In 1983 I bought a Yamaha A-1060 Integrated along with a pair of Cornwalls. I jammed this setup for most of the 80s, 90s, 2000s and was very pleased and proud of the quality of sound it produced. Since then, over 40 years now, I have ran across other used yamaha integrateds from the early 1980s era and snagged them up for very cheap prices. First used one was the A-1000. Then the A-1020 that has three channels. I still own all of them and still use all of them. Yea, the caps could probably stand to be upgraded and so on. But all of them still sound great and work great. I think the A-1060 though is by far much greater than the A-1000 or the A-1020. The A-1060 is a work of art compared to the others. So much so, that I bought another one that was used and up for sale. Just incase I might need to replace parts or incase my original one croaks. And like all of us eventually do, It died a couple of years ago. I took it to a local stereo hospital in hopes of saving my old friend. But the doctor told me that most of the people who worked on these old timers was long gone and took the secrets with them? He did although give it a try, but finally gave up. Admitting that he did not even know where to start when it came to what he called "this beast". I loved this "beast" so much that I believe that I will find a doctor frankenstein that can and will bring my beast back to me. If anyone knows such a doctor that has this ability, Please let me know of him so I can bring my beast back to life.
Yamaha Audio products from the past? vs. more current.
There was a time when Yamaha high end audio gear was well thought of....items like the B-1 and B-2 amps, the NS-1000 speakers, the CT-1000 tuner and more. My questions are: Are any of you on this forum/site still using any of that gear? I know there have been some well thought of tuners, like the 85, but how has Yamaha audio gear been in the recent past? Is any of it in the league of the best from the U.S., England, etc.?
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I have a Yamaha AV receiver for the livingroom theater set up. Bought a pair of vandesteen 5’s and thought I could just plug them in like any normal speaker. Nope. Needs a pre in and out for the separate external bypass. So I’m looking at a local Yamaha MX1000 power amp to keep the same brand. Apparently they have a following. http://legendaryamps.com/latest.html and http://legendaryamps.com/WhyYamaha.html |
I've been selectively buying high end Yamaha for the last 15 odd years and I'd say being well built using money no option parts selection, made for very respectable then as well as now performance ! The amps. in my main system are from their pro series, pc2002m, pc4002m, and pc5002m. Their powering large inefficient speakers dropping to a 11/2-2 ohm load with no clipping just clean powerful sound.The cost to achieve that today ? We're happy. Cheers |
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