cr-600

I am retire person who likes to fix things. I am trying to learn how to repair vintage receivers now (if i can find one at a reasonable price.) but that is not why I am creating this thread. I am working on a Yamaha CR-600. I downloaded the service manual. Seems to be a problem with the main...

Hi There, audio lovers. I have a Yamaha CR-600 on my bench and have some questions maybe someone can answer. On the main amp circuit board, I see several non-polar electrolytic capacitors. Can I replace them with normal polar caps? On the circuit board I also see on one side of the non-polar...

Hi All! Hoping you guys can help me out here. I've been fixing up an old CR-600 for a work friend and I've got it just about all done. Sounds great, everything works again, and now I'm putting it back together. The tuning knob will not slide back onto the shaft to the same depth it was at...

So I just purchased an almost mint Yamaha CR-800 after reading the raving reviews for this series, Only damage is slight edge chips on the chassis. This is an upgrade from my Old Realistic Sta-84. I am excited to say the least, but I have some questions. I noticed it has a Preamp out, this is...

Hello friends of the good old Yamaha receivers, I’m writing you from Germany and hope for some help and ideas for my 2 CR-600 und one CR-800. Since me kids love these beautiful machines as well, they will stay in the family for the next 50 years at last!! Basically I got three problems. Let’s...

Hi there, My inherited Yamaha CR-600 has recently developed an issue where there's massive crackle / distortion on the right-channel of phono input - without anything being connected. The left-phono channel is fine. And both phono inputs are affected in the same way. All other inputs (aux...