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Hiyas, everyone I knew so long ago, and hi all the "new" guys -- like so much, I see AK has changed, too. Anyhows, I went out to return a bad box of trashbags, and on the way home, since I had the dogs in the car, I took a slightly different route to home. Up ahead are large signs touting...

LTNS to a lot of the older members here! So many old friends. My pride and joy is the Yamaha R-2000 ... and the bane of my collection! When the too typical over-heating protection-kicking on STK-3156 gods alive over a decade ago now, that problem child was near impossible to find; now they're...

Well, shoot! Can't find out much about this one, but ordered one from Amazon cause I have been Jonesing to buy something, been a long while since. 650 watts into 8 ohms per channel. 36 lbs, so a bit of weight to it. Right now I'm using my Carver Pro for the center pair of speakers in my TV...

I've been into vintage gear LONG before it was ever considered vintage gear. When I first got a PC and hooked up to the new-fangled WWW, I was chagrined to learn that my wonderful, beloved gear was considered, well, "vintage," as if it wasn't quite up to snuff. As I discovered places where I...

Someone in Chicago-land has a pair of Martin-Logan Monolith speaker systems, and I go "oohhhhhhh" but SWMBO has decreed I have too much stuff the way it is ... and I shed speakers, tuners, integrateds, dvd player, and more before I moved here after retiring. Ah, well, the way it is, the main...

Major crash and burn with MDD too many years now, I've retired and moved to Indiana. Got rid of most of my stuff, but according to SWMBO, I still have too much stuff :nono: I know I used to really love music and the gear to best reproduce the sounds. But nothing makes me very happy now -- but...

Trying to organize the "music room" because SWMBO wishes it, I notice that I am using a lot of Yamaha, vintage to not vintage, in my main stereo and in the HT system. In the small "music room," the stereo comprises the Yamaha C-80 (gorgeous, superb-sounding legend) preamp (checked and prepped...

The big (48 lbs.), black, hulking TX-DS989 is an oldie (for an AVR) but superb sounding receiver sporting a very real 130 watts RMS into 7 channels, continuously. It is rated THX Ultra. I use it for the TV system, and I have two powered BIC Accoustech H100 subs, a pair of Yamaha NS-A838 driven...

Smallish room, will use a Carver Pro ZR1600 amp and a Yamaha M-70 amp to begin with, using the Yamaha C-80 preamp. The ZR1600 will drive the HPM-900 and the M-70 the Phase Linear P-530. I have a Yamaha T-80 for a tuner, and a Mitsu for a cdplayer. The turntable is the Denon DP-47f. I just...

This big bruiser is gorgeous, and when operating correctly provides stunning sound reproduction. Only the Concept 16.5 matches it as a receiver that can really play with the separates. The problem is intermittent, but becoming more frequent: it will cut out for a while then come back on etc...

Getting stuff out and testing them, as I am in a downsizing situation getting ready to retire and move to Indiana. This R-2000 is gorgeous, but it cuts off and on. Don't think it is the FM memory battery, and it can cut out after just a minute, so I would think the Stk3156 voltage amplifier...

The wonderful Nikko NR-1015 and the gorgeous, beautiful beast Concept 16.5 are both in the tender hands of FedEx right now, having been taken in yesterday. Put a local craigslist ad for the 16.5 in our local here, got contacted by a fellow half a continent away. Paypal took a bite, and...

Just unpacked the mighty beast and got it hooked up with my "testing" system. From the sales brochure, "Concept -- the result of a concerted effort to design a line of stereo receivers without any compromise in any area." Just a smidge smaller in outside dimensions compared to the Pioneer...

been listening to the PC streaming audio a lot the past several years. I used a few combos, and right now the amp is the superb Denon POA-2200 with the Luxman C-383. The speakers are better than decent BIC models, 12-inch, 3-ways, AND I have a Sony 12-inch powered subwoofer in the mix. I...

sure, the nitpickers will boo-hoo the R-2000 as not "vinatge," seeing as it was sold new between 1981-1983. I had simply forgot just how good this receiver is. Powerful, of course, it was a $900 TOTL receiver, with 150 wpc AND 3dB headroom -- 300 watts when necessary for transient peaks. It...

some of the oldtimers here will remember me. Hi, to everyone :) time to seriously downsize, and that includes clothing, books, tools -- whatever i don't absolutely need. (well, yes, i do NEED 3 cassette decks .....) I moved to a new place about 7-8 years ago, and i packed the big Yamaha R-2000...

Make your vote for member of the year! Admins are not eligible. This is one of our big deals, and the MOY gets recognized at the AKfest!

I'm 50-something and have liked U2 since they hit our shores. They've managed to avoid the same old thing and have reinvented themselves several times and I like them. Hmmmm ... I guess I like Irish rock bands, especially the ones with pretty women, what? the Corrs? And some others?

The system comprises the ZR1600 amp, Yamaha CX-2 preamp, a Technics MASH cdplayer, and the Phase Linear P-530. I am in love with this amp! Just incredible detail and definition, yet with the languid, liquid sound of Class A amps. Just finished listening to Santana, and am now listening to the...

The mighty Jayhawks stormed into the Little Apple and whipped the K-Aggies 30-24!

Found a great station in Budapest. Music is 320. This is very good, where have I been? Only downside is that the announcers are Hungarian language LOL

Been playing the ZR1600 to "burn it in" (though I'm skeptical about burn in for electronics, now a few hours for a speaker system or cartridge/stylus is something else) for a few weeks now. This solidstate, Tripath digital chip, amp paired with the Yamaha CX-2 playing the Phase Linear P-530...

It is a jazzy-bluesy rock instrumental album. Peter has never played better and I have always thought he is a great guitar player.

Have a happy day!

Listening to the new #1 stereo. Yamaha CX-2 preamp, Carver Pro ZR1600 amp, and a Techincs MASH cdplayer. Poth Green cable from cdplayer to preamps, Zu Oxyfuel everywhere else. This is some killer sound. This is an ultra-revealing stereo. Yamaha CX-2 preamp, Carver Pro ZR1600 amp, Phase...