Hi folks!

[Bromosel]

Hello,

I live in Germany and I was born in 1970. My realname is Dirk.
Talking of High-End-Audio I was first influenced by my father in the mid-seventies, when he had a Marantz 2230 receiver driving speakers from DUAL plus a DUAL 1216 TT. The sound of that combination I kept in my mind, though my father sold his equipment late 70ies to a friend.
Well, there's a long story to follow but I don't want to bother anyone here with this first posting.

This is my final gear today: Marantz 2270 receiver, Marantz 5220 tapedeck, Dual 1219 TT, Dual 704 TT, B&W dm-2a speakers:
13909

The pic was taken yesterday with flashlight. Quality is bad, sorry.
Cheers,
Dirk

[Spectral Morn]

Welcome to AOS Dirk

Hope you have fun here.



Regards Neil

[struth]

Welcme to AoS Dirk. Looks like a very nice system. I like dual TT's; they are very good pieces of equ.

Enjoy the forum, cheers Grant

[The Barbarian]

Welcome Dirk

[walpurgis]

Hi Dirk. Welcome from me too.

You have some nice bits of gear.

You'll find plenty to interest you here. If you are planning any changes in your system, we'd like to hear what you have in mind

tell us what music you listen to.


Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

[jollyfix]

Hi Dirk, welcome to AOS. Nice to see some pic's in your first post, thanks for that.

[The Barbarian]

Breath of fresh air to see a Vintage owner join up :eyebrows:

[Eagle owl]

Hello and welcome Dirk.

Geoff. :wave:

[Bromosel]

Hi,

thanks for your warm welcome! :)

I'm a semi-amateur musician (Electric Guitar) since 1990. My HIFI-gear was low-qualitiy all the time except a DUAL 1216 TT from the 70ies.
Back in the year 2001 my wife and me visited a fleamarket in Frankfurt and I purchased a working Marantz 2230 for just 100 Deutsche Mark. (50 EURO)
My father got one in the 70ies and the sound of this receiver started me to upgrade my stereo to the level that it is now.
You may roll your eyes but I paid just 1000 Euro in total for the stuff you see on the picture.
The last pieces of the jigsaw were the B&W speakers for 200 Euro. It took me 10 years to gather the things together as shown.

My favourite music is mainly british: Beatles, Who, Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Rory Galagher(irish), Cream, Pink Floyd(before 'The Wall'), Stones, Nice, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin,Dire Straits, Police etc.
But there's many good music from the States as well: Hendrix, CSN&Y, Simon&Garfunkel, SRV, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joan Baez etc.

It's more the progressive music I like. Today's music I like is called 'alternative rock'. (Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Audioslave etc.)
Sometimes I listen to Classical Music (Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Haydn) and in the past more often to Jazz Rock.

If there is some maintainance to be done on the stereo in the future, I can fix a lot of things by myself. In difficult cases I consult my neighbour who is an engineer of electronics and is
also a big fan of vintage stereo. :D

At least the pickups from the TTs: Shure V15-III and DN251-S

Cheers,
Dirk

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Dirk.

Admire your taste in music! :) Enjoy the Forum

Regards
Barry

[Bromosel]

Here's a question:

In the manual of the B&W Speakers it is written, that the load should be between 25-60 Watts per channel. The Marantz 2270 is a bit overrated: 70 Watts (Marantz-specification) to 90 Watts (normal specification) per channel.
I'm mostly listening to to music in a normal room level. Sometimes it's a bit louder.
The mute-switch of the Marantz is not working. The receiver is muted all the time.
Volume turned to 12'o'clock is normal level. 3'o'clock is very loud. Is there any danger to the receiver / speakers in the muted mode?
About 10 years ago I connected the Pre-Outs of the 2270 to the Main-Ins of a Marantz 2230 receiver. The 'little' 2230 was f****g loud!
What would be the maximum Volume position, if I repair the muteswitch of the 2270?
How many Watts goes to the speakers at 12'o'clock? (45 ?)

For comparison between different units I use mainly the following vinyls: Direstraits I+II, Pink Floyd DOTM, Supertramp "Crime of the Century" and C,S,N&Y "4-Way-Street".
Concerning the TT's I have the 'dhfi-2" vinyl for testing and adjustments.

Cheers,
Dirk

[walpurgis]

I wouldn't worry. Power ratings are pretty arbitrary. I've used 200+ watt amps with 15 watt speakers without problems and currently use a 25 watt amp with 180 watt speakers. Just use a bit of common sense and don't drive your speaker/amp combination to a level that sounds like something is struggling. i.e., distorting and you should be OK.

The effect of the mute control depends on how much cut it was designed to give. I've never had a use for one, preferring the volume control. A mute control is actually one way of putting your speakers at risk. If you have the mute on and turn the volume up then turn the mute off, it's possible you could overload the speakers.

[struth]

If the mute is stuck in the on position surely you wont get any sound. or are we talking of a loudness button.

[walpurgis]

Many mute buttons give a cut of something like 20db, not a complete cut off.

[struth]

Many mute buttons give a cut of something like 20db, not a complete cut off.

Never had one...I must be used to crap :) mine always cut the speakers....i'm feeling all inadequate again :eek:

[Bromosel]

Stupid Me! :scratch:

The muting switch is the FM-muting, though it is placed in the speakers/loudness section.
Concerning the dm-2a's I found out, that they require a 100W/channel amp. Well, the 2270 REC is located at 90 W/channel so everything is quite in order. :)
To me it's lovely listening to 40 years or older music on equipment, that ist 40 years old or older.
Do the vinyl records from the Beatles or Hendrix or Supertramp or Van Halen or Simon&Garfunkel or Deep Purple sound the same on modern gear?
Or is it just an optical illusion...

Cheers,
Dirk