Yamaha CD-S1000 CD-player

As hefty, large and visiting CD players go, it is just one of the most important, heaviest and many visiting, at least.

We especially enjoy the ultra-thin CD tray (which closes nearly noiselessly and opens) the and oh-so-retro mains switch. The insides are astonishingly nicely filled, also. In the right is the sound board, another retro occupation, with through-hole passive components including mylar film capacitors and stand up resistors, plus surface-mount DAC processors (a set of BurrBrown parts) op amps and. Digital signals are handled by an additional board beneath the sound one.

Operation has certainly not been ignored - Yamaha extolling the merits of multiple isolated transformer symmetrical and windings circuits, internally balanced.

Sound quality

It looks like general plenty of compliments simply did not quite set our listeners on fire with excitement although they paid it for this player. It is completely inconsistent in at least that is the way that it comes across, or the way in which it manages different types of music.

For example, one listener remarked in the Mavericks track on a somewhat thin sound, but then went on to remark the bass guitar is not weightless.

Voices project solo, but more link with all the remaining music and nicely, both making might be no bad thing.

When it comes to tonality that is fundamental, the CD-S1000 appears to do things right and its own treble is especially well done, glowing when it must be, but never forwards. Everything appears to be mainly in order if one listens actively for midrange equilibrium. But listening to the music as opposed to just the sound, the focus of one gets focussed on the top portion of the midrange.

It is a shame, because many areas of performance are great, going on outstanding, including deep bass (explained and expanded), detail and imaging. So near and yet only not quite...