jmetal88
01-15-2008, 09:20 AM
Hi everybody,
I discovered this forum earlier this week and just now got around to making my first post. I joined this forum mainly because of my Marantz amplifier. I have a 2230 that I purchased at the local Goodwill for $25. Most of the lights were burned out, but it worked well otherwise, and I've been using it that way for over a year (although the power switch only worked some of the time so I replaced it with one from Radio Shack that looks really odd because it's clear plastic with a light in it and the light doesn't work because the stereo wasn't designed with a lighted switch in mind). A few weeks ago, I was relocating the stereo when I dropped it on some concrete and all the buttons got stuck. On Sunday, I finally opened up the stereo and unbent all the metal (as well as glued the legs back together, two of them had broken). Afterwards, I plugged it back in and everything worked as it had before, and there is only minor cosmetic damage to the stereo. Quick question though, what does that capacitor attached to the power switch do? It kind of broke off when I was bending the metal back into place and it isn't affecting operations at all being missing. Anyway, I decided since I went to the trouble to get everything working smoothly again that it's time to replace the light bulbs. I ordered a kit, and that will be my next project! What I'm mainly using the stereo for right now is playing records from my Pioneer PL-4 record player that has an ADC Series II cartridge (someone told me it was the same as the XLM Mk. II, but having never heard the latter personally, I can't verify that, though it does accept the same styli) as well as outputting sound from my computer (and sometimes recording). I think it's a great sounding stereo, especially when hooked up to two pairs of speakers going at once (I have a pair of Sony APMs as the primary speakers that I got for $8 at the same Goodwill, and the secondary pair were made by Universal and sound awful by themselves, but awesome when backing up the APMs). Heh, usually my introductions aren't this long, so I guess I'll stop here.
Michael
I discovered this forum earlier this week and just now got around to making my first post. I joined this forum mainly because of my Marantz amplifier. I have a 2230 that I purchased at the local Goodwill for $25. Most of the lights were burned out, but it worked well otherwise, and I've been using it that way for over a year (although the power switch only worked some of the time so I replaced it with one from Radio Shack that looks really odd because it's clear plastic with a light in it and the light doesn't work because the stereo wasn't designed with a lighted switch in mind). A few weeks ago, I was relocating the stereo when I dropped it on some concrete and all the buttons got stuck. On Sunday, I finally opened up the stereo and unbent all the metal (as well as glued the legs back together, two of them had broken). Afterwards, I plugged it back in and everything worked as it had before, and there is only minor cosmetic damage to the stereo. Quick question though, what does that capacitor attached to the power switch do? It kind of broke off when I was bending the metal back into place and it isn't affecting operations at all being missing. Anyway, I decided since I went to the trouble to get everything working smoothly again that it's time to replace the light bulbs. I ordered a kit, and that will be my next project! What I'm mainly using the stereo for right now is playing records from my Pioneer PL-4 record player that has an ADC Series II cartridge (someone told me it was the same as the XLM Mk. II, but having never heard the latter personally, I can't verify that, though it does accept the same styli) as well as outputting sound from my computer (and sometimes recording). I think it's a great sounding stereo, especially when hooked up to two pairs of speakers going at once (I have a pair of Sony APMs as the primary speakers that I got for $8 at the same Goodwill, and the secondary pair were made by Universal and sound awful by themselves, but awesome when backing up the APMs). Heh, usually my introductions aren't this long, so I guess I'll stop here.
Michael