Marantz Model 1200 integrated amplifier front panel in brushed silver, with slider bass and treble controls, rotary knobs and a centre tape monitor switch

Marantz Model 1200 seen from the front left, showing the silver faceplate, black perforated cover and the finned heat sinks along its side

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Marantz 1200 Vintage Integrated Amplifier – 100 WPC, Made in USA

Name: Marantz 1200 Vintage Integrated Amplifier – 100 WPC, Made in USA
Brand: Marantz
SKU: 19164
Price: 1895.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$1,895.00

Marantz's flagship integrated of the early seventies, built in Sun Valley, California, through our Level 2 service and playing as it should.

✔️ Very Good condition — faceplate and knobs present well, light marks of age; offered in the stock black metal case
✔️ Through our Level 2 service — a substantial round of component replacement on the bench, then bias and offset set and the amp run in
✔️ Covered by Radique Warranty
✔️ Includes Perpetual Trade-Back Program eligibility
✔️ Expertly packed for safe shipping

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Marantz’s flagship integrated of the early seventies, built in Sun Valley, California, through our Level 2 service and playing as it should.

What it is

The Model 1200 is what Marantz built when it put its separates into one chassis: the control section of the Model 3300 preamplifier and the power section of the Model 240 amplifier, together on one brushed-aluminum faceplate. It was made in the company’s own Sun Valley plant — the rear panel reads “Precision Crafted in U.S.A.” — in the years before production moved to Japan, which is a large part of why the 1200 is sought after in a way most integrated amplifiers of the period are not.

It is rated at a genuine 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms, both channels driven across the full 20 Hz to 20 kHz band, and 125 per channel into 4 ohms. That was a serious number in 1972 and it still is: this will drive almost any speaker you are likely to own with headroom to spare, and it does so with the warm, unforced balance that made the Marantz name.

The controls are the classic Marantz console layout: slider tone controls for bass and treble on each channel, switchable high and low filters, loudness, tone-control defeat, a tape monitor, and a mode control with stereo, reverse, mono and A+B. Inputs cover two phono decks, a tuner, two auxiliary sources and a tape loop, with a microphone input as well. There are two sets of speaker outputs, selectable from the front, a center-channel output, and pre-out / main-in connections on the rear for expanding the system with an external processor or a second amplifier.

The service it has had

This one has been through our Level 2 service, which is to say it needed a substantial round of component replacement on the amplifier boards before it could be sold as a working unit. The Model 1200 is known for running hot, and after fifty years the parts nearest the heat are the ones that drift. Here the electrolytic capacitors in the driver and voltage-reference stages were replaced, the output stage was repaired, and the DC offset and bias on both channels were reset and held to specification under load. The bag of parts that came off it is the measure of the job.

Alongside that, the standard bench work:

Cleaned inside and out
Faceplate and knobs detailed
Pots and switches cleaned and deoxidized
Rear panel and RCA jacks cleaned
Resistors, transistors and capacitors checked, and replaced where necessary
Bias and DC offset checked and adjusted
Lamps checked and replaced as required
Thorough post-service testing, both phono inputs and both speaker systems confirmed

Condition

Very Good. The brushed faceplate and knobs present well, the black chassis and heat sinks are clean, and the unit carries the light marks a fifty-year-old amplifier earns. It is offered in its stock black metal case; its matching Marantz WC-1 wood case is listed separately. Our woodworker is building Radique Ottawa Valley cherry WC-1 cabinets for this model — ask if you would like it dressed in cherry.

The American-built Marantz integrated, properly sorted, with the power to run whatever you put in front of it.

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 Model 1200 Specifications

Type: console stereo (integrated) amplifier
Service: Radique Level 2
Power output: 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms, both channels driven, 20 Hz to 20 kHz; 125 watts per channel into 4 ohms
Total harmonic distortion: 0.15% or less at rated output
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, ±0.25 dB
Damping factor: 100 into 8 ohms
Channel separation: 60 dB
Inputs: Phono 1, Phono 2, Tuner, Aux 1, Aux 2, Tape, Microphone
Phono sensitivity: 1.35 mV into 47 kΩ (moving magnet)
Outputs: two speaker systems, headphones, tape, center channel, pre-out / main-in
Tone controls: slider bass and treble, ±10 dB, per channel; tone defeat
Filters: high 5 kHz / 9 kHz, low 50 Hz / 100 Hz
Speaker terminals: screw-type, for bare wire or spade lugs
Power: 120 V, 50–60 Hz; switched and unswitched AC outlets on the rear
Made in Sun Valley, California, USA, c. 1971–1975
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 15.4 x 5.7 x 14.0 inches (390 x 146 x 356 mm)
Weight: 31 lbs (14.1 kg)

🎚️ Gold Series RCA Interconnects

Our own Gold Series RCA Stereo Interconnect is a shielded, gold-plated stereo pair, in stock and ready to go. It is the cable that connects this to the rest of your system, and it is a straightforward upgrade on the free leads that come in the box with most equipment. 👉

🔌 Speaker Cable, Built on Our Own Bench

We hand-build speaker cable here in any length you need — pick the gauge and the terminations on our Custom Speaker Cable Builder. We also make our own gold-plated banana plugs, spades and pin connectors if you would rather terminate cable you already have. 👉

⚠️ 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	33.1 lbs
Dimensions	18 × 19.4 × 9.7 in

About brand

Marantz at Radique

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. Many Marantz components were sold without their wood case, so we also make new cherry WC-22 and WC-10 style cabinets. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

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.

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.