Customer Ratings & Reviews

GREAT SYSTEM . TOTALLY AWESOME . WORTH ALL THE MONEY .

Yamaha is one of the few manufacturers to maintain legacy compatibility. I define legacy compatibility as having ample Pre-Outs for both 7.1 and zones. This receiver has 7.2, Zone 2 and Zone 3. This is great as I have a bunch of monaural amps which I use to power a network of in-ceiling speakers throughout my home. It is nice to have the flexibility of using my existing amps with the receiver. I can actually wire up both Pre-Out and speaker outputs and drive a very large number of speakers. This is perfect for hosting as I can use the Party Mode button and I effectively get all channel stereo through every speaker. The room calibration tool is very nice. It accurately detected my initial 5.1 setup upon first test. I setup all of the listen locations and it pretty accurately made a profile for it. I am excited for incorporating some presence speakers for a Dolby Atmos setup when I have the patience to rewire for it. I was surprised at the 2160p upscaling. I picked up one of the 70" Vizio 4K's and I must say that many titles look quite nice with the upscaling from the receiver. I still notice the same edge artifacts as if the TV were upscaling but I feel like much more of the motion artifacts are reduced, it certainly seems better than the Vizio. I used The Dark Knight Rises scene in the beginning with the plane flying across the landscape, great scene and it is IMAX so it fills the screen. I recommend this receiver to anyone that is planning on having a future proof receiver for the coming 5 years. Also, it is great if you have floor standing speakers as there are plenty of configurations to let you have a dynamic 7.1 while bi-amping a good amount of speakers. The user manual is well written and has very good details for features that are not intuitive right off the bat. That being said, the on screen display is very helpful in the initial setup process. Great For: 4K, Dolby Atmos, floorstanding speakers, connection to legacy devices and amps Bad For: those looking for a basic receiver Worth the asking price and you can probably convince the Best Buy people to give a deal if you purchase speakers or a TV. Setup Tip: Label everything and have zip ties as there are going to be tons of wires and HDMI to connect everything, just be patient and thorough in setup. It will make any debug or changing of the configuration much easier.

I bought this receiver today to replace my old Rotel 1056 (I run through a pair of B&W Dm 603 s2's & Paradigm PW2200 sub ) it blows the Rotel away this receiver is so clear it's ridiculous & easy to setup (no directions needed) plus a whole new world of music with all the free streaming channels built into the receiver the only complaint I have is the remote is very hard to read due to the silver background but I will deal with it since Yamaha provided a app with full function touch screen control.......