RichTassoni
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Hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine.A-S2100, cdx-1060, Yp-d6.
Love the sound.
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Hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine.A-S2100, cdx-1060, Yp-d6.
Love the sound.
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The turntable clearly shows that brown sides would look great on the 2100 silver face. Don't understand why it is not offered as an option.
It's nice you can see your side's, with mine tucked into a rack built into the linen closest I don't see mine. And I think they did offer some light color oak side's on the silver on some early models I seen them but they discontinued them and went to the piano black.The turntable clearly shows that brown sides would look great on the 2100 silver face. Don't understand why it is not offered as an option.
Yes really enjoy my 2100,I also have the 1000 it's in the basement work out room with a tape deck and CD player. The 2100 really is nice with my pioneer PL 518 an Ortofon 2m blue with head phones. And the 4 Klipsh.I have had my A-S1100 for two years now. It displaced a Exposure 3012-S2 amp in my system. I am off the "merry-go-round" for now. I love this amp and this is after chasing the dragon for 40 years. I am sure anyone who has the 1100 or 2100 should be very happy with either. The big differences between the two are that the 2100 has a discreet headphone amp and an extra input driver board for the balanced input. Also the the the 2100 has the MM/MC phono switch on the front panel instead of the back. The 1100's headphone output works but nothing to write home about. The 2100's headphone amp has good reviews. The one thing that stands out for me is that the MC phono section works really well with my Denon DL-103 cartridge. The MM section is good but does not match my iFI iPhono2 or Musical Surroundings Nova II. But the MC phono is it's own circuit and holds it's own with the MS Nova II and betters the iPhono2 in my system. IMHO. This guy's You Tube video breaks down the differences between the 1000, 2000, 1100, 2100 and 3000 Yamaha amps. If you have an hour to kill it's here
Congrats to anyone who has a A-S1100, 2100 or 3000. Awesome and underrated true HiFi amps.
Congrats to anyone who has a A-S1100, 2100 or 3000. Awesome and underrated true HiFi amps.
Hi thanks for the reply. Since my post I had the unit replaced for another 2100. This unit does the exact same thing except now it's the left channel. Called Yamaha Corp. explained what's going on - Yamaha says it should be quiet on both channels on start up and shut off. Unit being replaced for my third time.I'll let you know how this one goes.wont show up for 4 to 6 weeks. Hope other people will chime in in the meantime.
I can't speak for the as1000, I haven't heard it. With my as2100, now powering a set of dynaudio focus 260s - I think my weak link now is the source, blue sound node 2 using node dac, but as I have it at the moment there are constantly songs on tidal making my jaw drop. I am so happy with the sound and I cannot fault the amp. It only gets warm, never hot. An old Cambridge I used to own got very hot quickly by comparison.
This thread helped me decide on my new a-s2100. Just want to say it’s a fantastic amp. Went from tubes to this monster and I have no regrets. Gives me 90% of the goodness my tube gear provided and brings just a ton of stuff to the table the tubes couldn’t. Mostly in terms of bass, detail, top end extension, and of course no tubes.
Currently I’m still using my Cornwalls and the pairing sounds pretty damn good but I’m looking to upgrade. Wondering what you guys are running. Specifically I’ve been looking at Dynaudio, Spendor, Audio Note, and recently added Totem to the list.
So what speakers are you driving with your a-s2100s?
I’m looking for something with a similar big sound and decent bass that does not have the mid colorations of the Cornwalls and a smoother more detailed top end (you could also read that as better top end extension).It is tough to answer this without knowing what you are trying to achieve. Cornwalls are not an easy speaker to replace. Especially with a smaller speaker.
I’m looking for something with a similar big sound and decent bass that does not have the mid colorations of the Cornwalls and a smoother more detailed top end (you could also read that as better top end extension).
My Cornwalls are from 1985. They are from the last production run of 1s and have the tweeter, mid, and crossover of the 1st year of Cornwall 2s. Some refer to them as the Cornwall 1.5
They are tremendously difficult to replace. Since I’m no longer running tubes I’m will to give up some efficiency but still want to avoid really difficult loads. That’s lead me so far to the Dynaudio Special 40s, Audio Note AN-J spe, Spendor A4 and their Classic 2/3, and most recently the Totem Forest or Forest Signature.
Really like the Forest Signatures but wondering if the Yamaha has enough to really drive them. The others have proved to be pretty great matches and I prefer them to the Cornwalls. And that’s no slight on the Cornwalls considering I’m looking at 3K+ speakers in order to get better across the board performance.
So what speakers are you driving with your a-s2100s?
I'm back in black!
For those who don't know or remember, I had a silver A-S2100 that was damaged in shipping in the past. It left it's sonic mark on me and I've been itching to get another one ever since. Have this one powering my ADS L1590/2's and it sounds wonderful. My home is susceptible to AC noise but this thing is DEAD silent. An absolute pleasure to listen to.
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