Yamaha has endeavored to produce products and services that satisfy the diverse needs and desires of people worldwide. Its products and services are recognized the world over for superior quality in acoustics, design, technology, craftsmanship, and customer oriented services. These products and services under the brand name of Yamaha are highly regarded by a large number of professionals, institutions, business people within the related industries, and consumers.PRODUCT FEATURES:Quad-Field/Tri-Field CINEMA DSP and 22 surround programs with 5 THX Select2 programs;Dolby Pro Logic IIx and DTS 96/24 compatibility;Audio Delay for adjusting Lip-Sync (0 - 240 ms);Analog mixdown;Extended remote control codes, dual remote terminals for Zone 2 and Zone 3 and Dual +12V Trigger outputs;Dialog lift;Selectable 9-band subwoofer crossover;Subwoofer phase select;Night Listening Enhancer ensures that all programs (including Dolby Pro Logic IIx);SILENT CINEMA and Virtual CINEMA DSP;Speaker A, B or A+B selection, with Virtual CINEMA DSP;Capability in Zone B;Two-Line FL display;Max volume setting;Initial volume setting;Channel mute;6 System memories;Direct-Access (Macro-Command, Learning and Preset Capable) remote control unit with macro-command buttons and illuminated buttons.Customer Review: Three Years Old And Still Happy
In it's day this was a very advanced high end receiver. It was the second wave of HDMI switchers, at an affordable price point - not $3,000. Today, these sale prices make this receiver an amazing deal. What does it do well - pure clear sound. Beautiful upscaling of all video input. Smooth clean switching of sources. And my Vinyl has never sounded better. Yes it has a true Phono input with really great eq for vinyl. What doesn't it do so well - those extra zones (2 and 3), they are just complicated to use with almost no display. The manual isn't the easiest to understand. What do you get - Video: 2 HDMI's in, 1 output. A ton of component, S, and composite video in (I think there are 6 sets of all three). All will upconvert to around 720p, and handsomely I might add, through the HDMI output. DVD's look fabulous from this receiver (disable the on board upconversion of the DVD player). Audio: 6 SPDIF fiber optic inputs (all video or audio inputs can be mapped to any of these inputs, except HDMI). Phono, for moving magnet, not ceramic cartridge. Tape loops for two different decks. And an XM antenna input. A very sensitive FM / AM tuner. Speakers, pretty standard mix here, A/B sets of center, right, left, rear left, rear right, effect left and effect right. Two sub LFE line outputs. And the whole zone 2 and 3 outputs. The setup is a bit tricky. Since there are all these optical inputs, mapping can get a bit complex. Once that's all finished and you've gotten used to the user interface, it's time to balance the speakers. The supplied microphone and test cycle are incredible. It takes about 5 minutes to totally tune everything - frequency response and volume setting for every channel, including the sub. Everything sounds glorious after that set up is run. One thing to note, if you do use a second zone. Anything digital (optical or HDMI) will be passed along digital to the second zone. If you connect your CD player up via optical, you'll never hear it in the second zone. A minor issue, but worth understanding. I really love this receiver. Have loved it since the day I first installed it. The only negative I have to say today, it needs more HDMI ports. At the time, 2 was huge. There was no PS3, no TiVO HD, and DVD players with HDMI were pricey and rare. Today, 2 is a bit slim. But component video is very nicely upscaled with this unit, and in a pinch that will work well. And the power - wow. I've had it up to around 5dB a couple of times, and I think you could hear it down the block. Normal sound level is more like -20 or -30dB. I have this paired with MK speakers and a Velodyne sub. At today's price point, this is an outstanding deal. You can't touch anything this good at the current price.
Customer Review: Good only for two years.
Got mine in Amazon on July, '06. All was fine until a few weeks ago, when the HDMI-out port died. With my components all HDMI-based, losing that port was tantamount to losing the product. I replaced the receiver with a Denon, and all clicked again. Working now with Yamaha to get their receiver fixed - will report here how that went.
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