Okay here goes

kmac2

Too much time has passed and I need the stereo back up and running. There is no way I can use all the components the way my late husband did. I don't even know what some of this stuff is! When I took it all apart to move, I was very careful to securely and gently pack everything, so no harm would come to any of the components. Putting something back together now is beyond me. This is what I want.

I want to use the Yamaha cr-2040 receiver.
The Denon cd player.
The Luxman cassete player.
I have a wide choice of speakers but for the room I have in my new place, i'd like to use the jmlab 515's, and the maybe the b&W cmd-1mt(?) or the jmlab focus, for shelf speakers in the kitchen.

I haven't unpacked some of the stuff, but I know there are speaker selectors, a few amps (adcom, rotel?, a mac and I think another one)
I don't know the power on these, but he had one one to specifcally drive the big sda-srs's. I think he also had a specific macintosh something or other used spefically for those beauties. Come to think of it, I think those speakers and components were a seperate system from the "everyday" system. But I digress.

I'll have to get new speaker wire to set this up. When I unhooked the systems, I left the wire. Way too much work involved fishing all that wire through floors and walls. I left it for whoever ends up buying the house. Every room was wired for sound and I thought it might be an attractive asset to a buyer.

So there it is. How do I do this?

danger boy

kmac2,

that is a simple system.. so it won't be to overwhelming to set up.

First i'd find the place you want the Yamaha to sit. Then set the speakers up from there. If you have the room... the left and right front speakers sound best when placed about 6ft apart from each other. Ever so slightly angled (toe'd) inward. Very small amount actually.

Then find some speaker cable/wire and hook up the left speaker first. It will have usually a + and a - on it, or it may be color coded.. in red for (+) and black for (-). hook up the red one to the Yamaha and the black one in the back where it says front speakers... make note of the wires you connect to the rear of the Yamaha, because you will need to make sure at the speaker end they match.. meaning, the wire you connected to the red post on the Yamaha, needs to be hooked up to the red post on the back of the speaker, same for the black wire. Do the same for the right speaker.

THen at this point, i'd turn on the Yamaha, and tune the tuner/radio to a local radio station. You may need an antenna hooked up the the rear of the Yamaha though.. unless you have a radio station with a strong signal.

I'd do this before you hook everything else up. just to be sure you are getting sound from the speakers.

Then hooking up the CD player and the cassette player with be easy too. Turn off the Yamaha receiver, and leave it off while making the next connections. Actually, when making any connections, be sure the Yamaha receiver is turned off or unplugged.

Both the CD player and cassette player will use what are called RCA interconnects. Find two pairs (a total of 4 RCA interconnects) and make sure they have some kind of color to them as well. Usually, a black and red are pretty common colors for RCA interconnects.

Plug the red one to the rear of the Yamaha red input of the CD player. Then the black one. Take the red one and plug it into the rear of the red output on the rear of the CD player, and the same for the black one. This is the same hookup you need for the cassette player.

That is about all there is to it. Now to make sure everything is working liike it should. Plug everything into a wall outlets or power strip.. and turn on the CD player and insert a CD into the tray. on the Yamaha, turn the selector knob or switch to CD... and adjust the volume. You should have sound. Do the same with the cassette player.

If you run into problems.. let us know.

good luck, AL

McLoki

Do you want sound or the best fidelity you can get with what you have?

I.E. - hook the CD player and Cassete player to the yamaha (with cables with a red and white RCA jack on each end) and the yamaha to the speakers (what ever speakers you like)

If you could want to listen to CD's, the Radio, and Cassette tapes and have them sound as good as they can. List all the equipment that you have (including amplifiers and speakers) and we will try and come up with the best sound for what you have.

Personally if you have a pre-amp and amplifier setup in there somewhere, I would go that route rather than a yamaha reciever, but there may be other circumstances I am not aware of.

Also mention if you want multi-room capability or just multiple systems in different rooms. 2 channel (just 2 speakers hooked up) or home theater (with 5-7 speakers hooked up with a subwoofer).

Good luck and we will help where we can.

Michael

Edit - not trying to push you one way or the other, just trying to understand what you want to end up with.

kmac2

Thanks. I can do this, with what i've got unpacked.(what did I do with that box of connectors?) I think i'll live with this for awhile, and then when i'm really settled in, I list all the stuff, and you guys can help me sort it out and improve on what i'm setting up now.

McLoki

kmac2 wrote:

Thanks. I can do this, with what i've got unpacked.(what did I do with that box of connectors?) I think i'll live with this for awhile, and then when i'm really settled in, I list all the stuff, and you guys can help me sort it out and improve on what i'm setting up now.

Sounds like a plan. Good luck and if you get stuck, just give us a shout.

Michael

kmac2

TA DA! Thanks again. Just have to get some wire to run for the shelf speakers. I'm going to do what hubby did at the old house, this'll be so much easier though, run it down and across the basement, and then up through the stairwell ceiling to this funky "plant shelf" the previous home owner devised. So much better with speakers up there, instead of 70's restaurant drippy, dippy fake greenery!

reeltrouble1

It is nice to see you using your husband's gear, enjoying his hobby and making it your own. I am sure he is smiling.

Good Luck and welcome to CP.

RT1