Mark B's Main System

QUOTE (prisoners @ December 17, 2006 09:13 am)

Nice clean look. Is the TT rack mounted to the wall?

Yes, the turntable and phono stage are on a 2 Target 2 shelf wall mounted unit. It was a necessity since I've got a wood floor on joists - way too springy for a turntable.

YowZa!!!! nice

elroy

System Update

Yamaha Amps: M-80, MX-10000, B-2x, B-1 (x2) UC-1 Controller
Pre-amps: Yamaha C-80, Yamaha CX-10000, Krell KRC-3
Phono stage: Herron VTPH-1MM
Turntable: Dual CS 5000
Phono Cartridge: Shure V15VxMR
CD Players: Yamaha CDX-10000, Yamaha CD-1, Denon CDC-1650AR
Speakers: Energy Veritas 2.4i
Record Cleaner: VPI 16.5
Rack: Paradigm

Hmm, I see some new model numbers have snuck in there. Will we be treated to another recent aquisition thread?

QUOTE

Yamaha Amps: M-80, MX-10000, B-2x, B-1 (x2) UC-1 Controller
Pre-amps: Yamaha C-80, Yamaha CX-10000, Krell KRC-3
Phono stage: Herron VTPH-1MM
Turntable: Dual CS 5000
Phono Cartridge: Shure V15VxMR
CD Players: Yamaha CDX-10000, Yamaha CD-1, Denon CDC-1650AR
Speakers: Energy Veritas 2.4i
Record Cleaner: VPI 16.5
Rack: Paradigm

- JP

QUOTE (Charivari @ February 27, 2007 08:48 am)

Hmm, I see some new model numbers have snuck in there. Will we be treated to another recent aquisition thread?

- JP

I will post some pics of the B-2x and CD-1 when they arrive. I can't believe how much nice Yamaha gear has been available recently.

Absolutely beautiful, Mark. I love it.

QUOTE (Mark

I can't believe how much nice Yamaha gear has been available recently.

Not as much as the rest of us at how you're managing to snag all these rarities.

I look forward to the pictures.

- JP

VERY NICE!!!!!

The B-2x arrived today (undamaged). It's in very nice condition. This amp has got some heft to it: just over 60lbs. It's warming up on the dining room table. I'm out of interconnects, so I'll have to scavange a pair from the phono stage, then hook up Mike's Sony CD player & the C-80 to the B-2x and see how it makes music on the Bose 601's.

Glad to hear that it didn't suffer any damage. As always, looking forward to reading your impressions.

- JP

CD-1 - Yamaha's 1st Generation CD Player... and it works!
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That's really cool. I seem to recall that Axel's TVK page mentioned that many of the original CD-1s with the extra control pad drawer suffered mechanical breakdowns. So, that yours is working is really something.

'Course, the most important question must be asked, how does it all sound?

- JP

QUOTE (Charivari @ March 01, 2007 07:55 pm)

That's really cool. I seem to recall that Axel's TVK page mentioned that many of the original CD-1s with the extra control pad drawer suffered mechanical breakdowns. So, that yours is working is really something.

'Course, the most important question must be asked, how does it all sound?

- JP

It sounds quite nice. However the right channel is significantly weaker than the left channel. It must be an intermittent problem, because it wasn't noticeably weaker the day before. I'm going to see if Merrylander will fix it up, and recap it.

That's unfortunate. I hope it's an easy fix.

- JP

That's a brutal but gorgeous system you got there Mark.
BTW what's the weight of that cdp...?