- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 7 reviews Back to product review
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Incredible quality, power, and features for the price"
Pros: Understated watts per channel output, quality internal components, video up scaling via component, great great value, warm Yamaha sound quality.
Cons: No HDMI (but like previously stated if you know this going in it isn?t really a con, especially considering the price)
Summary: I don?t understand why cnet didn?t rate this receiver higher, if you want to read a more comprehensive review go to audioholics.com. http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/YamahaRX-V659p1.php
They take a complete look at this receiver and show why it is one of the best values you will find in the market. Yamaha actually understated the power delivered per channel, normally you will see manufactures do the opposite and overstate the power delivered. It seemed that cnet was trying to compare this receiver to ones that cost 2x or 3x and much. For the price this receiver can?t be beat.
For the price you can understand why Yamaha didn?t include HDMI, plus if you really want HDMI you should get a receiver that supports HDMI v1.3. Currently any receiver that does support v1.3 is 3x to 5x more expensive.
When choosing a a/v receiver do your self a favor and go listen to some at a store. One the same speakers different receivers will sound different. Personally I like the ?warm? sound of Yamahas or the ?strong? sound of Denon and Onkyo.
The poster who had problems with the bass output obviously set-up his receiver incorrectly. The high-pass or low-pass filter was set wrong or the crossover was set incorrectly. If you want strong bass you almost always need a sub.
Read some of the other reviews that are out there and compare it to other receivers in its class and I think you will see what a great value this receiver truly is. If you?re willing to spend more look at the Denon 2807.
