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OH WOW.. check out this new TOTL YAMMY Gear.

atarione

atarione

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oh my.. these things look quite sexy indeed...

http://www.whathifi.com/news/yamaha...egrated-amplifier-and-cd-s3000-cdsacd-player 




I do believe I'm in LOVE.... in case anyone is wondering what to buy me for my birthday in august this would be it :music:


Celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, Yamaha has today launched brand-new flagship hi-fi products in the S3000 series at a European press event in Hamburg. They replace the previous generation Yamaha CD-S2000 and Yamaha A-S2000 models.

The A-S3000 integrated amplifier delivers 100W per channel (rated at 8ohms), has multiple analogue/line level inputs including headphone and phono inputs (MM and MC), redesigned aluminium chassis and internal circuitry for low impedence, and an LED-lit meter display on the front panel showing the volume and power levels for the left and right channels.

The A-S3000 gives a retro vibe with rectangular knobs for adjusting the bass, treble and balance levels, and rectangular switches to toggle the power, mute, and phono options. Circular controls for selecting the input source and changing the volume are still in place.
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Surprised to see they are still (?) using the same switches and knobs that they were 30+ yeas ago. Reminds me of the old CD-820 and CA-400 I had back in the 80's and 90's.

They look like nicely designed and built units. Anyone care guess what they will cost?
 
I just found this 76 post-long thread on the topic from earlier this year:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=494283

I also found this shot of the rear of the amp on another site:
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well if everyone pitches in i'm sure you could raise the $7K for my b-day present =)

holy heck those are going to be expensive it guess.. I have to say the black faceplate model looks much less good IMHO.. the silver on OTOH is like my dream amp... so nice..
 
$7K for stamped, nickel plated connectors and what appear to be one-way speaker binding posts ? Surely they could have done better. The silver face is nice. The black faceplate has a run-of-the-mill AVR look to it.
 
I'm guessing?? but judging by the lack of labeling on the back of the black one

it is a prototype maybe?
 
for $7K I'm worried there will not be a US version at all ...

but who knows the 2000 is avail in silver here.
 
Glen B said:
$7K for stamped, nickel plated connectors and what appear to be one-way speaker binding posts ? Surely they could have done better. The silver face is nice. The black faceplate has a run-of-the-mill AVR look to it.
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That was a prototype.

Man, ya'll is slow on the uptake. These things have been in the news for like a year :music:
 
oh... well oops.. first time I saw it .. but that is good a whole year I wasn't obsessing on how to afford one :D
 
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