[exdmd]

BTW Mark Levinson announced support for MQA in Munich including the 519

 

[Left Channel]

Blücher!

 

[ScottFree]

Blücher!

 

[Ableza]

BTW Mark Levinson announced support for MQA in Munich including the 519

Oh, well hell, that makes all the difference...

 

[rkw]

I have some relatively inefficient speakers that I believe would benefit from using two Vidar's. However I only have single ended outputs on my preamp. I understand that a transformer can do the SE to balanced conversion. While I understand the principles involved, I am not savvy enough to know what to order. Could someone please help me by making a recommendation for an affordable SE to balanced transformer?

To get the full benefit of balanced input to Vidar, it isn't just a matter of converting an SE signal to balanced. The level of the signal also matters. A passive converter will output a balanced signal roughly half the level (assuming no signal loss) compared to what a balanced preamp will produce. Better to use Vidar as it was designed to work instead of compromising with converters. These converters are usually only used when absolutely necessary, e.g. a DJ or studio has a mixture of professional and consumer electronics and needs to connect the boxes to each other.

BTW, Jason has long said that Vidar has lots of power and recommends starting with a single Vidar. If your speakers are only "relatively" inefficient, a single Vidar should be working very well. Are you finding it to be inadequate?

 

[Oveja Negra]

BTW Mark Levinson announced support for MQA in Munich including the 519

Well, that's it, I'll cancel my ML N°519 order and instead I'll get a Raspberry Pi variant -_-

I always found it an odd mix that they make ATVs, jet skis, motorcycles, boats, and musical instruments.

Haha, yeah... it's like they said "let's manufacture everything, eventually... we'll become very good at making something!!!! "

 

[Ableza]

Haha, yeah... it's like they said "let's manufacture everything, eventually... we'll become very good at making something!!!! "

Much like Samsung, or Phillips, or Sony, or GE, or...

 

[Oveja Negra]

Much like Samsung, or Phillips, or Sony, or GE, or...

Those two don't belong in that list, cause while very vast, their "historical catalog" is pretty much centered around electronics only, i.e. there is no Sony acoustic guitars or Phillips motorbikes.

Yamaha really went crazy when it comes to cover as much as possible in the industry (overall very successfully IMO).

 

[Licht]

Those two don't belong in that list, cause while very vast, their "historical catalog" is pretty much centered around electronics only, i.e. there is no Sony acoustic guitars or Phillips motorbikes.

Yamaha really went crazy when it comes to cover as much as possible in the industry (overall very successfully IMO).

YAMAHA does not just make everything though. They are mostly related/deriving.
And what’s important is, YAMAHA has YAMAHA beauty on its base throughout all their products (sound and design wise).

<Sound/Electronics>
Organ (from repairing organs as Mr. Yamaha’s business)
—> Piano (same keyboard instrument)
—> Electric organ (deriving from traditional organ)
—> Wind instruments (bought company Nikkan to broaden range of instruments)
—> IC (for eletronical organs)
—> Audio (using skills for electric organs and IC for electronic organs)
—> Routers (using ICs, after fail in PC business)
—> Vocaloids (using background of sound producing)


<Motorcycle/Recreation>
—> Motorcycle (using Piano frame casting/machining skill for engines, etc)
—> Boats (using knowledge for making engines for motorcycles)
—> Bathtub (using FRP skill for boats)
—> Swimming pool (using FRP skill for boats and bathtubs. Yeah, over 90% of Japanese school swimming pools are YAMAHAs)

 

[AudioBear]

Fascinating. Thanks. They make a lot more than you've listed. Keep going. One consistent thing is that they make good products.

 

[Jones Bob]

And Yamaha hand built the engines for the original Ford Taurus SHO. All aluminum V6, dual OHC, tuned intake runners -all SOTA in 1989. Awesome execution. Had one back in the day. Could shift into 5th at 135mph.

 

[Licht]

And Yamaha hand built the engines for the original Ford Taurus SHO. All aluminum V6, dual OHC, tuned intake runners -all SOTA in 1989. Awesome execution. Had one back in the day. Could shift into 5th at 135mph.

Oh really? I didn't know that.

And TOTL Toyota and Lexus engines as well.
Engines for TOYOTA 2000GT and LEXUS LFA, RCF are developed and made by YAMAHA

 

[ScottFree]

If we're talking about engines. Here's the engine to a car that I've had the great pleasure to be a passenger in while it's been driven three times now in my life . Can anyone guess what car?.

Engine

Engine Bay

 

[Letmebefrank]

If we're talking about engines. Here's the engine to a car that I've had the great pleasure to be a passenger in while it's been driven three times now in my life . Can anyone guess what car?.

Engine

Engine Bay

Gotta be a McLaren F1 with that gold heat reflector.

 

[wink]

Blücher!

Napoleon......

Those two don't belong in that list, cause while very vast, their "historical catalog" is pretty much centered around electronics only, i.e. there is no Sony acoustic guitars or Phillips motorbikes.

Yamaha really went crazy when it comes to cover as much as possible in the industry (overall very successfully IMO).

I'm old enough to remember Suzuki also making guitars.
I have to admit to having bought an unspecified amount of Yamaha audio gear and motorcycles.
I have not heard a piece of Yamaha audio gear that I haven't liked. Ditto, the motorbicycles.