model 19 on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Marantz-model-Nineteen-19-stereo-receiver-with-scope_W0QQitemZ230047928772QQihZ013QQcategoryZ5059 6QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

but eeew.:puke: :yuck: look at that ugly mod switch on it.:thumbsdn: :no:

$&S for this...

There is an Marantz model 18 on the Detroit area Craigslist at the moment.
under 400.00. Don't know if it's a good deal but looks nice.

To piss you off.

It sure pisses me off too. they could have easily put it on the side or something. BUT WHY IN THE MIDDLE? :dammit: :bash: :mad: :grumpy:
that owner was :drunk:

Unbelieveable, why they think that looks okay.
Wasn't this the first unit made in japan by marantz? The 18 was the last made here and the 19 the first from japan??

Hi
there was one ending here in Germany today.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120049673121&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:DE:1

Helge

Yes and no. The 19s were at first manufacturered and asembled in the US and later they were kitted in the US and the kits sent to Japan and the kits assembled and then shipped back to the US where they were QC'd and individually tuned as the Japanese could not meet the specs set out by Marantz for them. As a result the US made units may be the preferred while the units assembled in Japan may meet the specs better as they'd have had some burn in time before final adjustment that the US units did not have.

:scratch2: Brian, very interesting!! Who'd have thought the imported kits would get the longer burn in time ahead of the us made units.

that 19 ended at only $167. even though it had the mod, I should have gotten it, didnt know it ended so soon. :sigh: :tears: :no:

I tried to buy it, but lost at the last....oh well.