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Price Paid:
$200.00
from private Summary:
A wonderful amp that has not seen the kind of attention it deserves. I think that the cr-1000 has one of the nicest looks of all the vintage yamaha products. The most expensive yamaha integrated amp of its time and rightfully so. FM tuning and sound is superb, phono section is the best of any vintage piece that I've heard. Personally I like the cr-1000 over the cr-2020 if wattage isn't an issue. I've been using it with both a set of energy c-6 speakers and some vintage dynaco a-25's and a set of cerwin vega d-1s. The phono section also has 2 sets of inputs to allow mm and mc setups. The amp has ample power to disturb the neighborhood if you want without causing listener fatigue. The clean, clear yamaha sound is present but not sterile. The other features are, mono both left and right, reverse stereo, 2 aux inputs, fm muting in a 10-click step slider, variable loudness, high and low filter and a mic input which I've used to do some home recordings for a friend. The headphone amp section is really good too, you could use this amp as a recording setup.
All and all, a wonderful piece of vintage gear that you should be able to pick up for a steal. Very well worth a couple of hundred bucks, todays crap does not compare. Strengths:
power, fm tuning, mic input, mm and mc setup for you phono, looks Weaknesses:
none Similar Products Used:
sansui, other yamaha, nad, luxman, pioneer, etc
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