Never really considered Yamaha as muddy -overly bright maybe.
One of those moments we analog people live for...
Hello all....
Long story short... I am the sad sack with the '83 Yamaha M-70 / C-70 Separates, muddy and sloppy Cerwin Vega D-8's (though, sensitivity of 101db), wobbly, ancient but respectable Dual 1219 and the higher/low-end Grado Platinum 1 cart. I have read that the Yamaha C-70 control amp had a good phono section...so that is why I have hung on to them both...sunk some serious money into iboth for a major "service". re-coned the CV's...and thought about getting a AT VM760 SLC.
My point:
Months ago...I had picked up a Cambridge Phono-Preamp for an old GE 1959 G-7700 integrated amp I resurrected...because I had one when I was a kid... ah nostalgia...ah youth! The old G.E. was not what I remember and not worth spending any more money on it. So...I thought for laughs I would connect the Cambridge to my Yamaha C-70 and run it through Aux-1. I did not expect anything special...because I was plugging the Cambridge into a Yamaha...I thought it would be a "push". Well...(insert game show buzzer). I am still stunned! With $179.00, I just breathed life into my whole system. The new range is impossible to explain and describe. Sweet highs...defined bass lines. I can actually and easily track McCartney's bass though the White Album...that I wasn't hearing before!! The clarity. Tight bass. Midrange to swoon over. WIDE OPEN!! My CV's are reborn!! The Grado Platinum 1 is a lot better than I thought. ..and the 'ol Dual 1219 doing what it was built to do 50 years ago. This is tasting the sweet magic of vinyl. The humble tones of the sonic purity...only had with the clunk, wonderful format of vinyl. This was a step up. It is that moment. The upgrade moment that cannot happen with the little silver discs.
I think you all can relate to my epic change in ear-candy here (hear). I know there are Ferrari and Maserati systems out there...Rolls Royce and Jaguars, full tilt and built Cameros...Boss Mustangs...etc. But, I just found a way to make my 1963 Galaxy 2-door get up and move!!
Have a good week all!!
vinylspin.
Long story short... I am the sad sack with the '83 Yamaha M-70 / C-70 Separates, muddy and sloppy Cerwin Vega D-8's (though, sensitivity of 101db), wobbly, ancient but respectable Dual 1219 and the higher/low-end Grado Platinum 1 cart. I have read that the Yamaha C-70 control amp had a good phono section...so that is why I have hung on to them both...sunk some serious money into iboth for a major "service". re-coned the CV's...and thought about getting a AT VM760 SLC.
My point:
Months ago...I had picked up a Cambridge Phono-Preamp for an old GE 1959 G-7700 integrated amp I resurrected...because I had one when I was a kid... ah nostalgia...ah youth! The old G.E. was not what I remember and not worth spending any more money on it. So...I thought for laughs I would connect the Cambridge to my Yamaha C-70 and run it through Aux-1. I did not expect anything special...because I was plugging the Cambridge into a Yamaha...I thought it would be a "push". Well...(insert game show buzzer). I am still stunned! With $179.00, I just breathed life into my whole system. The new range is impossible to explain and describe. Sweet highs...defined bass lines. I can actually and easily track McCartney's bass though the White Album...that I wasn't hearing before!! The clarity. Tight bass. Midrange to swoon over. WIDE OPEN!! My CV's are reborn!! The Grado Platinum 1 is a lot better than I thought. ..and the 'ol Dual 1219 doing what it was built to do 50 years ago. This is tasting the sweet magic of vinyl. The humble tones of the sonic purity...only had with the clunk, wonderful format of vinyl. This was a step up. It is that moment. The upgrade moment that cannot happen with the little silver discs.
I think you all can relate to my epic change in ear-candy here (hear). I know there are Ferrari and Maserati systems out there...Rolls Royce and Jaguars, full tilt and built Cameros...Boss Mustangs...etc. But, I just found a way to make my 1963 Galaxy 2-door get up and move!!
Have a good week all!!
vinylspin.