice looming sounding one..the guy from the fly market had this marantz 2600 model for $30 and extra model for $20 however it looked too newish and i wanted something with an older look so i didn't take it . I went home check on the net realized this was a big mistake and so its a monster model ( worth also $6k ) so i went back to the fly market ( its 5m walk from my house) and it wasn't there anymore ..Someone else bought it and got lucky :) hope he knows what he got !
Marantz today builds receiver, amps. etc. What's keeping them from building essentially the same receiver that they made 40 years ago and charge $9k for it?
Hi,Ijust found a marantz 2600 like yours in a garage sale,looks very nice and I test it and looks like work of course need some cleaning, and de scope side does not work that all and I have a question for you,and I will appreciate if you can tell me why do you think is the problem with the scope? and why can I do for clean the face plate like yours becouse looks so beautifulllllllll,thanks.
thanks,for your advise I bring my marantz with a tech.and he is takin care of my receiver and he tell me the same,about some capacitor and resisters are in bad shape,and we hope after fix that problem the scope work again,we check on ebay the prices for this scopes tubes and they cost around $450.00 and they are hard to find,again thanks for you time and congratullations for your beautfuuuul marantz.bye.
It is like a beauty contest way back! The best design quality wins! Nowadays just boring black color. This would make your home look cool and like running a scientific lab (exaggerate) :)
I hate the black plastic fronts on current audio and video products. I have a few of them, but my sound system is vintage 1970s with metal gold color front panels.
@@samuelnorton7012 I am just saying there is no need to have the radio frequency display lit up brightly when you are using something like Aux input so maybe have a display button so someone can turn it off if they don't want it. For example, I used to have a 2216B as a kid and would fall asleep with my receiver on but it was too bright so I wish there was a way to turn that off or at least dim it while my sleeptime music was playing.
350 watt braucht kein mensch für musikhören und der lüfter passt mehr zu einem pc! das hätten die maranntztechniker auch besser lösen können! und ich finde den monster-boliden auch nicht so schön wie den marnatz 19!
I hope you are happy. I removed my post. I find your insults boring and childish. I am sorry that most young people can't handle any opinion that cuts through their very thin skin. All you want is praise, and I'm sorry I could not feed your ego, even though I did at some point say it was a nice piece. I would love to have one of these only restored to it's original condition. I would actually rather have a McIntosh MC275 stereo tube amplifier which McIntosh has been and is still manufacturing for around 60 years. But you probably wouldn't like it because it is the bling of that era, the 1950s. Did I use your terminology for technology "bling" as you called it correctly, when you said I had zero taset, because I liked the original color of the turquoise lights better? .
Beautyful!!! Miss the old times when engineers made and designed nice and useful things....
This Marantz is a piece of art built like an aircraft carrier stunning looking retro audio better than most modern gear, give me retro every time
The oscilloscope and the blue glow of the tuner display make this a real eyecatcher in any room.
Beautiful!
This is a piece of history.
Masterpiece!
Before 'remotes' we would sit in front of the stereo like we were 'Piloting' the stereo ... loved it ... Marantz still among the best of the best imo....perfect music btw...
Beautiful! I have the 2385, it blows my mind every time I listen to it, these magnificent "monster receivers" are built to outlive there original owners! I listened to this video through the 2385, cool {:-) I believe a 2600 has sold for over $5,000. The 2385, 2500, and 2600 are all worth more now than they were new!!
2385 is very nice unit too,they will work forever,only capacitors need to be replaced.my 2600 looks like new,less than one year ago it was fully restored
I had the 2385, too. Beautiful behemoth, served me well for years, but then the pots and switches started getting intermittent and the lamp bezel got yellow and brittle from the heat. Nothing terrible, just not the level of manufacturing quality you'd find in an American made piece of kit, say McIntosh or Audio Research. I know, different price point. Anyway, sold it for $400 in the mid -90s, replace by a MAC 4100, which wasn't much less than what I paid for it new at Uncle Steve's in Newark, $499 in 1981, if memory serves. Great deal.
What a beautiful machine and wonderful song.
That is beautiful. Watching this I have something to look forward to as my 2500 is almost finished. Just working on dialing in the "depth" of the lights.
Thank you for the video.
BEAUTIFUL MARANTZ 2600 RECEIVER, ONE OF THE BEST. 👍👍👍🍾
first time I've seen the scope in action, didn't know they did all that. Too cool.
That's one amazing stereo! I'm so jealous.
That's a beautiful receiver even today
The ultimate receiver. I used to sell them when I worked for Leo's Stereo in 1979. They went for 1799.00 If you can find one now they go for close to 20K.
You musta been one of the guys that kicked me outa the listening room... lol jk ... i used to love listening to everything !
20K??? Gotta link to one that sold for anywhere near that amount?
I found this which is still a lot of $$$ that receiver classicreceivers.com/marantz-2600-sells-for-over-6000
The Marantz 2600 truly the Best Receiver ever built! I bought mine in 1979 for $1,800 about the price of an economy car at that time!
Wow. Gorgeous.
OMG! Thats display looks bizarre, wow what machine! No words my friend, thanks for share the video!
Pioneer SD 1100. Look it up. From 1973 I think. I wish I had your collection. Thanks for sharing these units with us.
This is a rare beast . they just don't build them like this anymore. 300 Real watts of stereo .
Deckard: must be expensive
Rachel: very.
BWHAHAHAHA! Funny, really surprised no one else "got it" other than me!
I think im in love... omgosh so beautiful.
perfect! enough said.
That's a Piece of Art!
My GOD !!! So fucking Beautiful!!
the best in my vintage ask sansui thats why they are neck to neck love marantz
Nothing quite like classic HI FI . love it
I already thought the music from Blade Runner was excellent and hearing it on this receiver and speakers is even better!
A real Marantz for a change, love it!
Beautiful...stunning.
Thank you!
A masterpiece !
Beautiful stereo
Master piece!!! Great!! Very GREAT !!!
I love my saba 2080 and philips 280 .. but still are my wires and speakers doing the real job in the total witch speakers are recommend by this 1000 procent super piece off art
Amazing
If i got this 2600,i'll never came out from my room a weeks...
Like i sleep with angels.....
Ouhhhhh iam dreaming.....
😩😩😩😩😩😩
Perfect! ❤️
Goodness gracious so very nice I like
Every time I see a monster receiver I can't help but think of Tom Cruise risky business dancing to old time rock and roll after his dad told him it's not a toy haha.
Wooow Amazing
Thank you for not plugging in a ipod or the like, via headphone out, into such a beautiful machine. So many people are unaware that your source is just as important as your amp/receiver/pre amp etc.
I do not use ipods or any other USB devices for audio.I do not have any MP3 discs at home.big part of CD's I have are SACD other part I use for audio is LP's :)
thank you for watching!
Not that it matters, but you'd be surprised how good of a source iPod, or even iPhone are. They sound better playing lossless material than almost any sub-500 dollar CD player playing CD's. In fact, my friends could not tell an iphone 4s apart from a 1000 dollar DAC, listening trough 1500 dollar headphones plugged into a 1000 dollar headphone amp, and that setup is more detailed and revealing than almost any speaker set out there, regardless of price. People often bash iPod and iPhone because it's Apple gear, and they assume it's bad, but reality is, they do sound really well for some reason. Even if you look at their measurements, they're extremelly good.
derbigpr500 " In fact, my friends could not tell an iphone 4s apart from a 1000 dollar DAC, listening trough 1500 dollar headphones plugged into a 1000 dollar headphone amp"
Some of my friends can not see difference between HD and SD video.one of them told me people buy canon and nikon cameras because they are stupid and walmart's disposable camera takes exactly same pictures.
"and that setup is more detailed and revealing than almost any speaker set out there,"
I agree,but how much will cost 12 pairs of good heaphones? (yesterday we had a party of 12)
Arguably nothing better in a receiver.
This is cool
The oscilloscope display can be built into these new receivers, in the form of a color LCD with choice of colors to display, and the same fiber optic technology to make the transparent front quadrant panel glow. Seriously, why not build some with this little display. Marantz was ahead of its time during the 70s and early 80s.
Just purely an eyegazm ! !
😍
Oh, I want that little meter thingy!
I can not figure why they do not reproduce these Beautiful Power House Monsters anyone could become over night MILLIONAIRS
If you want sell receiver for $2000 you have spend $200 for parts +labor.this is how today's market works 10% parts and labor 90% profit.like vinyl79 says it would cost so much to build it
You can still buy equipment of this build and quality. Companies are out there. Most of them the average person has never heard of. $20,000 for some of the receivers would be at the very low end of the equipment available. $80,000 and up is more like it. That said, if you seriously want to kick it up a notch, forget vintage stereo. Go quad.
Dave Henderson this is true. some of the new tube amplifier are brilliant, but very price prohibited. I had a nice Lafayette amp and later a Pioneer reciever in the 70s. By the 90's I got sucked into digital. That $600 Sony piece of crap has sat in its box in my garage for many years. I have 2 vintage setups in my house all of which came from thrift stores Craigslist and garage sales. I will never go digital again, except for a cd player, l have several thousand cds. I mostly buy vinyl now. It's kind of funny they say everything comes back. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard vinyl is back. People getting sick of poor digital quality. Well I digress, you can get good quality if you have $20,000 or a lot more like $1,000 speaker wire.
tons of vintage marantz, pioneer, technics on ebay. some real good prices.
Actually, it's more like $1200 for parts, $5000 for tooling up to fabricate the metal chassis parts, $40,000 for UL and FCC type acceptance testing, and then a slice of the cost of 80 employee's healthcare insurance, unemployment insurance, then government taxes on corporate assets (property tax/capital equipment tax) tax on profits, legal liability law firm costs, etc. In all, about $3.5 million to start up. Anyone want to invest? :)
Stunning! High End from the past... and great music taste, Vangelis is an great composer. What loudspeakers did you used?
Thank you HansV6
speakers Adam Audio Compact MK3
leute,der einzige marantz was wirlich optisch schön ist,ist der marantz 19!!! das ist ein kunstwerk! innen schön aufgeräumt und total servicefreundlich für techniker!
specs at 300 watts per channel, this unit was very conservatively rated, a real power house,.
A couple of grand.
Lindos Aparelhos!!!Fantásticos!!!👏👏👏 VC vende ou coleciona?!
I need that volume knob!!!
Marantz 2600 300 watts per channel 8ohm
Stuff from the 70s is usually butt-ugly but these were stunning and still are.
dam you got good taste.lol
True story
I Went to the fly market to buy an old amp with i thought woody cabinet will be nice looming sounding one..the guy from the fly market had this marantz 2600 model for $30 and extra model for $20 however it looked too newish and i wanted something with an older look so i didn't take it . I went home check on the net realized this was a big mistake and so its a monster model ( worth also $6k ) so i went back to the fly market ( its 5m walk from my house) and it wasn't there anymore ..Someone else bought it and got lucky :) hope he knows what he got !
eranswisa omg that really sucks, every time you see one of these or think about it it must drive you crazy.
Marantz today builds receiver, amps. etc. What's keeping them from building essentially the same receiver that they made 40 years ago and charge $9k for it?
The awnser is...no brains...the new Marantz looks like a burnt bbq ...I wouldn't buy them
😱 Wow! I wanna be your friend! 😁
Hi,Ijust found a marantz 2600 like yours in a garage sale,looks very nice and I test it and looks like work of course need some cleaning, and de scope side does not work that all and I have a question for you,and I will appreciate if you can tell me why do you think is the problem with the scope? and why can I do for clean the face plate like yours becouse looks so beautifulllllllll,thanks.
guille memo it maybe be a problem with scope transistors or other components.better ask professional to check it
thanks,for your advise I bring my marantz with a tech.and he is takin care of my receiver and he tell me the same,about some capacitor and resisters are in bad shape,and we hope after fix that problem the scope work again,we check on ebay the prices for this scopes tubes and they cost around $450.00 and they are hard to find,again thanks for you time and congratullations for your beautfuuuul marantz.bye.
geiles gerät ,so muss highend sein :-))))
Can you mention the service tech who did the work? I live in Chicago area and am looking for a tech to service my 2600. Thanks
Chris Ready did it,please check your private messages
had a marantz 2500 got it for 900 in 1981 new in box..sold it huge mistake...i will buy one again but not on ebay
Quer vende-lo ?
Does it have Bluetooth? How many Channels?
no bluetooth and not too many channels ;)
Welke jaar is deze gebouwd
Что за музыка?
3000 $ but nice......not nice...wonderfull
Que preciosidad hizó Marantz en el '78, alguien sabe cuánto vale???
Pater Emeritus valía 1800$ en los 70’s,ahora si los encuentras valdrá 10,000 o mas.
It is like a beauty contest way back! The best design quality wins! Nowadays just boring black color. This would make your home look cool and like running a scientific lab (exaggerate) :)
I hate the black plastic fronts on current audio and video products. I have a few of them, but my sound system is vintage 1970s with metal gold color front panels.
e pra venda
Great Amp and design build quality not matched. Its great and kind of expensive. But it maybe with the cost.
They should make it that the FM display goes out or greatly dims when the input is not FM. How annoying to have that lit all the time the unit is on.
Maybe you should go with separates?
@@samuelnorton7012 I am just saying there is no need to have the radio frequency display lit up brightly when you are using something like Aux input so maybe have a display button so someone can turn it off if they don't want it. For example, I used to have a 2216B as a kid and would fall asleep with my receiver on but it was too bright so I wish there was a way to turn that off or at least dim it while my sleeptime music was playing.
350 watt braucht kein mensch für musikhören und der lüfter passt mehr zu einem pc! das hätten die maranntztechniker auch besser lösen können! und ich finde den monster-boliden auch nicht so schön wie den marnatz 19!
I hope you are happy. I removed my post. I find your insults boring and childish. I am sorry that most young people can't handle any opinion that cuts through their very thin skin. All you want is praise, and I'm sorry I could not feed your ego, even though I did at some point say it was a nice piece. I would love to have one of these only restored to it's original condition. I would actually rather have a McIntosh MC275 stereo tube amplifier which McIntosh has been and is still manufacturing for around 60 years. But you probably wouldn't like it because it is the bling of that era, the 1950s. Did I use your terminology for technology "bling" as you called it correctly, when you said I had zero taset, because I liked the original color of the turquoise lights better?
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