Floating and Balanced Power Amplifier with MOSFETs
The basic design of the power amp circuit adopts Yamaha’s own, uniquely developed Floating and Balanced Power Amplifier technology. Adopting output elements with the same polarity on the plus and minus sides of the output stage, and also completely separating the NFB (Negative Feedback) circuit and power supply into total of four plus and minus sides of the left and right channels, results in thoroughly symmetric push-pull operation of the output stage, Completely floating the entire power amp circuit from the ground removes any negative impact of minute voltage fluctuations or ground noise.
Moreover, the output elements are comprised of MOSFETs, which provide a warm and natural sonic character. The use of MOSFETs, which have the same polarity on the plus and minus sides, further evolves the ideal of a complete symmetrical design, to eliminate sound quality variations due to difference in polarity—a major distinguishing characteristic of the Floating and Balanced Power Amplifier—resulting in sound with a superior signal-to-noise ratio and superbly well-defined sound field.
congrats! keep us posted, please
Those are beautiful. Just for the fun of it, I ran the numbers via the inflation calculator to see what one could have bought for equivalent money back in 1978. $1,000 in 1978 works out to $3,500 now. A CA-2010 retailed for $800. That's not too far off. An A/B test would be interesting, but no Class-A for the S2100 ;-)
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I currently have an Accuphase E-560 so it is not really a fair comparison, but the Yamaha does very well. It does not have quite the authority of the Accuphase but it sounds very very nice.
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I don't expect it to match the Accuphase, but if it can get in the ballpark I will be thrilled. I will give it a good month or so of solid listening before I make a final comparison.
Hi,
Any good comparison between the Accuphase and the AS-2100?
Just wondering how it went... :scratch2:
I landed Migman's 2100. He decided to keep the Accuphase and I certainly can't blame him. I have heard both and the Accuphase is certainly better but it's also 5x the cash. I wrote about the Yamaha over in the Modern Hifi forum and I find it to be a fantastic amp.