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And not a little jump, more like an Olympic gold medal long jump. Much of that jump is simply in the way of value - I mean the Aventage line in general has build quality and features that seem like it should cost a lot more than it does. The RX-A takes that to the nth degree. There are five receivers in the Aventage lineup and the RX-A is the flagship.
The line is a simplified high-end run at the AV receiver concept. As such, there is a very defined delineation between models, but a few specific break points define some key places where some users will seek to spend a little more and up the ante on the return for their investment.
Let's take a quick look:. Take a look down the line, however, and it's remarkable what the first three of the line manage to cram in at much lower price points. Economy of scale has done much to bring down the price for features you would simply not have dreamed of just a few years ago. Now for a trip back through memory lane. It had 7 channels of amplification with watts each. All manner of video upscaling analogue and digital was included and it had a whopping 5 HDMI inputs and even two paralleled outputs.
For room correction, Yamaha pulled out the stops and debuted a new proprietary YPAO-based multi point room calibration system. For multi-room applications there was support for 4 Zones of audio including a dedicated digital audio output for Zone 4 and networking features to stream online music and even allow the receiver to be controlled by an iPod Touch or iPhone.
It was pretty impressive to say the least. It too has 7 channels of Watts each, the same analogue and digital upconversion. It also gives me the flexibility to select how I am using my last 2 channels of amplification - as Surround Back speakers, or in Zone 2.
The beauty is, with 11 pars of binding posts, I don't have to do any fancy rewiring; everything is all set. Here is how it looks:. Now, suppose I wanted, instead to opt for pulling both the Surround as well as the Surround Back amplifiers in order to power two additional zones? No problem, Yamaha's RX-A can allocate amplifiers as needed to do that as well. Here's how that particular configuration looks:.
But I want to use my Presence channel speakers, you say. You know what, that's a great idea. Yamaha allows you to configure those for use with an external amplifier they have dedicated preamp outputs and now you can opt to allocate the internal amplifier between Surround Back channels and the optional Zone 2 you configured. This is how that scenario would look on the setup menu:.
We complained OK, whined about that for years, and finally Yamaha seems to have taken the hint and allocated enough processing power and preamp outputs to handle even the most difficult configurations.
It seems that if you can add external amplifiers, you can truly harness the power of this OK, so that's just the speaker allocation and power amp assignments. You still have the ability to configure the speaker levels 0. We typically recommend Mono, but some audiophiles may want to experiment with the stereo setting. Mains, Center, Surrounds but doesn't give you a choice for the subwoofer crossover which I found through my testing to be dependent on the main channel crossover setting.
Thus I highly recommend you keep each speaker group's crossover setting within 20Hz to ensure a more optimal integration with the subwoofer during all playback modes ie.
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