Matthews

Just could not stand it anymore. The price was right! Purchased a Yammy M-60 in superb condition. Link below is of the actual amp I just bought... YAY Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

I have never had the opportunity to sample the MX-1000. I have however owned several M-series Yamaha's as well as many other brand, high powered amplifiers. Hands down, the Yamaha is my favorite amp to date. This weekend, I will be playing with a Carver amp that a friend loaned to me. I have heard from others, they are wonderful amps too. An answer to your question, musically speaking -AWESOME- ...with all the reserve power you could ever want to pump into your RF-7's It may not be often but you will crank them babies up ever now and again If you haven't noticed, I am a biased Yammy thumper... Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

HaHa - very funny Sir I will say however, am quite impressed with the 7's so far. Just not used to my speakers digging so deep. Pretty incredible, I am pretty darn happy with them. I like them so much, am even letting the nice fella who bought my La Scala's come back to get the matching, cane grilled, Cherry RSW-15. He needs it more than I do. The neighbors will be Grateful Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

I forgot to tell you, Mark. When I picked up the 7's, Sir Mookie sent me home with a nice little Carver amp to play with your Nakamichi. Haven't had a chance to set them up yet but am looking forward to next weekends listening sessions This very well may be the one reason (yours & Mookie's kindness) I am able to hold out just a little bit longer in my quest. Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

Yeah, they are saved in my "watch list" too. I am doing my best of holding out, may not last much longer. Thanks Mark Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

The 85 is my favorite! I have had both the M-80 and an Onkyo M-504 at the same time so I was able to A/B the two. Hands down, Yamaha took the cake. Not talking about power output but rather the actual sound of the amplifier. They are both power house's. Comparatively, the Onkyo has a much more sterile sound and did not play as well with the RF-7's I had at the time. Those old Yammy's are just sweet! I have a line on an M-60 at the right price but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Nervous that if I waste time, looking for what I really want, it will be gone. Nervous if I pull the trigger, what I really want will immediately appear -UHG- Gosh, wish I still had all the SS amps that have come and gone. Perhaps it is time to start collecting rather than buy/sell? Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

This is in Athens, Greece. The cream of the crop in vintage Yamaha amplifiers (IMO of course). Has a "best offer" option. Perhaps worth your consideration. I would do a many of things to get ahold of one of these beasts. http://www.ebay.com/itm/201884885090?redirect=mobile Matt

No, "vintage" is an era or category and "SS" is for solid state. Vintage comes in many and all flavors. Carver, McIntosh, NAD, Adcom, Bryston, Onkyo to only mention a few. My personal favorite is vintage Yamaha.

Welcome to the forum, "david". RF-7's? To capture the 7's full potential, minimum of 200 wpc power amplifer. My suggestion, vintage SS Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

Anyone out there have an old Yammy collecting dust? Specifically M-60/65/80/85 series (also MX-series). Have found a few on sleezeBay but thought I would throw it out there to the family as well. The power hungry monsters need to be fed Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

Wow, sweet score! the Hot Rod? Insanely dangerous. I LOVE IT !!! - thanks for asking Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

came across these tonight, if you are still looking... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-M-MX-Series-Amplifiers-Parts-Red-Black-Speaker-Terminal-Connectors-Set-/182523971543?hash=item2a7f46c7d7:g:nCAAAOSw~CFY6tWG Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

Muchos Gracias, Troy! ...love the little plaque When opening the boxes, was like "well what is this?". Oh boy, TREASURES Thank you for a pristine example of the RF-7 Cherry. They will be well cared for. Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

The plaque was nicely tucked away in one of the RF-7 cartons. A cereal box surprise The speaker on the floor (to the left) is an RSW-15 sub. The one on the right is SW-8II (for TV). These are the original RF-7's, not the latest II version. Tlhanks, Rick They sound fantastic Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

can I try it

yeah well, my dog will eat your dog... Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

...ditto

I love them!!! ...and look at this groovy little plaque that was hidden in with them - Was like opening a box of Lucky Charms Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

that does look interesting. Downloading it now. Thanks ...incoming review edit: UHG - that one is going to take a little work. Must get to bed...

Just Spotify and Pandora. I registered a free trial to the above mentioned "EqualizerPro". It works but sounds very strange. For lack of a better term, it introduced a very hollow and almost echo sound. Almost like listening in a cave. Strange and not worthy... I wonder if they all do this. Never tried one before. Not that I run heavy bass or treble, they are nearly flat. I do like just hint on the bass knob though in that I rarely use the subwoofer anymore. Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

Ah, the twelve bander you mentioned

Yes, that would be very easy. My concern is, will an inline eq perhaps diminish sound quality? I have a really nice Nakamichi pre-amp that "cincymat" sent me and would like to maintain its full potential. Matt ♪ ♫ ♪ edit: I listen to 100% streaming now

So I am trying to find a decent equalizer that i can download to my laptop. Have tried a few with ZERO success. None of them work! "EqualizerAPO", "AIMP" and another one that I can't remember the name of. Hoping to get this ironed out in the next week before my new amp arrives. Wanting to be able to tweak the levels a bit here and there as well as have a decent volume control at my finger tips (no remote). The idea, please correct me if I am wrong, make sound adjustments before the signal gets to the pre-amp. In theory, this would be better at maintaining the high quality output of the pre amp as opposed to running an inline, physical equalizer. ...thoughts? Thanks, Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

WOW! you really don't like those being in there? On my way, Sir Mookie Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

Chris from Illinois, he gets to pick them up tomorrow afternoon. I am excited for him hopefully he will join our little family here in this corner of the world