Absolutly the best. After my house was struck by lightning, I had to replace my Kenwood KVR-990D (which I thought was the bomb). I did my research and was going to buy the 2092... In fact I did buy the 2092 (or so I thought) When I got it home, I opened the box and low & behold was a shiny new 2095!!! What a suprise! I've now had it for a few days and all I can say is WOW!! I love it. It makes my kewood sound like mud. The only thing I don't like is not being able to program ALL the remote functions the way I'd like to... Begars can't be choosers though.
I just can't wait to get my new DVD player hooked up to it now!

Great receiver! For those desire to park investment for a good tuner cum a power-packed amplifier with fantastic
decoding of DD,DTS, Dolby surrounds, RX-V2095 receiver
is the one.

Sound quality is first rate and in fact, there's no
obvious distinct in sound quality with its predecessor
amplifier A1 (at least not on my ears!). With so
many great features coupled with a top-notch tuner,
I think it is a one of the best receiver to-date!

Though the music and movie sound fanastic with lots
of details and appropriate bass, I find it sounds
a little too bright (probably due to my SonicLink
cables).

As a whole, for those considering purchasing a good
receiver system,looks no more, you got to hear it
out to believe it. And I'm sure you'll love it!

With that, 5-out-of 5 stars rating without fail!

Excellent reciever.
A little less power than the DSP-A1 and cannot equalize each channel, but it does include a tuner which is excellent. The extra 10w of power per channel doesn't matter to me because my speakers easily handle the 100w output.

Some people think the DSP modes are cheesy, but I find the fantastic. The DSP 70mm adventure mode is hands down the BEST mode to watch movies in. The DSP Roxy, Jazz, and Party modes are very good to listen to music in, and the standard 2-channel stereo is fantastic. I LOVE the 7 channel mode.

I'm not sure why a previous reviewer had difficulty with 4ohm speakers. Mine are 4 ohm speakers and I've been running them fine for 6 months now with this reciever. I would suspect it's the wiring or the speakers that person has hooked up. Maybe they didn't follow the directions and turn off the reciever before switching outputs...anyway, the fact is the reciever works great with 4ohm output.

The remote is...well, garbage, but other than that a very well built great sounding reciever. Same great sound as the DSP-A1 and Denon 5700 but $1000 less.

Well, I've had the 2095 for a couple of months now and all I can say is that I haven't stopped drooling yet. This thing is absolutely amazing. I have it in a modest home theater including a pioneer 414, NHT SuperTwo mains, SuperOne center, SuperZero surrounds, Yamaha NS-A325 front effects, and a CerwinVega passive subwoofer. This reciever literally gives me goosebumps when playing DD or DTS dvd's. You are not just watching the movie you ARE THERE! 7 channel is by far the most realistic surround sound I have ever heard. Movie DSP's are for the most part great, usually listen to music in stereo or prologic and it performs flawlessly with music too. I have read others complaints about the remote and I must ask - does the remote perform all functions that yamaha says it will? Yes, it does learn other remotes codes as well. I say give them a break, there is no false advertising. It works and I'm damn happy to have a couple less remotes on my table because of it. I think this is the finest audio product I have ever purchased(my NHT's run a close second)

Excellent sound quality in stereo and in HT. Very accurate, dynamic, revealing, and musical. Plenty of digital inputs, digital outputs, and A/V inputs.

Remote could be better. It pretty much functions as a standard remote for CD and Tape players that are made by other manufactures. It will not learn codes for those players. So in reality, it's not a great remote, but there's nothing wrong with it other than not being a very good learning remote. Even the newer RX-V3000 remotes doesn't offer enough buttons to learn the most used buttons on DVD player and the such. If you need a universal remote, only buying a standalone learning remote will do. Right now, there is many that can meet many needs. Only 1 year ago, options were very limited, but today we have many choices.

After reading some of the reviews here, I have to stop the misinformation. THERE IS A TAPE MONITOR. As it seems not many know how to use it, less me explain. On the RX-V2095 and the RX-V995, you have a record out. To monitor your source, you simply select the input you want to record through the record out selector. You then select the Tape/MD input for monitoring. Simple, you actually have a better type of tape monitoring, but many aren't familar with this better design usually found only on higher end models.

Now if your going to use an equalizer(which is not recommended by the manufacturer or anyone in the know, because of it's degradation to the phase and amplitude differences in an embedded surround signal),you simply lose remote functionality of your selected input source.

To monitor, your must select the tape/MD input. To change the input being monitored, your have to get off your butt and change the record output selector manually(since it's not remote controllable).

That's how you use the tape monitor and how you would use an equalizer(which is determental to the sound quality of stereo signals and even worse, HT signals).

Now on to the review.

I've personally found the Pioneer Elites distorted sounding or muddy in the midrange, but with good sound elsewhere. The HKs, while not distorted sounding, had a compressed laid back sound, added with a characterist best described as rolled off treble. The Marantz had a compressed sounding characteristic, but elsewhere, no other faults.

The Onkyos, Denons, and Yamahas were the best by far. Onkyo sounded very good but not as refined as the Yamahas. It sound was a bit more grainy, and bass wasn't as tight. Denon's 3300 sounded very good, but has a slight compressed sound. As I said, it was slight but easily heard in my audition. The Yamaha 995 was better with a more dynamic sound characteristic. The Yamaha 2095 added to that, a higher resolution sound quality, with better imaging. The Denon AVR-4800 sounded virtually identical to the Yamaha 2095, although it's feature set and "rated" power output was better. The Denon AVR-4800 was selling for $650 more. I didn't have room for rear speakers, or the room for an additional separate amplifier. Besides, I didn't want to spend $600 more, for the stereo power amp.

So as you can see, I found the Yamaha RX-V2095 the best sounding, shared with the Denon 4800, and the better value.

My audition was a strictly controlled a/b comparison so I could find the real results and not the myths and psychoacoustics that are spread among the internet community.

Many don't do "real" auditions, and buy off the internet where no real comparisons are done. Yamaha is the least appealing due to it's specialized series(R-V & HTR) which was made available strictly for internet and superstore purchases where a manufactures warranty would be good, through authorized retailers.

Since these lines were given to authorized dealers for internet sales, the RX-V line is less popular since it is a retail series only, and will void the manufacurers warranty if bought online. Deals are hard to come by through online authorized dealers, which are in the many since these Yamaha models cater to these internet dealers.

For those reasons, since most other brands don't authorize internet sales, many unauthorized dealers can sell for very low prices with no price restrictions from the manufacturer.

So in other words, you most likely will find other brands much cheaper on the internet, but without a warranty. Since the highest model of the HTR series is only a clone of the RX-V800(4th model down from flagship), higher end Yamaha receivers could be harder to find on the internet.

The true enthusiast will audition and buy from a walk in retail store anyhow, so this may make no difference. Do consider this, as Yamaha is NOT a popular brand for internet users, some opinions may reflect this more than the actual sound characteristic.

This is my opinion and my feelings, so everyone should do their own audition.

Similar Products Used:

Denon AVR-3300, Denon AVR-4800, Pioneer 26 and 27, Onkyo 777, HK AVR-65, and some Marantz models.

Lack of rear channel power, no tape loop

Overall this is a good receiver, but what has dissappointed me with all newer receivers since the introduction of dolby digital and dts is the lack of rear channel. I believe not some, but all manufacturors are purposely not putting good qualities components into newer model receivers and this usually show up in the rear channel. My older pioneer receiver is rated at 30 watts per channel in the rear channel and out performs all newer model receivers. The reason I can make this statement is by having all of you listen to your receiver rear channel sound at very low volumns. You should set all the other channels equal to the rear channel level. In all cases that I have heard I and I have listen just about all types and all price ranges. The newer receivers the rear channel can bearly be heard, but with my older pioneer it is very distinct. Now, this receiver is about 15 years old and it sound better than most newer receivers that are rated 5 times or higher in wattage. Now, something is not right, Please give your comments to this review.

Similar Products Used:

Pioneer receiver 9300, listened to many high end products

Ability to give you some of everything. Strong, clean, smooth beast of power

I don't need two of them!!!

Well, I was in Okinawa for 4 years and I waited until 2 weeks before I left to buy a Home theatre system. The heart of it is the amp/reciever, and this was worth the 4 year wait. I am Sooooo impressed with this unit. I had my eye on it for month while in Okinawa and it was one that most people in the military could not afford, but I was on a mission to get this reciever. I am listening to Chic Creo right now and I am being blown away because it is like I am in a Jazz club grooving right along with him. I am not a expert on the sound of music quality, but I will say this; after 4 years of waiting to make a investment in a unit, for me to have this one sitting by the rest of my $5000 home entertainment system is saying enough.

My system:
Hitachi 53" 53SBX59B
Yamaha RX-V2095
Klipsch Heresey (pair)
Klipsch Cntr chnl KSF C5
Klipsch Rear SS-1
Klipsch Front effect KSB 1.1
KSW-15 Subwoofer
DVD Hitachi DV-P250U (PX)

I've had this receiver for about 2 months now, and it is absolutely amazing. It's Dolby Digital, DTS, Video Switching, and DSP's rock. The remote is a big freakin' monster (not the best), but thats not enough to keep me from giving this bad boy five stars.

I've owned this reciever for One week now and I love It. I listen to both Music and HT. I first purchase a NAK AV 10 Great receiver but it didn't have the features I required. You can't go wrong on the RXV 2095. The price up here in Canada is a little steep compared to US funds, I payed $2000.00 for the unit up here. Still trying to figuire out the remote though, it has so many features.
Now all I have to do is mate it to a good DVD player anyone got any ideas?

I've had the 2095 for about 2 weeks now, and wow!Sound quality in straight stereo is great with plenty of bass to spare (serious grunt). Absolutly fantastic for movies.
I've got only 2 gripes 1 remote control is too flimsey and 2 speaker test setup (balancing of speakers) is difficult as you cannot lock it on any given speaker to set it's output
Overall a great product, thanks