I the 2100 vs 2200 very small and accessories for less is a authorized dealer and I bought a factory refurbished
which just means it had a failt and it was not only fixed but more extensive testing 1 year warranty vs two , and for $95
you can get a 3 yr extended plan for $2500 new ,and free shipping a steal , the 2200 a bit better wiring scheme on the outputs
slightly, and a torroid for it has slightly less flux but they put a small faraday cover over it ,to absorb any stray magnetic field Luxman still use EI transformers, and inside almost identical 90% of the very good Nichicon Gold capacitors , same Nippon Big power caps 44x x 4. When the warranty runs out I will have it maxed out
with a top potted Piltron 750 or 800 va transformer and a few other goodies for around $1500 you can be where the 3200 model sits
it’s all about maxing out the parts quality and $5k more.
bring into modding over 20 years,with Loudspeakers I do my own mods ,electronics I know parts I let the techs do Thst,and owning a Audio store the techs showed me almost anything can be noticeably improved. Please remember on average roughly 25% goes into the build the rest overhead and markup.I was going to buy the new Marantz model 30 class D, but this mosfet amp is special these Mosfets they use a tech told me $70 each ,that's top
my friend sold his $6500 McIntosh for it just didnot have the same depth and realism ,many people know not much about build quality,think Dan Modwright modt of whst he uses is already in these Yamaha top series the the 2100 series on up true balanced and even convert the rca to balanced ,the 1200 doesnot
their floating ground system is very quiet the output wiring to your loudspeakers awg14 which is the same I your home on a 15 amp breaker .I use dedicated 20 amp 4 wire dual ground 1 isolated,insulated ground which is best ,and Silver circuit breaker
$50 vs $10 but does not corrode,oxidize like copper ,which every 6 years should replace silver no problem silver oxide is a good conductor.I bought mine in black ,much more silver which from The same place the silver was only $2300 I had to eat the $200 more for the black , and the preamp is active ,has several of its own power supplies ,all relay electric motor ,once a month good to
switch all inputs to keep relays optimum ,very fast I wished it had a
led read out , and if in mute lowers volume to low ,then goes back to last setting ,when you shut off remember to turn down ,it remembers last setting , and can set on back auto shut down if not using for 8 hours it auto goes into shut down. That’s a good sample of the unit ,nice natural almost kt88 presentation in the lower midband smooth top end ,untill you get at least 250-300 hours it will be a bit forward and just gets better , the utube videos
not totally accurate ,as a ex store owner know always fully runin
no less then 250 hours digital I give 350-400 hours, and put a good power cord on it, it truly can make or break its balance and performance ,on a budget the Pangea ac 9 mk2-SE uses Cardas
top -0 Crystal copper awg7 Anaconda size but very good .a $500
cable for $200 , if you have $$ you can do better still I have a triode audio wire thsts great but over $1k and for sure 150% yes you can here more refinements I have done bling tests with many cables in a afternoon with several people over , and results were
90% + accurate, I have 1000S of hours having time to experiment
when I owned a store full of Audio candy. Hopefully this will help .
just look at the Ton of reviews on the S 2100 integrated amp
2200 if you don’t mind spending $4k is a great deal vs the $6k+ competition. And slightly better a few % better at best .
I have friends who compared them.
