Yamaha monster reciever
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alwayslooking
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Love my 2040 and 2020 but it would be great to have one of these too.
I like my CR 3020, the best out of all of them. I have the 1980's,1280's and 1250's. I have the Concept 16.5, the G 22000, the 9600, the 9050 and a bunch of others.. I do not like the Marantz's at all. It is all a matter of personal preference. My seperates sound better than all of them. Sometimes "more advanced or newer" is not better, just different. Toroidal tranformer or not, dual power supply or not, does it really matter so long as you like it? If you can afford it does it matter how much it costs or that it is different or exotic.
KR7600 said:
I certainly agree that, overall, the CR-3020 is more enjoyable than the SX-1980, the SX-1250/1280 (possibly), the G-22000 and FOR SURE the KR-9600. Possibly the KR-9050. But, can't agree with you on the 16.5. Just curious on your take on the CR-3020 vs. the 16.5. The CR-3020's Bass is a bit "thin" to my ears whereas the 16.5 has a most reassuring WALLOP!!!! Richard Schram set out to design a KILLER RECEIVER with the 16.5 and he succeeded. The CR-3020 is certainly the better looker, but, once the cover comes off, it clearly becomes obvious who the champ is. :yes:
Sure, if someone wants to spend $1,000.00 on a CR-3020, that's fine by me. It 's just that not everyone is in agreement that it's the "King Receiver".
-- Chris
if you want more info of CR3020
go to http://www.thevintageknob.org/
under yamaha there is full write upo with full specs and write up. I owned a cr 1020, a great reciever , but not in the strata of the 3020. As good as the 3020 is , I'll bet my present set up has more power ,and my sepeate yammi tuner is also better, But a better reciever, I doubt it exist
go to http://www.thevintageknob.org/
under yamaha there is full write upo with full specs and write up. I owned a cr 1020, a great reciever , but not in the strata of the 3020. As good as the 3020 is , I'll bet my present set up has more power ,and my sepeate yammi tuner is also better, But a better reciever, I doubt it exist
onepixel said:
onepixel -- It's reassuring to know that an owner of the Marantz 2500 isn't all that excited about it. I've been saying that for years. "The Emperor has no clothes!"
-- Chris
onepixel
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vintagestereo said:onepixel -- It's reassuring to know that an owner of the Marantz 2500 isn't all that excited about it. I've been saying that for years. "The Emperor has no clothes!"
-- Chris
Nice try Chris! lol
He is excited about the Marantz 2500. He just likes the sound of the Yamaha CR-3020, the best overall and is the most excited about.
Cheers
Twenty20Man
Is that you Michael?
I wonder why everyone insists on bidding it up with 6 days to go, they must be shills or morons... that simply annoys me.
Twenty20Man
Is that you Michael?
RSTSGSAS, I looked at your other thread where you mention fixing someones CR-3020 and put on a new suit. also that it had plastic grills where yours had metal grills. I looked closely at the thumbnail of that unit and I noticed that there are only seven push buttons between the variable muting knob and the leds. and the one presently on Ebay has eight. any reason you know of for the discrepancy?
onepixel said:Nice try Chris! lol
He is excited about the Marantz 2500. He just likes the sound of the Yamaha CR-3020, the best overall and is the most excited about.
Cheers
That's what I inferred from your comment. That's he's all excited about the CR-3020 and not excited as much (not all that excited) about the 2500. I didn't "try" anything. I've never thought the 2500/2600 were the greatest either, despite what some people pay for them. That was the gist of my comment. Hope no offense was taken.
-- Chris
rstsgsas
2much gear 2little time
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There is only a small difference in thier serial numbers ,so only thing I can guess is this.This was the last series before the cost cutting began.Some may have already showed up in the grill change and removing a feature.I do not have the other unit but I will check mine when I get home.Twenty20Man said:
I am a long time owner of a CR-2020: Would anyone who've auditioned both receivers in comparable setups care to elaborate on the sonic differences, beyond the obvious ones resulting from the additional output headroom, between the CR-3020 and it?
Thx.
Rgds,
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Rgds,
Brudha
Shania before Mark Twain
Twenty20Man said:
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Looks like the FM Dolby Adapter switch is missing. This, along with the plastic grills, to me, is a major enough change to warrant a slightly different model #. Maybe a DB version or something. Weird......
Mine has the 8 push buttons and the metal grills.
rstsgsas said:
Hmmm....very interesting indeed!!
merrylander
AK Member
I am willing to hazzard the guess that they were for different markets so the missing button would be for Dolby FM that only ever was tried in the U.S. I see this quite often on 1020s and 2020s.
Rob
Rob
Regarding damping factor - the CR-3020 has enough for all practical purposes with a damping factor of 70 or > at 1K into 8 Ohms (listed in the service manual). The CR-3020's FM S/N is 80 mono / 75 stereo, which is close to the R-2000's 85 mono / 80 stereo. The CR-3020 & the R-2000 specs are very similar, but there is simply no comparison between the power supplies or cooling. The CR-3020 has some real balls behind it's power rating.vintagestereo said:
