Yamaha A-700

[el84]

I dug out my old Yamaha A-700 amp the other day. It had been in storage for about 14 years or so. Cleaned it up including deox of switches, volume, tone controls etc. Plugged it in after hooking it to my LsScalas. Wow. I forgot how good that unit sounded. I was pursuing tube sound for all those years and sort of forgot about the old Sand amp. It will now reside proudly in the rack.

 

[39cross]

Hey, that's great! What were you using before the return of the A-700? Any reason you put it aside for all those years?

 

[belgianbrain]

I have one, and it is certainly not embarrassed by anything else I have used.

The M2 beats it, but only by a little.

 

[el84]

Yes. I was exploring tube amps for several years including McIntosh MC240, Cary, Quicksilver. I gradually got back into vintage transister gear via Marantz 2325 and Sansui 9090DB. I dug out the old Yamaha from storage and liked what I heard a lot. I sold most of my tube gear except Quicksilvers which i will keep and will keep the vintage stuff including the Yamaha, Marantz and Sansui. Great sound on all of it.

 

[analogguyinadig]

The Yamaha A-500, A-700, and A-1000 are fabulous amps. They simply take command and control of any speakers and any music you might choose to play. Authoritative is how I would describe their sound.

 

[poortom]

The Yamaha A-500, A-700, and A-1000 are fabulous amps. They simply take command and control of any speakers and any music you might choose to play. Authoritative is how I would describe their sound.

They are also realitive bargins on e-bay. They are definatly sleepers.

 

[belgianbrain]

Do you notice much difference between the A-700 and the sound of a tube amp?