I own the A-S2000 & used to have it in my main system for awhile...awesome integrated amp! I had the same issues with some slight distortion periodically running XLR. My solution was the Rothwell attentuators to lower the gain. It cleared up the distortion I would hear from time to time between my Schiit Yggdrasil (A1) & the A-S2000. I think they cost me about $100 at the time & did the trick.
Yamaha A-S2000 XLR Input Issues?
Hello,
So I was looking at used IA's and am considering a Yamaha A-S2000 Amp.
Overall, this amp seems to get good reviews from everyone but I have come across a potential issue with the XLR inputs.
I used to think, if you have a XLR output on a device, you can simply run that to a input on another device, like this amp.
But I guess it is not that simple.
The Yamaha only seems to accept 2.8v from what I have read and if you have a device that has more power than that, then there could potentially be some distortion issues.
I was thinking, if I get this amp, would like to run the XLR output from my DAC. I read up on my DAC's details and it seems to output 6.8Vrms from XLR.
So I guess it would not be compatible using those outputs.
Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions?
I came across a used A-S2000 and am considering it but this new revelation to me has me thinking twice now.
Sure, I could just use the RCA outputs but would have preferred the balanced outputs.
There is always something, huh.
Thanks
So I was looking at used IA's and am considering a Yamaha A-S2000 Amp.
Overall, this amp seems to get good reviews from everyone but I have come across a potential issue with the XLR inputs.
I used to think, if you have a XLR output on a device, you can simply run that to a input on another device, like this amp.
But I guess it is not that simple.
The Yamaha only seems to accept 2.8v from what I have read and if you have a device that has more power than that, then there could potentially be some distortion issues.
I was thinking, if I get this amp, would like to run the XLR output from my DAC. I read up on my DAC's details and it seems to output 6.8Vrms from XLR.
So I guess it would not be compatible using those outputs.
Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions?
I came across a used A-S2000 and am considering it but this new revelation to me has me thinking twice now.
Sure, I could just use the RCA outputs but would have preferred the balanced outputs.
There is always something, huh.
Thanks
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