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Yamaha
Website:https://yamaha.com/
Est. year: 1887
Location: Japan
Yamaha is a Japanese maker of musical instruments and audio equipment, founded in 1887 as Nippon Gakki by Torakusu Yamaha in Hamamatsu and renamed Yamaha Corporation in 1987. It entered audio in 1922 with a crank phonograph and today covers home hi-fi, AV receivers, professional audio and communication systems.
Range & what it's known for
The current flagship hi-fi group is the 5000 series with the NS-5000 speakers, C-5000 preamplifier, M-5000 power amplifier and GT-5000 turntable. The A-S3200, announced in 2020, carries that engineering into an integrated amplifier. The 2000 series, launched in 2023, pairs the R-N2000A network receiver with NS-2000A floorstanders, using symmetrical left and right circuitry, a floating balanced power amplifier and drivers made from Zylon and spruce. The NS-10 of 1978, designed by Akira Nakamura as a home bookshelf speaker, became a studio standard and stayed in production until 2001, when Yamaha cited trouble sourcing the wood pulp for its drivers.
Who owns it and where it's made
Yamaha Corporation is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is part of the Nikkei 225, with headquarters still in Hamamatsu. Three of its Japanese factories are in Shizuoka Prefecture. The group also owns the audio software house Steinberg, the guitar electronics maker Line 6 and the amplifier brand Ampeg, while Yamaha Motor has been a separate company since 1955.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers, receivers and loudspeakers in multiple categories. In the US the R-N2000A and each NS-2000A list at USD 3,999.95, the cheapest receivers sit near USD 300, and the top separates pass USD 5,000.
Who it's for
Yamaha covers buyers from a first home cinema receiver to a full set of separates. A listener can start with an AV or network receiver, move to the A-S integrated amplifiers and finally to the 5000 series components, keeping one maker throughout. It is also an obvious choice for anyone who likes the idea of hi-fi and AV gear from a company that builds instruments and studio equipment.
Range & what it's known for
The current flagship hi-fi group is the 5000 series with the NS-5000 speakers, C-5000 preamplifier, M-5000 power amplifier and GT-5000 turntable. The A-S3200, announced in 2020, carries that engineering into an integrated amplifier. The 2000 series, launched in 2023, pairs the R-N2000A network receiver with NS-2000A floorstanders, using symmetrical left and right circuitry, a floating balanced power amplifier and drivers made from Zylon and spruce. The NS-10 of 1978, designed by Akira Nakamura as a home bookshelf speaker, became a studio standard and stayed in production until 2001, when Yamaha cited trouble sourcing the wood pulp for its drivers.
Who owns it and where it's made
Yamaha Corporation is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is part of the Nikkei 225, with headquarters still in Hamamatsu. Three of its Japanese factories are in Shizuoka Prefecture. The group also owns the audio software house Steinberg, the guitar electronics maker Line 6 and the amplifier brand Ampeg, while Yamaha Motor has been a separate company since 1955.
The lineup in this catalog
Amplifiers, receivers and loudspeakers in multiple categories. In the US the R-N2000A and each NS-2000A list at USD 3,999.95, the cheapest receivers sit near USD 300, and the top separates pass USD 5,000.
Who it's for
Yamaha covers buyers from a first home cinema receiver to a full set of separates. A listener can start with an AV or network receiver, move to the A-S integrated amplifiers and finally to the 5000 series components, keeping one maker throughout. It is also an obvious choice for anyone who likes the idea of hi-fi and AV gear from a company that builds instruments and studio equipment.
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- Headphones
- Bookshelf Speakers
- Headphones amplifiers
- Floorstanding loudspeakers
- Subwoofers
- Preamplifiers
- Power amplifiers stereo
- Integrated amplifiers
- Turntables
- CD / SACD players and transports
- Receivers
