Yamaha CR-1020 // Vintage / Solid-State Receiver / with Original Box / Super Clean (28404)
The Yamaha CR-1020 is one of the crown jewels of the silver-face receiver era—a beautifully built late-’70s machine that strikes that perfect Yamaha balance of clean aesthetics, rock-solid engineering, and genuinely musical sound. Pushing out a confident 70 watts per channel (this one puts out 75+), the CR-1020 has that signature Yamaha house sound: smooth, open, and effortlessly detailed, with a neutrality that never feels clinical. The tuner section is superb, the phono stage is surprisingly refined, and every switch and knob has that buttery, precision-machined feel that reminds you Yamaha was serious about quality back then.
Warm, elegant, and endlessly listenable, the CR-1020 is one of those receivers that makes you wonder why anyone ever stopped building gear this beautifully. A true vintage sweetheart with real hi-fi chops.
S/N: 28404
- Verified all lamps
- Cleaned all control contacts
- Verified AM and FM functions
- Verified all inputs/outputs
- Factory Spec is 70W at 0.05% THD, measured at 75-78W
Original: $1,499.00
-65%$1,499.00
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The Yamaha CR-1020 is one of the crown jewels of the silver-face receiver era—a beautifully built late-’70s machine that strikes that perfect Yamaha balance of clean aesthetics, rock-solid engineering, and genuinely musical sound. Pushing out a confident 70 watts per channel (this one puts out 75+), the CR-1020 has that signature Yamaha house sound: smooth, open, and effortlessly detailed, with a neutrality that never feels clinical. The tuner section is superb, the phono stage is surprisingly refined, and every switch and knob has that buttery, precision-machined feel that reminds you Yamaha was serious about quality back then.
Warm, elegant, and endlessly listenable, the CR-1020 is one of those receivers that makes you wonder why anyone ever stopped building gear this beautifully. A true vintage sweetheart with real hi-fi chops.
S/N: 28404
- Verified all lamps
- Cleaned all control contacts
- Verified AM and FM functions
- Verified all inputs/outputs
- Factory Spec is 70W at 0.05% THD, measured at 75-78W
