Marantz model 6370Q turntable - need info

[wd4090]

edit: 6370Q, not 63700 - info and opinions on this piece are still very much sought after and appreciated though.


greets guys and gals, I just acquired one of these and it has been a royal pita trying to google up some info on this thing, and I got no matches for it here either, altho I wasnt expecting any.


does anyone know anything about these? im mainly interested in the following:

1: how does it stack up against the 6300
2: assuming good/ex condition and that everything works as it should, what kind of price range could one of these bring in?


thanks.

[wd4090]

P.S> its a 6370Q, I didnt notice that yesterday on account of 1) quite tired, 2) as you can see in the first 2 pictures its quite dark in this room and that Q looks just like a zero to me. but the pics show differently.

some preliminary pictures, these are before cleaning it (which i still havnt gotton to yet, heh), and before finding a better record to test it with, as you can see in pic 3 the first record i pulled out (which isnt mine, btw) is scratched all to... yeah..

under carrage with bottom removed



dig the display


notice this model has a little brush deal near the needle to clean dust, unfortunately it didnt help much with this particular album:P



So far, I like it. I need to replace the power cord on it which is going to be very easy to do thanks to that power block in there, I wont even have to solder anything. and apparently I need to get a new belt for the return home mechanism as its not auto returning when it finishes an album.

I particularly dig the transformer having a suspension, ive never seen that before.

[hjames]

The little ball-end brush thingee looks like a Stanton cartridge to me ...
got to adjust the tonearm higher to compensate for that ...

http://www.stantondj.com/v2/cartridg...s_681eeemk.php

Looks like a neat table!

[wd4090]

The little ball-end brush thingee looks like a Stanton cartridge to me ...
got to adjust the tonearm higher to compensate for that ...

http://www.stantondj.com/v2/cartridg...s_681eeemk.php

Looks like a neat table!

hmm, I took the cartridge off and had a look at it and it is indeed a stanton, 681EEE, is this a good thing or a bad thing? im not highly familiar with turntables and accessories, I just know which ones to buy at goodwill when I see them.

it never occurred to me it may be aftermarket, as its still mounted to the marantz branded cage.

alright, well.. we're making progress at least, one more thing I now know about this particular unit. thanks for the info

[SEAWOLF97]

find out more here...

http://www.vinylengine.com/library/marantz/6370q.shtml

playing that badly scratched record wont help the condition of the stylus any..

[wd4090]

heh, no worries on that record, about 15 seconds in to listening to the pops I took that out and went and found another one, a brand new looking rocky score from my brothers collection. I also remembered this morning that I had some johnny cash albums I found at a thrift store, the san quintin live album I have is in excellent condition, so ive been listening to that.

im debating making another trip to the thrift store near my house later today to see if I can find a good album or two, as well. sadly, I dont have a collection.

[hjames]

hmm, I took the cartridge off and had a look at it and it is indeed a stanton, 681EEE, is this a good thing or a bad thing? im not highly familiar with turntables and accessories, I just know which ones to buy at goodwill when I see them.

it never occurred to me it may be aftermarket, as its still mounted to the marantz branded cage.

alright, well.. we're making progress at least, one more thing I now know about this particular unit. thanks for the info

yeah - in the 70s and 80s - the Stanton 681EEE was a highly noted cart in some circles - I still run one even today, but it can be unforgiving if you have noisy vinyl, depending on your other components ...