Marantz 2250 stereo receiver front panel, blue-lit FM/AM dial, signal strength and FM tuning meters, Gyro-Touch tuning wheel and silver rotary controls

Marantz 2250 receiver from a front angle in its original metal cabinet, brushed aluminum faceplate with the blue dial and both meters lit

Marantz 2250 receiver seen from above at an angle, the top of its original metal cabinet and the lit blue dial along the front panel

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Marantz 2250 Vintage Stereo Receiver – 50 WPC, Made in Japan

Name: Marantz 2250 Vintage Stereo Receiver – 50 WPC, Made in Japan
Brand: Marantz
SKU: 9163
Price: 1995.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

Price range: $1,995.00 through $2,495.00

A mid-1970s Marantz 2250 stereo receiver, designed in the USA and made in Japan, 50 watts per channel, through our Level 1 service.

✔️ Radique Level 1 service
✔️ Very good condition
✔️ Bass, mid and treble, MM phono, Gyro-Touch tuning
✔️ Original metal cabinet, or in a cherry cabinet built in our own shop
✔️ Covered by Radique Warranty
✔️ Includes Perpetual Trade-Back Program eligibility
✔️ Expertly packed for safe shipping

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A Marantz 2250 from the golden age of the receiver, designed in the USA and made in Japan in the mid-1970s, in its original Marantz metal cabinet. It has been through our Level 1 service and is in very good condition.

What it is

The 2250 sits in the upper half of Marantz’s celebrated 22-series, rated at 50 watts per channel into 8 ohms, both channels driven, from 20 Hz to 20 kHz at 0.3% distortion, with a damping factor of 55 and the warm, detailed sound that set Marantz receivers apart from other solid-state units of the era. The blue-lit dial and brushed faceplate are pure 1970s Marantz, with Gyro-Touch tuning on a heavy flywheel, a phase-locked FM decoder, and signal-strength and FM tuning meters to tune by.

Its tone section goes further than most. Besides bass and treble there is a separate midrange control, so you can bring voices forward or tame a forward recording without touching the extremes, and a tone-mode switch gives the bass and treble controls a second, gentler setting, plus loudness, low and high filters and mono. There is a proper moving-magnet phono stage for your turntable, with a ground post on the back, alongside an auxiliary input and two tape loops. Front-panel dubbing jacks let you copy tape to tape. Pre-out and main-in connections let you add an equalizer or an external power amplifier later, and switched and unswitched AC outlets can power the rest of your system.

This one wears the metal cabinet it left the factory in: a vented top and wrapped sides in walnut grain, which has held up well.

Prefer it in a cherry cabinet built in our own shop? Choose your cabinet above.

Two pairs of speakers connect at the back, MAIN and REMOTE, switchable from the front panel. They use Marantz’s original spring-clip terminals, which take bare wire or pin connectors. Our own Radique Audio pin connectors are the natural match for a neat, secure fit, and our Custom Speaker Cable Builder will make you a pair to the exact length, terminated and ready to connect.

The service it has had

Level 1 service, carried out on our bench:

Every input, output and control tested
All pots and switches deep-cleaned and deoxidized
Any blown indicator lamps replaced
Power supply wiring checked and cleaned
Burn-in and sign-off testing

Condition

Very Good, and free of significant marks. The brushed faceplate, knobs and blue-lit dial present well, both meters light up, and the original Marantz metal cabinet is sound.

Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.

Marantz 2250 AM/FM stereo receiver, 1975–1977, designed in the USA and made in Japan — 50 W/ch into 8 Ω both channels driven 20 Hz–20 kHz at 0.3% THD; damping 55; MM phono 1.8 mV with ground post; aux 180 mV; S/N 75/85 dB; bass/mid/treble with tone-mode switch, loudness, low/high filters, mono; Gyro-Touch tuning, phase-locked FM, signal-strength and FM tuning meters, FM muting; two tape loops + front dubbing; pre-out/main-in; MAIN + REMOTE speakers on spring clips; switched + unswitched AC outlets; Radique Level 1 service; in its original Marantz metal cabinet Specifications

Type: AM/FM stereo receiver
Service: Radique Level 1
Power output: 50 watts per channel into 8 ohms, both channels driven, 20 Hz–20 kHz, 0.3% THD
Damping factor: 55
Phono: moving magnet (MM), 1.8 mV input sensitivity, ground post
Line input sensitivity: 180 mV
Signal-to-noise ratio: 75 dB phono, 85 dB aux
Tone controls: bass, mid and treble, with a tone-mode switch, plus loudness, low and high filters and mono
Tuner: AM/FM, Gyro-Touch flywheel tuning, phase-locked FM, signal-strength and FM tuning meters, FM muting with a rear muting-level control
Inputs: phono, aux, two tape loops, front-panel dubbing in and out
Outputs: pre-out and main-in, MAIN and REMOTE speakers, headphones
Speaker terminals: spring clips, for bare wire or pin connectors
AC outlets: switched and unswitched
Case: original Marantz metal cabinet
Era: 1975–1977
Designed in the USA, made in Japan
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 17.0 x 5.4 x 14.0 inches (431 x 136 x 356 mm)
Weight: approx. 33.7 lbs (15.3 kg)
The 22-series in full stride: fifty watts a side, a three-band tone section and that blue dial, ready to anchor a vintage system.

🔌 Speaker Cable and the Right Connector

The speaker terminals here are spring clips rather than binding posts, so banana plugs and spades will not fit — our own gold-plated pin connectors are the right answer, and they make connecting and disconnecting far easier than stripping bare wire every time. We also hand-build speaker cable here in any length you need, terminated to suit, on our Custom Speaker Cable Builder. 👉

⚠️ Important Information for International Buyers

This unit is configured for North American 110/120V power. Buyers outside North America will require a step-down transformer and appropriate plug adapter.

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Additional information

Weight	35.7 lbs
Dimensions	18 × 21 × 9.4 in
Cabinet	Original Marantz case, Radique cherry cabinet

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Marantz began in 1953 in Queens, New York, where Saul Marantz built tube preamplifiers and amplifiers, and by the 1970s it was making receivers with champagne-gold faceplates, blue-lit dials and flywheel tuning. We carry Marantz receivers, amplifiers and preamps, turntables, tuners, CD players and cassette decks. We've had more than 150 Marantz listings so far, covering nearly 100 different models. Every used Marantz here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Looking for new Marantz? We also quote new Marantz direct from the Canadian distributor, with free shipping within Canada: request a quote below. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Marantz is one of our two top-selling brands of vintage amps and receivers, along with Pioneer. Our five best-selling Marantz models so far: the SR4023 stereo receiver, the vintage 2225, the SR7000 AV receiver, the SR4320 stereo receiver and the vintage 2238B. Many Marantz components were sold without their wood case, so we build our own line of Marantz-specific cabinets, hand-made in genuine Ottawa Valley cherrywood veneer: so far the WC-22 style for the 2220 through 2285B receivers and the WC-10 style for 16 slim-chassis models such as the 1060, 1070 and 112, with more models coming.

The Marantz story, 1953 to today

Saul B. Marantz founded the company in New York in 1953. His first product, the Audio Consolette preamplifier, became the Model 1, and Marantz dates the first Consolettes to 1952–53. Marantz says the early factory was in Woodside, Queens.

The tube years. Through the late 1950s and early 1960s Marantz built a small run of tube separates in New York that collectors still chase: the Model 7 preamplifier (1958), the Model 9 power amplifier (1960) and the Model 10B tuner (1964).

Superscope and the move to Japan. In 1964 Superscope, the company that also distributed Sony tape recorders in the US, bought Marantz, and Saul Marantz resigned at the end of 1967. The Model Eighteen of 1968 was the first Marantz receiver, rated at 40 watts per channel. Under Superscope, design moved to California and, from the late 1960s, production moved to Japan through Standard Radio, which became Marantz Japan in 1975. Receivers such as the 2230 and 2270 are listed as designed in the USA and produced in Japan.

The power race. After a 1974 Federal Trade Commission rule tightened how amplifier power was rated, receiver makers competed on watts. Marantz's Model 2500 of the late 1970s was rated at 250 watts per channel and had an oscilloscope tuning display.

Philips, Denon and today. In 1980 Philips bought Superscope's stake in Marantz Japan and the brand outside the US and Canada. Marantz says its CD-63 of 1982 was one of the first CD players, and its "KI Signature" models carry the initials of Ken Ishiwata, who joined in 1978. In 2001 Marantz Japan bought the trademark back from Philips, and in 2002 it combined with Denon to form D&M Holdings. In September 2025 HARMAN, a Samsung company, completed its purchase of Sound United, the parent of Marantz and Denon.

Which Marantz is which?

Tube separates (1950s–60s): the Models 1, 7, 8B, 9 and 10B, built in New York. Rare collector pieces.

First receivers (from 1968): the Model Eighteen, followed by the Nineteen at the end of 1969.

22xx receivers (from 1972): the first set was the 2215, 2230, 2245 and 2270, with the champagne-gold faceplate, blue-lit dial and "Gyro-Touch" flywheel tuning. A higher number generally means more power: the 2230 is rated at 30 watts per channel, the 2270 at 70. Later "B" versions such as the 2220B and 2285B followed.

Big late-1970s receivers: the 2325 (125 watts per channel), the 2500 flagship and four-channel "Quad" receivers.

1000-series integrated amplifiers: for example the 1060 (30 watts per channel, from 1971), the 1070 and the 1150 (75 watts per channel). The slim 1030, 1040, 1060 and 1070 share their case size with tuners such as the 104, 105 and 112.

Tuners: from the tube Model 10B to solid-state models such as the 2130, with its oscilloscope display.

Wood cases: Marantz sold its wood cases separately: the WC-22 for the 22xx receivers, the WC-10 for the slim 1000-series amplifiers and 100-series tuners, and the WC-1 for larger models such as the 1200. That is why so many turn up bare. A customer who sold Marantz in Ontario in the 1970s told us the cases his shop ordered were built here in Canada, by Westinghouse. Our own cherry WC-22 and WC-10 style cabinets are made in Canada too.

CD players: from the CD-63 of 1982 to the KI Signature versions.

Buying used Marantz: what to check

Dial and meter lamps. Burnt-out bulbs are common on 1970s receivers and are often replaced, sometimes with LEDs. Ask which, if the look of the dial matters to you.

The dial itself. The diffuser sheet behind the dial ages and can dull the glow. Check that the Gyro-Touch pointer moves smoothly and tracks the stations; dial cords are a common replacement part.

Controls and switches. Crackle when you turn a control or work a switch usually means dirt. Try every input, and walk away from a unit that drops a channel.

Capacitors and bias. Electrolytic capacitors in 1970s gear are often past their best, and full restorations replace them. Restorers also set the bias and DC offset.

Cosmetics. Pitting on the faceplate points to damp storage, and dents or water stains to rough handling.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.