tremendous sound,quality features,display menu,awesome power

the remote

My reciever sets a new standard in fun and entertainment for everyone.the display is great.the design is cool and fits my needs.A wide variety of features include:6-preouts,6-digital inputs and 1-out,with 2-coax inputs.the rec/out selector switch all the dsp's are fantastic.bottom-line is that its a quality reciever thats as good as they come.the durability it has will give you primiere sound for many years to come.has hi-powered bass and I havent even got a pre-amp yet thanks to sound advice that I got this deal when I did. lots of bang for your buck.the big basic remote was the only thing of the package that did not impress me.

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Sound is excellent. Easy to use. Good and practical digital settings. Remote is great.

I bit pricey

Superb product, Nothing to criticice. Happy that I bought it

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I upgraded from a Denon AVR-1400 to the RX-V995. The Yamaha is in a whole different category. This is the receiver I have been looking for all along. Now if they could just make a better remote :(

As the 165th reviewer of this init I will try not to beat a dead horse with my comments. This Yammie kicks some serious booty. I am an even 50/50 music listener and movie watcher. The 995 excels at both. I compared it to Sony,HC, and Pioneer recievers in the same pricerange and the Yamaha won hands down. I love the DSP settings. Some say they produce a muddy or unnatural sound. Bull. It amazed me how the sound was still clear and precise while in DSP modes. While I still listen to music in regular stereo much of the time, I love having the option of great surround effects when I want it. Movies are equally impressive, especially DD and DTS. For me, it has been totally worth it to fork out the extra bucks for DTS. I still get chills listening to The Eagles- Hell Freezes over and I don't even like the Eagles! The DTS sampler (available for free from .dtsonline.) holds audiences enthralled every time I audition my system. I liked the Denon too but liked the added features of the Yamaha, especially the absolutely necessary A/B speaker selecter. No comment on the remote since I use the Marantz "remote of the Gods". The 995 is superquiet, easy to use, and built well. It has helped me overcome the depression caused by going into debt to buy it. Life is too short to not enjoy great music and movies. By the way, I got this puppy for $799 after telling my local retailer that I would buy it from Uncles Stereo or Audio Excellence if they couldn't match their price. They were a little upset that I wouldn't pay their listed price of $999 but they gave it to me anyway. My humble system:

Yamaha 995
Sony CDES7
Sony DVP550
Sony 27 "
Infinity RS5 L/R
CC2
RS3 rears
JBL 12" 120/w sub
DH Labs interconnects and cables

I listened to the Yamaha RX-V995 and liked it. The question remains how well it would do at home. I have now found a source on the internet to procure the Yamaha RX-V995, Denon AVR-3300, Sherwood Newcastle 945 or the Pioneer Elite VSX26TX at around the same price (US $700 to $800). I noticed differences in THD (ranging from 0.04% to 0.08%). Any thoughts on sound quality and ease of operation + overall quality? Did you make a selection between the same units. I am told by one salesman (not carrying the Yamaha) that "Cinema DSP", one of Yamaha's proprietory "prides", is useless "tinkering" and a worthless feature since there is broadcasts and (DVD / VHS) recordings with this feature do not exist. Yet at this time, after listening to the Yamaha, I am giving it a thumbs up.

The Yamaha is a very nice reciever. It had pleanty of features, plenty of connections, analog and digital, and s-video. No Composite video conections though. Sound is bright and liveley. Lots of DSP modes but they probably will need to be customized for personal taste. I had the Yamaha in the house for a week but traded for the Denon AV3300, for which I will post a review. Denon got the nod for the 5 channel Stereo and the warmtn and richness of the sound reproduction (I was adle to leverage a better price on the Denon because Shop4.com had it for $719. The retailer did not want to loose business by me trading it in for a refund so the lowered the AV3300 from $999 to $825, which was cool with me to have a local Authorized dealer for waranty work).
4 stars for the Yamaha 5 for the Denon. Its close but to my ears Denon sounds more solid. The remote is a lot better on the Denon although no prize.

At $750-$850 for either the choice is a good problem to have.

Wow. The amp is extremely clean power, and there are more audio/video inputs than I'll ever need (5 all with svid), plus 3 additional audio-only inputs plus external audio decoder and 5.1 audio inputs.
I have to say that I have seen better remotes on $200 stereo-in-a-box systems. The remote is extremely ugly, not very intuitive and not as programmable as I'd like. I would dock it a half a star because of the remote if I could.

Dolby Digital performance

2 ch. Stereo performance

Great DD and prologic performance. Channel seperation is very good.
....But disappointing 2 channel stereo. Too much high frequency and not enough midrange.
A great receiver for home theatre but get another amp ( or external amp ) for serious CD listening.

System:
Yamaha RXV995
B&W P5
JBL CL505
Mission 760i
Homebrew 300w sub w/ 12" driver

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I recently bought the new Yamaha RX-V995 and the CDC-675 CD player. The 995 is one of the best feature/performance leaders in the industry. This receiver is a toned down version of the 2095. It deletes the 2 extra front effect channels, some DSPs, pre-amp outs coupled to power amp ins, extra remote, and a bigger power supply so higher wattage can be delivered to 2 ohm loads. This to me wasn't worth the extra $500 - $600. I upgraded from a RX-V793. I upgraded orginally because I found a defect or a design flaw (all 1st gen. DD receivers had them). Don't know which since they could never find the problem at an authorized service center. I was frustrated not having my system up and running. I also found a buyer for my old system who knows it has this flaw. This flaw will not affect most people and might be the design. My dealer recalls reading something about this questionable flaw. I then upgraded to a system I knew was future ready and a bit more refined from technical updates on the Digital decoding systems. The 995 does seem to have a "slight" improvement in dynamic when using the prologic decoder, than what the 793 had. It just seems a little more clear. This might be the new decoder chip. The DD sounds as the 793 did, excellent. The 793 was a winner in it's price range for it's very high performance. I usually can't stand any DSPs as they don't produce the small room, studio enviroment that I prefer with 2 ch. stereo recordings and straight Dolby DD and prologic decoding. I have found one new DSP that I do like when adjusted properly. The Movie Theater 2 70 MM Adventure with presence and surround room sizes turned down to .1, Presence int. delay down to 1 ms, and Rear surround delay at 20 ms. The lower numbers represent a smaller room, which I prefer. The smaller music theaters always produce the most defined sound. The 995 offers the most digital flexibility out of any receiver(except 2095) that has a list price less than $2600. It has 4 optical, 2 coaxial inputs and 1 optical output for digital recording. It also has 6 pre-amp outs to add a dedicated power amp, plus the 6 ch. input for future decoders. The new 995 is capable of 100 * 5 watts compared to last year's 992's 80 * 5 watts. The remote has been down graded to the remote used with the 793 but with a few mods. for the increased DSPs and parameter adjustments. Why is everyone complaining now about this remote. The 793 owners are using it and not complaining. It's still better than the competitions, except for Marantz learning remote. The sound is remarkable. It is very, very quiet and clean. The dynamics are awesome and the decoding is untouchable. I compared my 793 to Onkyo, HK, Marantz, Denon, and others. The Yamaha was always the winner, even when compared to the other brands $1000 models. The models are still out there, and the 995 clearly blows them away in my opinion with performance and it's flexibility.

I purchased my 995 a few weeks ago. For the first time in all the time I have been buying audio equipment, I didn't feel like I "settled" on the item I bought. I am quite impressed with the unit. The main features I like about this receiver were the ones that are prepared for future changes in the industry. The 6 channel imput I feel is a must (if purchasing now) It will be needed later. The DTS decoder I think is also a must. Although there are not a lot of titles out currently that are encoded with DTS, I feel there will soon be a large show-up. If you look at movies in the theater these days, most of them are recorded in DTS. One could only assume that when they make it to DVD, they will follow the format. I will admit, the remote is a little different, but it does the job. I am a Cinema 7 universal remote made by all-in-one (whatever...you can get it at bestbuy or walmart) It does a good job. Lacks a few features, but does all the basic normal operations. I have digital cable and finding a remote to operate that is very hard, this one does however.
But besides the remote, the Yamaha 995 is well worth the money. I have been told that the units sold via mail order are not the exact same unit sold in the retail stores. The mail order ones (so I've heard) are a Japanese version of the ones sold in America. The parts are different and can not be repaired at any of the US repair stores. This could be a problem once the warranty runs out. I don't know the truth on this, but it may be something to look into or consider. I decided to play it safe and buy from a local authorized dealer. Worth the peace of mind to me.