Price Paid:  $250.00 from Ebay

Summary:
I bought this from a seller on Ebay, it was new old stock never opened completely new. This receiver was a great bargan for what I paid for it, the sound is clear, but does not have a very powerful internal power amp. I use an Adcom GFA 555 to power my two main larger floor speakers, they run at 6 ohms and take a lot of power, it is best to use an external amp for this.

Strengths:
Clear Sound

Weaknesses:
internal amp does not handle lower ohm speakers well, but this is common among most in this catagory.

Similar Products Used:
Adcom Preamps and Power Amps
Carver
SAE
Kenwood
Pioneer
Technics

Price Paid:  $3750.00 from Saudi Arabia

Summary:
I really admire the performance of this unit, sound quality wise, I can say that this is one of the most outstanding unit (same level) that you could ever had now a days. Even though I knew from day one that before you can enjoy the 6.1 feature of this unit you need to have another power amplifier to hook up with your system. But even without rear center speaker I enjoyed hearing an excellent digital output. Until one day I found and realized that I already lost the digital output of this unit. strange isn't it? I brought it in the service center here in Al-Khobar Saudi Arabia and they told me that the digital integrated micro chips was damage. I don't know how. The technician told me that it will cost me about $300.00 to replace the whole digital board which I believe it's not practical not to mention the duration of order and delivery time frame. Currently, PCM and Dolby Pro Logic features are still perfectly working, but of course having the digital features is far better to have than not. Will some body please give me some advise regarding this matter? I can actually rate this unit as great deal value or more than that performance wise. Due to the digital feature issue. Defenitely I can't. I need some solutions guys.

Strengths:
Excellent Sound Quality, Elegant Product presentation

Weaknesses:
Remote control sometimes not functioning and of course my problem about the digital output.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Iv'e had my mine now for about two years and it has worked perfectly up until now. Around December 2002 the remote control started to act up. It refused to accept any info. from the input buttons. I changed the batteries but it still had the problem. The only way to get it back on track is to utilise the reset button in the area of the batteries. That got it working for a while but it reverted back to not accepting the inputs. Other users may find this option useful.

Strengths:
Good build quality, awesome sound

Weaknesses:
remote control

Price Paid:  $849.00 from Stereo One (local se

Summary:
I did a lot of research on buying a surround system. I'm a musician with a home studio as well as a professsional local television producer so my standards are pretty high. I don't consider myself an audiophile, however, because I'm not willing to put out top dollar for bleeding edge product. I want something really good for an acceptable price, that's it.

I know this unit doesn't have true 6.1 or powered sub out, and knew it ahead of time. Thus I bought a matched set of four B&W satellites, a center speaker and a 350W B&W sub (which is absolutely astounding, I must add.)

In short, I knew what I was getting. That's half the battle to not being disappointed, I think.

Having said all this, the Yamaha has been fantastic. It sounds very musical to my ears, very clean, and I have only slightly adjusted the bass knob to kick a little extra to my sub without turning the sub up.

The DSP setups I have been happy with, I haven't messed with them at all (and I usually mess with everything reverb or EQ related; I'm like that.) The setup features worked very well and I was able to get a terrific sound in very short order.

A year after buying this unit, I would certainly buy another if it crashed.

A note that I didn't understand until I did this review -- 3 stars on value is a "fair deal." 4 stars is a "great deal." I love the unit, but I can't truthfully call this a "great deal." Get it for around $600, then it's a great deal. This kind of money is a fair deal, and fair is fair.

Strengths:
Big 'ole remote that lights at night and controls everything else in the rack.

Very musical sounding.

Easy to operate/intuitive (my wife works it with no problems, and she hates this stuff.)

Weaknesses:
None for my application, though it was a little more money than I would have liked to spend.

Similar Products Used:
Looked at Marantz, Sony and Kenwood. For the money and features, nothing else sounded as good.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
The Yamaha RX-V1000 has done everything I wanted it to do and more. The number of inputs is exceptional, the output flexibility (especially with simultaneous multi-output capability) is outstanding, and the quality of the unit seems top-notch. I have not regretted this purchase one bit. I'd like to see a better price/features combo, because in my book, this receiver couldn't be beat.

Strengths:
Number and flexibility of inputs and outputs
Tons of DSP effects and digital sound decoding
Easily tweakable for those that crave customization
Excellent sound quality
High quality, low price

Weaknesses:
Radio reception is marginal. Remote may need new batteries right off the bat depending on how long it has been sitting (mine "appeared" to be not receiving the signal from the remote, but when I replaced the batteries, no problem.)

Similar Products Used:
None