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YBA YA 201
YBA YA 201
MSRP: $ 1650.00

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Reviewed by:

MFMC

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
March 11, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

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4.50 of 5, 4.00 votes

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Review 1 of 3

Price Paid:  $1300.00 from España

Summary:

Este amplificador integrado YA 201 pertenece a la familia YBA sin ninguna duda.
Además de una buena construcción posee un diseño novedoso y acertado, que le hace ser muy atractivo. Su sonido es típico YBA. Es decir, refinado, transparente, con buena tímbrica y una imagen, tanto a lo ancho, como en profundidad muy buena.
No llega a albergar todas las cualidades de sus hermanos mayores, ya que escribo sobre el benjamin de la familia, pero se asemeja en muchas.
Posee 100 w. de potencia que le hace ser muy versátil para elegir los altavoces que le acompañen, plenos de dinámica y con un gave que destaca. Si sus hermanos mayores ofrecen líneas mas finas y mayor transparencia, éste ofrece un punto de calidez muy interesante.
Creo que puede ser difícil encontrar en el mercado un integrado de mejor precio/calidad que éste. Yo lo emparejaría con buenos altavoces, sin tener en cuenta su precio.
Creo que monsieur Yves ha acertado de nuevo y ha hecho que el sonido YBA se democratice y pueda estar al alcance de todos.

Strengths:
Calidez, dinámica, transparencia, grave, imagen, tímbrica.

Weaknesses:
Ninguna por este precio.

Similar Products Used:
NAIM, ATOLL, YBA, TUBES, ETC..


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Reviewed by:

mjcmt

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
September 7, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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5.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

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Review 2 of 3

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I have only had this amp for a short time so I will follow up with a more complete review as I become acoustomed with its sound, but here are my initial impressions.

I swapped out a Classe' CA-100 power amp/ Audio Refinement Pre-5 preamp combo for this YBA Design YA-201 integrated amp. This is a substantial upgrade with better balance, tunefulness, resolution, air, soundstage size, and musicality. My old system was heavy handed and course by comparison.

It is as high a resolution and refined as my Pass Labs Aleph 30, but with better soundstage width, depth, and bass authority.

This amp produces the best sound I have ever had with my speakers. I always thought my speakers had a diffused in the lower registers that didn't fit the rest of frequency range, but now they produce the most balanced sound I have heard from them. My speakers are tight and detailed the entire frequency range, not just the mids and highs. The YA-201 extend down to the basement with a tight, tuneful, and musical sound.

The mids have great clarity and musicality, with the highs having air that I have never heard before. There is space between the musicians that I have only heard before with tube gear.

I'm thinking this amp has many of the attributes of their high priced YBA Passion line.

Strengths:
Very Musical, engaging, and refined sound.
High resolution but not thin or unnaturally hyper-detailed.
Large, deep, and wide soundstage with plenty of air.
It seems to breath.
A pleasure to listen to.

Weaknesses:
The display is a a little heard to read from far away or in a bright sunlit room.

Similar Products Used:
Pass Labs Aleph 30 amp, w/ AES DJH tube preamp
Classe' CA 100 amp, w/ Audio Refinement Pre-5 preamp
Linn Majik integrated amp
Jolida 302 tube integrated amp


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Reviewed by:

jefferdr

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
June 27, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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5.00 of 5, 11.00 votes

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Review 3 of 3

Price Paid:  $1400.00 from Audio Advisor

Summary:
I saw a picture of this beautiful integrated amp and I immediately knew that I had to have it. I made a impulsive decision based purely upon aesthetics since it will reside, along with its companion cd player, as my secondary system, in our living room (my wife is a interior designer and is very particular about what is allowed.)

Having given that disclaimer, I can now gush about how great this beauty sounds. Simply sublime, and for the price, without peer. Excellent pace, world-class imaging, very low noise floor, luscious midrange are some of the phrase that first come to mind, as I write this short reveiw. Plenty of beautiful adjectives and praise has already, and will continue to be heaped upon this wonderful piece of audio gear, for its sonic character, however, it's exterior design deserves more praise than I can articulate adequately. Simply beautiful in virtually every way.

Strengths:
Midrange, imaging, low noise, rhythm, very good bass.
Perhaps the most elegant exterior design that I have ever seen in an piece of audio gear.

Weaknesses:
Remote costs extra $100.

Similar Products Used:
Krell 400xi, BAT 300x, Classe 151, most recently.....


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