Yamaha Amp Nostalgia


I remember the Yamaha C4 and M4 with some nostalgia, as they were beyond my high school student budget, and quite beautiful with their back lit power and speaker selector switches.

20 years later, they seem to be reasonably well bid on the used market, although the lamp lights are often burned out and not easy to replace, apparently.

So last week, I impulsively bought an M2, because it looked even more powerful and more interesting than the M4, and the one I found seemed to be in good shape with working lights.

There is not much info on the web - does anyone know anything about this amp?

Thank you.
cwlondon

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The entire M series can hold its own against anything, M35,40, 45, 60 & 80 are all amazing.
Cwlondon,the entire M series was class A rated for the first 10% or so. The 40-80 series may have been more mass produced with cheaper parts and mediocre circuit boards but they sounded great and had unbelievable amounts of power. Most of them had A/B/C speaker selectors and volume controls built in.

I loved modding this series.
Does it sound "warmer" than the Levinson? I find Levinson gear to be a little dry.