I found this at a thrift shop (no remote though) and had it hooked up to a pair of Polk bookshelf speakers in my bedroom and it sounded pretty good. I just finished restoring a pair of Klipsch LaScalas and now have it running through them and a Conrad Johnson MF-2100 amp and it sounds awesome... Clean and crisp. I only wish I had a bigger room to really turn it loose. If you can pick one up, do it.

Another great Yamaha receiver. I have this hooked up for kitchen to a pair of B&A S-45's and a pair of Radio shack speakers (the bookshelf models with the ? tweeter thing on top under a cloth grill. Sounds very good and has been in constant use for over 3 years now for this purpose. It was my first Craig's List receiver purchase ($40) and had a 1 year use by me as home theater receiver where it also performed flawlessly. Sturdily built and great clean sound. Put into kitchen because I replaced home theater with a Yamaha RX-V1, two Denon 3805's, and a Denon 3801 all hooked up to PC via distribution amplifier. My wife is insane because she lets me have receivers in every room in the house (and garage of course) and more vintage speakers than anyone could imagine. Sounds good to me though. If you find this receiver cheap buy it, it is still a wonderfully built and good sounding unit.

-Beautiful,functional remote. -Cool, even over 50% loads. -Definitely louder than specified. -Surround sound, natural sound options (I use only half) -crisp high, vibrant and controlled lows. -solid build and finish.

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Excellent build, crisp highs and controlled lows. No heating issues like Technics I use a lot. It is barely warm in a very tight shelf. Remote is great, receiver output more than enough (somehow louder than specified). Excellent and highly recommended. Had it for over a year on Technics fronts and Yamaha rears, enjoying more every day...

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THis thing is awesome..

no S-Video input for DVD..

This is an amazing piece of audio equipment. Cinema DSP = AWESOME, Digital / DTS decoding is flawless, 85 watts are more than addequite. nice interface quality remote.

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If you dont have component video TV this is purfect for you

Great sound quality, a wide variety of effects for video,good clean flat sound quality

the remote is a little funky looking, cant understand why they went with silver since the rcvr is black

I really love the versatility of this product especially when it comes to the dvd/vcr functions. I have found this rcvr very easy to use and I have not had any problems at all with the unit. I also enjoy the overall sound quality that this unit provides with all of the effect functions I can really shape the sound for whatever the source is as well as the room that iM using it in.As for the price I was able to get a great deal on line and I feel sorry for anyone that didnt shop and paid Best"worst"buys price.I would reccomend this rcvr for anyone looking for a good versitle unit at a value price

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Not really a review. Just a serious question. After extensive research, I decided on the Yami RX-V795A, matched with Polk Audio RM6500 System. Love it! Question is, are the 1105 and the 795A receivers REALLY the same machine? I just bought this system one week ago and now find I can get the 1105 locally for about 200 bills less. If I was convinced they were the same machine, I would return the 795 and buy the 1105. Does anyone have the final answer on this question?

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Tried Denon, Sony, Pioneer

great value

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Dave from Pittsburgh is right. This is a great receiver. I believe I overpaid but I'm still pleased with my choice. The remote does need some getting use to but with practice it serves its purpose.

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OK for HT

horrible for music

I had this receiver at home for 2 weeks. For HT, it sounded OK but not great. For music, it sounded awful. Tight but exaggerated bass, horrible midrange and distorted highs. The kind of sound that makes you turn the volume down. Even though I did not like the tonal balance of the Denon, it was a pleasure to listen to, while listening to the Yamaha was a torture. An AV receiver does need to sound horrible for music. It will remain a mystery to me why anybody would buy (and keep) this receiver. Any other receiver I auditioned (Nak AV-7, Marantz AV-5000/AV-7000, Onkyo) sounded much better.

3.5-4 stars for HT and 1 star for music.

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Great DD decoding,good DSPs,good for music

Remote,beyond that not a whole lot

I think this is as good of a reciever as you are going to find in it's price class. Sound is very clean and clear with very little distortion. No other brand does Dolby Digital playback better than Yamaha.

In response to the reviewer below me, how could you think that listening to this receiver is torture. Are your speakers blown? Sure it's a little bright, but the one thing it will not do is distort. I challenge you to go out and find any brand in the sub $2,000 price point that does Home Theater better than Yamaha. Believe me, you won't. Sounds to me like you have a problem with another component in your system.

5 Stars from me!!!!!!

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excellent sound quality, realistic DSP modes

display, input selection, too few digital / S-video inputs

This is a very nice receiver, overall. The sound is clean
and undistorted in all channels, even at high volumes and
with DSP effects turned on. Unlike with most competing brands, the DSP modes are very listenable, not too overdone and artifical-sounding.


A few nits to pick, though:

There' no way to lock-in Dolby Digital or PCM as the input
mode-- only Analog, DTS, and "Auto" are available as
choices. Auto causes the unit to search for (DD | DTS | PCM) on the digital input, then fall back to analog if no signal is found. Some satellite receivers, DVD players, etc. will interrupt their digital output at various times, when changing channels, for example. The Yamaha will cut over to analog when this happens, and won't switch back instantly when the digital signal re-appears.

I've noticed that this receiver won't convert digital input sources to analog for the Tape Monitor loop or VCR output-- not sure if many other receivers will, but this means that components connected only digitally can't be recorded, or sent through an external equalizer. Given this, and the AUTO-mode limitation described above, it isn't practical to double-up two sources (digital + analog) onto one input.

Speaking of AUTO mode again, the front panel doesn't indicate whether the current source is playing in PCM, Dolby Digital, or Analog (although DTS does have its own indicator). To find out, one must turn on the monitor and check the OSD there...

More generally, the panel display (which is a hard-to-read, dim orange color) could show something a bit more useful than "EFFECT OFF" 90% of the time.

The remote looks very nice, but I didn't care for it ergonomically. Nothing a good universal can't solve ;)

Others have mentioned the very limited S-video switching capability. I use an outboard JVC switcher anyway, but some might want to consider the RX-V995 instead to get more inputs. Note that none of the S-video ins are paired with a digital audio connection on this receiver!

A parametric EQ would be nice on occasion. This is probably the only useful Sony feature than Yamaha doesn't have...

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