CR 2040 in passing

[Sir.Byrd]

Just here for a cleanup:

 

[pmsummer]

Very nice.

 

[Raynald]

Nice piece, listening to mine right now doing a ridiculously good job of driving the Kef R107s. Not a match that would seem to make any sense, but it sounds great.

 

[Tusec]

Man that is great looking. Yamaha just really got it right with the 40 series. Too bad about the unobtanium output devices. I've got my fingers crossed that mine hang in there. (Listening to Macy Gray on my CR-640 with Boston CR-7 speakers at the moment.)

 

[EPI-Center]

I don't think the 2040 uses the screwy unobtanium devices....

my money says Merrylander comes out with a substitute for those devices...the only question being...what will he charge for them?

I do know of a tech in california who knows a workaround for them but it's not a drop straight in replacement.

 

[Tusec]

Oh yeah, that's right - the 2040 doesn't have them. (Guess I better start looking for a 2040... you know, just to be safe )

 

[EPI-Center]

I have 2 840's and a 2040 on the way....I love the way the 840s sound.

 

[Sir.Byrd]

Behind the CR 2040 is a modded CR 820, with Marantz blue LED lamps. Heresy I know!

 

[merrylander]

The Hitachi output transistors in the CR-2040 are also no longer available but there is a Sanken part that is a good sub, I have used them in a 2040.

 

[phatster]

Would you say this is Yamaha's crowning achievement for a receiver?If so.why.

 

[EPI-Center]

The Hitachi output transistors in the CR-2040 are also no longer available but there is a Sanken part that is a good sub, I have used them in a 2040.

so Rob you're saying these don't have the goofy pre IC's like the lower models...but still uses output IC's that are unobtanium..but there's a sub for?

 

[Wornears]

Please excuse my semi-off topic question. I have a CR-2020, and IIRC Merrylander posted somewhere that he had put the (two?) Yamaha service / upgrade bulletins for it on the AK database. Maybe CRS has finally won because I have searched it and can't locate them. Help.

BTW, sweet CR-2040

 

[w1jim]

Please excuse my semi-off topic question. I have a CR-2020, and IIRC Merrylander posted somewhere that he had put the (two?) Yamaha service / upgrade bulletins for it on the AK database. Maybe CRS has finally won because I have searched it and can't locate them. Help.
BTW, sweet CR-2040

Enjoy,
JimB

 

[Wornears]

w1jim -- THANK YOU.

 

[P. Shivers]

Would you say this is Yamaha's crowning achievement for a receiver?If so.why.

No, I'd say it was the CR-3020. The AK members that own one of these monsters would most likely agree. I have to settle for a CR-2020 and CR-1020 to keep me happy until a 3020 comes my way.

 

[merrylander]

The 2040 uses regullar transistors in the output but like any device of that age the original versions are no longer made. Sanken makes a good sub for the 2040 just as OnSemi makes good subs for the 2020.

 

[brutal]

No, I'd say it was the CR-3020. The AK members that own one of these monsters would most likely agree. I have to settle for a CR-2020 and CR-1020 to keep me happy until a 3020 comes my way.

Of course we would, most of us paid too freakin much for em to disagree.

 

[Sir.Byrd]

Gone.... as of tonight.

Oh well, my CR 620 is still sweet enough, even with 85 watts per channel less.

 

[tubed]

...that was a truely gorgeous pic of the 2040.

 

[Sir.Byrd]

...that was a truely gorgeous pic of the 2040.

Yes... it looks great in the new home though. Paired with some equally elegant Boston A200s.