Quadrockasaurus
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If you have any more photo's or comments to make on this Quadraphonic unit please feel free to post them in this thread....
Marantz 4430 Quadraphonic Receiver (1972)
Rarity: UNKNOWN
Average Sale Price: UNKNOWN
There's only one currently listed for an excessively high price but I can't find a range of prices so I've left it unknown.
This unit was part of the first range of Marantz Quad Receivers's. At a useful 30 Watts into 4 channels I suspect that would put it about the middle of that range. It sold for a hefty $599.95...which is fairly serious 70's money for a mid-ranger without any built in SQ/QS or CD-4 Decoding...(all Optional).
This unit is a bit of a curiosity (..for me) as it seems to be missing from some later price lists I've seen (..not listed on a '75 Billboard Price list) and is not pictured in the Quad Section of the 1976/77 Marantz Catalog I found online. It may have been discontinued fairly soon in favor of the slightly later Marantz Quad units which (...according to the second ad I've posted) mention built in Dolby Decoders in the models from the 4230 up. The 4430 does not appear to have a built in Dolby Decoder.
Note the 4430 Ad below is dated 1972.
The second ad from '73 makes no mention of the 4430 and lists the 4300 as the top of the line.
The penultimate, all-singing all-dancing (..singing & dancing, that is at $1250.00 with optional decoders!!), Marantz Quad receiver with 50 Wpc into 4 and a built in Oscilliscope, Model 4400, must have come along later that year.
Marantz 4430 Quadraphonic Receiver (1972)
Rarity: UNKNOWN
Average Sale Price: UNKNOWN
There's only one currently listed for an excessively high price but I can't find a range of prices so I've left it unknown.
This unit was part of the first range of Marantz Quad Receivers's. At a useful 30 Watts into 4 channels I suspect that would put it about the middle of that range. It sold for a hefty $599.95...which is fairly serious 70's money for a mid-ranger without any built in SQ/QS or CD-4 Decoding...(all Optional).
This unit is a bit of a curiosity (..for me) as it seems to be missing from some later price lists I've seen (..not listed on a '75 Billboard Price list) and is not pictured in the Quad Section of the 1976/77 Marantz Catalog I found online. It may have been discontinued fairly soon in favor of the slightly later Marantz Quad units which (...according to the second ad I've posted) mention built in Dolby Decoders in the models from the 4230 up. The 4430 does not appear to have a built in Dolby Decoder.
Note the 4430 Ad below is dated 1972.
The second ad from '73 makes no mention of the 4430 and lists the 4300 as the top of the line.
The penultimate, all-singing all-dancing (..singing & dancing, that is at $1250.00 with optional decoders!!), Marantz Quad receiver with 50 Wpc into 4 and a built in Oscilliscope, Model 4400, must have come along later that year.
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