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Yamaha R-2000 Receiver

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vintagestereo

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Hi. Just ended up as the high bidder on this unit. I've heard it was one of the most powerful of the vintage Yamaha Receivers and has something called an X-Processor that works like the Class "G" circuitry in the Hitachi SR-2004 to increase dymanic headroom. Anyone know anything about this guy and/or the X Processor? Was this the last of the silver-faced Yammies before everything went black?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5754453801&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:BID
 
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R-2000

Its not the most powerful,that title belongs to the Yamaha cr-3020 which was 170 rms .I believe bully ,or grumpy has a R-2000 that they use daily. :thmbsp:
 
Yes, the R-2000 is an excellent receiver. It is rated for 150 wpc, and the owners manual spec's say it has 3dB of head room.
While it is from 1980-82, it sounds like other Yamaha gear and really has mated superbly with my JBL L100 speaker systems.
You can find the owners manual at the Yamaha website. Do a search here for "yamaha" and "manual" and limit it by "bully".
Amplifier circuit is similar to that of the very fine M-70 amp that was made in 1983-84. It nowhere says anything about Class G or H.

I just searched for you. Look here

http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/
 
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If one goes by weight in vintage gear, then the R-2000 is quite suspect. 150wpc/28lb140z. The CR-820 is 55wpc/28lb10Oz. Someone is missing a hulking power supply somewhere and I think it is the R-2000.

Back in the day I recall the dismay of Bryn Mawr Stereo (where I shopped at the time) when the CR-xx40 series ended and the R-xx00 series replaced them. Their service department could not keep up with repairs. Wasn't too many more years before they went rapidly downhill as they went to the "mega-store" theme. Same with Danby Electronics. Ah, well. Philadelphia stories.
 
The R-2000 is a very solid performer and while it may lack in weight it makes up for in sound reproduction as Bully said , mine is a daily user and has a reasonable FM tuner but no where near my T2 .
 
Think you are reading too much into my post. If its made it 20+ years and is still working is probably going to continue to do so. Just pointing out that is it not like what we have generally called 'vintage' Yamaha. Especially in the weight/power supply category. And receivers were not all that Yamaha changed in 1980. Their entire line-up changed in those 1-3 years. And, other than their amps/preamps maintaining their quality, I've not heard anyone saying that the new gear was as good as that it replaced. Something they have never recovered from. IMHO.
 
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Bully -- Many thanks for the link to the Owner's Manual! According to the Manual the R-2000 is spec'd at 150 wpc 20-20kHz into 8 ohms at 0.015% THD with 3dB of "Dynamic Headroom" and if it works, I'll be a happy camper! :banana: It will be interesting to see how it compares soundwise with my CR-1000. I'm still hunting for a CR-3020.

It's interesting to note the evolution of Yamaha's TOTL units:

The first real Yamaha TOTL Receiver was the CR-1000 of 1974, which was rated at (100x2) and MSRP'd for $850.00. In 1977, the CR-2020 (100x2) came out at an MSRP of $750.00. This only lasted a year at the TOTL and was quickly replaced by the awesome CR-3020 (160x2) which MSRP'd at a lofty $1,500.00! However, the 3020 did not last long either and in 1979, the CR-3020 was replaced at the TOTL by the gorgeous CR-2040 (100x2) which had the same MRSP as the CR-1000 of 5 years before: $850.00! Two years later, the R-2000 replaced the CR-2040 as the TOTL and for only $50.00 more ($900.00) offered 50% more power at 150 wpc.....only 10 wpc less than the CR-3020 which had cost $600.00 more only 2 years before....making it somewhat of a "bang for the buck" special among the Yamaha TOTL Receivers. The 3db dynamic headroom of the R-2000 is an excellent spec.

In my view, the Yamaha line took the nosedive in 1983, not 1981, with the introduction of the R-100S/B as the TOTL. The R-100S/B was rated at 100 wpc and MSRP'd for $800.00. After that, it was the "Dark Ages".
 
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I think you'll really like that receiver ( I was watching it but it went too high for me). I recently bought an R-1000 and am using it to drive my HPMs and I think its a superb receiver. Is that extra circuitry you're referring to the "spatial expander"? I like that on some songs while on others I don't. Enjoy your new receiver.
 
waylyn5945 said:
Enjoy your new receiver.
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That's assuming the guy will sell it to me! I asked for a total (including shipping) and haven't heard a word from him. Maybe he thought he didn't get enough for it!
 
Let us know what happens - any word yet. I was the under bidder, but was a bit concerned about his feedback.
Larry
 
bolly said:
vs, Did you see this?

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Yeah, I've bid on that one before. I think it's been up 6 times so far. He never gets his reserve. $120.00 is the most he's gonna get unless someone's had one too many. When I bid, I was the high bidder at $51.00.
 
Thanks to vintagestereo for his excellent post on the evolution of Yamaha TOTL receivers. I've recently acquired a CR-1000 and CR-2040, both of which need some minor cleaning up, then I'll be interested in comparing them to each other and to my Marantz 2325.

Is this stuff addictive, or what?
 
Larry said:
Let us know what happens - any word yet. I was the under bidder, but was a bit concerned about his feedback.
Larry
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Well, I paid him for everthing tonite and request professional packing. We shall see what we shall see.
 
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