Not so happy with my new Integrated amp, Yamaha A-S501

This One?

 

Yep, that's the one with the plastic nobs and no lighting. Looks great until you take out of the box. Cheapness.

 

Yes, they are connected properly.

 

Well some peeps seem to like it(I think?) well if this same Amp in an earlier Thread..

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Thank you all SH friends for helping me, I really do appreciate it. I'm going threw a difficult time in my life and the meds I'm taking for my heart can put me into a bad mood..short fuse.
I'm going to try to make this work, I pray to god I don't smash this amp up into little pieces in my backyard. No joke, these meds can really set me off in a bad way.
Round two tonight. Stopping at Bestbuy for the cable, not sure if this is a good idea, those kids that work in the store can drive me crazy. That's why I order online for some stuff.

 

Spoken like a true salesman...

That’s probably your best bet, but more importantly, have them come out to hook it up to your satisfaction, or make them take it back if your not 100% satisfied.

 

Good luck. If you get short fused, walk away and come back to it later. This unit really should do a good job, in spite of plastic knobs. I think you'd pay a lot more for something all metal with more lights.

 

Well before you smash it send it to me, I'll show it what I'm made of....

 

So, what you are saying is you don't know much about either. Got it.

 

Perhaps you have an audio friend that would be willing to come over and help out?

 

If lights are essential, then what the OP should have bought was a receiver not an integrated amplifier. I've had the A-S501 (in silver) for six months now and love it. I've heard the complaints about the plastic knobs but really it is just being nitpicky. Would metal ones improve the sound quality? Unlikely.

 

I don't have anybody who knows about this stuff, believe or not, they ask me for help. Most if not all my friends listen on simple setups or stream music. I have a large vinyl collection and I bought this amp for that. I'm on my way home with the cable I bought at best buy. I hope this works, I'm still shocked at the low power of 85 watt amp. That's also bugging me. This amp looks big and powerful but I'm not hearing it. My speakers are not the problem, they handle up to 200 watts 8 oms.

 

If you're coming from a mid to late 70's unit, they were rated way more conservatively back then. Look it up, too long to get into here. Anyway, I have a 70's Kenwood KR-7600 at 70 wpc that blows the doors off my Denon avr at 110 wpc x 7, and has a bigger transformer to power only 2 channels. My Sansui 9090 at 110 wpc is in a whole other league. Have you considered another vintage unit?

 

If the shoe fits, wear it. Pray it doesn't require shoelaces to overwhelm you.

 

I believe you.

Are you comparing the two pieces by the position of the volume control? If so, they will be different. For example, say on your old piece you listened at 9 o'clock, but to obtain the the same SPL on the Yamaha you have to turn it to 10. That would be normal and doesn't mean the Yamaha is less powerful. It could also be that the Yamaha has a more refined smoother sound, but you are used to the less refined sound of the previous piece.

FYI, it's not how many watts your speakers are rated for. It's the efficiency of the speakers, which is noted in dB.

 

Once again, you make no sense. Please stop posting your nonsense.

 

Here's the cable I picked up at Best Buy today, digital Optical cable. It doesn't fit in my amp and I have no connection in the back of my TV.
Here's some pictures I took.

 

Here's the back of my amp..is that little red rubber suppose to come off?

 

Two pictures from the back of my TV. The RCA plugs to the bottom right are the ones I have connected to the amp.
very confused now. Where's my hammer.

 

Plug the cable into the "digital audio out" on the TV and then plug it into the input to the left of the orange plug on your amp.

 

Connect to the back of your integrated where it says Optical. Then on your TV where it says Digital Audio Out.

Edit: he types faster....lol

 

My settings for listening to my records, this is a good volume at this level. Does this setting look normal to you guys that own one of these amps?

 

Not even past half way so you're fine at that volume and then some. Crank it and enjoy!

 

The photos are very helpful.

Can you show the rear panels of the Bluray player and cable box while you're at it?

 

It does not fit into the digital audio out on the TV...it's a square shape. The cable does not go into that that square shape plug in the back of the amp ether.
I'm back to square one..no pun intended.