you might consider making that a separate thread, as I figure your feedback in a thread about Yamaha integrateds is going to be sparse.Anybody venture to weigh in on the new Parasound Halo Integrated? Feature-loaded, but what about the sound quality? Looking to hear from anyone with experience with Parasound. Thanks...
Jeff
run it in for about 4 weeks and come back and tell me about low-end.......The Yamaha A-S500 arrived yesterday and I'm really impressed. The detail is very, very good, as is the build quality. It doesn't quite have the low end swat of the 9090, but adding a sub is easy. Overall, I'm very pleased with the sound.
Upgrading the KG4's with some goodies due from Crites this week, and am confident that this will yield some noticeable improvement.
After that, it's a new Yamaha CD player and speaker stands.
This hobby is addictive.....
you might consider making that a separate thread, as I figure your feedback in a thread about Yamaha integrateds is going to be sparse.
I've had the AS701 for 3 months. Love it! Is paired to the Pioneer Andrew Jones floor standers. Sold off my sub after a month since I prefer the accurate bass the amp puts out. Granted, it is through a combination of tweaking the bass and loudness control on the 701 but it hit a sweet spot for my listening levels.
So its a simple set up in the basement for 2.0 listening for the TV, the Apple TV feeding the optical in and my music is through any laptop, using an AudioQuest Dragonfly DAC output into the RCA input.
Is the Loudness control easy to use and is it effective ?
Looking at the 301 or 501. I checked out service schematics and both have exact same preamp. Then only difference is power amp section with smaller transistors and main caps. So, in theory there should not be much difference between them. Anyone compare both?
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Anyone have/heard the A-S3000? Seems hard to justify such an expensive amp(6k+!) that is made in Malaysia when I can get Luxman, Accuphase, Marantz Reference or top Denon (PMA-2020AE) at that price were I willing to spring for slightly lesser rated power.
Just curious that Yamaha released something like that.
Anyone have/heard the A-S3000? Seems hard to justify such an expensive amp(6k+!) that is made in Malaysia when I can get Luxman, Accuphase, Marantz Reference or top Denon (PMA-2020AE) at that price were I willing to spring for slightly lesser rated power.
Just curious that Yamaha released something like that.
given the robust build and parts quality on the lower end models, I can imagine it might justify the price. Nothing on your list overwhelms me in terms of sound, that I've heard(not that any on the list are terrible, but). As for the 'made in Malaysia' part, why should it matter WHERE it is built?