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Calling All Yamahas. Time to Post Your Pics

theophile said:
The Yamaha MX-2000 is(to me)the Grace Kelly of the amplifier world.Visually extremely aesthetically pleasing. :drool:

That it is posessed of good sound quality,also,makes it an amp I'd love to hear. :yes:
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Had a NOS pair of these 3-4 years ago. Don't recall if they are bridgeable, but do agree that they are about as good looking a piece of gear as has ever been made. However, they are 'bright' sounding to my ears. Of the two folks who purchased them from me, one sold within a year and the other still uses as the amp in his main rig. As always, different strokes for different ears.
 
I've got an AX-500u integrated.

Right now, I'm looking to replace the rest of my components with yamaha gear,
starting with a EQ-50 which should hopefully arrive in about a week.

The next step is the tuner.
at my current rate, I'll probably be finished by this time next year.
 
avionic said:
Thats and issue with one of them---Meters inop. The other is in protect mode
haven't had time to do a preliminary check but I suspect a broken connection.(shipping mishandling)
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Initial look-see reveiled a vented cap on the input board. 1000uf@80vdc spewd electrolyte all over the board.Also found about 8 - 10 resistors burnt wide open and a shorted TO-92 transistor.Disabled the right channel (where all the damage is) and the amp comes out of protection. Oh boy!! Not a shipping issue..
 
avionic said:
Initial look-see reveiled a vented cap on the input board. 1000uf@80vdc spewd electrolyte all over the board.Also found about 8 - 10 resistors burnt wide open and a shorted TO-92 transistor.Disabled the right channel (where all the damage is) and the amp comes out of protection. Oh boy!! Not a shipping issue..
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:worthless
 
Not really much to see.
1st pix -red line points to the cap thats slightly bulged on top and has a small split on the top of the cap where it sprayed the entire board.Hard to see in the photo.
2nd pix- green lines point to the burnt resistors and yellow line to the shorted transistor.
3rd pix green lines point to a few more burnt open resistors.The caps in this photo are Rubicon( Blackgates)black ones and Elna (Duorex) purple jobs.
 

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avionic said:
Not really much to see.
1st pix -red line points to the cap thats slightly bulged on top and has a small split on the top of the cap where it sprayed the entire board.Hard to see in the photo.
2nd pix- green lines point to the burnt resistors and yellow line to the shorted transistor.
3rd pix green lines point to a few more burnt open resistors.The caps in this photo are Rubicon Blackgates(black ones) and Elna (Duorex) purple jobs.
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(should start a seperate thread on these)

Those resistors look about the same as a couple in my A1's pre after I pulled the VD-1212's and put one set of the dang series 4148's in backwards! ugh.
 
avionic said:
Not really much to see.
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Thanks Dave and OUCH! Very nasty indeed. :tears:

Looks like some of the burnt parts are part of the error correction circuitry. Hopefully replacing them fixes it but it makes me wonder what caused it in the first place in such a fine piece of gear. :scratch2:
 
Now here I do my stuff and mind my own business and what do I get? Someone dumps an old piece of vintage amp right on top of my fancy pansy stuff, life isn't fair - but it did make me feel right at home :)

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special: it's the Yamaha P2200, all the other amp's are LAB.GRUPPEN

theo: the amp's around i can suck it dry, what you see in the pic is the 2. layer of flights.
 
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This is my main setup,no pics for the others.

Sony PS-11
CDC-665
CDC-615
TX-900u
CX-800U
DSP-A1000
Furman sound TX2
Rane AC-22
Sony BDP-S360
EQ-1100u
EQ-70
MX-1000u
MX-1000u
M-80
PC-2002
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Now that I have 3 yamaha components, I now feel worthy enough
to post mine. There's nothing rare or desirable. The EQ and tuner
were on the low end of the price scale on ebay, but they make me
smile none the less. :music:

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It all started with the integrated I found at a goodwill for $10.00.

Integrated AX-500U
EQ-50
Tuner TX-400u

In the future, I've got my sights set on a DSP and power amp, but it
will probably be a long while.

I'd like to try some yamaha speakers, but the paradigms sound so good
I don't think I could ever part with them.
 
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