jayvis
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Nope. I don't like silver amps anymore.
LF pretty amp with VU meters and plenty of power and good value
jayvis
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Welcome to the 21st Century! Anything on new audio gear is welcome here, but this forum is about great values in new gear. There are two things you can't bring up here:
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mbphotox
Active Member
mbphotox
Active Member
Short update:
I've settled on the Yamaha A-S2100 in silver
While I did find an Accuphase E-307 for 2k USD, there doesn't really appear to be ANY other recent amplifier in my budget that offers balanced inputs, VU meters, a light color, and a decent build quality.
The Yamaha can also be used as a power amplifier, so that I can connect it to the pre-out on my Denon AV-Receiver and finally ditch the amp switch that I've been using so far.
I'm in a waiting phase now, because I just learned that the Yamaha sold for less than 1'800 USD for most of the 8 years that it was sold. (in Germany)
The price skyrocketed during the pandemic, probably due to shortages in parts... Then it was replaced by the A-S2200
And that is selling for 2'800 USD right now, but, from what I can tell, it doesn't offer any real feature upgrades over the A-S2100.. it's just basically the same device.
So, once I can find a used 2100 for 1'500-1'600 bucks, I'll grab it.
(the Accuphase E-307 from 20 years ago is a beautiful device and would even take an optional DAC module, and aside from that would basically offer the same "everything" as the Yamaha A-S2100... But I'd have to drive 8 hours to pick it up.. and the seller still wants 2 grand.. And Champagne is so hard to combine with other hifi egar
Denon and Marantz both have different tones that would just not match.. And I found that the Yamaha CD-S2100 would pair incredibly nicely with the A-S2100.. and even solve my problem with the DAC since it has one built-in for external streamers.)
I've settled on the Yamaha A-S2100 in silver
While I did find an Accuphase E-307 for 2k USD, there doesn't really appear to be ANY other recent amplifier in my budget that offers balanced inputs, VU meters, a light color, and a decent build quality.
The Yamaha can also be used as a power amplifier, so that I can connect it to the pre-out on my Denon AV-Receiver and finally ditch the amp switch that I've been using so far.
I'm in a waiting phase now, because I just learned that the Yamaha sold for less than 1'800 USD for most of the 8 years that it was sold. (in Germany)
The price skyrocketed during the pandemic, probably due to shortages in parts... Then it was replaced by the A-S2200
And that is selling for 2'800 USD right now, but, from what I can tell, it doesn't offer any real feature upgrades over the A-S2100.. it's just basically the same device.
So, once I can find a used 2100 for 1'500-1'600 bucks, I'll grab it.
(the Accuphase E-307 from 20 years ago is a beautiful device and would even take an optional DAC module, and aside from that would basically offer the same "everything" as the Yamaha A-S2100... But I'd have to drive 8 hours to pick it up.. and the seller still wants 2 grand.. And Champagne is so hard to combine with other hifi egar
Denon and Marantz both have different tones that would just not match.. And I found that the Yamaha CD-S2100 would pair incredibly nicely with the A-S2100.. and even solve my problem with the DAC since it has one built-in for external streamers.)
mbphotox
Active Member
The Yamaha moved in. Works like a charm!
The only drawback of having a 100 Wpc amplifier that delivers "modern Watts"?
The VU-meter (set to VU instead of peak) hardly ever gets to 10 Watts..
Seller didn't package it ideally.. got a red scuff on the piano gloss sidepanel (superficial, but doesn't go away with microfibre cloth.. easy to remove with fingernail, though..)
Have yet to find a way to clean that properly without scratching it.
They also forgot one of the magnetic feet (made a deep scratch in my vinyl floor when I didn't lift it while inspecting the scuff.. yikes) but getting that mailed next week.
It's an absolute beauty, and a beast, too.
Just ordered a Norstone Esse Hifi rack because my hifi gear on the lowboard is starting to overpower the entire room.. This rack will sit in the corner with a plant in front of it (plant sits on rollers)
At 250 USD and carrying 40kg on the top shelf, this is perfect for my stereo system.
The Yamaha A-S2100 will go on the bottom shelf and the turntable on the top.
Planning on replacing my Pro-Ject Perspective at some point, ideally with a Yamaha GT-2000. So made sure that the top shelf can handle that
The Phono Preamp will have the third shelf all to itself. Although I'll want to compare that to the internal preamp on the Yamaha which is said to be extraordinary.
At some point, I'll probably add a Yamaha CD-S2000 or CD-S2100 to complement the A-S2100. (That will go on the second shelf)
Until then, my crappy Sony SACD-Player can have that spot.
But that one's hard to justify other than for the completionist in me. Because I never listen to CDs anymore.
(The CD-S2100 has a great DAC built-in, so I could use that to connect to my WiiM Pro Streamer and pretend I'm listening to CDs, I suppose.
Anyways, will update with a picture once I get that rack and installed stuff.
The only drawback of having a 100 Wpc amplifier that delivers "modern Watts"?
The VU-meter (set to VU instead of peak) hardly ever gets to 10 Watts..
Seller didn't package it ideally.. got a red scuff on the piano gloss sidepanel (superficial, but doesn't go away with microfibre cloth.. easy to remove with fingernail, though..)
Have yet to find a way to clean that properly without scratching it.
They also forgot one of the magnetic feet (made a deep scratch in my vinyl floor when I didn't lift it while inspecting the scuff.. yikes) but getting that mailed next week.
It's an absolute beauty, and a beast, too.
Just ordered a Norstone Esse Hifi rack because my hifi gear on the lowboard is starting to overpower the entire room.. This rack will sit in the corner with a plant in front of it (plant sits on rollers)
At 250 USD and carrying 40kg on the top shelf, this is perfect for my stereo system.
The Yamaha A-S2100 will go on the bottom shelf and the turntable on the top.
Planning on replacing my Pro-Ject Perspective at some point, ideally with a Yamaha GT-2000. So made sure that the top shelf can handle that
The Phono Preamp will have the third shelf all to itself. Although I'll want to compare that to the internal preamp on the Yamaha which is said to be extraordinary.
At some point, I'll probably add a Yamaha CD-S2000 or CD-S2100 to complement the A-S2100. (That will go on the second shelf)
Until then, my crappy Sony SACD-Player can have that spot.
But that one's hard to justify other than for the completionist in me. Because I never listen to CDs anymore.
(The CD-S2100 has a great DAC built-in, so I could use that to connect to my WiiM Pro Streamer and pretend I'm listening to CDs, I suppose.
Anyways, will update with a picture once I get that rack and installed stuff.