Yamaha M 5000


Rated at 100 wpc, Class ab I believe.  Is it a high current design?

How would you describe its sound in less than three words?

Lovely looking but how good an amp will it be in the long run?

Anybody using one with a tube preamp and which pre would that be?  How did you arrive at the pairing you chose?

Thanks!

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Showing 1 response by elliottbnewcombjr

for this bargain lover, that’s a heck of a lot of money for 100 wpc,

if you get over the word ’receiver’, you could do very well with a Yamaha CR-2040, 120 wpc, more features, use it any way you want.

 

There’s usually a few available

 

I just got a CR-1040, 80wpc, easily replaced the readily available lights, it sounds terrific. My first Yamaha, they are very well made.

 

I like the sound as much as my Tandberg 2080 and liked both of them more than my McIntosh MC2250 dedicated 2 channel amp.