A:AnswerHave had this unit for 4 days. It cranks up pretty good with a 5.2 speaker group and two powered subs. It's already received two firmware updates and while these receivers still look dated it's better then most and the remote well isn't the greatest but none of them are. Wish irhe remote had seperate bass/sub/treble adjustments but all and all very happy with the unit. I like bone crushing loud music and this gets it done with sports / movies / whatever.
A:AnswerYes, though none of the 2.1 features (4K/120, VRR, ALLM, eARC, Dolby Height Virtualization, etc) will be active at this time. Yamaha’s site says these will be activated via firmware update, but there is no specific date for this firmware release.
A:AnswerTell you the truth, I don't know. My picture looks really good running through this unit. I have a roku stream bar. I can't tell any difference by running it straight to the TV.
A:AnswerYou can hook up the amp with the front preamp out for the front LR speakers. I'm not sure if you can do the center though. You might be able to use a line level converter (like the ones used to hook a cars factory radio to an amp) hooked to the center channel output then feed that into your amp
A:AnswerI have the same setup. My suggestion is to use surround center middle speaker as a center channel. Having 2 center channels greatly enhances the dialogue.
It works well.
