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The Ultimate Marantz, Superscope, UNIX Boombox Thread

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    Mart Magazine September 1979, phasing out the Imperial Compact Stereos during tough times. I wonder what the "compact line" is, Imperial was mostly portable radios.


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    Mart Magazine 1987, Marantz getting bought out by Dynascan



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    This gives more insight into the Philips Merger with Marantz, from HiFi News (UK) 1980, November. It confirms what I thought about product distribution and Marantz Japan. It looks like Marantz Japan is either a separate company at 57% or Superscope still owns that portion? Then Superscope kept USA rights as long as they bought product from Marantz Japan and Philips, do I have that right?


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    A brief but interesting history of Marantz, Superscope, Sony and Standard Radio from MBA Magazine 1976

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    Marantz is rolling out the CP-430 (UK), (PMD-430, USA) from 1983


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    Superscope CRS-1800 from 1977, I'd love to see the accessories like the rechargeable battery pack and the case!

    I think this was their first one piece boombox from around 1974? It's very heavy with a lot of jacks including RCA speaker outs. I imagine people were using this for their home stereo.

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    Superscope CRS-1050 from 1977


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    Not a boombox but I also love the Marantz CAR Stereos, I picked this up a few weeks back, the Marantz CAR-4221 Car Stereo. I love the way this looks with big clunky buttons, LED display and a big metal face plate with Marantz Signature Hex Bolts. The higher end Marantz CARs tend to be very rare.


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    Here's some more cut sheets! From 1977 the Superscope CR-1400


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    From 1977 the Superscope CR-900. A neat little radio cassette, slightly better than the others with MIC mixing and the cool little boxes on the front that show which cassette deck button is pushed.


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    Gosh ..... Where can we find these little boxes ?

    I'd like one of these smaller ones for my backyard deck lounge area :))

    Thanks for posting these interesting adverts, Mr X !!!
     
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    I don't know why did you plop "www.Stereo2go.com" on these scans. If I wanted to steal it, removing it by copy-pasting from another part of the sheet would be easy. If you want to protect it, put it over text or do it multiple times with half-transparent text - ugly, but no one will steal it.
     
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    KJ, there's a few of the little guys on Ebay right now, this is boombox season so they tend to go for less. Price wise they go for much more these days, maybe part of the "Marantz Tax." I've got an old one locally listed for $499 USD, personally I might buy if it was more like $30, lot's of sellers dreaming these days. If I had any duplicates I send one your way but so far I don't.

    CDV, I like to put that on the scans to see if they pop up anywhere else, I don't really care but if people want to see more than there's a chance it might lead to more visitors. Some of these scans are one of a kind, a few I got from a retired Marantz Marketing Guy and others that popped up for sale.
     
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    Found on Twitter, the Superscope CR-860, I don't think this has been seen on this thread yet? It looks like a better looking version of the Superscope CR-800, maybe JDM only with the shortened FM band.


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    I was trying to dig up Radio's old thread with Panasonics, came up with a thread from Deech with some interesting equipment. I spied the Binatone and it looks like an AKA Superscope! I wonder if Deech still has it, the thread says he bought this lot.


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    This popped up on yahoo.jp, some weird UNIX Unit, it looks like a PA system with cordless mic and the ability to transmit to remote speakers? One unit is a transmitter and the other is a reciever, there's also a mic shown in one of the photos.


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    Found this model recently, a Daytron RCS-7020, this is a very close copy to the Marantz CRS-2800. The main difference is the piano keys are on top of the Marantz and the LED levels are much larger on the Marantz. The top photo is an image from a Yahoo.jp Auction, see for yourself. Both have a beveled top-back edge which is kind of rare for any boombox.


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    Found on Buyee.jp, this looks like a larger poster and it's framed or it's a magazine ad. Whatever it is it's pretty impressive for a mid-70's boombox ad.


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    Marantz PMD-360 from 1982.


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    The Japan Times 1973-02-06

    I'd love to know more about this story, there were other lawsuits I've posted before. The Walkman came out shortly after the contract expired.


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