They don't sound the same..to me, original > replica > clone > homemade. My 2 cents.
The black beauty caps for coupling is $60 USD a pair now (one of the most important parts)..lol....doubt it if it could be found in HK., wouldn't be easy anyway.
Sometimes, people think bumble bees are black beauty (both black), like the one who did ST 70 mod, he mixed one bumble bee. Bumble bees are not good, due to easy electricity leakage.
補充內容 (2013-11-19 19:25):
Cap called Vitamin Q is just as good as black beauty, just half of the price..
Hard to find mint condition due to age....needs new parts. Only if you know which parts and how..different part/tubes/transformers result different sound.
1960-1970's stereo system. Great audio performances from Thorens TD125 mk I (1970) with Rabco SL-8 Tonearm (1972). Marantz 7 tube preamplifier (1964) and (RARE less than 3000 monoaural units built) 70 w Marantz 9 amplifiers (1964). Klipsch La Scala (Alnico model, 1975) and, last but not least, Akai 345 auto tape recorder.
Marantz SC-9 - год выпуска 1982. Стоимость на момент производства 185,000 йен.
Спецификация:
Model Stereo control amplifier
Input sensitivity / impedance Phono1, 2, MM: 2mV/1kΩ, 10kΩ, 27kΩ, 47kΩ, 100kΩ
Phono1 MC: 0.2mV/10Ω, 47Ω, 100Ω, 220Ω
High Level: 150mV/40kΩ
/ Rated output impedance 1.5V/100Ω
THD 0.004% or less
Intermodulation distortion 0.004% or less
Frequency characteristic 20Hz - 20kHz ± 0.2dB (RIAA)
Ratio SN (IHF-A) Phono MM: 88dB
Phono MC: 70dB
High Level: 104dB
Physical Dimensions 172 × height 474 × depth 266mm width
Weight 11.5kg
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Marantz SM-9 - год выпуска 1982. Стоимость на момент производства 225,000 йен.
Спецификация:
Model Stereo Power Amplifier
Rated output (20Hz - 20kHz, simultaneous operation of both ch) 150W +150 W (8Ω)
(20Hz - 20kHz, at rated output) THD 0.01% or less
Intermodulation distortion 0.01% or less
Frequency characteristic DC - 100kHz +0-1dB
Input sensitivity / impedance 1.5V/30kΩ
Damping Factor (1kHz, 8Ω) more than 100
Ratio SN (IHF-A) 120dB
Rated power consumption (Electrical Appliance and Material Control Law) 400W
Physical Dimensions 172 × height 474 × depth 345mm width
Weight 23.5kg