What a TANK!
I have moved/fondled and possibly drooled on one. The "remote" also. Haven't heard it yet though.
What a TANK!
What a TANK!
I have moved/fondled and possibly drooled on one. The "remote" also. Haven't heard it yet though.
Yes, the B-1 is very much like a block of steel. Hoisted mine today setting up a system
what's the hold-up?I have moved/fondled and possibly drooled on one. The "remote" also. Haven't heard it yet though
Not mine.what's the hold-up?
you do not like that B-2 very much? If you do, you will not have it for long if you run it with that deck on topI'm also a yamaha fan. Has gone over to modern stuff lately but is building me a vintage rig. Again.
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you do not like that B-2 very much? If you do, you will not have it for long if you run it with that deck on top
OK, I feel better now that a B-2 will not be baked to deathOh yes. It had to stand there waiting for a workshop visit. Have just bought it but wanted to check it out before I connect it.
Price of said component really has nothing to do with performance however there are rare exceptions from innovative people.Hi AK,
My girlfriend and I just returned from the The Show Home Entertainment Show in Long Beach, CA this afternoon. I had never been to a high end audio show before so we decided to go and take a look. Let me just say it was "interesting" to say the least. There was all of this high-end esoteric gear there and it was fun listening to $100K+ systems but there was something noticeably missing. It took me awhile to put my finger on it, but I finally realized that none of these people possessed the passion for audio that I find among the people that have built and maintained vintage systems. Most of the people appeared to be in awe of this piece or that piece because it was so outrageously expensive or it looked a certain way they found appealing. But there were only a handful of people I observed actually "listening" to what they were hearing! The rest seemed consumed in specifications of this or that and expounding on the merits of some new technology or space age material to justify the gobs of money being spent on this stuff. There was a lot of snake oil and a handful of pieces that I found interesting, but other than that I was underwhelmed by it all. I purchased only one item. A half-speed master of The Mystic Moods Orchestra - One Storm Night reissued in 1972 on Bainbridge records by Brad Miller right before Mobile Fidelity came to prominence and still in the shrink wrap for $15. Great recording and it sounds beautiful even today. I remember it scaring the hell out of me when my parents put it on the old Zenith console we had when I was a kid.
We got home and I cleaned the record and placed it on my YP-D71 with the Ortofon 2M Bronze. I can honestly say that this recording sounded so engaging on my system and the C-85/M-65 separates powering the NS-1000Ms just shimmered with realism. It really makes me feel an extra boost of pride based on what I heard today. There was nothing at any price that I feel sounded any better than what I am currently listening to. I have been at this hobby for over 40 years and I have seen so much stuff come and go but the excellence that is Yamaha still lives on. Those Yamaha engineers really knew what they were doing back then and it definitely competes with the best of what is offered today. I know the maintenance and issues we have to deal with from time to time to keep our equipment going can be a royal PITA sometimes, but it is days like today that make me realize just how fortunate we are to own such wonderful equipment!