Looky what followed me home yesterday :)

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from the dump in our daughter & son-in-law's little town.
Works fine other than a couple of dirty controls that need cleaning.
Yeah, yeah, I know...utterly obsolete... but hard to pass up for the bargain price of -- umm, well -- not any [price].
I'm like that -- y'all know that.
Just a quick grab photo avec flash -- it really doesn't look that bad and I haven't cleaned it up. I am too freaking lazy to clean something before I know it works, unless it is horrifically filthy -- and this unit wasn't. I did, in full disclosure, wipe the dust off the top.

Works fine other than a couple of dirty controls that need cleaning.
Yeah, yeah, I know...utterly obsolete... but hard to pass up for the bargain price of -- umm, well -- not any [price].

I'm like that -- y'all know that.

Just a quick grab photo avec flash -- it really doesn't look that bad and I haven't cleaned it up. I am too freaking lazy to clean something before I know it works, unless it is horrifically filthy -- and this unit wasn't. I did, in full disclosure, wipe the dust off the top.

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now, why doesn't that surprise me?
I am listening to it now -- I've actually got some more interesting amplification to be evaluating, but I am kinda stuck listening to this monstrosity ( and a monstrosity it is: all 41 lbs of it -- I looked it up!). I am, unfortunately, still a sucka for Yamaha.
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, PASS ACA Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: , Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks, Tisbury Mini Passive Pre, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Lumin X1
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on preamp, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
but sometimes I get a hankerin' to hear something different.
Does Jay Leno drive his cars?
These won't be freebies, though.
PP 6L6
OPTs are below decks.
They've got panache.
And heft.
I smoke tested them tonight. They power up just fine, but they're not passing a signal, so I am gonna have to do some sleuthing.
Not tonight though.
those weren't from the swap pile at the dump.
Doesn’t matter. Still a WOW!
My dream is to get some Baldwin Tube monoblock tube amps...
YES
That was my belief/understanding.
A few pieces here are shelf queens, but most work fine and get dragged out and used now and again.
Ya! now you got my attention...
Enabler Extraordinaire
I recognize those, that help power the DeLorean on back to the future!!
HT
Source: Oppo 103 - Display: Samsung QLED 65F
Pre/Processor: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2
2CH
Emotiva: ERC 3 connected via XLR's
Speakers
PolkAudio Mains: LSiM707, C-706, SS: 702F/X, RS: RTiA9
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is
Rt35i Surrounds/Cs1000p Center/SVS BP1000 Sub
2CH - B&K MC-101 pre/B&K EX-442 amp/NAD 2400 amp
Polk SDA1C, Polk Monitor 7, New Large Advents and Polk RTA 8T
BR - Yamaha CR800/Polk monitor 5
It does have the separate Rec Out selector, though
Mine, too
Tried 'em last night & neither passed a signal -- so -- I gots to do some sleuthing.
Since you paid for that gear I hope you didn’t expect it to work.
Lumin X1
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on preamp, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
I did expect it to work, or at least not to not work the way it does. Or is it doesn't?