Yamaha gets official with CD-S2000 SACD player, A-S2000 amplifier

by Darren Murph, posted Oct 24th 2007 at 8:37PM

On one hand, the designs of Yamaha's latest devices could have easily been ripped straight from last century, but in another sense, there's a certain level of attractiveness that comes with brushed aluminum AV components sporting retro-inspired buttons / knobs. Nevertheless, the CD-S2000 SACD / CD player (which arrives in silver or black motifs) plays nice with MP3 / WMA files and sports analog, optical / coaxial digital and XLR audio outputs. As for the A-S2000, it's available in the same two hues and can crank out up to 190-watts x 2 at 4-ohms or 120-watts x 2 at 8-ohms. Apparently marketed towards the high-end crowd, neither of these December-bound units come cheap, as the CD-S2000 will demand ¥208,950 ($1,824) while the A-S2000 rings up at an equally staggering ¥176,400 ($1,540).

[Via AudioJunkies]

Filed under: Other hardware, Players, Speakers, Others

Tags: A-S2000, CD-S2000, preamp, sacd, yamaha

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Darksyde78 @ Oct 24th 2007 10:32PM

Um.. this is engadget HD Right? What does 2 channel audio have anything to to do with HD?

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Galley @ Oct 25th 2007 8:28AM

SACD is high-defintion audio? No, that's not it. SACD is high-resolution audio.

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Eddie @ Oct 25th 2007 1:07PM

I'm starting to think EngadgetHD stands for Endgadget: Highly Doubtful.

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h4ldol @ Oct 26th 2007 1:25PM

I must have this, even though the PS3 already plays SACDs. This will go nicely with my speaker/receiver setup.

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JBDragon @ Oct 27th 2007 1:07AM

Does anyone even care anymore about SACD or DVD Audio these days? Even if I had piles of cash to blow I would never buy this garbage. I'd NEVER use it, just sit on the shelf. I guess I could then point it out to my friends and WOW them with the price tag, but then what?

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