Ultimate Yamaha Integrated?

[mcp1]

I have a CR-1040 receiver that, with my Rectilinear IIIs, is a match made in heaven. I also want to try one of the Yamaha integrateds. Which one to look for...CA-1000, 1010, 2010?

 

[wajobu]

Any of those...if you want meters, then the CA-1010 or 2010. I think, however, that the CA-1000 is the best sounding of the three. Also of note, the CA-1000 has the Variable Loudness control--the others do not.

Others will have opinions on some later models.

 

[johndoe3]

Whoa?

I think my CA-2010 sounds pretty sweet in Class A. You mean to tell me that there's a better sounding Yamaha integrated??

 

[BroonsBane]

Wow, a whole big chunk of this thread is gone!

 

[Acoustic]

Wow, a whole big chunk of this thread is gone!

Yamaha, again the best kept secret, might be why......

 

[OvenMaster]

Nope. Server issues, according to another thread.
Anywho, I vote for a 2010.
Tom

 

[wajobu]

Well my Yamaha A-1 advocacy post is gone, but here's that nudie--as suggested by the now disappeared post from another:

 

[the-real-mandak]

It seems some secrets are meant to be kept.... so not a word from me.

 

[packrat]

I vote for the 2010, but I've always wanted an A1 as well. The 2010 has Alps pots on the tone controls and volume, plus a DC offset trim-pot for the DC-coupled power amp. 140wpc into 4 ohms, 120 into 8 is hard nice too.

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Server redux: A-2000 is tops for me. 57+ pounds of goodness. 130wpc @ 8ohm.

 

[EricC]

Server redux: A-2000 is tops for me. 57+ pounds of goodness. 130wpc @ 8ohm.

I want!

 

[Mark B]

Well my Yamaha A-1 advocacy post is gone, but here's that nudie--as suggested by the now disappeared post from another:

The A-1 is a masterpiece!

 

[Mark B]

Server redux: A-2000 is tops for me. 57+ pounds of goodness. 130wpc @ 8ohm.

That's Gorgeous!

 

[Yamaha B-2]

Thank you. Are a great match. And the A-2000 drives the NS-1000s as well as anything I've heard with them. Simply sublime.