Gilbert Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I'd been watching this gorgeous and pristine looking 10B on epay for sometime, and the end of auction is getting nears (just over a day left now). The bidding looks like it's beeing shilled, and sadly I haven't got the dough to blow on this tuner, but I'd sure like to have this one. Excellent, gorgeous example of a well cared for 10B. This tuner makes my heart pound. http://cgi.ebay.com/MARANTZ-10B-VINTAGE-STEREO-TUBE-TUNER-MINT-CABINET_W0QQitemZ260030804182QQihZ016QQcategoryZ73382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfogg Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 That does look like a nice one. They tend to sell for around $3k in great shape, so if you really want one keep saving your pennies. They are works of art. Also, if you plan on using it instead of just collecting it be sure to have a good antenna, and local stations that are still broadcasting high quality material, not compressed nonsense. 10B porn... http://ackthud.com/shawnfogg/pics/10b/Marantz_10B_pictures.html Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 WOW. What an incredible looking example. I'm not even in "want mode" regarding this tuner, yet it makes me drool just looking at it. It's too bad looking at the low feedback bids - bet this one ends up being relisted. This is one of those examples where the "usual market price" for a typical 10B might get thrown out the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 Believe it or not, I know a guy here locally that owns and runs a speaker repair shop that has 3 of them sitting on a shelf. One of the units is the original first made model 10 that belonged to the design engineer (Dick Saquerro or something like that), the other 2 are 10B's. Problem is, he won't even consider selling any of them. Lord knows I've tried to pry one from his shop, but he won't even mention a selling price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmusic Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 All I can say is they are lucky I just started a new job, WOW!!!! Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 My life would have been complete if I could have got my hands on these Model 9 amplifiers. Appears they are sold. They couldn't have been listed more than a few hours when I first saw them. I wonder if it is legit? I sent an email to the seller anyway. http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1163631179 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I had a pair of 9s once. And I still have my Model 10 tuner that NOBODY can align--even Mike Zucarro gave it his best shot and said "there's nothing more I can do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Man, that's one beautiful looking 10B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnBob Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I recall reading somewhere the Marantz 10 couldn't be aligned - it was designed that way. It's one of the changes that separated it from the 10B. There's a Marantz tuner website somewhere which has the whole story. I guess if my tuner looked that good, I wouldn't have used it so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfogg Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 The 10B was designed not to need alignment too. The problem with the 10 was magnetic fields could throw it out of alignment. The soldering irons Marantz used in building the first 10s threw them off and they basically scrapped all their soldering irons for new ones after that. With the 10B they weren't susceptible to that. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Gilbert, Thanks for posting the link. I haven't really been familiar with this Marantz gear, but that tuner may be the loveliest tuner design I've ever seen. That is true elegance, IMO. It comes to mind that with lovely fm gear that that, I'm amazed at the constellation of tubes, it is too bad that decent fm programming has gone the way of dinasaurs. Yeh, I wonder about shilling the price on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudret Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I am familiar with this seller. He seems to be able find some of the nicest looking high-end vintage pieces on eBay. His auctions also seem to end on the high end and in more than one occasion he ended up relisting some of previously sold items. Kudret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 well yes it's pretty and I'm sure sounds great and is a highly prized collector's item. But all that machinery just to tune in a radio station? Wow! Not to put any sense of values down, but personally I could use something else in life to make my heart pound though. This stuff is just stuff. That guy with three on the shelf reminds me of me. Having all those speakers piled in the garage doens't make me any happier really.... Ok, I'm just melancholy after the weekend wedding. I always get like this, never mind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I'd been watching this gorgeous and pristine looking 10B on epay for sometime, and the end of auction is getting nears (just over a day left now). The bidding looks like it's beeing shilled, and sadly I haven't got the dough to blow on this tuner, but I'd sure like to have this one. Excellent, gorgeous example of a well cared for 10B. This tuner makes my heart pound. http://cgi.ebay.com/MARANTZ-10B-VINTAGE-STEREO-TUBE-TUNER-MINT-CABINET_W0QQitemZ260030804182QQihZ016QQcategoryZ73382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Gilbert, Is your wife aware of this heart pounding condition of yours [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Re: alignment of the 10B. Dick Pierce used to write a column for Speaker Builder. In one of these-not available online it seems-he recalled that there was nothing tricky about aligning the 10B except that the IFs had be aligned for group delay. Sorry I don't have the cite. Maybe the Audio Amatuer site has a search function for those back issues. I think the notion that the 10B is "permanently aligned" or un-alignable is a myth...unless the slugs in the IF transformers are glued in place, which would be very poor design practice. Any tuned circuit can and will drift, especially given four decades. In olden days, the slots atop the IF transformer cans were dabbed with a bit of nail polish at the factory after alignment. The intent was to tell the serviceman if a DIY customer had been monkeying with the IF transformers. The classic joke among techs was that the DIY customer would say he'd noticed "all those little screws were loose, so he tightened them down". An automatic surcharge on the repar bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Craig, not to worry I'll email her a link to the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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