Yamaha R-N2000A

AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR $4000-$8000 STEREO AMPLIFIERS JUDGES' “ COMMENT This amplifier combines MusicCast streaming and app control with a relatively purist modern take on a classic amplifier. It’s a magnificent release from Yamaha. You would hardly know that Yamaha’s smart 2000 Series amplifier is fully ready for the streaming age, so unobtrusively has the company embedded its MusicCast streaming and multiroom platform within, adding digital inputs to the rear, and tucking a quiet little digital display under the otherwise classic design of the $4999 R-N2000. This combination allows three line-level analogue inputs, a moving-magnet phonolevel input, and five digital inputs: two optical, one coaxial, USB-B for computer (thanks to the ultra-precision clock, this last is capable up to 32-bit/384kHz PCM and 11.2MHz/ DSD256), and finally a very useful HDMI…

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