Yamaha RX V1. 80. AV Receiver Sound Vision. Kickin butt and takin soundfield names. For as long as I can remember although the time scale is questionable nowadays, Yamaha has been a strong player in the AV receiver game. While Yamaha is not really a high end company mentioned in the same breath with the likes of, say, Krell, Classe, or Lexicon, it certainly pioneered the behemoth, all in one piece hernia inducing monster AV receiver starting with the 4,4. RX Z9 several years ago Yamahas latest, biggest, and baddest, the 1. RX Z1. 1, will appear in November for 5,4. In light of all this AV receiver high endness, it might be hard for an AVR that sits more toward the middle of the price range, as does the new Yamaha RX V1. Even though its obviously not the most expensive AVR Yamaha manufactures, at 1,2. And lately, theres been some pretty hard to beat AVRs on the market for well under 1,0. New Years Countdown here. That makes it pretty tough for a receiver to establish a reason for existence in that low four figure price range. It turns out that the RX V1. It takes all kinds. One of the things you get when you spend a little more on an AVR is inputs, and the RX V1. With four HDMI 1. Star Track Receiver Software' title='Star Track Receiver Software' />USA. Product Description. The Logitech TrackMan Wheel is designed to optimize user comfort on any computer. It features a sleek ergonomic design that goes easy on the. Digital Satellite Receiver Softwares PowerVu,Biss, Cw,nava, Sky Sports, Bein Sports. Games Psp'>Games Psp. HDMI inputs and one output, this AVR is more equipped than a lot of current high end prepros. In addition, there are three component video inputs plus six S videocomposite inputs not to mention a boatload of optical digital audio inputs and outputs. Its also the least expensive Yamaha AVR with onboard Dolby True. HD and DTS HD Master Audio decoding. The RX V1. 80. 0 is both XM ready and i. Pod compatible, which means youll need to purchase an XM Mini tuner and Home Dock as well as a Yamaha YDS 1. Star Track Receiver Software' title='Star Track Receiver Software' />Universal Dock to make those features fully functional. The XM tuner integration is nicely done with songchannel info available on your TVs screen. Its even easier to navigate an i. Pods audio menus from your TV, but for videos youll have to go to the i. Dish-receiver-full-HD-P-Star-track-Galaxy-II-Original-20140326061639.jpg' alt='Star Track Receiver Software' title='Star Track Receiver Software' />Free Shipping on orders over 35. Refrigerator Popping Noise there. Buy Boss Audio 612UA MP3 Compatible Solid State Receiver, AMFM Receiver, USBSD at Walmart. Amazon. com Sonos CONNECT Wireless Receiver Component for Streaming Music. Works with Alexa. Home Audio Theater. Pod itself to choose what you want to watch. While I wouldnt recommend it as a first choice for video viewing, thanks to the excellent upconversion in the RX V1. Pod is surprisingly watchable on an HDTV. Your zone of zones. Virtually every AVR near this price has some form of multi zone capability. The RX V1. 80. 0 goes one room beyond the typical two zone configuration by adding a Zone 3 output. Thats nice, but whats really noteworthy is the flexibility of the multi zone configuration. If youre blessed with a couple of extra amps, you can use them with the independent pre amp outputs for Zones 2 and 3. If you dont have the bucks for the extra amps, the RX V1. NqATeC9E/UmTAVxNYSSI/AAAAAAAAAf8/m_nNqEI3niQ/s1600/STARTRACK-550d-mk-ii-b-Full-.jpg' alt='Star Track Receiver Software' title='Star Track Receiver Software' />AVRs internal amplifiers. Thats cool, but since the RX V1. Grandpa is listening to his favorite AM talk radio station in Zone 2 and your daughter is listening to as much Hannah Montana as any human being can stand, the Jonas Brothers, and whoever else might be slipped in on the XM in Zone 3 The answer is that it depends on how you configure the AVRs multi zone speaker priority settings. Give the zone speakers the upper hand, and youll hear 3. Give the surround speakers the right of way, and the other Zone listeners will hear silence until the credits start rolling over Sparta. The multi zone capabilities are limited to audio only. Thats slightly unexpected since a lot of the newer AVRs over 1,0. Zone 2 a feature thats extremely nice if you plan on searching channels on the XM tuner from a second zone. As Ive found with other Yamaha AVRs, the amplifiers in the RX V1. Thats doubly important if the other zones are cranking up the music, too. If youre more interested in ultimate theater performance rather than multi zone distribution, you can set up a 5. Out of the box, the sonic character of the receiver is warm, laid back, and easy to listen to, which is a tribute to the attention that Yamaha pays to the internal signal path and the overall construction of the chassis. The RX V1. 80. 0 arrived just in time for me to try out the copy of the Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City Blu ray Disc Id just received. Crash Into Me opens with some beautiful guitar work that the Yamaha reproduced with great delicacy and clarity. When set on straight through playback of the Dolby True. HD signal decoded and converted to PCM within my Sony PS3, there was nothing in the amplifier that got in the way of either the music or the sense of space that was captured during recording of the concert. On a whim, I pulled out an old two channel CD, Jennifer Warnes The Hunter, which I hadnt listened to in some time. The RX V1. 80. 0 handled the pace of the vocals and instrumentation in Big Noise, New York, keeping all the elements distinct and layered, proving that it can function without any excuses as an audio only piece of gear. In fact, Yamahas Pure Direct mode, like that found in some other AVRs, is a nod toward those who want to extract the maximum audio from an audiovideo receiver. When engaged, all non essential video and audio circuitry is turned off, eliminating potential signal noise. There are two other audio items worth mentioning. One, I was very impressed with the quality of sound from the external XM tuner, especially when using the Neural THX Surround mode. Ive been an XM subscriber for quite some time, and since I normally listen to XM in the car, Im somewhat desensitized to the less than optimal sound quality of satellite radio. But many channels, especially the XM HD Surround encoded channels sounded quite good, both in terms of enveloping surround and fidelity. The second thing is the RX V1. Compressed Music Enhancer. While I didnt do a side by side comparison of a song on the i. Pod versus a CD, I will say that this sound mode did a relatively good job of mellowing out the harsher effects of lower bit rate encodings. Just one correction. At this point in the new millennium, its hard to unearth an AVR that doesnt include some sort of built in room correction technology. Yamahas YPAO I think I ordered Chicken YPAO at a Chinese restaurant the other day circuitry isnt new. And I know you already guessed it stands for Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer. As it was with digital soundfield processing, Yamaha was early to the room correction party as a result, you can find versions of YPAO in various Yamaha AVRs.