As I settle into old-manhood, I've decided I must have a 70's receiver with a silver face and lots of knobs and dials an

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I am totally blown away that my Marantz might be worth about what I paid for it back in '77-'78. Of course adjusting for dollars then to dollars now and all, it still cost more back then, especially because $200-$300 for a college student was a LOT of money in 1978, but still, it is amazing that it has held its value. I always thought that gyro wheel and the blue back lights were the coolest thing ever, still do.

I originally bought another brand, Sansui, I think, it had green backlights, but it just wouldn't pull in the radio stations that I wanted to listen to. The Marantz had no trouble at all, so it was also qualitatively better, a well as looking better. The place I bought it had a 30 day exchange policy, thank goodness.