Russ' Marantz 3300 Pre-amp.

[laatsch55]

Just a gorgeous piece of gear...

 

[Lazarus Short]

I used to have one. It was a garage sale rescue, and I had to traverse the entire length of a VERY wet, nasty basement to grab it. Of course, it was DOA, and I eventually gave it to another audiophile.

 

[laatsch55]

Came in for "doesn't work" . Pots and switches are gonna take a couple hours to deoxit and that's all I can find. Beautiful waves on every input..

 

[laatsch55]

Too bad Laz, they're a very nice pre-amp..

 

[laatsch55]

Pots and switches are not easy to get to. First the faceplate, then the sub front, pots and switches are on the main PCB which is now floating ...

 

[laatsch55]

Done....

 

[Elite-ist]

It didn't seem like you had to even bring out the soldering iron for this one, Lee. Russ has a very nice looking Marantz preamp. I see the odd one pop up at Innovative Audio, but they don't last long on the sales shelf.

Nando.

 

[laatsch55]

That's correct Nando, never melted any solder, a couple years though he's gonna need some caps.

 

[Gepetto]

It didn't seem like you had to even bring out the soldering iron for this one, Lee. Russ has a very nice looking Marantz preamp. I see the odd one pop up at Innovative Audio, but they don't last long on the sales shelf.

Nando.

They make nicely styled gear. Not as good technically as when they started out but still pretty good. I don't know why they insist on ruining the faceplates by putting the 4 small c'sunk holes in the corners. Takes an otherwise great looking faceplate and messes it up.

 

[laatsch55]

For rack mounting??

The build quality is nice Joe. They had some skilled people putting these together. I don't like their penchant for axial caps..

 

[Northwinds]

I see Marantz gear for sale at the fleamarket every weekend when it's open. I avoid it like the plague for the most part because you can't test anything and if it's in the fleamarket, you can bet somethings wrong with the units or they would have been already sold on eBay. Would love to find one of the 500w amps though with the big meters

 

[laatsch55]

The 510's were nice amps..

 

[Gepetto]

The 510's were nice amps..

Johan had several and sold them in favor of the 700B which has authority compared to the 510. They look nice but are evidently not up to what the 700B can do.

 

[Gepetto]

For rack mounting??

The build quality is nice Joe. They had some skilled people putting these together. I don't like their penchant for axial caps..

I think they were for a wood case mounting Lee. The holes are not on NEMA 1.75" centers so they are not rack mounting features.

The early Marantz tube amps were worth having and hard to find. Not so much the more recent models.

 

[laatsch55]

Johan had several and sold them in favor of the 700B which has authority compared to the 510. They look nice but are evidently not up to what the 700B can do.

Yeah , he sent a bunch of pics of the ones he had they were pretty, and yep he said they wouldn't hold a candle to the 700's. He also convinced a friend of the same thing and is now in the process of getting rid of those and finding a couple 700's to replace those.