I own a CA1000 for one year no. I also owned a CA800 which was for about 5 years my main amplifier in use. These Yamaha's are for me without doubt belonging to the best class A amps I have ever heard. I was able to compare them with a Quad 303 / Quad 405 MK2, a Sugden and a few Naims. The speakers i use are a pair of Tannoy Turnberry's HC The Sugden amp. came close but with a gun on my head I'd say that the Yamaha is even a little better. An interesting thing with the CA1000 is the main's input with a disconnect knob to bypass the complete pre-amp part. With a nice little tubed pre-amp (Decware) you'll hear music as you never did before. I paid € 500,00 for an originally technically revised CA1000. Buy this machine without prejudice! It won't become much better!

I have had my Yamaha CA 1000 since new in 1973 it is still working perfectly driving a pair of original Gale 104, it is like an old friend the sound is smooth and gives no fatigue after many hours of listening, these older amps can still sound great, proves how good they are.

Sound, building quality, controls

It is not neutral (but sounds excellent)

I recently bought CA-1000 partially thanks to this forum, for 250 dollars. It has its own sound character-rather bright than natural, fluid and delightful. In class A works significantly better (for classical and vocal-oriented music).

-great sound -epic bass -well built, it weighs a tremendous amount -looks cool

-that I haven''t found a second to hook up in parallel with so I can drive more speakers

I picked up my CA-1000 amplifier, along with a matching CT-800 tuner and a pair of the original Henry Kloss Larger Advent speakers at a garage sale to replace my fathers pioneer amp that was on loan to me. I obtained the whole package for a mere $50 (the best $50 I ever spent)and later aquired a pair of Tannoy Stratfords, which are also hooked up. When I brought it home I hooked it up and it sounded absolutely beautiful. With this amazing setup in my bedroom, I''ll never feel the need to buy some crappy boombox-ugly-ass, pitiful sounding portable stereo like oh so many of my friends have. Although I''m presently 18, since I started getting into older stereos and consequently modern high-end stereo equipment at age 16, I feel as though I''ve learned an incredible amount, and I''m anxious to learn more. But more on the amp. When paired with my Advents, it has very precise treble, a little cold at times but overall very detailed. Excellent mid-range and outstandingly deep, solid bass. It does run a little hot in class A, but I usually run it in class B due to the fact that it doesn''t sound all that different. I love all the switches and knobs, easy to use and very distracting while attempting homework nearby. Also, my favourite feature would have to be the ability to power 3 pairs of speakers; very useful. On top of all of this, it looks so good with all that brushed aluminum and 70''s wood; tight!

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nothing compares

Effortless power - even when overloaded. good solid base - sweet and delightful mid range

The high treble sounds come across as a fraction sharp was compared with the finest modern equipment.

I bought my Yamaha CA-1000 in about 1976, when I lived in Leeds, England. At the time, I did extensive listening and testing, with a variety of equipment. Easily, the Yamaha was the best. I still own it but don''t use it much as I have gone across to a Leak tube amp (Since I am using Klipsch horn speakers, which don''t require much driving. The Yamaha gives a sound very similar to a tube amp - maybe a fraction more analytical than the Leak and a fraction less "mellow". There is, nevertheless, no listening fatigue - which is more than I can say for a mass of modern amplifiers. This amp cost 400 pounds in about 1976/1977 (I can''t remembe!). It was ahuge amount then but well worth it.

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i installed a fan because or the overheating in class a

i would like information on a ca-1010 intégrated amplifier and tuner ct-1010 i paid 150.00 and i know nothing about their quality and history except the price they were sold in 1977 to 1979. i would appreciate to have some info about these machines which i think they are fantastic. thank you

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Great supperb warm sound with well stereo window!

In my experience non.

Listen to it and that is all you need.

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Tried all kinds off amps but this one is in it's proce and power range one of the best buys possible.

Great sounding amp that i have used since 1980. Solid, sound from both class A (rated at 18 watts per channel) and AB (rated at 90 watts per channel) both have worked well with a number of quality speakers. Class A output is great for use with headphones. Clean, articulate moving coil headamp.This is a well-built amp with a lot of weight due to the extensive heatsinks (this amp runs very hot when switched to class A!)

None,(well, the meter lights burned out after about ten years, but the meters work just fine after 20+ years!)

I bought a new Yamaha receiver two years ago supposedly much more powerful...later sold it because the sound was thin and had no authority. went back to this old standby and am still enjoying it.

Solid, pretty. Very well built, like a Luxman from the same period, but maybe better sounding. Top of the integrated line back then. Flexible tone and switching controls, easy to use. Very smooth mids and highs for a late 70s solid-state integrated amp. Solid bass.

Ran a little warm in Class A. Not much different sound beteween Class A (17 watts?) and Class A-B (70 watts?), so why use class A? Kinda pricey for a 1977 Japanese integrated. Big mother.

I used to own this amp and it was a honey. One of the best solid-state integrated amps to come from Japan in the 70s, but the slightly later Yamaha A-1 was perhaps even better. They simply blew away the Sony, Sansui, Pioneer, and Technics integrateds.

IMHO, however, not in a league with the resolution and detail produced by modern "audiophile" integrateds of today like those of Bryston, Conrad Johnson, Naim, Plinius, Puccini, Audio Refinement, Cary, etc.

But hey, that was more than 20 years ago. If you find one used, by all means scoop it up cheap ! Do I miss it? Not with the current crop of fabulous integrateds. Besides – where would I put that big horse?

Would have been 5 stars in 1977, but only 3-4 stars compared to the great ones out there now. So I split the difference, granting 4 stars as a genuine golden oldie.