Was gifted a receiver(A-750)/tuner(T-550)/equalizer (GE-5)set but only plan to use the receiver. Was planning to either sell or give away the tuner and equalizer but curious if there value is really as a set so I should hang on to them. Also is the equalizer worth it?
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Yes that’s called an integrated amplifier. Keep them all. The EQ might come in handy and if you ever sell them the whole package will probably go for more. It’s a very nice set.
Gotcha, sounds like keeping them all is the way to go. For the time being, not using the tuner won’t effect performance of anything else, right?
Why wouldn’t you use the tuner? FM is wonderful! There’s lots of great jazz, classical and sometimes a fun college station if you’re not into top 40 type commercial stations, and it can sound surprisingly good on a quality tuner like that with even a simple dipole antenna. A better antenna will bring in distant stations or not so distant stations with less noise. Give it a try, it’s one of the last truly free things left out there that has actual value.
It won’t affect it at all
LOL, here in Bermuda getting rid of the tuner would improve it’s performance greatly. The local radio (all FM) has only bad soca/bad reggae/modern R&B/religious programming, with one American top forty station thrown in for bad measure. Barf, etc.
Off on a tangent of a tangent, back in the 70s, until they acquired satellite receivers, the local FM station used to play it’s selection of top 40 on a literal wall of Revox reel tape decks. I understand they junked them when they went to satellite programming, and now I must hide in the dark and cry in my pillow for another hour having dredged up that thought again.
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Perhaps get a turntable (if you have records) or a CD player in addition (if you have CDs). There are also bluetooth adapters you can get to connect to the inputs to allow you to pair and play a music app (Spotify, Sirius, Pandora, etc) from your favorite smartphone through the system.
Pair it up to a decent pair of speakers if you don’t have any yet.
I have a Philips GA 212 record player and a lot of records. I currently use a Denon DRA 750, but it’s in pretty bad need of a tuneup so will try out this while I decide what to do with that
Also, some people will say that an ew has no place in a hifi chain. Those people are stupid.
I would agree for those who have experience and knowledge with EQ. But for the common listener who has no experience it can be difficult to adjust well. Although it just might help with average speakers.
True, it’s not something that just anyone can calibrate without help. But now there are apps that show you the frequency response of your room and you can adjust the levels to flatten it. Also my criticism is mostly directed towards that very prevalent idea that an eq introduces distortion in the signal path and that any amount of distortion will destroy your enjoyment of the music. 1) if it’s a good EQ that is working properly, the amount of distortion is so vanishingly small that you would never be able to detect it 2) the problems presented by a listening room can be much, much worse than an a fragment of a percent of THD and that’s what the EQ is for.
There’s a variety of equalizer setup apps in the app stores that will sure help in adjusting the equalizer for the room acoustics and the speakers you have so that you can get great sound even with a set of “not so hot” speakers.
So in other words, get educated in the world of EQ to take advantage of them. Very good.
Yep
I’d keep it. That’s quality stuff.
It’s not a receiver it’s a integrated amplifier. I wouldn’t break that set up.
tuner and integrated amplifier, for sure it all stands very nice being all from technics it will look very nice with some more components,like cassette deck ,turntable speakers and a silver cd player
Technics?
Yes, what’s wrong? You don’t like Technics?
Well the photo shows clearly that is a Yamaha set, not Technics…
I see…
I say keep the lot…it’s a set
If you plan to upgrade to better gear (and you have been kindly gifted here) then you’ll make better bank for having all three of these. That, and you may need or find use for the other two pieces. They’re like children or pets, it’d be a shame to break 'em uo
Keep them. The tuner and EQ wouldn’t sell for much on their own anyway. You can leave them turned off most of the time. But the tuner especially will look cool lit up at night even if you’re not listening to the radio.
You are very fortunate to be the recipient! Before your picture loaded, I thought it was going to be a Sound Design or a Lloyd’s…
LOL, those would been worthy of a sledgehammer :-)
Yorx is just as bad as those two.
I know most package systems sold thru stores can be rather mediocre to junk., but this package the OP was gifted is quite decent stuff.
Keep it,you would regret selling it further down the line.You can never have to much audio🤣
That’s an amp on the bottom, not a receiver. If it were a receiver, the tuner would be built into it. EQ you might as well keep as part of the set - could be handy if your speakers need it.
That EQ has a spatial expander. It’s meant to create a more dynamic and wider sound stage. It’s not unlike what a lot modern soundbars claim to do. The dial adjusts the level of the effect.
My dad still has the same one my mom bought him brand new ages ago.
That’s the most beautiful Natural Sound stack I’ve seen in a long time.
If you like that Yamaha sound (and boy do I), these will be an absolute treat for performance and looks. They also play well with a wide variety of speakers, vintage and modern.
Im a Yamaha girl. So this is sexy. If you sell it, Sell it all together.
Chiming in, yes absolutely keep it as a set, I’d even look for a matching tape deck (and turntable?) to complete it.
The EQ is very useful when you start connecting different, modern sources - media players, phones, tablets, etc. - many of them are tuned to drive headphones, and when used as a low-level input, are extremely bass or treble heavy. Just turning down the bass or treble on the amp can leave it sounding “empty” while being able to isolate one overdriven (or lacking) band on the EQ can help it sound more balanced.
You can look around on ebay for other great matching components as Yamaha most likely made matching turntables, tape decks and CD players for this system, but other newer components of other brands might have styling that can closely resemble the styling of this Yamaha.
Anybody notice that the phono section has a moving magnet/moving coil selector button? It would have been nice if there was a subsonic button.
all says to keep it together or more complete if you need it for records or cds