Yamaha GT-2000L/YSA-2/Orsonic ds-500g

[Kooma]

Just got this amazing player, weight almost 30 kg, a mechanical work is excellent, two different arms ysa-2 pure straight and ya-39 s-model, I place it under two base platform that seems to work very nice. The arm(ysa-2) setting was quite difficult(first time), but japan engineers have put a lot of different tools to solve almost every issues I have during setting. After few hours I was ready to try it and it blows away my doubts the quality of sound. Straight away I remember why I love vinyl and this player just made me so happy.

Anyway I not sure about vta setup, but it can´t be much off the line, coz sound is so enjoyable and there is no any harsh anywhere. It is very smooth, detailed, somehow 3-d also, my room is not perfect I think it is very far away from it, but still this player has unbelivable sound quality. I have ear 834p diy(german made,valvos tubes, I´ll got siemens tubes later) as preamp, Clear audio beta cartridge and karan i180+ Ref 3a Royal Virtuoso loudsp.


Ari

[kcc123]

Hi,
Congratulations! Would you let us see some pictures, please!
Best regrads!

[Alex_UK]

Hi,
Congratulations! Would you let us see some pictures, please!
Best regrads!

:worthless:
;)

[Kooma]

Hi,

Here I try to give you few photos about the system, but this is my very first time to use imageshare so will see... quality of this photos are bad(nokia n900 and dark).

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6872/yamahagt2000lext108.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6289/yamahagt2000lext112.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6132/yamahagt2000lext111.jpg
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1450/yamahagt2000lext104.jpg

and one for the old good sold cd-player

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/82/emc1up11112009006.jpg

Merry Christmas


Ari

[Kris]

Purple vinyl . . . MMMmmmm


Beautiful deck :)

[Kooma]

Yep, 90´s Temple of the Dog...´s vinyl

[Alex_UK]

Nice one, thanks for posting Ari (I have a purple LP left on my turntable when not in use to match the decor!)

[Jonboy]

Mmm glow in the dark speaker cables

[theophile]

G'day Ari.

The GT 2000 is indeed a very special vintage Direct drive turntable.

Are you familiar with the GT 2000 page on The Vintage Knob website?

http://www.thevintageknob.org/YAMAHA/GT2000/GT2000.html

If so,you will also know that(aside from the arm lifter and wood-veneer)the 2000 and 2000L were able to be upgraded by a vast number of accessories.

The 2000 definitely benefits from being used with the YOP-1 power supply(or it's equivalent).

Enjoy your new turntable.

[Alex_UK]

Direct link pics of Ari's setup to save people having to click the links:

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6872/yamahagt2000lext108.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6289/yamahagt2000lext112.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6132/yamahagt2000lext111.jpg

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1450/yamahagt2000lext104.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/82/emc1up11112009006.jpg

[Kooma]

G'day Ari.

The GT 2000 is indeed a very special vintage Direct drive turntable.

Are you familiar with the GT 2000 page on The Vintage Knob website?

http://www.thevintageknob.org/YAMAHA/GT2000/GT2000.html

If so,you will also know that(aside from the arm lifter and wood-veneer)the 2000 and 2000L were able to be upgraded by a vast number of accessories.

The 2000 definitely benefits from being used with the YOP-1 power supply(or it's equivalent).

Enjoy your new turntable.


Yes I know that and I have bought two different players from Japan(also Pioneer pl-30LII) and I have Luxman pd-291 from 80´s. I like a lot those 80`s tt´s and I thought a long time what is the next player(first it was Pioneer pl-70LII, but when I asked this from Japan the seller recommend Yamaha GT-2000 and after that I have read everything about it). Then he offered that extra arm with this player and I took it, coz it(ysa-2) is said to be very rare, I also have ya-39, but I not sure if I´ll try it at all. I am a bit confused this vta issues and tried two diffrent angle, first without plate it sounds a too thin, but when I put plate above cartrigde(clearaudio beta) it sounds very good. So there is a minor issue what comes to this VTA set-up, coz I don´t have much experience about it. This arm is pure straight arm, so there is not any anti-skate adjustment.

I have considered to buy that external power supply(YOP-1) later this spring and perhaps cast-iron base if I can find it in Japan. My phone amp is ear 834p german diy with valvo´s tubes(ecc 83), but next week I try siemens nos(ecc 803s) just to see does those make any differences. Those valvo´s sound is smooth,not too bright, nice midrange and decent low level, so I am ok with them.

Regards

Ari

[Kooma]

Direct link pics of Ari's setup to save people having to click the links:

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6872/yamahagt2000lext108.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6289/yamahagt2000lext112.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6132/yamahagt2000lext111.jpg

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1450/yamahagt2000lext104.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/82/emc1up11112009006.jpg

Thanks Alex,

When you have the skill you have it, I´ll put better pictures when I have finished my ripping project, as you see there are perhaps 25% my cd´s on that floor and using lossless it took too long time, but I try to be patient.

Ari

[Beobloke]

I'm intrigued by the "Pure Straight" arm. Straight maybe, but surely the "Pure" bit is stymied by the increased tracking error?

[Rare Bird]

Never understood why Nips used to go to extremes of making high end decks out of our price range but design & fit such shit arms it's unbelevable..

[theophile]

Never understood why Nips used to go to extremes of making high end decks out of our price range but design & fit such shit arms it's unbelevable..

This being a statement made from experience with said arms?

[Rare Bird]

Just a lot

[theophile]

Just a lot

Since 'a lot' is a vague,subjective way to quantify anything,thus meaningless,would you care to go into specifics of models and time spent with them?

[Rare Bird]

Look mate that GT2000L are as common as muck in Japan, hence they will more than likley be a lot in Australia, the arm on that deck is cast tripe,as Beoman sugest it aint that sparkling of a statement.. the high end Pioneer decks were hundred times better for instance the 50L, the arm on that is a proper engineered arm, the whole deck was a good deck indeed..btw i'm sure there's something missing from your 2000!

Before you do go further i'm not intrested in getting into arguments over decks tbh..but please don't tell me i know nothing about Jap TT's.

[theophile]

Look mate that GT2000L are as common as muck in Japan, hence they will more than likley be a lot in Australia, the arm on that deck is cast tripe,as Beoman sugest it aint that sparkling of a statement.. the high end Pioneer decks were hundred times better for instance the 50L, the arm on that is a proper engineered arm, the whole deck was a good deck indeed..btw i'm sure there's something missing from your 2000!

Before you do go further i'm not intrested in getting into arguments over decks tbh..but please don't tell me i know nothing about Jap TT's.

First mate,show me where I said that you know nothing about Jap TTs...

Kindly,don't put words into my mouth,thank you.

Second,I asked you to give some details so that all of us could apply the benefit of your experience to specific arms.Vagaries do not help here.

Third, the 'Nips'(as you so disparagingly put it)made a lot of decks.Which ones are 'high-end' is a matter of opinion and conveniently vague.Another reason why I wanted something more specific as to which decks you were referring to.

Why so evasive?

lastly,the GT 2000s are(as you put it)'as common as muck in Japan' because they sold well.This in an era where the supposed Best Turntable In The World had purportedly proven that DDs were dog's vomit.That last sentence needs to be also put in perspective by the fact that the GT 2000 cost in Japan twice what that vaunted pinnacle exemplar turntable cost in that country.The Japanese must have had the opportunity to hear that bastion of good taste against their muckish common twice as expensive cast-armed GT 2000.Which raises the question;Given that,why did it sell so well as to be as common as muck?Could it have sounded better(even beleaguered with it's 'shite' arm)?

Non-replies(such as the ones you have provided)which major on derogatory pronouncements whilst falling short of providing anything in the way of qualifying evidence,need to be questioned by anyone wishing to learn more about this interest of ours.We learn nothing from vague statements and emotional outbursts.

Which arms,on which decks?How lengthy was the time spent with the samples?No evasion this time please.

[Beobloke]

the arm on that deck is cast tripe,as Beoman sugest it aint that sparkling of a statement...

Hmmm, and kindly don't put words into my mouth either, please. I never suggested anything remotely approaching the arm being "tripe" and in fact believe the opposite to be true - the couple I have seen are superbly made items that befit decks of such high quality status. I'd personally give my eye teeth for one in the Beobloke collection.

If you re-read my comment you will see that I merely queried the sensibility of a non-angled headshell and the increased tracking distortion this will introduce.

[Rare Bird]

Yeh keep you hair on ffk sake

[Rare Bird]

Since 'a lot' is a vague,subjective way to quantify anything,thus meaningless,would you care to go into specifics of models and time spent with them?

Talking of meaningless what on gods earth is that illuminous speaker cable

:lol:

:rofl::laugh:

[jandl100]

Well, I think that Yammie 2000 deck looks fab.

According to that TVK link ... "Gigantic & Tremendous series of extremely successful LP turntables, alas only distributed in Japan. In exchange, the rest of us got the PF-1000 and PF-800 belt-driven record players."

I have a PF-800, and if it is 2nd best to the 2000, then the 2000 is a very nice deck indeed.

.... if you've got any "tripey" GT-2000's to throw away, Andre, I'll have one please! ;)

[Rare Bird]

Well, I think that Yammie 2000 deck looks fab.

According to that TVK link ... "Gigantic & Tremendous series of extremely successful LP turntables, alas only distributed in Japan. In exchange, the rest of us got the PF-1000 and PF-800 belt-driven record players."

I have a PF-800, and if it is 2nd best to the 2000, then the 2000 is a very nice deck indeed.

.... if you've got any "tripey" GT-2000's to throw away, Andre, I'll have one please! ;)

The funniest thing is he don't specify which version of the 2000 he has cos he don't know :lol: (No doubt he'll soon luck it up)..GT-2000 wernt available here as far as i know...

[theophile]

Well, I think that Yammie 2000 deck looks fab.

According to that TVK link ... "Gigantic & Tremendous series of extremely successful LP turntables, alas only distributed in Japan. In exchange, the rest of us got the PF-1000 and PF-800 belt-driven record players."

I have a PF-800, and if it is 2nd best to the 2000, then the 2000 is a very nice deck indeed.

.... if you've got any "tripey" GT-2000's to throw away, Andre, I'll have one please! ;)

jandl,
The PF-800 is a sweet deck.I had a Yamaha PX-2 prior to the GT 2000.Prior to the PX-2 I had a Yamaha PX-3.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/YAMAHA/PX2/PX2.html


Before them I used an Oracle Alexandria for 15 years.

I felt that the PX-2 was better than the Oracle.The GT 2000 is in another league altogether.
When I got the GT 2000 in 2008,I transfered my Dynavector Karat Diamond cartirdge across onto the 2000.Thus,the only change to the system was the turntable itself.The difference was staggering.I had been told that the GT 2000 was in another league,but couldn't imagine quite what the difference would be.The performance of the Dynavector cartridge on the 2000,was like I'd never actually heard 50% of what it was capable of.It was transformed,as was the total sound of the system as a whole.

The tragedy is that they were only available in Japan.Hence unless you've lived in Japan,or know someone(or are someone)who had brought one to another country,then the performance capabiltiy of the GT 2000 range would be completely unknown to you.They deserved to be heard.We in the West had no idea at all what they had made.

Like the Rega RB 300,the stock arm is a cast arm.Unlike the Rega it has a detachable headshel(ala SME 3).The arm is the weak link on the turntable.Despite that the performance with the stock arm is simply incredible.I know an American ex-pat who lives in Hong Kong(he was the person who recommended the GT 2000 to me)who also owns a Pioneer PL-C590 and a Pioneer PL-L1(as well as a Thorens 124 and others).He also advised me that the GT 2000(which he also owns)is a much,much better turntable than either of the Pioneers.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/PIONEER/PLC590/PLC590.html

http://www.thevintageknob.org/PIONEER/PLL1/PLL1.html

jandl,the original poster to this thread,the Finnish member 'Kooma' has a GT 2000L(as can be seen in the title to this thread).The GT 2000L differs from the GT 2000 only in the type of veneer used to cover the base,plus it has an automatic arm-lifter(hence,the 'L' designation).His GT 2000L has been fitted with the YSA-2 arm,which only became available(though wasn't standard)with the introduction of the higher specified,higher cost,better performing Yamaha GT 2000x.

The stock GT 2000(which I have) lacks the arm-lifter of the GT 2000L,and uses the same Black Ash veneer as used on the Yamaha NS 1000M instead of the lighter toned veneer used on the GT 2000L.

These decks are well worth seeking-out.Mostly one has to look for sources of them in Japan.Sometimes they can be found in Hong Kong.More rarely in the West(extremely rarely).

Very few Occidentals have even seen one,let alone had any meaningful experience with one.

[theophile]

No owner of a GT 2000 Series turntable could be unfamiliar with which version they had,due to the fact that the badge on the front of the turntable says exactly which version it is.

That,plus the fact that the veneers which were used for the GT 2000 and the GT 2000L were markedly different,leave the owner unable to confuse the models in that Series.

The model designations were:

GT 2000;The stock unit with Black Ash veneer only and no arm lifter.
GT 2000L;Lighter coloured veneer only.Arm-lifter provided as standard.Otherwise exactly the same as GT 2000
GT 2000X;Different,higher specification motor not available to GT 2000 and GT 2000L.Extra layer of height in plinth not available to GT 2000 and GT 2000L.American Walnut veneer with glossy polyester coating not available on GT 2000 and GT 2000L.

The only individuals who would be confused as to which model was which,would be those who lacked any meaningful interaction or experience with the actual turntables.They would have to look it up.

[theophile]

There is a forum here on The Art of Sound called 'Our Ethos'

One particular post on that forum may need to be reflected upon by some of us.

With credit to the original poster,Steve Toy,I am going to quote it here:


Administrator and AOS/Tube Distinctions Aficionado.


"Default Citation issues and our ethos
We don't exactly need our posters to write each and every post in order that it be fit to be submitted as part of a Masters degree course (Gav is our resident expert on such matters). However, one or two posters (and we all know who they are) present certain views of theirs as absolute facts. This is misleading and unacceptable in our view.

What we would like from posters here, in the spirit of exchanging viewpoints based on either personal experience or what they may have read, heard, measured, or read measurements to support such viewpoints, is that they acknowledge the sources or the bases of their opinions. Personal experiences should be further substantiated by the context of your particular findings.

For example, if cables make no or little difference, this stance may be qualified by a particular experience setting up/experimenting with a particular system where other changes made a more significant change. Where a cable may have had a deleterious effect then the context should also be qualified for it is likely that in another system context the results obtained may have been entirely different.

A case in point: I've heard MIT cabling be a no-brainer in one application and fall flat on its face in my own system...

If your opinion is based solely on what you've been told or have read somewhere then we need to know this, and if possible, tell us the actual source of your information.

CD players/turntables/valves may be a thing of the past for you. This cannot be stated as fact here. You can, however, be honest in admitting that conveniece and access to modern media is more important to you than out-and-out fidelity in reproduction. You can also outline your own experiences of direct comparisons in terms of resolution and listening enjoyability beteween different playback media, no problem. Just be specific where possible.

The above guidelines, if followed, should cut out a lot of bad feeling and silly arguments and this place may be spared of endless circular objectivist/subjectivist nonsense threads as seen elsewhere.

We also have a thread where you can qualify your music listening priorities before you begin to express any (strong/controversial) vewpoints elsewhere:

http://www.theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20

By posting here, everyone else can get some kind of angle of what exactly you are trying to achieve from your system and the recorded music you play through it.
__________________
Regards, Steve."

[Kooma]

Talking of meaningless what on gods earth is that illuminous speaker cable

:lol:

:rofl::laugh:

If you have ever use flash light with you camera then you might know, what comes to those cables they are Acoustica Zen Hologram, I don´t know what kind of problem you have with those Yamaha´s arm/s,which are not perfect, but I also have Pioneer pl-30LII(both straigh and s-arm) and compare with those two players(same staffs) this Yamaha sounds more open, detailed, more 3-d, better low level, even with that bs. arm and I can admit that Pioneer wasn´t bad at all.

This player is not perfect, but it is good enough for me and if I want to compare it with my pc set up(laptop+caiman dac), which is very good, yamaha takes the first place and this is the very first time I am pleased with both of my systems.

Ari

[Arkay]

I seldom post on this forum, but as another happy owner of a GT-2000, I'll chip in two bits.

This is, in my opinion, one of the most well-made and fine-sounding turntables ever offered in mass production by a major manufacturer. [I don't consider individually-made "boutique" and exotic tables like the Rockports "mass production"]. There are better turntables. A few of the Japanese DD tables of the eighties were better than this one... but not many (you can count them on your fingers), and those are considerably more rare and expensive, because they didn't sell in nearly the numbers that the Yamaha did. The Yamaha sold so many in Japan because everyone who heard it soon realized that it was the best quality sound that less-than-ridiculous money could buy, period. It wasn't cheap at all, but it sounded like a VERY expensive turntable.

It probably is true that the arm is the weakest link in this turntable. But that arm would still bear favorably in comparison with MANY vintage and modern arms. What sets this TT apart from others is that even with a "less than perfect" arm, it sounds simply wonderful. It easily beats the much-vaunted (and very nice-sounding) suspended tables (typically from Scotland) that are so widely praised, and all of the similar TTs of that ilk that I've heard --WITH THAT STOCK TONEARM!

In Japan, some people replace the arms with top-of the line SAEC arms, or SME 3012s, or even Dynavectors, but many are happy to leave the original arm in place.

So yes, I'd agree that its weak point is the tonearm. But that is like saying that Usain Bolt's weak point is his "sloppy" style, or letting up too soon. Perhaps that is true, but when you turn in performances like his, the criticisms aren't really so important.

I have over a dozen nice turntables, including several high-end Pioneers, a Sansui SR-929, a Thorens TD124, an Acoustical 3100 (for those who know that rarity), etc... and I regularly get to hear a range of other good TTs, up to and including super-exotics like the Clearaudio Statement. There is no question in my mind that the GT-2000 is the best-sounding one of the regular bunch, and even the super-exotics don't really embarrass it much. In my experience, there is nothing remotely close to its price point that sounds as good, which is exactly why I have one as my main turntable.

Kooma, congratulations on getting a VERY FINE turntable, one that you should find extremely pleasing for years to come. Thanks for sharing your impressions and the pictures, too!

[theophile]

Look mate that GT2000L are as common as muck in Japan, hence they will more than likley be a lot in Australia, the arm on that deck is cast tripe,as Beoman sugest it aint that sparkling of a statement.. the high end Pioneer decks were hundred times better for instance the 50L, the arm on that is a proper engineered arm, the whole deck was a good deck indeed..btw i'm sure there's something missing from your 2000!

Before you do go further i'm not intrested in getting into arguments over decks tbh..but please don't tell me i know nothing about Jap TT's.

Out of a thread full of clangers from this intellectual giant.This is my fave.

The first paragraph,followed by "i'm not interested in getting into arguments over decks"

The next best howler was;


"The funniest thing is he don't specify which version of the 2000 he has cos he don't know (No doubt he'll soon luck it up)..GT-2000 wernt available here as far as i know..."


That one despite the fact that Kooma correctly titled the thread 'Yamaha GT 2000L'.

I've never seen someone give themselves a Liverpool Kiss before. :lol:

Perhaps the moniker should read;sub-humAndreg.

[Marco]

Ok, guys, enough of this. Either discuss the topic constructively without reverting to insults, or the thread will be locked. It's your choice.

Marco.

[Kris]

BEAUTIFUL turntable. I'm very envious.

Sometimes I really wish Linn had never invented their TT. If it wasn't for them I bet High end Jap TTs would be relatively more common here in the UK and more of us would be able to access and buy them.

[Mike]

BEAUTIFUL turntable. I'm very envious.

Sometimes I really wish Linn had never invented their TT. If it wasn't for them I bet High end Jap TTs would be relatively more common here in the UK and more of us would be able to access and buy them.

Hear hear! :clap:

[theophile]

BEAUTIFUL turntable. I'm very envious.

Sometimes I really wish Linn had never invented their TT. If it wasn't for them I bet High end Jap TTs would be relatively more common here in the UK and more of us would be able to access and buy them.

Yep,the marketing department of Linn Products(read: portions of the UK Hi-Fi press)certainly did what sections of the world-wide 'Fourth Estate' excel at still;They promulgated The Lie.

That's not to say that Direct Drive is the answer to anything.The greatest Truth in Hi-Fi is;

The answer lies not in the Technology,rather in the Implementation.

Ironically,we are seeing 30 years after the hatchet-job that well-implemented clean sheet Direct Drive turntable designs like the Grand Prix Monaco,Brinkmann Oasis,Teres Certus(and the best of the Vintage Japanese DDs)are garnering credit for breathtaking sonic results.

Consider,that compression driver/horn technology has been dealt the same way,them look at what the underground Japanese Hi-Fi hard-core were doing 30 years ago:

Cost no object non-suspended Belt/Direct Drive designs,12 inch tonearms,moving-coil cartridges,active crossovers,an OTL amp for each driver,multi-way horn systems utilising high sensitivity underhung bass drivers and alnico compression drivers.

Very well implemented examples of the above approach to Hi-Fi would blow the minds of those used to even very high quality examples of the sprung suspended belt drive/low sensitivity passive crossovered speaker/high powered transistor amp school.

Despite many fingers in the dike,the dam wall has been breached.Designs like the Grand Prix Monaco and David Berning's OTLs are being hailed as the masterpieces that they are.Better horn design is seeing renewed interest in horn speakers(despite the resistance of wives).12 inch arms are making a comeback.

There is a revolution taking place.It is occuring in the minds of the public and the reviewers are following the trend.The internet(despite concerted attempts to turn it into the Fourth Estate via payments to bloggers to 'push' The Line)has opened people minds to possibilities,encouraging experimentation with the otherwise alien implementations rarely explored in the print medium.

Results,Pure Musical Results,will be the determinate of what paths are followed.The Public will expose one another to their findings,and Superior implementations of excellent Hi-Fi products will hold sway simply because they actually do the job better.Some systems really do communicate the essence of Music better.Once people are exposed to that,the Notion that Expense or Reputation get the job done will be swept-away by the notion that Results speak louder than expense or reputation.

Nothing good comes without cost,and that includes Results,however there is an emphasis on Expense at the moment which will be eroded slowly by individuals(mostly diyers)who are prepared to experiment with ignored implementations and configurations of systems,the like of which are not cheap but are not really 'mortgage the house' realms by any means.

Always remember,that it was essentially diyers who gave birth to the notion of High-Fidelity after WW2,and they lead the vanguard of discovery/pushing back the boundaries,prior to the Corporate side of things hilding sway.

[Kooma]

Hi again,

Just few upgrades since I have some minor problems with my Karan acoustics power switch(which was totally broken) and it was hard to find some sort of part that fits fine, but now it is fixed and I got new tubes from Hong Kong. I have diy ear 834 as a pre and I use to have Valvo´s tubes(ecc 83 from 70´s I think, but now they had a little extra noise), but I got Siemens&Halske nos tubes(ecc 803s), completely silent and sound is terrible good.

Then I got new mats from extremephono(None-Felt mk-3+Speed Carbon Grafite Mat) and I don´t belive my ears how black backround I have now. This compination(new tubes+mats) is something special compare what I used to have or is it my brains that tricks me, I don´t know, anyway this Yamaha is even better I thought.

Next I thought new cardridge( I have Clearaudio beta) later this year, perhaps I try some of Grado´s ref series, sonata I think.


Cheers

Ari

[Themis]

BEAUTIFUL turntable. I'm very envious.

Sometimes I really wish Linn had never invented their TT. If it wasn't for them I bet High end Jap TTs would be relatively more common here in the UK and more of us would be able to access and buy them.
How true. :cool:

[Ken Wood Jr.]

Way late to this party but as a GT-2000 owner, I want to add my two cents. The stock arm is outstanding. I own/owned many arms, tables and cartridges. I have never heard my Benz ACE LO, Ortofon Kontrapunkt B, Ortofon Cadenza Bronze or Goldring Eroica LX sound better than they do with the Yamaha YA-39. My two primary reference tables are the Luxman PD-444 with an Audio Technica AT-1010 tonearm and the VPI Classic 2 with the Classic 3 tonearm. The YA-39 is one of the top 12" arms I've ever heard, and is NOT the weak link of the table. If the table has any weaknesses, it's the feet.

[RobbieGong]

Congratulations ! - Sweet top notch Jap DD and defo up their with the 'proper' high end Pioneers, Sony's, Sansui's, JVC and Denons that have caught my eye over the years. I'm in no doubt it will sound awesome once set up correctly :) !!