Hi there!
Well it’s been a while and it has been my fault. Been really busy in my main job as a Mainframe Consultant and pretty lazy posting updates to this site, but there has been activity setting up turntables and fixing repairing some vintage gear I got my hands on!!!
Marantz 2238B receiver
About two months ago I got my hands on a cosmetically good to nice condition Marantz 2238B receiver built back in 1979. This receiver was one in my hifi gear ‘Must Have’ list back then since I was at my senior year when it was released to market! Brings back so many fond memories of my high school Senior year when a bunch of friends just jumped into a car on Fridays and store-hopped every audio sales store in the metropolitan area within a two-hour break we had at lunch time (Senior year perks!).
Here is a picture of the Marantz 2238B received once I went over it checking it and replaced all bulbs with LEDs:
A thing of beauty!!!
JBL 4311Bs
About two weeks after I saw an advertisement for a pair of JBL 4311B speakers (JBL L100s daddy!!!) These were also in my ‘Must Have’ hifi gear list back in my Senior year and luckily got my hands on them! They are in relatively good cosmetic condition but one of the tweeters is sounding pretty low, so I may end up replacing both tweeters. They sound pretty good even with the tweeter issue!!!
Some touch ups here and there and they will be a thing of beauty!!!
BSR EQ-3000 Equalizer and DBX 2BX Processor
As part of the JBL package I also got my hands on a BSR EQ-300 equalizer and DBX 2BX processor. Both seem to be working but I’m still in the process of testing and cleanup so this is still on my to do list!
And last but not least, got my hands on some Perreaux of New Zealand early 80s gear!!! It has some cosmetic flaws here and there but it is working FLAWLESSLY as expected from such vintage Perreaux gear. 200 watts per channel PMF2150B amplifier, SA-2 Class A preamplifier with moving coil and moving magnet phono sections, and a TU2 FM-only stereo tuner. This one sits in my shop and weights a ton!!!
In other matters I’ve been recommended by a local dealer to install and set up one of the most impressive turntables in the world, a TechDAS Air Force One Premium with the world famous Graham Engineering Phantom 2.2 tonearm!
Really looking forward to set up this combination and for sure I will report back with pictures and comments pretty soon!
Enjoy!
Vic