Audioman00

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $80.00 from local

Summary:
The most impressive sounding receiver I have personally ever heard, the only thing even close was the DSP-A1000 I had years ago, but no digital in's on the dspa1000, so this is gods personal gift to me!

Strengths:
Power
Built Very Well
BUILT IN JAPAN!

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
if only i had the time... to list them all.

Price Paid:  $998.00 from Over seas

Summary:
I have been very happy with the 2092 since buying it. I don't run out to buy new equipment every year, I buy it to keep till I blow it up. I use the 2092 to power Klipsch KG 4's a Klipsch center, Klipsch KM2 rears and a 15" powered Klipsch sub. teehee. When this system is set up right the sound that you get is out of this world for movies. I did buy a JVC 56" HD 16:9 format TV to finish it all off this year.

Strengths:
2 sub outs, 2 front outs, 2 rear outs S-video out for all, the price was a steal

Weaknesses:
only one Optic out

Price Paid:  $1249.00 from Good Guys

Summary:
This review is more from a laymans point of view than from a techno person, but I am a pro musician as well..I found this unit to be so far above my previous unit which was the Denon AVR3000. the Denon had a sputtering sound in the tuner that just drove me up a wall and multiple service checks did nothing to help it..So I lived w/o the tuner for the most part with the Denon.. This unit has a tuner that is as clean as any I have ever heard in any unit, and the power is there, I think Yamaha has a tendency to under rate their power and output..I find there is much more power in this unit than is quoted in the specs..all of clean and I was driving a mixture of speakers instead of a matched set..I am using a Yamaha powered subwoofer model YST-SW100..that too handles this receiver quite well, I have a tendency to use all around sound instead of plain stereo as some may like, that does not seem to be a part of this receiver..that is fine with me...I did not spend this much money for a 2 speaker system for stereo..I personally do not consider having the inability to create straight 2 channel stereo a fault as some reviews seem to think..I still own an older Yamaha receiver I purchased in the early 80''s and it still performs flawlessy so if the 2092 keeps up with it wonderful and I have every reason to feel that it will.. i recently moved and while the system was apart i decided to update and replace the speakers with a fully factory matched set, the 2092 sprang to a totally new life immediately...handled everything more than expectered and I really went overboard in loading up the reciever with all the possible speakers it had a place to plug them in...lots of speakers..an overkill in a way..BUT, the 2092 does not balk at all with all of this in line..Remarkable to me..plus the ability with the extra remote to add more on in another room..the main remote was a bit to deal with at first, but I called Yamaha and got excellent and friendly help to make it quite a bit easier...

Strengths:
this unit has handled anything I have had to throw at it..ther total array of mis matched speakers through this unit did very well..it covered their flaws..

Similar Products Used:
Denon AVR3000--last Denon product I would ever buy and it cost $300.00 more to boot..

Price Paid:  $1500.00 from Hi Fi Buys

Summary:
I bought this receiver when I got my first DVD player in 1997. I got it as much for its video switching capability as its 5.1 DD. It replaced an old Denon receiver that put too much noise into the video signal--not to mention what it did to audio. First off, I was very impressed with the number of inputs. It covered everything I wanted it to do. The amp seemed solid, well built and powerful. It was also fairly noiseless in both audio and video signals. I am running two Quart rear speakers, a Polk center channel and Jamo 400 Professional fronts. A seperate 15" JBL Sub is powered by a Carver amp. They seem to match fairly well through this receiver. The Yamaha can really power it out, maintaining significant headroom at higher than normal volume levels. Sound is clean and impressive during movies. The amp always runs cool and never seems to break a sweat. All in all, I was very pleased. The amp has been a forget about it piece of equipment--No problems and good performance. But I also noticed another personal trend. I''ve not sat and actually listened to music in quite a while. The digital sound fields were originally fun to play with, but now I''ve settled to only using a theater setting during DVD movies. I don''t use any of the other sound fields at all, except for the stadium mode during a big sports game. Still, I was curious that with all these features, why wasn''t I critically listening to music anymore? I finally hooked up a Nakamichi PA-7 amp and Nakamichi CA-5 preamp with no tone controls and mostly straight through signal path. I then hooked up a set of very demanding Accoustat 2MH electrostatics and ran just that setup using my Meridian DVD/CD player. It was clear why I hadn''t been listening to music much lately. Although the Yamaha was great for watching movies and DVD concerts, it fell flat reproducing music. When playing through the Yamaha 2092, I found the sound slightly warmly colored with fair imaging and depth. Instruments tended to get lost in the mix and all of it was covered over with a very muddy, unfocused bass. Highs tended to be a little more defined, but the bass was loose and overbearing and would smear through the performance. This is using straight 2 channel, effects off listening. It performed better with the Jamo 400''s, but still exhibited the same problems.

Strengths:
Great power for 5.1 and good receiver when used in that context. Surprisingly, it was able to drive very difficult electrostatics along with the other channels and not stumble during even very intense action sequences. I may keep using these old Accoustats for a while because of this. I expected the Yamaha to click off at the first sign of trouble and it held its own, producing room rattling sound levels.

Weaknesses:
No replacement for separates. Doesn''t produce 2 channel stereo music cleanly. It would be fine for casual listening, parties, etc., but very disappointing for critical listening. Still, quite good for a receiver and also better than the Denon 3200 I auditioned before deciding on this one.

Price Paid:  $1300.00 from A&B SOUND

Summary:
It was a lot of money, but worth every penny. No regrets here!

Strengths:
I love the true power. More than enough power to power my parties.

Weaknesses:
I don't like the remote. It it is very confusing and a little over whelming.

Similar Products Used:
Onkyo