Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views?


Hi,

Has anyone ever heard this top of the line cost-no-object phonostage by Yamaha? The HX-10000 was released in 1987. It was part of their Centennial edition. Dual mono and all in big well isolated chassis. I love the vintage Yamaha phonostages but this one is rare and expensive so before I put my money down, I would like some inputs from you all. Anyone heard them? Whats your take on this unit?

http://www.thevintageknob.org/yamaha-HX-10000.html

pani

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Pani I know where in Europe you can buy a HX-10000 for 5000 Euro in a private sale. Email me if you would like a link.

There are more than one GT 2000 owners at AudioKarma who own the HX phono stage. Go to the GT 2000 Social Group thread. Ask the same question in the thread. Get the information from someone who owns the unit rather than someone who has never laid eyes upon it let alone used, let alone owned it.

Yamaha C1 and C2 (and C2x) are complete preamplifiers. Yamaha hardly released any separate phono stages.

 

The Exclusive C-7 would have been a bargain buy at 1600 UK pounds.

Lew the names of three who had/have HX-10000 I can recall are 808 State and imfree and Mark B.  Correction Mark B has the rest of the Centennial collection but not the HX. There could be a couple more. You’ll need to join AudioKarma and ask them yourself. I was just pointing out where the information can be found from the horse’s mouth. Not relaying from the horse.

So that's historical. You cannot buy one from Japan for half of 5000 Euro, now.

I do have friends all over the world dover. Would I direct someone interested in their gear to their auction or sale site. Yes. Am I doing it this time. No.

 

The OP is interested in the model. They aren’t regularly listed anywhere which is why you cannot provide us with another link to an alternative seller. If the OP is interested I’m sure he will inspect HiFi Shark and consider or reject the listing. I will also direct him to Japan Yahoo site.

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/list3/23764-category.html

 

There is no HX-10000 on Yahoo Japan

 

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/search/search?is_postage_mode=1&dest_pref_code=13&b=1&n=50&s1=featured&auccat=23764&tab_ex=commerce&ei=utf-8&aq=-1&oq=&sc_i=&p=yamaha+HX-10000&x=31&y=18