How to connect a Equalizer to Yamaha CA 2010 Integrated Amp?

[Ramesh Rasaiyan]

Hi, Recently I bought a Yamaha CA 2010 Integrated Amplifier and I am planning to connect a Pioneer (SG-540) 7 band graphic equalizer. As per my understanding I believe I need to use the Main In and Pre Out jacks to connect the equalizer. Correct me if I am wrong.

And the question is, to connect the equalizer what is the setup I need to maintain in the Coupler and Mode Switch?

And the manual is available in this link - http://akdatabase.org/AKview/albums/userpics/10004/Yamaha CA-2010 Owners.pdf

Thanks,
Ramesh

 

[j_garcia]

If it has a main in then it should have a main out and that's the loop it should be inserted into. The pre-out comes after that loop, so you can't connect it that way.

 

[markw]

I'd recommend it be connected via one of the "Tape Monitor" loops*. You connect the receivers "Rec Out" to the equalizers input and the equalizers output to the receivers "Tape In".

With this method, it will be working with a higher level, constant signal and it's noise floor will have less chance of being amplified.

* These don't exist any more, particularly in today's AVRs'

 

[j_garcia]

My Marantz integrated still has a tape loop in addition to the main in/out, but most don't since tape players aren't so common either.

 

[Ramesh Rasaiyan]

Hi, Recently I bought a Yamaha CA 2010 Integrated Amplifier and I am planning to connect a Pioneer (SG-540) 7 band graphic equalizer. As per my understanding I believe I need to use the Main In and Pre Out jacks to connect the equalizer. Correct me if I am wrong.

And the question is, to connect the equalizer what is the setup I need to maintain in the Coupler and Mode Switch?

And the manual is available in this link - http://akdatabase.org/AKview/albums/userpics/10004/Yamaha CA-2010 Owners.pdf

Thanks,
Ramesh

Thank you for the response, But I tried your solution long back and today too, and it is not working.

Thanks,
Ramesh

 

[TLS Guy]

Hi, Recently I bought a Yamaha CA 2010 Integrated Amplifier and I am planning to connect a Pioneer (SG-540) 7 band graphic equalizer. As per my understanding I believe I need to use the Main In and Pre Out jacks to connect the equalizer. Correct me if I am wrong.

And the question is, to connect the equalizer what is the setup I need to maintain in the Coupler and Mode Switch?

And the manual is available in this link - http://akdatabase.org/AKview/albums/userpics/10004/Yamaha CA-2010 Owners.pdf

Thanks,
Ramesh

Look, this is quite simple.

You have two tape monitor loops. Lets use tape 1.

Connect tape 1 out/record to the equalizer input record. Now connect the tape 1 input/play to the equalizer tape output/play.

Now select the input you want to listen to on the Yamaha and also have tape 1 engaged.

On the equalizer select on, equalize recording off, and tape monitor on.

If that does not work you have a dud unit, or you can't understand these instructions. Either way after that you beyond further help.

 

[Georgie]

Buy GOOD speaker cables and GOOD interlinks, spikes under your speakers, and then you don't need an equalizer, been there, done that.
If you need an equalizer, then there is something not right in your system.

Speaker cables X tube XT360 or something similar.
Interlink you make yourself from not the cheapest gold plated plugs and wires from a phone/internet line, these interlinks are MUCH better then $200 interlinks from a audio store.
Spikes, you speakers sound completely different.
Oh, what good speaker cables do for your sound outside the speaker, they do the same for your sound when you make inside your speaker.

 

[markw]

Buy GOOD speaker cables and GOOD interlinks, spikes under your speakers, and then you don't need an equalizer, been there, done that.
If you need an equalizer, then there is something not right in your system.

Speaker cables X tube XT360 or something similar.
Interlink you make yourself from not the cheapest gold plated plugs and wires from a phone/internet line, these interlinks are MUCH better then $200 interlinks from a audio store.
Spikes, you speakers sound completely different.
Oh, what good speaker cables do for your sound outside the speaker, they do the same for your sound when you make inside your speaker.

Please, don't feed the newbies bad advice. Cables and interconnects won't do what he wants.

 

[TLS Guy]

Please, don't feed the newbies bad advice. Cables and interconnects won't do what he wants.

I concur with that advice. Definite Audiophool alert about this chap.

 

[lovinthehd]

Besides being a non sequitur of the highest order as far as the OP's issues go....

 

[mtrycrafts]

...spikes under your speakers, and then you don't need an equalizer, been there, done that.
...

You mean that the spikes can boost or cut frequencies intelligently all by itself? How many frequencies can it modify?
Being there and doing it doesn't mean it happened. Humans are gullible and biased. Easily impressed and impressionable.