NAD C375Bee or Yamaha A-S2000

07-30-11: James_lipski
...The Yamaha has a msrp of $2499. The NAD has an msrp of 1299.

Street price of the Yamaha is more like $1999. The Yamaha has a built-in phono stage; it's a $199 add-on for the NAD. That narrows the gap from $1200 to $500, and I suspect the Yamaha with its unique power supply and topology rewrites the book on what a $2K integrated can sound like.

Oh I don't know about rewriting the book..... that may be a bit over the top there. You can also get the NAD for less than MSRP without looking too hard. Again the price of the Yamaha puts it as close(r) to the M3 than the c375. The M3 is a different animal and I would feel it would acquit itself quite well against the 2000.

Hi Soniqmike, Have you heard any other models in the Yamaha lineup? As a long time Yamaha fan (70's) was hoping the others are also quite good. Thanks.

Comparing within the Yamaha quality,I have compared the 2000 versus the 1000 in both integrateds and cd players.

I came to the conclusion that the A S-2000 has more refined sonics and is more resolving than the S-1000 (still a nice amp!). The gap is wide enough to warrant the price difference.

As far as cd players go, I could not detect a trace of difference between the CD-S1000 and the CD-S2000, except for the XLR outputs for the 2000. As far as sound quality goes, they sounded identical.

Has anyone heard the As-2000?

I need feedback on this amp