Just got a Yamaha K-2000 from Larry

[ksrigg]

Total surprise....Just received a K-2000 from Larry. Haven't had a chance to plug it in and try it yet, s I feel like poop,but it is next on the list. I'm going to put her through the Cary (Antique Electronic Supply) AE-1 running to the NEWLY REBUILT WOPL 600... and see what she does. There is a tape in the deck, so I'll have to see what Larry sent.

Fainally a Yamaha deck that might work? I've bought two K-1020's and a K-1000...none of which worked, and I couldn't get them to work, some my fault, some not...but I have bought two Denon decks, and they both worked right out of the box,,,no problems, and they sound very good. Anxious to compare with the Yamaha...

Tell me more about it Larry. Is it a good one? Will it work long term? Is it good for recording, or primarily playback?

Thank you very much, and I'll report back if I'm not in the hospital with pneumonia or something....

 

[speakerman1]

You will have to judge for yourself on rec. and PB. It worked when it left here.Plug it in and just see if it will play. Please

Larry

 

[ksrigg]

Larry,

SHE WORKS! So far, so good. At first I couldn't figure out what was going on, but finally found the monitor button pushed in, and after getting the deck in source mode, we had music! How do you spell halleluah? Anywy, she works and sounds really fantastic...

More later, the wife arives from work!

 

[ksrigg]

Lrry,

So far, so good. The Yamaha K-2000 continues to make music. You obviously made the tape from an LP. What TT and cart did you use? The Shure with the special stylus? Or something different. I really like the tape, very low noise, and really will saturate with music while not distorting. I think the levels stay in the red territory most of the time. I want to make some tapes using some of the various brands I have available to me. I don't know what it is, but analog adds just so much warmth to the music. Why did we ever think digital would be better? There is no bit rate, or limitations with analog, while digital is limited in so many ways, you can't even count them all. What is really hard to understand is why a tape MADE FROM A CD, SOUNDS BETTER THAN THE CD. Why is that? I don't think there is a way to explain it.

The tape you sent in the machin.ge is a Fuji Metal tape. What are your favorites in order? Do you like Maxell, BASF, Sony, or others? I suppose it has a lot to do with what tape a particular machine is set up to work with..I know that back in the day, I really liked Maxell the best, and Chrome was the stuff. I don't know if they hadn't come out with Metal yet, if it was too expensive, or if I just did a cost benefit analysis in my head, and figured that the Maxell Chrome were just all I needed for the money, plus I was not really nice to my tapes. They stayed in my car sometimes, they went in my boat, and to the home stereo... I really had a killer system in my ski boat...

Anyway, I'm way off topic, so I'll turn it back to you Larry. Thanks for the deck, and I will love playing with her. I want to do some comparisons with the Denon decks I have as well.

Sounding really great!!!

 

[speakerman1]

Lrry,

So far, so good. The Yamaha K-2000 continues to make music. You obviously made the tape from an LP. What TT and cart did you use? The Shure with the special stylus? Or something different. I really like the tape, very low noise, and really will saturate with music while not distorting. I think the levels stay in the red territory most of the time. I want to make some tapes using some of the various brands I have available to me. I don't know what it is, but analog adds just so much warmth to the music. Why did we ever think digital would be better? There is no bit rate, or limitations with analog, while digital is limited in so many ways, you can't even count them all. What is really hard to understand is why a tape MADE FROM A CD, SOUNDS BETTER THAN THE CD. Why is that? I don't think there is a way to explain it.



The tape you sent in the machin.ge is a Fuji Metal tape. What are your favorites in order? Do you like Maxell, BASF, Sony, or others? I suppose it has a lot to do with what tape a particular machine is set up to work with..I know that back in the day, I really liked Maxell the best, and Chrome was the stuff. I don't know if they hadn't come out with Metal yet, if it was too expensive, or if I just did a cost benefit analysis in my head, and figured that the Maxell Chrome were just all I needed for the money, plus I was not really nice to my tapes. They stayed in my car sometimes, they went in my boat, and to the home stereo... I really had a killer system in my ski boat...

Anyway, I'm way off topic, so I'll turn it back to you Larry. Thanks for the deck, and I will love playing with her. I want to do some comparisons with the Denon decks I have as well.

Sounding really great!!!

 

[speakerman1]

I goofed somehow.
Probably MH 2.2 and the red MH cart. I don't buy metal tapes very often. Denon HD8 then the Phoenix tape. Good price for a good tapes to me. I use no noise reduction. No need to on a good tape and deck. Everyone likes different tape. You just have to shop around and see what you like. Sometimes on test tapes I will record pretty hot.