New Yamaha integrateds

[crouse]

Look good:

http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/hifi-components/amps/

 

[mhardy6647]

Why the heck do they have a line of integrated amplifiers with ten models?

 

[prighello]

Looks like they added dacs and the other models will depart soon.

 

[crouse]

Why the heck do they have a line of integrated amplifiers with ten models?

They're optimists?

 

[soundboy]

Why the heck do they have a line of integrated amplifiers with ten models?

There are new models being introduced and there are the discontinued ones. I'm surprised no one mentioned the availability of silver models.

 

[Bubo]

My guess is that vinyl is driving the large scale electronics companies to create more stereo products. Yamaha isn't the only one taking notice.

Total market size compared to i=phones who knows.

$2 ear buds drove the resurrection of the high end headphone market.

 

[lico]

Looks like the newer models (even the low end ones) may have aluminum knobs now.

 

[qvisten]

Those gauges do look good!
I hope they make the paint on the black ones a bit less fingerprint sensitive.... And they really should offer a black remote too

 

[OhioEric]

the chrome faces are sweet !

 

[arclight73]

These look real nice. Great to see digital inputs. This line of receivers and integrated amps are quite good for the money. Nice to see they have been updated.

I recently purchased the R-S300 and just this past week ordered the A-S500. Looking forward to comparing the two.

 

[lico]

Yamaha is listening which is what is good, since they've updated the controls based on user feedback (if I read their site right). The plastic knobs on an A-S500 were the biggest negative, and they've done something about it. SQ I am sure is the pretty much the same as always - and if you want a DAC that's a nice add for the price The A-S501 could do very well in silver.

 

[joekapahulu]

Prices on the higher end units, eg 2100, jumped. Higher end receivers interesting too, 701,801, love to hear how they compare to the integrated amps.