![]() ![]() Marantz used to make a lot of hi-fi kit in this champagne colour, I loved it. The reason I’d never tested it, is that I actually had two of these – the above is a CD-63B but the one I actually used to use is a much nicer looking (in my opinion) CD-63T. I’d actually never tested it before either, so I was amazed that after a full dismantle / clean / check it actually worked perfectly! This one was absolutely filthy, it was sat under the stairs for at least 10 years and the finish really does need properly cleaning with solvents although it came up quite well – difficulty is getting the dirt out of the grain in the aluminium. We had repeat customers because they knew anything on our stand (technically sold as seen) would have been cleaned, repaired and adjusted. Honestly not only did it let us build lovely setups, but it made some decent money at the same time. Each week we’d buy all the best vintage gear right at the start, then set up our own stall to sell things we’d picked up and repaired/cleaned from the week before. Back in the day a friend and myself had massive collections of vintage hi-fi, accumulated while going to car boot sales (for US readers that’s like 100 garage sales on a football pitch). These were among the first CD players available, based around the Philips CD100 model which appeared in 1982. Not just any old CD player, but a 30+ year old piece of real vintage hi-fi – the Marantz CD-63B. Another thing I found while tidying the mass of old ‘stuff’ under the stairs last week, was an old CD player. ![]()
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