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Yamaha R-S700 2 Channel Stereo Receiver

I recently purchased the Yamaha R-S700 Receiver. Its matched with a Yamaha CDC600 CD Player. a Project Carbon Turntable with Ortofon Blue Cartridge and BW685 Speakers.

Question to the group. I have read extensive reviews about the Rotel, Outlaw and other receivers that seem to get favorable reviews in the Absolute Sound and other "High End" magazines. The Yamaha R-S700 is never mentioned. However consumer reviews are terrific. Personally it sounds clean, crisp and completely undistorted in my sound proof room. (20 x 24 finished basement with berber carpet) I also use 10 gauge wire and have upgraded to copper cables.
Did I make a mistake purchasing the Yamaha. Is it an inferior product to Rotel, Outlaw, Marantz and other 2 channel receivers.
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wcc10
119 posts
 
Hello, I don't want to highjack this thread, but I do have a question about this Yamaha receiver.
I too have the Yamaha R-S700 Stereo Receiver. I am using B&W CM5-S2 Speakers with sub-woofer, a Denon 5 CD changer and Yamaha YDS-12 iPod Dock with iPod Nano.
I think the receiver sounds quite good, but perhaps a little "bright" for my tastes. It has a lot of useful features and appears to be built rock solid.
I do have one question which perhaps can be answered here;
I'm not sure that the "Main In" & "Pre Out" connections are of much use. I did connect a Behringer 31 Band EQ to the Main/Pre connections, it gave the system a wider sound stage and more volume. But other than that, I was not that impressed.
So, my question is; what else can these connections be used for? The manual dose not say too much regarding this.
Thanks for any replies.
banerjba
82 posts
 
Excellent product. I really enjoy mine. The Pre main out jumpers should be replace with a nice interconnect. I use a Transparent Music Wave. I also swapped out the stock power chord for a Shunyata Diamondback. This unit is a lot better than you can imagine.
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phasecorrect
2,013 posts
 
Yamaha makes a variety of solid, consumer and professional grade gear.The above mentioned brands would be more of a lateral move than a quantum leap upgrade.
That being said, and this is highly subjective, I'm more of a Denon fan. I did use a higher end Yammie AVR from the 90s that was well built and reliable.
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yogiboy
5,478 posts
 
Wcc10, The pre out on any receiver is used for hooking up another amp. Something like an equalizer would be used in-between the pre out and amp in connections.
zd542
5,339 posts
 
"I too have the Yamaha R-S700 Stereo Receiver. I am using B&W CM5-S2 Speakers with sub-woofer, a Denon 5 CD changer and Yamaha YDS-12 iPod Dock with iPod Nano.
I think the receiver sounds quite good, but perhaps a little "bright" for my tastes. It has a lot of useful features and appears to be built rock solid."

You may want to invest a little more time in the issue before you make a final judgement as to the source of the brightness in your system. You may end up being right, but the biggest complaint about B&W speakers is a bright treble. If you try a different speaker that has a softer treble, I think the problem will go away.
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