I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just finished donating my Marantz with "digital tubes" to an archival library

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    80s were weird like that. Digital tubes are an oxymoron. Like saying you have a fuel injected carburetor engine or something

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Everything in the manual and product guide described integrated circuits. But in the '70s, people either didn't know what ICs were or they thought those were only in computers and Atari cartridges. With a name and pedigree like Marantz, hearing that the warm dulcet sounds you always loved were now being coldly processed by transistors would have likely been too much.

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