Just from my experiences with Yamaha and Rotel. That sounds about right. Rotel tends to have a more full bodied sound... it is generally an extremely good value for the money. Yamaha... especially in the very budget consumer category tends to sound low end light. I even had a 75lbs 200 watt Yamaha amp many years ago that was surprisingly poor performing on the low end. I got rid of it in a few weeks. I would look to Rotel or NAD to give more full bodied, higher end sound. Especially if you could reach into the $2k range. The sound quality improves greatly moving out of the price range you are in. Also, Schiit produces very good sounding products for the money.
A little puzzled by my newly acquired Yamaha A-S801
Picked up a Yamaha A S801 integrated, sounds clear and ’light’ if that makes sense. Nothing else in system has changed, same speakers, Epos Elan 10 and refurbished JR149s.
What’s bothering me is two-fold: 1. LOW frequencies seem a little pale (yes I know both speakers have limited extension, but did not hear this same effect on older 60 watt Rotel that is now defunct and irreparable) and,2. interestingly, 9 o’clock on volume control knob gives roughly the same volume level to my ears as the previously mentioned 60 watt only Rotel RA 1060.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Source is CD Onkyo C7030, virtually same whether or not I’m using ’CD DIRECT’ or PURE SOUND’ setting. Thoughts?
(Should mention I tried a Rotel A11 MK2 earlier, did not like at all and bore no resemblance in my system to the Rotel of old)
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I agree with @ghdprentice , that is the sound I expect from a Yamaha integrated. NAD is a good choice if you want more body and low end torque. |
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