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Yamaha Pro PC2602 amp in home setting?

John in MA

John in MA

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These big Yammie pro amps often come up for sale. I know they're built more along the lines of home amps compared to most "pro" gear out there. Anyone have opinions as to how they'd fare in home use? In the past it's been said the PC2602 is the pro version of the M-85, but I'm not sure how they actually compare electronically.

Right now my "honkin'" amp is an late '90s Adcom GFA-5800 so this Yamaha probably wouldn't be an improvement, but I am curious.
 
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there's been plenty o' commentary on the yammie pc's for home use here lately. search up 'yamaha pc2002' on this board...
 
I have a PC-2602M (M for meters) running the woofers on my JBL's, see signature. Excellent performing amplifier. I want another one for the mids/highs as well.

If you happen to see another PC2602M listed for sale and you don't want it, please let me know about it.
 
What's your opinion of the sound compared to the other power amps you've used?

Any idea what would be considered a good deal on one of these (non-meter?)
 
Calling Mark B! He is the Yammy Pro Amp Guru!!

I'm running four PC2002M's. Aside from having to purchase banana to RCA adaptors, the PC2002M is fine for home use. Sonically as good as a "home" amp but with the added benefit of professional grade build.
 
Very neutral sounding with tons of reserve power. I'm not all that great at describing how a component affects the sound, but the synergy between the amps and speakers in my system makes you take notice. The M-4 is a very sweet sounding amp as well, it just doesn't have the power I need to reach the desired dynamics and SPL's on the mids/highs.
 
Yamaha Pro PC-2602

John the older Yamaha pro amps are a great sounding amp that are still found in many studios, concert halls etc and in homes . I have a PC-2002 amp, very neutral and plenty of headroom. My guess is that it will better the Adcom you have. As far as for durability they are built for the long run and in a home enviroment should be good for many years, thousands of the Yamaha pro amps are in use around the world.
 
Bought four P2100s for $400, sold two immediately for $400, then years later had those two given back to me for free...

Priceless!

je
 
majick47 said:
John the older Yamaha pro amps are a great sounding amp that are still found in many studios, concert halls etc and in homes . I have a PC-2002 amp, very neutral and plenty of headroom. My guess is that it will better the Adcom you have. As far as for durability they are built for the long run and in a home enviroment should be good for many years, thousands of the Yamaha pro amps are in use around the world.
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majick47 nailed it. The Yamaha pro amps manufactured in the '80's were designed for recording studios to drive nearfield monitors and have home amp specs for frequency response and distortion. IMO these amps are typically better than the home amp version due to somewhat more rugged construction, and in some cases the addition of meters. I'd say they're currently the biggest bargains in TOTL quality amps.
 
I'm going to look at it over the weekend. As luck would have it, I just bought a preamp with balanced outs so that takes care of the RCA problem.

I'm wondering how this really does compare to the GFA-5800, since that thing was $1800 ten years ago. The big 250WPC MOSFET job.
 
Hey John - what pre did you get with balanced outputs? I've got a Crown amp with balance board and would love to try it out.

Cheers,

Bob
 
Going to check it out tomorrow. Looks like I can get it for $250, I don't think it's been used on the road. So this would be score worthy of at least a safety, or maybe a field goal?
 
I paid $204.00 plus $60.00 shipping for my PC-2602M this last August. I replaced all of the lamps behind the LCD meters on mine since 3 of them were out upon delivery. You won't have to worry about that on your's. Sounds like score territory to me if it's in good electronic and cosmetic shape.

If you get it and need a copy of the service manual (which covers both models), PM me.
 
Did yours need any internal repairs other than the lights? Any trouble areas I should watch out for? How loud's the fan, anyway?
 
The fan has only come on once the entire time I have had it and I was running it near it's full output with heavy bass for a long time when it did. It turned off within a couple of minutes of reducing the volume. It is loud when it comes on (think bathroom fan), but you won't hear it since the music will be hitting you in the chest. During "normal" listening, the fan will never come on. You have to really push it. The "Thermal" LED comes on when the fan engages, which freaked me out at the time, since I thought there was a problem. I checked my manual and it confirmed this.

I can send you a copy of the owner's manual (PDF) if you would like to read it before purchasing. Yamaha's website has them also.

I think mine is going to need a recap soon as well as a "going through", I need to have it benched to check it's specs. I may have some low freq oscillations on the right channel when it is turned up, which seems to be getting worse. I have bottomed out the right woofer at loud volumes, not good. It is moving more then the left woofer. I have isolated it to the right (B) amp channel. Offset at idle is fine though.

These amps are getting quite old, as you know, so I don't mind putting some cash into it. What would a new amp of this caliber cost? More then I could ever afford, that's for sure.

I will probably pay to have this one repaired. I have fixed an M-4, but this beast is above my skill level, even with the S.M. I would hate to blow 5 pairs of TO3-P's on a channel.
 
Brought it home for $250. Looks very clean and undamaged, only has a few scratches here and there. This guy had it for a few years for band practice and didn't use it much. It also bears an asset sticker from the Berklee school.

Haven't tried it in my rig yet. Running off an iPod and mixing board, one channel at a time at the guy's house it sounds clean. No hiss or hum even with the levels turned all the way up. Also came with a pair of new banana>1/4" phone pigtails.
 
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