Once they’re running right, they just run and run and run.

To get anything this robust from a modern offering will cost you dearly.

I’ll go further: these units are built like tanks. Both of my vintage Marantz receivers are as solid and reliable as anything modern, and they’re already four decades old. When I turn on my 40+-year-old Marantz receivers I don’t imagine I’m saving the whales, but I am exercising a small measure of sustainable consumer behavior - and, if nothing else, this enhances my user experience. In 2006, the United Nations estimated worldwide electronic waste discarded each year to be roughly 50 million metric tons (over 100 billion pounds) – and that was before the iPhone got us tossing out mini computers, chargers, earbuds, cables, and packaging every couple years. Hard as some companies try, modern stuff just doesn’t have that kind of vibe. But there’s also an intangible vibe akin to the road feel of a vintage Benz, or the way a 1970s Rolex feels on the wrist, or the way Brigitte Bardot and David Bowie smoked cigarettes. No one is going to argue with the visual appeal of those blue lights, the brushed aluminum faceplates, the funky serif fonts, or the knobs, buttons, and sliders that are weighted perfectly for the human touch.

Throw your spec sheets aside and just listen to the depth of an excellent orchestral recording, or crank the Stones and feel Keef’s riffs enter the room, or put on your favorite jazz LP and hear it come to life on the kind of stereo it was intended for. When a 70s Marantz integrated is working at full capacity, few stereos can compete with the warm, full, graceful and 3D sound. These Are the Best Active Speakers 1970s Models Are the Best – Here’s Why

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