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Reviewerus Prolificus
In what price range? Pioneer SX-950 or 980 are great with planars and often sell for $250-350 in good condition.
I had the 2230 before trading it for a mint Sansui Eight. Lcd2.2 and HE500 sound great. Not slow at all.
Both of these headphones should have about 2 watts available from the headphone out for the best SQ and head room. I'm guessing that including the dropping resistor, the hedaphone out of the 2230 is pushing around 2 watts max for these 2 phones. The impedance of my he500 was 46 ohms and similar for the lcd. In short, give it a try! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. BTW my 2230 was fully recapped.
Nice to know, just in case I can't get the 2230s. Any other suggestions for back up that typically come up and sound good with planars?
Nice to know, just in case I can't get the 2230s. Any other suggestions for back up that typically come up and sound good with planars?
I believe it's the same for all. My Kenwoods sound amazing out of the headphone jack. I don't even have speakers hooked up to them...............yes, plural, as I now have two clones.
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If you want the Marantz sound and don't require a tuner
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I honestly think any vintage has the same 'full blown' high output speaker jack. I suggest you do what I did - take your portable setup with RCA cables to the store and hook up to the receiver/amp, and listen to your headphones. I blew the pawn shops mind when I did it!
In what price range? Pioneer SX-950 or 980 are great with planars and often sell for $250-350 in good condition.
I honestly think any vintage has the same 'full blown' high output speaker jack. I suggest you do what I did - take your portable setup with RCA cables to the store and hook up to the receiver/amp, and listen to your headphones. I blew the pawn shops mind when I did it!
If you want the Marantz sound and don't require a tuner try their comparable integrated amplifiers e.g. 1030 / 1050 / 1060.
1. They should perform better than the comparable receiver.
2. They sell for less than the comparable receiver
3. The small Marantz integrated amps have a narrow 14.5" faceplate - so they have a smaller footprint than the receivers
4. Cheaper to recap or repair.
5. BUT, you DON'T get the cool lights, meters or gyro knob!
Unless you listen to the radio, consider vintage integrated amps.
I use a Pioneer SA-7100 and it sounds great.
Thanks for the tip. I checked online and I see a 1050 going for around $350...which cost a lot more than the 2230 I was looking at.
Although I see a 1070 for around $160. Is that a decent model and/or a good deal.
Regarding, tuner. I really don't care too much about it. It's nice to have but it but not a concern. Sound first for me.
I chose to NOT have a tuner considering I haven't listened to FM in probably 5+ years and have no intention of ever doing so. Why would I with Pandora, Spotify, MOG and iPods/iPhones filled with music?
I am not sure that streaming audio quality would match that of a TOL off air FM tuner - especially one having the www.fmtunerinfo.com mods done to it. My own listening tells me that good old FM is still better - IMHO.
Thanks for the feedback. Were you able to try out the HE-500 and LCD-2 directly with that amp when you had, as I see you sold them.