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I play CDs and DVDs mainly. Adcom amps are VERY EXPENSIVE.
Many of the bells & whistles I will never use. The receiver lacks a signal strength meter for the FM signal.
This system sounds GREAT. I am an "audiophile" and therefore can hear SOME distortion compared to my Adcom basic amp, but I am NOT disappointed in the quality of sound for the price.
GREAT SOUND for the money though. :-) The subwoofer has a LOT of power - shakes my whole house (exactly what I wanted).
System is good for TV stations too.
you deserve it. The system sounded incredible but the volume only went so high and this was a 600$ plus system. My truth is Yamaha makes the best for the price out there. Again the CD player would not play some movies. If you can't don't buy it. I loved this system the sound quality is to die for.
3. The directions tell you what size room your in adjust the setting so. I have a Panasonic DVD player dvd-f87 and this baby plays them all. With this system you can adjust the treble and the bass and adjust that sound to the point of where you are sitting in your chair. PS you need to read directions.
This system comes with 100 watts RMS per speaker. Sorry. I posted this because too many people lie about products today for their own interest. ( I have a pioneer 300 Rms you don't want to get into that). 2.
4. BUT.You have no choices in hall sound, Roxy theater, sports, entertainment.Etc. Yamaha home theater system. Also you can't mix components you buy Bose it only works best with their own systems. You need to read. For years I have searched for a Home Theater system with everything. Infinity is too expensive. A 20 rms speaker sounds better than any 100 watt rating because rms is the peak response which you hear.
are you ready, Pioneer, they make the best speaker for the price anywhere and they hold up period. I owned the 321 bose surround sound system. 1st I bought the Onkyo dvd home surround sound system that came with a SKW 240 sub woofer. Yamaha speakers are great but you want better, Infinity(make sure of the Rms rating or you will fry them).
No powered sub woofer came with this. I firmly believe a good CD player with good over sampling can play CDS with some scuffle on them. This system comes with dolby, dolby surround, Roxy theater, hall. Always look at the magnet at the end the bigger the better always. The CD player would not play cds if the minimal amount of scratch was on them.
You could go Bose and I won't argue that but the price difference and choices in sound goes to Yamaha. That means it will wake up your neighbors on the next block. Once again use a shielded 16 gauge wire and I must stress the difference using these cables at peak power makes to sound quality. I love music and movies. Yamaha in my experience is the best Home theater system out there.
This system came with no powered sub woofer so I used that onkyo SKW 250. The speakers are out of this world but once again the volume. This system blew me away.When you look for a system always RMS is the thing you want. Honestly with an Onkyo or a Pioneer you won't go wrong they are right there.
I bought the Cambridge Sound Works Home theater. Vienna hall, sports, entertainment, pop,rock,jazz, general, multi channel.etc I don't think I have tried them all. This Yamaha system screams RMS. You want separation and and not that loud quality this would be good for you.
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They provided plenty of cable if you know how to route cable efficiently (like under the carpet, inside walls, etc.). That should pretty much take care of any other sources I want to route through this receiver. If you are on a budget, as I am these days, this is a great setup for a minimal offering. I just bought this for around $249 new (sans tax and shipping). I wouldn't take too much stock in the fact that having the provided (2) HDMI inputs are only pass through ports as they provide enough digital audio inputs to cover both HDMI ports. Its handy for me as my old 1080i LCD monitor has only one HDMI input.They thoughtfully provided (3) digital audio inputs (one coax to use PCM for Dolby 5.1) and two Toslink type optical inputs. As another reviewer mentioned, additional cables are pretty cheap.
If you want to route cable along the baseboard and around corners and around doorways etc.then you may extra speaker wiring.The receiver + speakers is great for the cost. Default scenarios sounded pretty good and it was easy enough to navigate the receiver after poking around a bit.I say it was $250 well spent for a smaller room. The sub was doing fine - not the tightest, most efficient driver but it does its job well. It sounds pretty decent and has more than enough inputs for me to route my HD DVR and a DVD player with HDMI output (later to be replaced with Blu-ray). The provided speakers sounded decent as we tested them playing "Minority Report".
It arrived today and setting it up was easy. It doesn't come with cables but a digital coax cost me only $9 and a Toslink only cost me about 19$ so no big whoop. Don't expect the same features as a $1500 Denon. or if you have a very small space. Its true, the HDMI ports are only pass through but this entire set, at full retail, is under $450 including all speakers and a powered sub.
Even two Amazon technical types were split: one said these cables were not necesary while the other that they were. It must be made explicit that this unit will not transmit sound without digital optical or digital coaxial cable connection in addition to the HDMI connections. A few more bucks (these cables are not cheap either) and a lot less hassle. I finally called Yamaha (not too easy) to get the final word since Amazon people were confusing and then had to take precious time off to go buy these expensive cables.Reading the customer reviews I only NOW see they were needed.Action: Amazon must RECOMMEND these items for customers to purchase along with the recommendation of HDMI cable and, of decidedly secondary importance to the digital cables issue, heavier gauge speaker wire.For this reason, I would recommend a sound system that does NOT need these extra cables and transmits via HDMI alone. AND that one of each is necessary since there is just one port for each type on the Yamaha receiver. I was connecting the Direct TV box and a DVD Blu-Ray player to the Yamaha receiver.
Delivery was very quick and seamless.This system has custimizable features that I like, so that when I want to get specific, I can, however, most times I use the preprogramed settings and the system sounds great.Love it. Overall very pleased with product and purchase experience. Price was right for the quality of the product.
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