Help with Marantz 4270 quadradial


I recently acquired this receiver. It has some problems and i am wondering how hard they are to fix and what might be wrong with the receiver. This receiver is stronger in the left channel than the right. One of the inputs doesnt work correctly. When I plug in my cd player to the front aux input, I only get sound out of the right channel, it works fine through the rear aux and other inputs. When it is working, if I crank it, then it makes my speakers sound crackly, almost like they are blown. I hooked up the same source and speakers to a different receiver and got perfect sound. So its not the speakers. Also the rear channel doesnt really get much output. There is sound, but its pretty weak. Also the tuner is a little off. It still tuned in great once you found the stations, its just the stations are off a little to the left. I really like the sound of the old marantz receivers and im wondering if this one can be salvaged? Also any idea of the worth of this receiver in both current and/or working condition and the potential cost of repairs? I am really new to this and dont know much about them, just that I like the sound when they are working correctly. Ive seen the same model on ebay go for over 200 in non-working condition. The speakers im using for now are polk audio ls50's. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. So any local references for repair would also be appreciated. Thanks!
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These old receivers usually need a good cleaning. Go to Radio Shack and get their best electical contact cleaner. Spray all of the controls and switches and while they are wet with the cleaning solution be sure to operate the controls and switches numerous times. Just one dirty switch can cause the kind of problems you are having. Do this first before taking it to a repair shop. Most of the Japanese receivers have good longevity. I own several receivers from the 70s and they all work flawlessly.
The statement of old receivers not working well with new speakers is somewhat true. Most of the old receivers were optimized for driving very efficient 8 ohm speakers. I have tried these receivers with low efficiency 4 ohm speakers and the sound becomes very hard and closed in indicating the amp is not happy with the load at the other end. However, any 8 ohm speaker with at least medium efficiency seems to be fine.
Rrog: interesting observation, probably right.. odd though that all the Marantz and others typically provide "A" and "B" speaker outputs, as if it is totally normal for these units to drive two pairs of speakers in a parallel 4 ohm load...
Xiekitchen, True, most all vintage solid state receivers provide A-B speaker switching and when both pairs of speakers are driven the sound is degraded.