HOLY S - - T!!!!!!!

[skippy1969]

I got this Yamaha YST-11 mini system from Ebay a few weeks ago. It was not working correctly and still isn't 100% ,but tonight I was monkeying around with it and got it to work while turning the whole unit upside down?????
All I can say is HOLY ****!!!!! what a loud bass machine! interestingly enough the PC boards and components are made by Sharp. I've never heard anything that size sound like this thing does. It's kind of like the Technics system that does not take batteries,but still this thing rocks the house,literally. It kind of reminds me of a Kaboom but with more detailed sound and a hell of a lot louder. What do you guys think?
With the dorky grills on.

With the grills off.

The amplifier heat sink.

Another view of the back.

 

[redbenjoe]

skippy --
i agree about the sound quality --
never heard the # 11
but once had the # 10

and the speakers were awsome in every way-

the front vents pushed out more air than a kaboom ~~

 

[skippy1969]

skippy --
i agree about the sound quality --
never heard the # 11
but once had the # 10

and the speakers were awsome in every way-

the front vents pushed out more air than a kaboom ~~

Did your 10 look similar to my 11 Ira?

 

[oldskool69]

These are really quite powerful little systems. Great sound in a small package for sure. You could theoretically run it off of some gel cells...if yoou could hook up with those beach fellows seen elsewhere on the site.

 

[redbenjoe]

the center section looked very similar .

the speakers has a different look -
but still had that same size and odd shape

 

[Fatdog]

Whoa! 95 watts! I'd like to know how many are actually output watts. Heck... even if only 50% come back out, that's a lot of power.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

I like it Skippy, very nice and it looks like very good quality.
Was this on ebay a few weeks ago? If it was I was very very tempted by it.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

What the hell is in your Avatar bobby? At first I thought it was a Hippo but now I see it's possibly the fattest dog by far that I've ever seen.

 

[oldskool69]

What the hell is in your Avatar bobby? At first I thought it was a Hippo but now I see it's possibly the fattest dog by far that I've ever seen.

Well...I thought it was a photoshoped head of a German Shepherd onto either a sea lion or walrus!

 

[blah blah]

Man skippy I like that alot. odd looks but appears high quality build and the sound from your description sounds awesome.
I call dibs if you ever part with it I believe this was my one and only first dibs call

 

[skippy1969]

I like it Skippy, very nice and it looks like very good quality.
Was this on ebay a few weeks ago? If it was I was very very tempted by it.

Yes It was on Ebay a few weeks ago. I thought I would go for it as the speakers are worth the money I paid for it. It has a few issues I need to see if I can fix yet. It is a very complex unit.

 

[skippy1969]

Man skippy I like that alot. odd looks but appears high quality build and the sound from your description sounds awesome.
I call dibs if you ever part with it I believe this was my one and only first dibs call

Ok Blah Blah, It is a well built and very heavy sucker,about 25-30 lbs. Most of that weight is the amp and transformer.

 

[ViennaSound]

Crazy look, but very interesting.

 

[Master Z]

Looks like studio monitors strapped to the side of the it.
But it's pretty fugly.

I hope those cooling fins are being worked.........

** Does it have a handle?**

 

[skippy1969]

Looks like studio monitors strapped to the side of the it.
But it's pretty fugly.

I hope those cooling fins are being worked.........

** Does it have a handle?**

Hah,the basically are studio monitors strapped to the sides M.Z.
It doesn't have a fold up handle,just twin built in handles on the top by the cd player.

 

[Fatdog]

What the hell is in your Avatar bobby? At first I thought it was a Hippo but now I see it's possibly the fattest dog by far that I've ever seen.

Well...I thought it was a photoshoped head of a German Shepherd onto either a sea lion or walrus!

It is indeed an extremely corpulent canine. I found quite a few pics using GIS, so you'll see some more.

 

[bill]

well they were really expensive when new and i can see why. in fact the speakers for this unit kind of have a cult following if you poke about in cyberspace a bit you can see good things said about them.
yamaha really put out some of the best smaller stereos back in the day.
i have a pc8 kicking around here and its a really nice boombox.
that one pictured here tho is just a amazing stereo for its size. in fact its better soundiing than some home stereos.

 

[skippy1969]

Thanks Bill.

 

[Radio raheem]

Great find but remember it's not a boombox so it dosen't realy matter how good it is, but still congrats mate.

 

[blah blah]

the only problem as it looks like no in line huh skippy?