Yamaha - 735W 7.2-Ch. Network-Ready 4K Ultra HD and 3D Pass-Through A/V Home Theater Receiver - Black
Model: RX-A740BL
SKU: 5331004
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Customers admire the great sound quality of the 735W 7.2-Ch. Network-Ready 4K Ultra HD and 3D Pass-Through A/V Home Theater Receiver, and they find it easy to use. The WiFi feature works flawlessly, and it has more than enough power to supply most systems. It also has many features for each activity and is simple to set up.
Well this is my second replacement receiver and I figured I would wait a bit before I would give my review on it. The first issue I had with the first receiver was flickering whenever I would turn on the Bluray player which was a samsung bdh6500 excellent bluray player by the way. Anyways i thought it was the bluray player or perhaps the HDMI cable but after i switched the cables around and switched the source input from hdmi 1 to hdmi 5 ect the receiver continued to have the flickering issue with the picture on the tv. I then swapped my bluray player with another one and it did the same flickering problem so I went to best buy and got a replacement. The second seems to be working great so far. Things I like about this receiver is that you can have your bluray player or cable / satellite receiver on and watch it through the tv as well as hear it while the receiver is off but on standby which is still considered off. That setting has to be turned on manually so that you can use that feature. My last yamaha receiver which was a RX-V663 didn't have this feature and I had to have it on at all times in order to watch tv. This is a great feature because my wife doesn't always like to hear my klipsch speakers and sub woofers shaking everything in the house with this receiver it's nice to have the receiver off and be able to watch your programs on tv at night with out waking up the kids with the receiver. Setting up my 7 Klipsch Quintet 5.0 speakers and 2 klipsch sw450 sub woofers with the YPAO microphone was a bit tricky as it took me about 5 times to get the settings right. You must really have your home extremely quiet during this process otherwise you will get an error code w3 every time. The microphone has to be placed where you sit and at the height of your head so that it can calibrate the speakers to that listening height and distance. Once that is set up you will be able to hear the center channel and all the other speakers alot louder and overall balanced in sound with out the subs being too boomy. Just remember to set your sub woofers gain/volume control to 1/2 and your frequency to full range and it will calibrate perfectly! The receiver has been able to decodes every format and movie I can think of which is excellent. My only issue with one of the bluray movies i rented which is "The Hobbit battle of the 5 army's" seems to decode all the background sounds except the main voices of some of the characters which was very annoying but could just be a bad copy because all my other movies decode excellent. Setting up wifi was extremely easy and i was able to set up pandora for internet radio listening. Once i loged in to my pandora account all i had to do on the receiver was press the Net button and pandora would start immediately. The receiver did need a firmware update so when it was done I did have to re log in to pandora but Overall I would highly recommend this receiver if you want premium sound with excellent features this rx-a740 is the way to go.
Posted by MRRUIZ
The unit itself was recommended by the local Magnolia professional at my BB. I was in the market for a dual zone, Bluetooth and WiFi capable receiver that could really deliver crisp clear notes through my various zones and also be somewhat easy to use, for the wife obviously...Nonetheless this unit captured all of the above and even more options which I am using daily. It is a fantastic receiver for the price if you're not looking to completely break the bank but yet want quality and are not satisfied with the RTR complete junk usually offered.
Posted by Kustomizer03
We replaced our old receiver with the Yamaha unit. The Yamaha is so easy to use and adjusts very easily to every situation in my home. All of the controls are on the front, not behind a panel or door, and they are so easy to adjust. The control buttons are self explanatory, where I do not have to refer to the owners manual. So easy!!! The sound from my speakers which is controlled through the Yamaha receiver is very good! Though you have to keep in mind that sound is very perspective and personal and varies according to the speakers.
Posted by Legacy
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