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High-fidelity audio with a large toroidal transformer for pure musicality
Dedicated phono amp for rich, authentic sound with vinyl records
Low impedance design ensuring integrity of the audio signal
Fully balanced circuitry for an immersive, noise-free listening experience
Mechanical Ground Concept for reduced vibration and rhythmic bass
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What a end game integrated amp. However I feel like at this point it's so much diminishing returns I could probably get a 1200 for much cheaper without losing too much on fidelity.
Why would the 150watt amp sound better than the 80 watt amp at low volumes?
You do realize at low volumes you are using less than 1 watt per channel and usually far, far less then that.
So really what is your logic here?
On a side note, you ought to consider using tone controls at low volumes to compensate for the fact our hearing is not linear and at low SPL the bass will sound much quieter vs the midrange. So turn the bass up at low SPL or use loudness compensation.
I upgraded from an 80-watt Yamaha to a 150-watt Yamaha. Same speakers. I use it for background music in my home office. I play it soft so as to not disturb the others during my online meetings. The difference was significant. The 80-watt Yamaha could only be listened to for a few hours before I got tired of the distraction. The 150-watt Yamaha plays all day. And when I don't have on-line meetings, I get to turn it up.
When loud, they sound more the same than they do different. When played soft, I hear more of the full spectrum of sound, especially bass, with the 150-watt Yamaha. I don't use tone controls or processing. If you've got the money, and value a $3000 discount, I think this is worth checking out.
Wow, I assumed people buy shit like this for a profession. Bruh, you're living high-class based on your need basis.
While this is a nice amp, I feel like the price premium goes more into the build craftsmanship than the technical specifications.
one also can argue that tech specs mean very little when it comes to very high end products like that... not the same world, but many photographs use old cameras, old film stock, to achieve certain look, where actual sharpness/resolution/color correctness are not as important.
What a end game integrated amp. However I feel like at this point it's so much diminishing returns I could probably get a 1200 for much cheaper without losing too much on fidelity.
No, for this price it's worth it. I started with 1200 and didn't like it after spending enough time to get it "burned-in" (btw, with these Yamahas, whichever one from this series you buy, you need to give it a couple hundred hours of burning in before you'd hear a drastic improvement in SQ). I returned it and got 2200 for slightly more from a local dealer, and I could hear the difference right away. The 3200 will improve on that, I would not hesitate for this price.
I upgraded from an 80-watt Yamaha to a 150-watt Yamaha. Same speakers. I use it for background music in my home office. I play it soft so as to not disturb the others during my online meetings. The difference was significant. The 80-watt Yamaha could only be listened to for a few hours before I got tired of the distraction. The 150-watt Yamaha plays all day. And when I don't have on-line meetings, I get to turn it up.
When loud, they sound more the same than they do different. When played soft, I hear more of the full spectrum of sound, especially bass, with the 150-watt Yamaha. I don't use tone controls or processing. If you've got the money, and value a $3000 discount, I think this is worth checking out.
Are you giving away your 80 watt amp?
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No, for this price it's worth it. I started with 1200 and didn't like it after spending enough time to get it "burned-in" (btw, with these Yamahas, whichever one from this series you buy, you need to give it a couple hundred hours of burning in before you'd hear a drastic improvement in SQ). I returned it and got 2200 for slightly more from a local dealer, and I could hear the difference right away. The 3200 will improve on that, I would not hesitate for this price.
Couple hundred hours of "burning in"? And then you can notice a drastic improvement in "sound quality"? Haha man the high-fi world has to be the most woo, unscientific hobbyist community on the planet. Even the Flat Earthers are saner than you guys.
I mean, what are you guys even listening to that was recorded and engineered to the degree that would make subtle differences noticeable? Are you just listening to reference material? Or like, or are you just listening to jazz or classical music that was probably recorded with single SM58 (or worse!)??
Don't buy from adorama, if you return it they give you store credit and then you can not used the store credit. If you used store credit to buy something. They sell it to you and then two week later your items is discounted. So something like that. You have store credit but you can't used. My $800 same thing. Be careful they are …
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what does that even mean? it's 50% off. people here buy 50k EV for 40k after rebates but they wouldn't want to buy a non ev for 25k even though both do the same thing lol.
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You do realize at low volumes you are using less than 1 watt per channel and usually far, far less then that.
So really what is your logic here?
On a side note, you ought to consider using tone controls at low volumes to compensate for the fact our hearing is not linear and at low SPL the bass will sound much quieter vs the midrange. So turn the bass up at low SPL or use loudness compensation.
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When loud, they sound more the same than they do different. When played soft, I hear more of the full spectrum of sound, especially bass, with the 150-watt Yamaha. I don't use tone controls or processing. If you've got the money, and value a $3000 discount, I think this is worth checking out.
one also can argue that tech specs mean very little when it comes to very high end products like that... not the same world, but many photographs use old cameras, old film stock, to achieve certain look, where actual sharpness/resolution/color correctness are not as important.
When loud, they sound more the same than they do different. When played soft, I hear more of the full spectrum of sound, especially bass, with the 150-watt Yamaha. I don't use tone controls or processing. If you've got the money, and value a $3000 discount, I think this is worth checking out.
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Of course there's a markup.
But the deal takes it out of the way for the most part.
I have hard to drive speakers, or I'd be all over this.
Pkus I'm curious about the new Schiit amp.
I mean, what are you guys even listening to that was recorded and engineered to the degree that would make subtle differences noticeable? Are you just listening to reference material? Or like, or are you just listening to jazz or classical music that was probably recorded with single SM58 (or worse!)??
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