hi there. I am not exactly sure what you are asking me for. I don’t have any unique photos of saul marantz. The scans I posted are from the AES journal. IF you can re-phrase your request in more clear terms I would be happy to try and help however I can. best wishes, c.

But the Marantz in Denon Marantz is only a name. Saul Marantz was effectively put out of business by his own desire for perfection, high unit costs, and a product that turned out to be heinously expensive to produce (the fabled 10-B tuner).

Marantz had a plant in NYC itself, and used the most expensive components in his products, which were never designed for cost effectiveness or manufacturability.

McIntosh were of the Scots school that an engineer was someone who could do for a shilling what any bloody fool could do for a pound, and used innovative design, vertical manufacturing in upstate New York, attractive cosmetics and a bold ad campaign “informed” by General Semantics to provide maximum delta between sale price and build cost. McIntosh products were built like a Fender guitar amp, all consumer grade parts, but conservatively rated. They often lasted longer than Marantz’s because of that, and a certain basic elegant simplicity you don’t find in Marantz.

In one instance-the Marantz 7 and McIntosh C-22 preamps-we have products with nearly identical design which allows a good comparison. A Marantz 7 has twice the build cost and then some. Does it work twice as well? No, but it does work better.

The modern hobbyist could excel either with a little determination, and a willingness to buy a bill of material that would have blanched either company. He could not have done it then though.