[geowak]

I sold a friend a Marantz 2230 in great shape. He is using the phono section for his old turntable. But he recently asked me if he could run the digital out (rca ) from his cd player into the tape input of his analog Marantz. Without thinking, I suggested there would be no dac in the Marantz to convert the digital signal.

Am I missing anything? If his cd player had analog rca out, would he damage the Marantz by connecting that output to the 2230? Will it be to much dynamic range?

[Wayner]

No digital inputs on this mid 1970's receiver. He can run his analog outputs of his CD player into the tape monitor input (then he has to push in the tape monitor button on the front) as it is a line level input. Unless he is using the AUX for something else, this is perhaps the only other line level input left.

Wayner

[S Clark]

When CD's first came out, everyone connected them to their receivers.  Just follow Wayner's advice.

[eclein]

My families first nice stereo had a 2230 and I CD's, cassettes, reel to reel and whatever else we wanted to try and listen to through the tape input and they all sounded great. When music is playing and its not heard-first turn down the volume-then look at the tape mon button and see where it is, it'll bang right in if the volumes up and you forget to push it so tell him to be cautious until he gets it down but he should have no problem with it.
 I wish I still had that baby for headphones......

[medium jim]

My setup is a Pair of Marantz 9's with a McIntosh MX-110 pre and I guarantee you that in 1962, they're was no such thing as a DAC.  Anyway, I run my CDP via the Aux and have no complaints and would imagine you could do the same on the 2230 and not have to worry about if you have the Tape muted or not. 

Jim

[SteveFord]

Built in DAC in the receiver? 
Horrors! 

[geowak]

Thanks for all the tips. So it looks like ANALOG OUTPUT on the CD player to either the tape INPUT or AUX INPUT of the Marantz 2230.

I am assuming either should be ok. What does the tape loop bypass, the preamp section of the Marantz? Will he still be able to use the volume pot?

Thanks

[orthobiz]

My first receiver was a 2230 also!

Paul

[Wayner]

Thanks for all the tips. So it looks like ANALOG OUTPUT on the CD player to either the tape INPUT or AUX INPUT of the Marantz 2230.

I am assuming either should be ok. What does the tape loop bypass, the preamp section of the Marantz? Will he still be able to use the volume pot?

Thanks

The tape loop is for playing back from a tape deck, like a reel to reel or cassette deck. The reason that it is a switched loop is to prevent the output of the tape deck from ending up in the input of the same tape deck. This would produce potential receiver/speaker killing feedback without the tape monitor button to select to the deck to either record or playback.

This function is before the preamp section of the receiver and the functionality is the same as if the CD player were hooked up to the AUX input.

The tape monitor switch would allow for monitoring of playback on a tape deck. In other words, a 2 head deck (erase, record/playback) could either play recorded music (with the monitor button depressed) or record music (with the button out) from any other source hooked up to the receiver (tuner section of the receiver, turntable or whatever was hooked up to the AUX input).

A 3 headed recorder (erase, record and playback) could actually playback music that was just recorded, but would have a slight delay (that time dependent on the distance between the record and playback head).

Wayner