Price Paid:  $799.00 from Worst Buy

Summary:
I just bought this receiver 2 days ago and hooked it up to my new Bose Accoustimass 6 Series III speakers. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn Fricken Rocks! This thing had the ability to Suck the paint off your house and give your family a permanent orange afro.

Strengths:
P*O*W*E*R

Weaknesses:
No viable ones yet, I haven't read the maunel, but some stuff isn't working yet.

Price Paid:  $519.00 from shopsunshine.com

Summary:
I am only 14 years old. i have surround sound i my bedroom and i love it. the first reciever that i had was an old sony that only had prologic and the amplifier must have been clipped because there was an unbearable amount of static even at the lowest volume levels. i shopped around for a good three months while saving up money i found this one and i fell in love. it has an amazing amount of power 100x6 plus every decoder that is avaible. the power is to much for my bedroom. a definate get for any size room.

Strengths:
tons of power crisp sound great price

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $520.00 from Ebay

Summary:
Looked and listened to Denon, Sony ES, Onkyo. The Yamaha seemed to offer the most bang for the buck. Very clean open sound. Yamaha's DSPs are the better than anyone other manufacturers. Very good 2 channel stereo sound - very important to me as I do most listening in the 2 channel stereo mode.

Strengths:
Well built. Clean open sound. Learning remote. Powerful - I doubt anyone would need more power (6x100) than this unit has unless you are using very inefficient speakers or have an extremely large listening room.

Weaknesses:
No preamp outputs even though Yamaha advertises that is does.

Similar Products Used:
Sony STR-DA333ES, Onkyo TX-SR600, Denon AVR-2802 and AVR-3803.

Price Paid:  $485.00 from Etronics

Summary:
For the money one has to look far and wide to find a better AV Receiver. Yamaha has gone to the limits with this little beauty. The easy to use remote that will learn anything is a plus. The receiver was unpacked and playing beautiful in less than 10 minutes. The sound fields are surpurb. The power is more than enough for those with neighbors. The DSP options are top notch. I searched and researched and could not find another receiver that offered as much as the 5590. Give this baby a whirl. You will not be dissapointed with your music or movies. For under $500.00 one just cant go wrong!!

Strengths:
Ease of operation,Variety of soind fields, custom sound fields, assigned outputs, Test generator, variable delays for all speakers!! Strong support system established for easy repair work when needed.

Weaknesses:
Bass is a bit soft but I use a sub. Manual could be better written. It leaves out many product benefits for the unexperienced users

Similar Products Used:
Harman Kardon, Onyko, Yamaha

Price Paid:  $740.00 from bestbuy

Summary:
I first bought this reciever at bestbuy without shopping around on the internet for way to much. Anyway, I found that the power and movie modes were great...lots of dynamic headroom when needed. However,I found that the lack of pre-outs for each channel a big drawback for I like to use a rear sub for surrounds.It is misleading of Yamaha to advertise this unit having pre-outs when it has none. That said I ended up returning the reciever and found the Yamaha rx-2300 with 110 watts per channel for $665 (normally $1000) with the same features AND full pre-outs for each channel. A much better deal at a better price. Still,this reciever will be fine for most people.

Strengths:
Great power and cinima modes for movies,quality amp.

Weaknesses:
Mis-advertised saying pre-outs for each channel..has none. Store price a bit high.

Similar Products Used:
Sony,panasonic ect.....