Topic: I.S.O. Decent quality used pre-amp for home stereo system

[Melanie]

My really old Marantz Preamp is got some crunching distortion in my right channel, it's really old, to rebuild is like $400 , anyone got a spare they would be willing to part  with? Bob and Melanie

[kindms]

My really old Marantz Preamp is got some crunching distortion in my right channel, it's really old, to rebuild is like $400 , anyone got a spare they would be willing to part  with? Bob and Melanie

bob i dont have a used pre but whats your budget ? i was looking at schitt for an inexpensive option (like $279 new). my marantz is getting twitchy as well.

https://www.schiit.com/products/saga_2

you might find the above interesting

[Melanie]

My really old Marantz Preamp is got some crunching distortion in my right channel, it's really old, to rebuild is like $400 , anyone got a spare they would be willing to part  with? Bob and Melanie

bob i dont have a used pre but whats your budget ? i was looking at schitt for an inexpensive option (like $279 new). my marantz is getting twitchy as well.

https://www.schiit.com/products/saga_2

you might find the above interesting

I do, thanks for link. after cleaning all RCA connectors on pre-amp and power amp and re-cabling everything I may have solved the issue, but it's an intermittent problem, just have to keep listening and hope I  have  resolved the  issue. At that price it's certainly something to consider. I have a few shows I've recently recorded so I'll be listening carefully. I found a Phase Linear used for a decent price through Hawthorne Audio in Seattle as well. Hope the Marantz holds up as cash is tight for us as with it is for most of us. Bob

[Colin Liston]

Check out the online Goodwill sales.  I believe they ship most items all over the US unless it is too big or too heavy.

https://shopgoodwill.com/

[heathen]

Sounds like you're no longer in the market, but for future reference this place usually has a good selection of used stuff: https://tmraudio.com/

[Melanie]

Sounds like you're no longer in the market, but for future reference this place usually has a good selection of used stuff: https://tmraudio.com/

Fortunately the Marantz is noise free, problem seems to have been relative to chewed speaker wires from our latest feline addition to our family, managed to get it down to one or two strandsof wire which caused a crumbling kind of noise, soldered wires and covered with heat shrink, sprayed wire bundle with bitter root, all is well. Thanks for info, i have a friend looking for a compact stereo of some sort, I'll look for her. If anyone has a Bose System with tiny speakers they want to get rid of let me know. Her space is very limited, she is not an audiophile by any means. Just wants to play the live music we give her.  Speakers in post below this are out of her price range. Bob