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Some old Yamaha and 1 Bose audio equipment

post #1 of 9
7/30/11 at 11:42pm
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I have my dad's old audio equipment sitting in the living room, which I plan to use once my HD 555's come in, and I want to know how good they are. For the Yamaha equipment, there's an amplifier mx-1000 , stereo control amplifier cx-1000, and a cdx-930. For the Bose is a 901 series vi active equalizer. Thank you all in advance for your input o2smile.gif

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post #2 of 9
7/31/11 at 12:53am
The Bose crossover is for their 901 speakers. If you don't have those, you can't do anything with it. Put it on eBay - someone will want it.

I don't know anything about the Yamaha gear. But give it a try. If it sounds good, you don't need to buy anything else.
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post #3 of 9
7/31/11 at 1:39am
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Ahhhh, oh yeah I forgot to mention the speakers are still here. I'm very new with all this audio equipment, but I am liking the sound. Currently using a pair of Pioneer SE-72.

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post #4 of 9
7/31/11 at 10:49pm
The Yamaha stuff is terrible. You should send it my way to take care of it.

Naw, the MX1000 is one of the best vintage solid state amps I can think of for around $500. You got lucky by inheriting it. Heck, I've been scouring for a lower end one! The MX1000/CX1000 combo just might outdo a lot of commercial headphone amps south of the big guns (Zana Deux, Phonitor, etc.) Just make sure you make a headphone adapter for the MX1000.
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post #5 of 9
8/1/11 at 10:59am
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Hahah, I was going to say, darn! Can you point me in the right direction to a tutorial on how to make a headphone adapter?

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post #6 of 9
8/1/11 at 11:28am

Can you read a schematic? Here: http://sound.westhost.com/project100.htm

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post #7 of 9
8/1/11 at 11:30am
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Thanks! I can't, but I'll see if my dad knows.

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post #8 of 9
8/1/11 at 7:14pm

In regards to the Bose 901s...they can sound pretty sweet in the right room. They can sound like crap in the wrong position...google how to set them up.

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post #9 of 9
8/1/11 at 7:24pm
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thanks tjohnusa! I found a manual online.

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