yes it is the 5-disc version of the 500v (or whatever the model name was) and yes, it is, i think, discontinued. but my neighborhood BB has 4-5 units on shelf... it's stacked in the isolated sony SACD booth area where nobody looks! i posted a few pics if u guys want to take a look...

you said it urself - some of those are like 30 years old... about 120 years old in human age... seriously, i used to own 2226B - it's one of the younger Marantz vintage at about 20 years old... from outside it looks mint. but when i opened up the unit to replace light bulb, all the plastic...

my local BB has one for 190 bucks! ur neighborhood BB might have one too it does sacd/dvd/cd/videocd and it's 5-disc changer

i have sony nc650v dvd/sacd player and its remote is acting weird somewhat. i leave my player on 24/7 and when i got home from school and push 'play' button in order to play the cd, i'd always have to push it twice. once i did that, remote acts exactly as the way it should be. but then...

thanx for ur help, VC!

hello i'm removing the captive powercord on my cd player and replace it with the iec receptacle. i have the Furutech IEC receptacle in hand right now. i learned that the lead that's connected to the 'fuse' in the power supply board is the 'hot' wire and the other wire is 'neutral'. since...

i've got sony 5-disc changer cdp and its manual says "headphone out == 12mW == 32 Ohm" how powerful does this number indicate? i have some idea how regular stereo power amp rating goes(for example, 80W at 8ohm is fairly powerul but 30W at 8ohm is probably marginal for most speakers and so...

hello~! few marantz cd players that have a headphone jack(cd4000, cd6000ose, cd-19a) interests me since i like to keep things simple. i currently use hd580 hooked up to panasonic portable CDP... it sounds fine (but then i'm not too picky about the sound)...but from what i've learned...

i'm thinking about purchasing the Linn Classik only to be used with my headphone. it will be driving only headphone, not speaker. i checked the Linn website and found the following spec ... headphone output impedence: < 8ohm output level : same as preamp output level output current...