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Mike B
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: May 26, 2013
Bottom Line: I purchased in March 1985 Yamaha M-80 Power Amp, C-80 Control Amp and T-80 Tuner. I have searched endlessly for that one audio engineer who has a vision, a perfectionist and shares my passion for the muscle of Yamaha M-80 Amp, my search happily ended with LegendaryAmps. After speaking with Skip, I quickly realized that I have hit the jackpot, a one in a million shot, someone who exemplifies an "old school" philosophy, extremely knowledgeable and yes, a detailed plan for a complete off the frame restoration and execution. When I received my M-80 Amp back and visually inspected it then put on line the results far exceeded my expectation, I was blown away. My M-80 Amps audio quality is pitch perfect and the 250 watts of Yamaha muscle is available again with no distortion, and the frame looks better than the day of purchase, it rocks. I decided to look for another Yamaha M-80 and C-80 to give to my son, then shipped it ASAP to LegendaryAmps. The restoration performed on both Yamaha M-80 Power Amps by LegendaryAmps can only be described as "Magical". Thanks Skip, I now have 2 Classic 57 Chevy's. Who's got it better than me!!! Semper Fi Mike B. 5/2013
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: Pre 1995
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J Weaver
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: April 18, 2013
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Repair or buy a new amplifier? I am sure that everyone goes through this question. I spent a few weeks listening to Bryston. VTL, Marantz, Ayre, Yamaha and others (tube and digital). Comparing new amplifiers can be difficult, trying to categorize quality, clarity, range, spatial vibrance, spatial separation, etc. I evaluated the different amplifiers over a wide range of music from classical, rock, new age, pure piano and jazz. Personally, I liked the quality of the Ayre V5xe. The downside of this process was the reality that it would cost me $3600 - $5000. The decision to have the Yamaha M-80 rebuilt was fairly easy after reading through all customer reviews for Legendary Amps. The team at Legendary Amps did a great job. Roughly 4 weeks door-to-door and the amplifier arrived in "like new" condition. The quality of work and communications of the Legendary Amps team is outstanding.
The amp produced sounds that I simply could not hear before the repair. After getting crossovers re-balanced (a terribly subjective process), I started again, listening...listening...and listening. A few examples: 1) Listening to pure piano music, it is as if you are standing in front of the piano, hearing the spatial response of each note and at times sensing some 1st order harmonics. 2) Spatial separation to me, is the ability to place the instruments on the imaginary canvas in front of you. This amp gives you get the clarity of each instrument, in addition to the spatial placement. Simply no smudging of the notes, the amplifier just is simply outstanding capturing the full experience of the orchestra.
I could go on for a long time describing the new found pleasure in listening to my music collection. The net of this is: amplifiers age and the failure was only the trigger to do something about it. If you have an aging amplifier, talk to Skip about getting it rebuilt before it fails, you will not be disappointed.
Where does my M-80 place after listening to all these other amps? Will I be going out to buy the Ayre V5xe? No! The Yamaha M-80 is at the top of my list, and my system sounds on par with the best of the amplifiers that I evaluated and I am a very happy customer.
J Weaver, Central Virginia 3/30/2013
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: Pre 1995
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Grant Kokot
a AudioPhileDate Reviewed: September 18, 2012
Bottom Line: My system is being transformed gradually into my greatest expectations. As the humble owner of a Yamaha M-80 with the worst case scenario, Skip and his team of perfectionists at LegendaryAmps used passion, pride, and confidence to transform my submarined M-80 back into immaculate, original sound room condition. Clean, crisp, with infinite depth of quality sound, in one word, "accurate." When these amps are restored back to like-new condition, the accuracy of sound replication is like nothing I’ve heard. Simply put, amazing! That, along with paralleled advice, LegendaryAmps are truly worthy of their name.
Used product for: 3 Months to 1 year
Duration Product Used: AudioPhile
Product model year: Pre 1995
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Alpay Sirek
a Audio EnthusiastDate Reviewed: December 20, 2010
Bottom Line: The price/performance ratio of the M-80 is difficult to beat. This is a fairly rugged amp that does not mind loads that drop down to 2 Ohms.It's rated at 330 Wpc RMS into 4 Ohms, with dynamic power up to600 Wpc. Yamaha built M80 with high-end capacitors throughout, especially in the signal section: all electrolytics are Nichicon Muse, Rubycon, Elna, or Black Gate, and PS caps (2x39,000uF and 2x47,000uF). It sounds wonderful..
Used product for: More than 1 year
Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast
Product model year: Pre 1995
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Redwing-Nine
a Audio EnthusiastDate Reviewed: August 28, 2010
Bottom Line: The Yamaha M-80 is easily one one the best sounding amps I've evered used. I've owned a LOT of amps over the years, and listened to many more. The M-80 is a reference quality unit, and easily competes with the high end units, such as Krell, Threshold, etc. In fact, I was using a Nakamichi PA-7 connected to Legacy Signature III's before getting this amp. I thought the Nak was about as good as it gets, but this M-80 is not only every bit as godd sounding as the PA-7, it sounds even better in a number of respects. The bass fm the M-80 is deep and tight, very well controlled. The midrange is as clear as any amp I've ever hearrd, very life like. In this regard, it betters the PA-7 (and that is no knock on the PA-7, its a tribute to the M-80). The HF treble is clear. crisp, but not at all harsh. At 250 WPC, it can easily push almost any speaker load you throw at it.
Given the age of an map like this, thought it best to buy one that had been restorred. Vintage amps need to be gone through, and old dodgy caps, etc, need to be replaced, voltages adjusted, etc. to get trouble free performance. I got mine from Skip Lacey at http://www.legendaryamps.com/faq.html
Skip goes thrrough the amp and makes it like new. Very happy with the results. In fact, I'm also getting a M-85, and a MX-800 to complete the HT setup. The yamaha amps are to be connected to a Oppo BD-83SE and a Krell Showcase preamp.
Used product for: Less than 1 month
Duration Product Used: Audio Enthusiast
Product model year: Pre 1995
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