My $99 Vintage Receiver Find!!!

[Yamaki]

I've been looking for an old skool receiver for my shop/garage space to power some old skool Realistic Minimus 7 shelf speakers. Nothing really fancy, just a good solid unit.

I passed on some expensive Marantz (4335???) units and continued to shop.

While perusing eBay today, I came across this Yamaha CR-620 receiver and at the end of the auction, it was mine for $99!

Part of their "Natural Sound System" program in 1978, the CR-620 was about in the middle of Yamaha's receiver line, followed by the CR-420 and the anchor of the line, the CR-220.

Rated at 50W/CH @ 4 ohms (both channels driven) & 40W/CH @ 8 ohms (both channels driven); the unit appears to have sufficient power to drive a wide range of quality speakers.

I think the Minimus 7 speakers are rated at 40W X 8 ohms so that's not a bad match. But they may not be wired up to this receiver for long. There are a lot of other, higher quality, speakers out there to try and I'm itching to find a nice set of vintage JBL's!

Any speaker suggestions????

Looking forward to plugging this one in when it gets here!

[jdandy]

Michael.......Looks like a really good score. That will make a nice shop system. Keep us posted as this vintage system grows.

[djwhog]

wow such a nice find

congrats.. perfect choice... How about some old school AR speakers?

8 or 10" 3 ways?

[jdandy]

Dave.......I like the AR speaker idea. A pair of ADS 710 might be nice, too.

[tweet]

Michael,

That's a really great looking receiver and should make an excellent shop system. A friend of mine had a Yamaha receiver with a Dual turntable and a pair of Large Advents back in the day. It was a rocker. Let us know how it sounds after you get it all in place.

[Yamaki]

Thanks, guys. I've been looking off and on for a nice, clean and cheap unit for the shop and this seems to fill the bill.

I'm looking for some small speakers. I ran across some JBL 2500's for around $25 so I've got a snipe on that auction. I kept the amount fairly low with only two small incremental bids if the auction exceeds my max bid.

This is gonna be a garage/shop system on the CHEAP for sure.

[Yamaki]

I also found some ADS L400'ss and can get them for around $60 for the pair. I know they, like the JBL 2500's, are two way speakers.

Thoughts?

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by Yamaki

I also found some ADS L400'ss and can get them for around $60 for the pair. I know they, like the JBL 2500's, are two way speakers.

Thoughts?

Michael.......A pair of ADS L400's would be a nice match for the Yamaha receiver. If they are in decent shape, $60.00 is a steal.


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[djwhog]

I used to own a pair of those when I had a tech sa 800 back in the day and then upgraded, they had nice open highs. clean speakers for that price...

[Yamaki]

I've decided to bid on two sets of speakers...the aforementioned JBL 2500's and the ADS L400's I just found.

If I end up with two sets of speakers I'll be glad to audition both of them with the receiver then I'll flip one set!