[wotts]

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I would say G-8000 is a very good 120wpc receiver. I have one, but has little time to dig it. In 100-120wpc receiver category, I have G-8000, Sanyo JCX-9000, Setton RS-660, Pioneer SX-1010, Kenwood KR-9400 and KR-8050, JVC Jr-s501, and Rotel rx1203, I had SX-1050 too. They are all stocked one, and I think they are all very solid receivers with Sanyo's at a lower league. G-8000 sounds like Sansui Au-517 with a little neutral sound than early Sansui models but warmer than later Sansui models. I had a chance to pick one from G-8000, G-9700 and SX-1010 at seller's house, and I picked G-8000 with my AKG q-701 headphones after auditing all three there. I bought my SX-1010 later. G-x700 has very fancy looks, but I like G-8000 with my Q-701 more. I would say G-8000 is very solid build and can be a center piece for serious stereo setup.

I will definitely need to call him about it then. He has a four channel Marantz, but I forget the model...4340 or something.
 


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The G-8000 sure looks killer! Never heard one though.

They guy is the original owner, and if it's in the condition the speakers are in, MAN, it will be nice.


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Whats the going rate for a refurbished G-8000? My repair guy has one for $745.


 

FWIW, this one, as I mentioned, is not restored, but in good working order, and the seller wants $450.
 
 

 

[Skylab]

Sounds Classic in Rockford is selling a "restored" (which for them means cleaned and checked, not recapped) G-9000 for $850.  I would say $450 for a G-8000 in great condition would be a very fair price.

 

[hawkhead]

Here from the HE-6 thread
 
I picked my $7 receiver ( a few miles from home but after a much longer journey via a relative of the seller)
 

 
 
First stage of the clean up after a very gentle vacuum
 

 
 
 
The front is in great shape with a thick film of dirt - some of the lettering has been worn away - not sure what to do about that
 
The sad thing is that to replace all the fuse lamps is going to cost more than the receiver!!

 

[wotts]

You did an excellent job cleaning that up. Looks very nice.

 

[Skylab]

Yeah isn't that funny? I'm working on cleaning up a Marantz 2226 and replacing all the lamps with LED's, and don't some re-capping - as a learning project.  I want to be able to work on these myself.  But I paid $110 for the receiver, and the LED lamps are $42!

 

[moodyrn]

Skylab you should work on building your own led lamps. There's a diy guilde on ibuildmarantz, and it's really easy. The parts cost me about 20.00 and that not only included the parts for the dial tuner lamps, but also the indicator and meter lamps. Every light on my receiver is led now.

 

[Skylab]

Does it really save money?  If so I might try it.

 

[moodyrn]

Yes, the 20.00 I spent inluded 26 led bulbs. So if you only wanted to do the dial tuner lamps, it's even cheaper. I just didnt want to spend 40-50 on led lamps for the dial tuner and turn around and spend another 30 or so if I also wanted leds for the indicator lights. But even if 40-50 also included the indicator lamps, diy is still less than half that cost and looks even better since the led bulbs you buy are higher quality.

 

[wotts]

I assume the LED replacements are the LED with a resistor soldered to it? I looked for the guide on the site mentioned, but didn't find it. I have the 2265b page bookmarked as I intend to recap my unit down the road. I planned to replace the lamps with LEDs at that time.

 

[Skylab]

Cool, I will look into that, thanks.

 

[hawkhead]

http://www.irebuildmarantz.com/leds/lamps.html
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I assume the LED replacements are the LED with a resistor soldered to it? I looked for the guide on the site mentioned, but didn't find it. I have the 2265b page bookmarked as I intend to recap my unit down the road. I planned to replace the lamps with LEDs at that time.

 

 

[hawkhead]

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&category=CAR&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2FF30-WHP.htm
 
These are a bit more reasonable - "See prices and buy" shows $2.49 each
 
Must adjust the voltage down to 8v for a lot of receivers

 

[wotts]

Awesome. Thanks!

 
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http://www.irebuildmarantz.com/leds/lamps.html


 

 

 

[moodyrn]

Most places are severly overpriced on the exact bulbs recommended on the irebuildmarantz site. Just goggle them. I got mine for around .70 each(I think). Don't know why some sites are charging so much for those bulbs. I couldn't find the red ones mention, so I actually got mine from radio shack, and they look great.

 

[BmWr75]

The FedEx man came today....complaining about a 70+ lb package.  

 
Ain't the new 2500 pretty?  Time to order a wood case.