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all good - I don't think one line can be declared 'better' than the other

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mhardy6647

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In Reply to: RE: Vintage Yamaha Integrated Questions posted by audiomaniac on June 29, 2014 at 22:25:43

... the current Yamaha integrated amplifiers are nice, too.

Of them all,and FWIW, my one-two choice would be CA-1000 and CA-2010... but the better, later (1980s) integrated amplifiers were quite nice, and good sounding, as well.

Just my opinions, of course -- thus do I say (well, imply) that asking which is "best" isn't (again, I'd opine) the right question to ask.

all the best,
mrh

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True genrally ... - Crazy Dave 08:08:55 07/01/14 (3)
But their statement products are a notch above.

Dave
- I didn't think he was asking about Yamaha "statement" pieces - mhardy6647 15:48:55 07/01/14 (2)
  Does the AX-900u qualify as such? It does look pretty beefy (I just went back & looked, 'cause I don't trust my memory -- and it dates from an era when I was pretty busy with Other Things).
  
  all the best,
  mrh
  - RE: I didn't think he was asking about Yamaha "statement" pieces - Crazy Dave 08:40:03 07/02/14 (0)
    You right. I don't think he was talking about statement pieces. I just threw that in.
    
    I actually sold the AX-900u when I worked in audio. It was Yamahas TOL integrated. At the time, I felt that Yamaha receivers were declining in quality, but not so for the integrated amps. Also the TOL receiver was exempt from this decline to. Both were a very impressive.
    
    For me statement pieces are all out technical assaults, designed, not to sell large numbers, but to show off their technical prowess. I think that the AX-900u was expected to sell, but being TOL, it definitely was a high tech assault. So to me, it is on the borderline. Regardless, it would be a very nice amp to own.
    
    Dave
  - RE: I didn't think he was asking about Yamaha "statement" pieces - akolegov 04:09:10 07/02/14 (0)
    I heard the AX900 amp in 1990 and it had a typical Yamaha sound, i.e. clean, punchy and detailed. Overall, quite good with the right speakers. We compared it with Marantz PM-94 and preferred Marantz unanimously.
RE: all good - I don't think one line can be declared 'better' than the other - audiomaniac 20:08:24 06/30/14 (0)
Thanks for the info. I'll soon have a CA-1000 inbound. I'm curious about the Class A option and the MC phono performance. It's had some work done on it and is a daily driver, so I'm hoping it sounds as nice as its reputation!

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