Hurricane103

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.80 of 5, 5.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1000.00 from Ebay

Summary:
The RX-V1 has 54 different soundfield programs, some of which are used primarily with music while others are best with movies.Yamaha uses LSI chips of their own design operating at 44 bits, and the results are undeniably impressive.. For movies, the options are no less astounding. In the standard and enhanced 5.1 and 6.1 matrix modes, the sound is always impressive. With 110 watts per channel for each of the six main speakers and 35 more for each front surround speaker, there's plenty of power for most applications. Even hard-hitting dynamic material. The AM/FM tuner allows up to 40 channels to be stored in five subgroups of eight channels each. With a decent antenna, it has fine-sounding, low-noise reception. Ihave no complaints as to the sound reproduction capabilities of the RX-V1.I found the two-channel sound quality to be clear and uncolored.The sound wasn't bright as most people complained about other Yamaha receivers. I did most of my listening in the processor direct mode, bypassing the tone and bass controls. I found the remote a bit difficult to use in the dark, as only a few buttons are backlit and the shape and placement of the buttons on the crowded remote are not intuitive. If Yamaha were to dump the power-amplifier section and sell this simply as a pre/pro, it would still be an excellent value. When fully loaded, this receiver is so flexible and powerful anyone could find a setting that would live up to their highest expectations.

Strengths:
Power,Decoder chips, Sound qualty, Tuner

Weaknesses:
Remote

WindsorGuy

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1000.00 from online

Summary:
I like this receiver, but I'm not going to give a lengthy review. This is a note for those experiencing channel drop out on their front channels. One solution that I found was to either create or purchase a very short RCA cable. Connecting the main ins to the main outs with this cable has solved this issue for me. I'm going on 2+ years with on channel drop outs.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This is one of the best if not the best reciever I've heard especially after taking the time to set my room up properly. I don't understand why people consider the sound of this or most other Yamaha recievers brite ,If anything their extremely accurate it's not yamahas fault that most recordings sound like crap. I always thought that the main reason for hifi was to recreate live music ,funny if I play a well recorded cd the sound comes pretty close to me and I don't need a reviewer in a magazine to tell me any different. To bad we don't have people like juilian hirsch around anymore, he gave his opinion but he didn't have to bash a companys product to do it. anywayz I like this reciever ,also I don't think any company makes a bad product,however more than any other component or "components" your speakers actually have more to with the overall sound than anything else. Trust me if you know what your doing you can possibly make a product you thought sound terrible sound amazing(that is if you're not letting someone else make the decsion for you, you don't let people choose what you like to eat why let someone choose your equipment)Anywayz just take the time to set your room up even a quarter of and inch will make a difference in the sound of a speaker(and you don't need any type of acoustic treatment either),I can tell you from experience. Sorry to get so far off the subject I just think that we've gotten away from the entertainment(movies,music and such) and started letting the equipment become the entertainment. the only reason I claim to be and audiophile is because I became an idiot after spending a good bit of cash to achieve sonic nirvana and really didn't have to, you know how SACD seems to make sounds kind of bounce toward subtly, just imagine getting that sound with just about everything you listen to it can be done and it doesn't have to cost you tons of cash. No disrespect to other audiophlies butI'm sure you understand.

Strengths:
amazing sound, extremely accurate

Weaknesses:
Only that I started reading to many audio magazines and Internet publications with their own agendas, and forgot about whats really important and thats partly my fault

Similar Products Used:
pioneers,denons,other yamahas

Price Paid:  $950.00 from Tweeter

Summary:
I LOVE this receiver. Where to start? Well, probably with my current setup: Yammy RX-V1 NHT SC-1 Center NHT ST-4 Mains NHT SuperZero Surrounds SVS PB2+ Subwoofer Mitsubishi DVD Mitsubishi 53" Rear Projection HDTV In any case, I got this unit about 18 months ago on clearance at Tweeter. There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said about this receiver. Just count me among the VERY happy owners of this unit. I have noticed some of the same harshness in music reproduction that others have noticed; however, I got this as a home theater system and not for music. I'm thoroughly pleased with this receiver and quite happy I bought it.

Strengths:
Awesome accuracy Wonderful enhanced Dolby Digital & DTS modes Nice DSP selections Outstanding connectivity and flexibility

Weaknesses:
Remote is pretty useless Adjustments aren't intuitive Somewhat shrill, bright and harsh in 2 channel mode

Similar Products Used:
Mitsubishi M-AV1 Kenwood OM-1080VR

Price Paid:  $1000.00 from black eagle corp.

Summary:
For all of you who are sitting on the fence... this product is awesome. The key is the 24 bit DAC's and a 44 bit LSI. At this price the sound is incredible. Voice reproduction is better than any other product in this price range.The entire range is great. My speakers aren't to shabby either. Now that you can find these either new or demo's in the 1000.00 range grab em! Yamaha's new flagship RX-Z1 has some improvements it's not worth the extra grand. If your going that far you better get ready to finish the job and have 5 to 6 grand to start. I'm using flagship AR speakers for the front and center and a Bose AM7 for the rear, plus a 100W powered sub from Vidsonix. The 10" sub is better for music than movies. Great punch ,very fast. I have not hooked up the effects speakers yet. Go find one...

Strengths:
Incredible sound

Weaknesses:
The remote is a little hard to see and little hard to set-up. But once you get going you will want to take advantage of all of the set-up capabilities anyway.

Similar Products Used:
Onkyo, Denon.