HI i own a mint yamaha ca1010 amp. it gave me much listing pleasure for many years untill i brought a rotel pre-amp and a RB991 power amp...
in comparison the yamaha is like listerning in mono ! it has no image what so ever ! What i came to realise is its mostly the preamplifier stage that is the weakest link, there's such a long signal path and so many switches im supprised the signal gets to the power amp at all....
Used with the rotel preamp the power amp stage is quite good though.... :-)Still have the amp in a 70's system in the bedroom which is ok, but not serious listerning...
in comparison the yamaha is like listerning in mono ! it has no image what so ever ! What i came to realise is its mostly the preamplifier stage that is the weakest link, there's such a long signal path and so many switches im supprised the signal gets to the power amp at all....
Used with the rotel preamp the power amp stage is quite good though.... :-)Still have the amp in a 70's system in the bedroom which is ok, but not serious listerning...