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Calling All Yamahas. Time to Post Your Pics

Waking up with the help of John Klemmer Touch, a hot cup of coffee, and a blanket - watching the deer eating breakfast outside my window.

avionics: no work on the M-2/C-4, but the incandescent bulbs burnt out over the course of the last few weeks - these lasted me about three years. Have replacements in a drawer, but with wildfire season approaching here in Colorado, replacing them has slipped somewhat down the queue. As long as I can still enjoy music…

What are people using for LEDs that are not blindingly bright, the correct color, and/or work with the colored socks/condoms? Thanks everyone for your help and your compliments on the cabinet.
 
For the amber power switches, I use amber colored LED's. For the other green buttons - If the OEM condoms are still serviceable, I use warm white LED's. On both I modify the LED domes to diffuse and eliminate "hot spots".

Amber --- 630-HLMP-EL30-PR400 ( Mouser)
WarmWhite ---- 941-C513AMSSCW0Z0511 (Mouser)

If condoms are broken/destroyed

Green --- These are close. 604-WP7083ZDG/G (Mouser)
 
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Let me count... I have four YAMAHA CD Players : CD-S300 models... Three Blacks and one Silver (the only I bought brand new) :

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By my past personal experience, I consider that CD players are rather disposable gear... So a 300-400 Euros model bought new is the maximum I would invest. So those CD-S300 happen to be my "current standard" : it reads CDs and USB facilities, have digital and optical outs. I just miss a bit a variable output, that's all...

But it's me, OK ? :biggrin: ;)

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tubelectron said:
Let me count... I have four YAMAHA CD Players : CD-S300 models... Three Blacks and one Silver (the only I bought brand new) :

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By my past personal experience, I consider that CD players are rather disposable gear... So a 300-400 Euros model bought new is the maximum I would invest. So those CD-S300 happen to be my "current standard" : it reads CDs and USB facilities, have digital and optical outs. I just miss a bit a variable output, that's all...

But it's me, OK ? :biggrin: ;)

T
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"But it's me, OK?"
And in the end, that is truly all that matters - enjoy your gear and journey!!!!
 
avionic said:
For the amber power switches, I use amber colored LED's. For the other green buttons - If the OEM condoms are still serviceable, I use warm white LED's. On both I modify the LED domes to diffuse and eliminate "hot spots".

Amber --- 630-HLMP-EL30-PR400 ( Mouser)
WarmWhite ---- 941-C513AMSSCW0Z0511 (Mouser)

If condoms are broken/destroyed

Green --- These are close. 604-WP7083ZDG/G (Mouser)
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Thanks for this. On my project m-70 the amber bulb has clearly been replaced with something not right (like a cool white bulb). Saving for future reference
 
avionic said:
For the amber power switches, I use amber colored LED's. For the other green buttons - If the OEM condoms are still serviceable, I use warm white LED's. On both I modify the LED domes to diffuse and eliminate "hot spots".

Amber --- 630-HLMP-EL30-PR400 ( Mouser)
WarmWhite ---- 941-C513AMSSCW0Z0511 (Mouser)

If condoms are broken/destroyed

Green --- These are close. 604-WP7083ZDG/G (Mouser)
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Avionic: Thank you for your help.
 
Asmodeus212: Thanks - I've been a longtime fan of the Tizio! Off the subject, but since you appreciate lighting...I was stationed in Germany in the early-80s, and when I left, I set up a trade with a friend - my beater VW Bug for a new Tizio light. But when we got to the store, I saw an Abolla Suspension light, and HAD to have it instead - the taller the ceiling, the better it looks. Hard to believe I've lugged that light all over the world for the last 43years! It wasn't until last year that I snagged a Tizio locally - perfect for using the turntable (and as mood lighting) at night.

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Asmodeus212: Thanks - I've been a longtime fan of the Tizio! Off the subject, but since you appreciate lighting...I was stationed in Germany in the early-80s, and when I left, I set up a trade with a friend - my beater VW Bug for a new Tizio light. But when we got to the store, I saw an Abolla Suspension light, and HAD to have it instead - the taller the ceiling, the better it looks. Hard to believe I've lugged that light all over the world for the last 43years! It wasn't until last year that I snagged a Tizio locally - perfect for using the turntable (and as mood lighting) at night.

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I lived in Germany for a bit too, but came to appreciate design from studying Industrial Design. Chairs, lights... HiFi.
 
Asmodeus2112 said:
I lived in Germany for a bit too, but came to appreciate design from studying Industrial Design. Chairs, lights... HiFi.
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Small world - I graduated from University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana with a BFA in...Industrial Design. Never actually worked in the field though. One does not meet too many people who have even heard of Industrial Design - never mind have studied it. Way Cool - Small World!
 
Asmodeus2112 said:
I lived in Germany for a bit too, but came to appreciate design from studying Industrial Design. Chairs, lights... HiFi.
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H.Huester said:
One does not meet too many people who have even heard of Industrial Design - never mind have studied it. Way Cool - Small World!
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you are two of the three I heard of.

The other, I got to know years ago (nice design studio in Newport Beach), big collector of black-face 70s Yamaha, first for the classic design (he had nicer ways of describing), then for sound...at least that's how it was until he heard the vfet suite ;)

He has all (or most of) the black-faced Yamaha As Bs and Cs in his collection
 
H.Huester said:
Small world - I graduated from University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana with a BFA in...Industrial Design. Never actually worked in the field though. One does not meet too many people who have even heard of Industrial Design - never mind have studied it. Way Cool - Small World!
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rottalpha said:
you are two of the three I heard of.

The other, I got to know years ago (nice design studio in Newport Beach), big collector of black-face 70s Yamaha, first for the classic design (he had nicer ways of describing), then for sound...at least that's how it was until he heard the vfet suite ;)

He has all (or most of) the black-faced Yamaha As Bs and Cs in his collection
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Yes, I got tired of explaining what it was when I was in school and people would ask what my major was. I almost studied at IIT, but ended up at Arizona State, which has a pretty decent ID/Architecture school. I have to say that I am probably more into HiFI because of the design, product management and product line management aspects of the golden age of Hifi and the modern mid century era.
 
avionic said:
For the amber power switches, I use amber colored LED's. For the other green buttons - If the OEM condoms are still serviceable, I use warm white LED's. On both I modify the LED domes to diffuse and eliminate "hot spots".

Amber --- 630-HLMP-EL30-PR400 ( Mouser)
WarmWhite ---- 941-C513AMSSCW0Z0511 (Mouser)

If condoms are broken/destroyed

Green --- These are close. 604-WP7083ZDG/G (Mouser)
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I'm going to try the LEDs versus the incandescent bulbs.

Could you share how you modify the LED dome to diffuse and eliminate hot spots?
Just sand a flat spot on the top of the LED?

Thank you, Sir!.
 
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