Introducing the “Marantz Gold Plate” Service
Your Marantz 22xx or 23xx series receiver is a masterpiece of mid-century engineering and design —beautifully built and delivering fantastic sound. These legendary units are still going strong after nearly 50 years, but they often need maintenance to keep performing at their best.
At Stereo Lab, we’ve bundled essential restoration services into a single, comprehensive package: the “Marantz Gold Plate” Service. In most cases, this service will restore your receiver to its former glory. If we discover additional issues, we’ll discuss them with you and determine the best course of action.
Service includes.
- Cleaning all controls and switches, including pre-main loop
- Dress all connections with CAIG De-Oxit
- Replacing all lamps with LED, in your choice of blue or white, including indicator lamps
- Stabilize the “dog house” lamp assembly.
- New LED stereo beacon
- Clean and lube tuning capacitor
- Replacement of speaker protection relay
- Replacement of capacitors on the power supply
- Replacement of capacitors on tone board and amp board as needed
- FM discriminator centering
- Peak FM IF coils
- Clean and polish faceplate
- Detail entire exterior of piece
- Clean and De-Ox rear RCA and speaker binding posts
- Test all inputs, including phono
- Test for more serious issues that may need to be addressed separately
- Test for broken or cold solder joints and reflow if needed
- Calibrate DC Offset and Bias per spec
- Replace missing feet with new 3-D printed feet
- Produce report on unit performance with our state-of-the-art analyzer
- 180 day warranty on any work we have done
- No wait, your piece is NEXT on the bench when you choose the “gold plate” option!
All for $599.00 + Tax
Caveats:
Problems found outside the service parameters stated are not eligible for special pricing and will be estimated separately. Quad units are not eligible. Units outside the 22xx and 23xx model lines are not eligible. Only Marantz units are eligible. Note: the 2385 is not eligible.
