SoundOfSound
Super Member
Looks Like A Beast!
EDIT: I see Nichicon FW caps inside.
you guys seen this?
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Looks Like A Beast!
EDIT: I see Nichicon FW caps inside.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
I don't know about this amp but they are in the Mac price range but don't give you as much.
MA8000
2-Channel Integrated Amplifier
- 300 Watts x 2 channel
- Discrete eight band tone control
- $10,000
2-Channel Integrated Amplifier
- 200 Watts x 2 channel
- Discrete five band tone control
- $7000
2-Channel Integrated Amplifier
- 200 Watts x 2 channel
- Optional AM/FM tuner available
- $6500
2-Channel Stereo Receiver
- 200 Watts x 2 channel
- AM/FM Tuner and 11 total inputs
- $6500
2-Channel Integrated Amplifier
- 100 Watts x 2 channel
- 9 total inputs
- $4500
MHA100
2-Channel Headphone Amplifier
- 3 headphone impedance ranges
- Small, compact size
- $4500
rxonmymind
Super Member
Beautiful. Wonder how many they were planning on selling at this price?
Then again if we're talking integrated you can get the Marantz 2600/2500 or Pioneer 1980 and be absolutely happy as a pig in mud with the money you saved. Both provide enough oomph to each channel and looks good doing it.
Then again if we're talking integrated you can get the Marantz 2600/2500 or Pioneer 1980 and be absolutely happy as a pig in mud with the money you saved. Both provide enough oomph to each channel and looks good doing it.
Well for at least a year or so, then more deoxit and or service, over and over. Most of the time...
I like the design and build, but it looks strikingly familiar. No switching supply, not all loaded up with linear ICs, power modules, and other modern mediocrity. It does seem a bit over-priced, however.
Oh, what the heck - they are $1,000 off right now. Just add it to your Yamaha cart and go!
Oh, what the heck - they are $1,000 off right now. Just add it to your Yamaha cart and go!
And it specs about the same as an SX-1080 for range, distortion, and separation at its rated 100WPC RMS. The SX-1080 was $749 in 1980, which is about $2,187.00 in 2016 dollars, (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=749&year1=1980&year2=2016) so its price point is about 3-4 times its comparative value.
And there is no wood on it.
And there is no wood on it.
just dave
vintage rules!
Yeah I'd go with the Marantz or Pioneer as well get em recapped and still have money left over and be good for another 40 years.
Lesterbest
Super Member
Look around. There's probably a dealer with a lifetime stock. In other words, he has one
A-S3000
gathering dust with zero interest. It's fire sale time. Take 30% off the MSRP & make an offer.
A-S3000
gathering dust with zero interest. It's fire sale time. Take 30% off the MSRP & make an offer.
rxonmymind
Super Member
rxonmymind
Super Member
Hurmph! The nerve.
The real question is will we? Hopefully we won't need to be recapped!
I'v been recapped at least three times in 55 years, just ask just Dave....Hurmph! The nerve.
The real question is will we? Hopefully we won't need to be recapped!
rxonmymind
Super Member
Titanium or ceramic?I'v been recapped at least three times in 55 years, just ask just Dave....
oil in paper....Titanium or ceramic?
For just some loose change:
http://www.ultrahighendreview.com/kondo-audio-note-overture-integrated-amplifier/
http://www.ultrahighendreview.com/kondo-audio-note-overture-integrated-amplifier/
Freddymac2
Super Member
Those three recaps cost you more than my whole systems.
To maintain a purely Yamaha perspective, its performance in every category (except number of inputs) is slightly below that of the CR-2040, which sold for $840.00 in 1980, or $2,450.00 today. Granted, there are no plants cranking out 400 of these units a day as was the case back then, but robots work more cheaply than manned assembly lines.
Despite the changes in technology, manufacturing, and pricing, it's refreshing to note that the same level of double-speak marketing bullshit has been maintained at 1980's levels:
"The top panel and the front panel are made of aluminum, a non-magnetic material, in order to eliminate any adverse effect on the audio signals."
Ask Sorgel, Siemens, GE, Emerson and Acme about the use of alumininum in transformer construction - and those are purely magnetic devices in lower frequencies.
Despite the changes in technology, manufacturing, and pricing, it's refreshing to note that the same level of double-speak marketing bullshit has been maintained at 1980's levels:
"The top panel and the front panel are made of aluminum, a non-magnetic material, in order to eliminate any adverse effect on the audio signals."
Ask Sorgel, Siemens, GE, Emerson and Acme about the use of alumininum in transformer construction - and those are purely magnetic devices in lower frequencies.
superdog
AK Member
Yes I'll take mine in black.
I kept seeing this Marantz Pre Pro at the record store and I couldn't pass it up, because it was black and beautiful. Love the gold labeling and shinny smooth reflection points, and look at the gyro tuning wheel
