Yamaha (Hi-Fi) · AX-series integrated amplifiers

AX-2000

A 28 kg integrated that guarantees class-A operation at every power level and load, with triple-parallel output devices.

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Catalogue code: AX-2000
Years: 1987
Type: integrated amplifier
Valves & speakers: 130 W/ch into 8 ohms (190 W/ch into 4 ohms), class A at all powers and loads
Lifecycle: retired
Confidence: Medium

Specifications

Watts: 130
Watts_basis: per channel, 8 ohm load unless noted in rated_load
Channels: 2
Technology: solid-state
Class_of_operation: A
Weight: 28 kg

Safety

Mains-powered vintage Yamaha: the V-FET devices in the B-1/B-2 are long out of production and fail if the bias drifts, so never run an unrestored unit hard. Japanese-market units are 100 V - use a step-down transformer.

01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Model / catalogue number, Model / catalogue number, British capacitor code (Hunts, Mullard), Japanese capacitor code (Nichicon, Chemi-Con, ELNA), EIA component code, Version & era marker.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

Nothing predates 1987; components only push the date later.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-listing reading: fair JPY 22,000, good JPY 31,865, excellent JPY 75,000 JPY · 4 sold listings (thin sample — indicative only) · as of 2026-10-18. 4 completed sales in JPY observed on 2026-10-18. fair/good/excellent = min/median/max of the observed SOLD prices (22000 / 31865.5 / 75000), NOT condition grades - neither source publishes a per-condition split. Sale/completion dates span 2026-09-12 to 2026-09-28. Channels counted: yahoo_closed x3, mercari_sold x1. No exchange-rate conversion was applied anywhere in this file.