This is the best receiver out of all the brands in this price bracket. I've heard all major brands: HK, Marantz, Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, and even JVC and none can compare to the sound quality and features ( the ones that are important, not the useless bells and whistles ) in any sort of way. Read my review of the R-V1103 since these are the same receivers, only cosmetics and method of rating power are changed to be compared to Mass Market designs as well as Midfi models. I have to give it the highest ratings since I've been looking for months and no other brand can touch it with a ten foot pole. Look at the knobs and buttons, they are quality through out. Check out the chasis, very stable and stiff with no flexing. The thing has some weight behind it in the power supply, PLUS it even has a small fan, a noiseless design like a microproccer uses for heat dissapation. If that was deleted can you imagine how heavy the thing would be with the added heatsinks?

Is the 793 basically the same as Yamaha RV 1103? It seems to have the same features. I've had the 1103 for two weeks and am very impressed. The build is quality and it sounds great (with the right speakers). The speaker adjustments work well. Bass is a little impotent, unless subwoofer is used. I am using Bose AC3 for front speakers with their bass module.

For HT it rocks.
I bought this receiver the other day at a local audio store for $500, hooked it up to my Eosone's and sat back and enjoyed some DVD like i never had before. DPL and DD are like night and day.

The stereo sounds like hell though. I'm going to work a little on speaker placement tonight.

Yamaha's New Line of Receivers is due in tomorrow. There will be 3 New Models, the Yamaha RX-V595, RX-V795, and RX-V2095. The 795 & 2095 will incorporate DTS, the 595 will have just DD. All have 6-channel Inputs, but only the 795 and 2095 have 6 channel outputs. The 795 and 2095 will have the Tone Bypass and Bass Extension, which the 595 will not. The RX-V595 will have a Power Rating of 70 watts x 5 and Auto Priority, 2 Digital Inputs, and 1 Subwoofer Output. The RX-V795 will have a power rating of 85 watts x 5, Auto Priority, 4 Digital Inputs, 6 Channel Loop, New Universal Remote, DTS, and 25 Soundfields. The RX-V2095 will have a power rating of 100 watts x 5 with 25 watts x 2, Auto Priority, Preselect, 5 Digital Inputs, 8-Channel Output, 6-channel input, Old Learning Remote and second room remote, DTS, and 36 Soundfields. The RX-V595 has a MSRP of $599 ($399 Mail Order), the RX-V795 has a MSRP of $799 ($599 Mail Order), and the RX-V2095 has a MSRP of $1599 ($1299 Mail Order).

I would have to disagree with the stereo performance. The performance is like any typical receiver in it's price range (excluding Sony and Pioneer). Although it might stink in Stereo, many audiophiles may praise stereo but with blind tests by several magazines, In Dolby Pro-Logic the sound is alot more realisitic whether it's Dolby Surround encoded or Stereo. Also try using the soundfields it gives really good sound. I personally use Jazz Club the most, no matter what kind of music I listen to. Just close your eyes, set it on Jazz Club and just sit back and relax.
p.s. no rudeness intended, but Eosone's are not the best speakers available, I prefer M&K but Paradigm, Energy, and JBL HLS offers the same price for sets but with better performance. If the Eosone's were Bipolar instead of Dipolar they would be incredible, but the Dipolar makes it more unintelligible.

I plan to buy a Yamaha RX-V795 receiver. Can someone tell me the cheapest place to buy? John Pheltsol wrote the price for it is MSRP$799 and mail order for $599. Which company is it? please help.

lack of 6 channel input brings this receiver down. Not "future proof" You have to be ready for any 6 channel format is lurking in the future. 4 stars for quality but 1 stars for lack of 6 channel input

i keep reading about the v795 at $599 and v793 at $498, can any one please tell me where you are finding them? i only find ones $100-200 more. thanks.
walter

I am here to talk about the Yamaha RX-V793 receiver. All I have to say is that this receiver kicks butt! The sound quality is outstanding and the dolby digital decoding is amazing. My only complaint is about the remote controler. Right now you are probably saying to yourself? "What is this guy talking about?" well, my remote just broke. The piece that broke was a flimsy piece of plastic that tells the remote wether the door is open or closed. This has a huge effect on the buttons that can be used. So, I emailed yamaha about getting a new remote and they were going to charge me ******** $150 ******** I figured that this is about 30% of what I paid for the receiver (I paid $500). The remote controler is a poorly designed product, and the mark-up yamaha charges for their products will make me think twice about purchasing another yamaha product. The receiver should have gotten 5 stars, but I figured that I should take one star off for the price of the remote...and that was being very generous. If you do own this product, guard that remote with your life.

The reason I am submitting this review is to try and help all the poor folks that are going through the same dilema I went through prior to buying this receiver. If you buy a receiver that is not DTS compatible take heart. You will still be able to watch DVD's that have a DTS enhancement. I've been practically pulling my hair out trying to find out if DTS is going to cause me to scrap my recently purchased DVD player and Yamaha receiver. According to the sources at DVD webring the DVD people require that as a condition to licencing the DVD technology that the soundtrack must be either Dolby Digital or PCM (? I think that was the acronym ) Anyway the bottom line is that if Spielberg wants to release Jurassic Park on DVD he has to let you hear it too. Here's the catch though. The soundtrack does NOT have to be 5.1 channels. So theoretically when you go buy Jurassic Park it may come with Dolby Digital sound without the 5.1 channels ( This still confuses me because that's kind of what I thought Dolby digital was ) It will also come with DTS which will utilize the 5.1 channels. Most of the people I have asked about this feel that Spielberg would stand to gain even more money if he went after the biggest market share possible and provide both DD and DTS in 5.1 channels. If you know something more please let us all know. By the way I just bought this receiver for $800 Cdn. and it blows everything in this price range away.