Yamaha RX-V661

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3.5 stars

"Great sound, limited Zone functionality"

by jpitt57488 on November 6, 2008

Pros: Sound is great. YPAO is great. Scene functionality is great.

Cons: No HDMI up-conversion
There are many limitations on multi-zone playback
Summary: This receiver sounds wonderful. For the basic operation of the receiver I absolutely love it. There are, however some limitations to be aware of...especially if you want to use this for a multi-zone configuration and/or you want to take advantage of video switching.

1) No HDMI up-conversion. OK...the specs are very clear on this; but this is really somewhat of a pain if you are hoping to take advantage of video switching. For example, most of my input sources are HDMI but I have some that are component (Wii- Xbox 360). Because the unit does not up-convert; you have to switch both the TV input and the receiver input.

2) Zone 2 only works with Analog sources. If you hope to add a 2nd Zone consider that you cant get music from any digital input. Note that you can overcome this by running RCA red/white from the various input sources(if available). For example, I use my 360 to stream my music collection from my PC. When I tried to play on Zone 2 it did not work because I was using an optical connection (digital). Luckily, the 360 provides a set of standard rca left/right outputs as well. I connected these to another input and it works fine. This can certainly be confusing, however. Try explaining to your wife "If you want to play xbox the input is DVD...but if you just want to listen to music it is CD".

3) If you want to watch a video source and listen to an audio source, then there are limitations. For example, I can't play wii and listen to my ipod. Why? Because the ipod is a video source. You can get around this issue by connecting the Wii directly to your TV...but again this is kind of a pain. Of course another way to get around this issue is to use the ear buds on your ipod ;-P

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