2-3 weeks ago Yamaha launched their youngest model in the series of this year's new budget receivers, and we wrote about it here . Now the rest of the range has been launched - in total 5 models including the previously released RX-V379.
In advance there has in parts of Audiophile.no`s editorial staff (read: me) eagerly anticipated whether Yamaha would take up arms against Onkyo and Pioneer in offering Dolby Atmos in models far down into the middle class, with price tags from 5-6000 (NOK) and upwards. It was basically the 7.1 models RXV-579/679/779 which were potential suspects.
Now it turns out that Yamaha has made compatibility with 3D formats rest in these models, and it is adjacent to attach some philosophical reflections to this. On the one hand there is in the exercise AV receiver a very hard competition in havinbg the best possible equipment at the lowest price. Here thus Yamaha signed off this time. But then there was this thing "lowest price". For there is no doubt that eventually it is very much equipment to be into these receivers, and in the price range we are into here it is hardly a high proportion of users who are going to rig up a full Atmos setup. And then, there is the absolutely most important parameter - sound quality.
Anyway there is no shortage of other equipment in these four AV receivers released today. WiFi is in place already from the smallest model of the four, and Bluetooth was present also in the smallest RX-V379 launched earlier in May.
AirPlay, DLNA and Spotify Connect is also present in the models with WiFi. There is also access to using Yamaha's proprietary app for controlling these AV receivers.
4k video is safeguarded in all models, and the two largest are in the form of 4K60p 4: 4: 4. These two models also HDCP 2.2 on 3 HDMI inputs, while the others only have this on one of the inputs.
Should you have pre-out for more than subwoofer, the only choice is the top model RX-V779, after Yamaha dropped pre-out in the RX-V6xx range many generations ago. The top model is also the only one with turntable input for MM pickup.
Also read: RX-V379 - new budget receiver from Yamaha.
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