Labor of love

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These silver beauties, late ‘70s vintage Yamaha CA-1010 integrated and CT-1010 tuner, were the pride of my best friend, who passed away 21 years ago. Last year his wife was cleaning house to sell the old homestead and didn’t know what to do with them, so I bought them from her for $500. My friend John was like a brother to me, and restoring these has been a labor of love - they had been in storage for a long time, had 40 years of accumulated grime, several bad caps in the amp, sticking and corroded controls, etc.

I’ve done most of the work myself, but did have a local tech I trust do the caps. They’re now in service in my workshop, along with a Schiit Bifrost, Squeezebox Touch and a pair of Martin Logan Motions, and making good music again.