Red_Raider
Member
Hello, and greetings everybody.
And thank you for having me.
I go by the handle; Red Raider. I am in my mid 40's, and grew up listening to classic rock records as a teenager. I've spent most of my adult life serving my country. I worked around avionics for fighter jets, so I am relatively tech friendly.
Now that I'm back in the civilian sector, I'm diving back into exploring various hobbies which I haven't had a chance to enjoy for a very long time. One of those hobbies is listening to old vinyl record albums. While shopping around at a record store recently, I stumbled upon his stash of old receivers, record players, speakers, etc which he had piled up in a back room. The manager actually knows me from buying records from him 30 years back. And I told the him I was looking to put together a record playing rig since mine had turned up missing from being in storage over various locations for so many years. So, he explains the stuff in that back room is either junk, or so badly damaged that they're not really worth anything because he can't sell them as is... and some of them aren't very cheap to fix. But, he happens to know my taste in music rather well. So, on a hunch, he goes through his stash. After a few minutes, he pulls out these 2 old receivers (CR-820 and CR-2020... his only Yamahas) and hooks some assorted speakers and a record player up to play a few records (classic hits by LZ, Waylon Jennings, & R&B). Almost immediately, the sound of the 2020 pretty much sold me. I was rather curious about both of the Yamaha receivers, so he gave me a good deal on both. They were both actually in pretty good shape. Just a few noisy pots. But, he immediately sprayed some deoxit in them and worked them out really nice for me before we sealed the deal.
I gotta tell you that I always thought the really old cool stereos (from back in my day) were so ridiculously priced that they were way out of my range now. But, the clarity of these Yamahas certainly got my attention. And getting them into my house without breaking my wallet was certainly a great prospect.
When I got them home, I did an in depth comparison. The 820 wasn't bad. Very nice sound actually. Once I played around a bit with the 2020, however, I pretty much put the 820 aside. I'll decide on what I'm going to do with it later. But, I gotta admit the overall sound quality of the 2020 is downright impressive. However... as I'm sure some of you can relate... this only made me even more curious about the 2040 and 3020.
Power is not what necessarily I'm after. The 2020 puts out more power than I'll ever need. But, I'm after the best quality sound I can get without breaking the bank. So, I did some research and talked around a bit, and decided that the 2040 was the one to have. So.... after a bit of shopping around, I've now got a 2040 coming to me via parcel as I'm writing this. I'll probably have it around the end of the week. And the next chapter in my quest will be to explore what all I can do with it. And my quest up to this point is pretty much what lead me ...... here.
Thanks again. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.
Sincerely,
RR
And thank you for having me.
I go by the handle; Red Raider. I am in my mid 40's, and grew up listening to classic rock records as a teenager. I've spent most of my adult life serving my country. I worked around avionics for fighter jets, so I am relatively tech friendly.
Now that I'm back in the civilian sector, I'm diving back into exploring various hobbies which I haven't had a chance to enjoy for a very long time. One of those hobbies is listening to old vinyl record albums. While shopping around at a record store recently, I stumbled upon his stash of old receivers, record players, speakers, etc which he had piled up in a back room. The manager actually knows me from buying records from him 30 years back. And I told the him I was looking to put together a record playing rig since mine had turned up missing from being in storage over various locations for so many years. So, he explains the stuff in that back room is either junk, or so badly damaged that they're not really worth anything because he can't sell them as is... and some of them aren't very cheap to fix. But, he happens to know my taste in music rather well. So, on a hunch, he goes through his stash. After a few minutes, he pulls out these 2 old receivers (CR-820 and CR-2020... his only Yamahas) and hooks some assorted speakers and a record player up to play a few records (classic hits by LZ, Waylon Jennings, & R&B). Almost immediately, the sound of the 2020 pretty much sold me. I was rather curious about both of the Yamaha receivers, so he gave me a good deal on both. They were both actually in pretty good shape. Just a few noisy pots. But, he immediately sprayed some deoxit in them and worked them out really nice for me before we sealed the deal.
I gotta tell you that I always thought the really old cool stereos (from back in my day) were so ridiculously priced that they were way out of my range now. But, the clarity of these Yamahas certainly got my attention. And getting them into my house without breaking my wallet was certainly a great prospect.
When I got them home, I did an in depth comparison. The 820 wasn't bad. Very nice sound actually. Once I played around a bit with the 2020, however, I pretty much put the 820 aside. I'll decide on what I'm going to do with it later. But, I gotta admit the overall sound quality of the 2020 is downright impressive. However... as I'm sure some of you can relate... this only made me even more curious about the 2040 and 3020.
Power is not what necessarily I'm after. The 2020 puts out more power than I'll ever need. But, I'm after the best quality sound I can get without breaking the bank. So, I did some research and talked around a bit, and decided that the 2040 was the one to have. So.... after a bit of shopping around, I've now got a 2040 coming to me via parcel as I'm writing this. I'll probably have it around the end of the week. And the next chapter in my quest will be to explore what all I can do with it. And my quest up to this point is pretty much what lead me ...... here.
Thanks again. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.
Sincerely,
RR
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