"Official" Yamaha RX-A1000/RX-A2000/RX-A3000 thread - Page 3

Looking at the picture of the RX-A3000 back panel on the Yamaha web site, I don't see any subwoofer output connector. I see a subwoofer input in the multi channel input section, but no output. I know I must be missing it, but I can't seem to see it.

You are missing it, there are actually two sub outputs on all three models. Right there with the other pre-outs.

I too am hearing the siren call of the A1000. I gotta go MSRP, but I also would like to hear others comment on your selections.



edit: The A1000 has the below. Is that Akin to Dolby Volume?
Adaptive DRC (Dynamic Range Control) and Adaptive DSP Level

If you're gonna say it at least spell it right!

Adaptive DRC used to be called Midnight Mode.
Basically, it reduces the sound dynamic, so that you can watch a film late in the evening, still hearing the dialogues, but without having to jump on your remote every time something blows!

"Adaptive" means that the lower the volume, the more it will be efficient.

The point that is not very clear is "when does it work?".
The Midnight Mode could only work with Dolby Digital, not with DTS.

Regarding DRC, Yamaha says nothing about any sound format limitation...

Does Yamaha release preamp versions of any of their receivers? The RX-A3000 looks interesting but one w/o an amp and balanced pre-outs would be nice...

I thought dealer posting was kinda um, prohibited?

That aside, not selling these at "big box" retailers = hardly anybody buys them, since not being able to at least go test how the features are accessed means very little chance of purchasing.

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Remember how the RX-V3900 was the first Yamaha receiver to show volume changes on screen when using HDMI inputs? Lots of people were happy about that, but you could turn this feature off if you wanted to.

The 667 brought the volume overlay down to a much lower price point, but apparently it can't be disabled. I really, really hope this can be turned off on the A series, but I don't see it in the manual. It would drive me crazy to see the volume in foot high letters on my projection screen every time I made a change.

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With the 2 sub outputs, can each sub level and distance be adjusted separate? I have 2 subs in back of room and manually set levels on them so they produce same spl as each other. It would be nice to have yamaha do this and distance.

My understanding is that to use the dsp3d feature, you need to use the dsp modes.

Is the STANDARD dsp mode close to faithfully reproduce orig. Signal but with height speakers? Does pliix get used in this mode for back 4 surrounds.
Since we don't get pliiz mode just want something close.

Not 100% clear from the manuals, but it's stated that the A1000 only supports two subs in mono mode (suggesting no separate control), while the 2000 and 3000 support stereo subs in left/right or front/back configuration (suggesting separate distance and level control, but I'm not sure).

Will be interesting if you can control both subs even in mono mode. Would be very useful.

I just wish they'd release the Ax000 series already. Seeing as the new Mac Pros are um, more expensive than even a fairly high end Marantz amp (which IMO are overpriced for what you get), my money's going to the A3000. But September.... /cry.

I want this so I can go get another MicroPro 4000 sub and rock stereo subs. Since I listen to VGM mostly, and VGM tracks often have two separate bass tracks, one for each main channel, stereo subs would make the music sound sweeeeeeeeet.

I'd love to hear "Shinra" from FF7 on a stereo sub setup. Just need to reinforce the glass in the window first.

My contact said the A1000 is coming in this week, while the 2000/3000 were later, but since they are out of my price range, I didn't ask the dates.

Well this may suffice. Most of the HD stations that I watch (via Comcast) are in fact broadcast in Dolby Digital.

Now these things need to hurry up & be released so one of you can buy one & tell us the skinny.

I do this today with my audiotron, using its web interface for selecting music.
Setup a firewall rule for port 80 to the outside world, and let buddies all over the US hit http://my.i.p.addy and surprise me
FWIW, my audiotron went gone wonky over the analog outs a couple of yrs ago. I was using these because my RV-V1800 couldn't play digital sources over zone 2 (porch zone). Now that lightning nuked my 1800, I am in the market sooner than expected for a new receiver, digital->zone 2 in the Denon CI series is very useful-to me anyway.
I guess I could go with this, too. http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

I am in no way offering any sales, or any pricing information that is not publicly available.

I am actually a general contractor with a "dealer" account due to the number of pre-wires i do while constructing homes, who just happens to have access to a limited number of brands and information.

So how does the RX-A3000 compare to the Z7?

had to jump in here i have a yamaha rx-465 receiver could this be a handshake issue i have a at&t hddvr a 52in samsung lcd tv and a sony blu-ray 350 and a toshiba hddvd player hooked up to the receiver thru hdmi cables here is the problem the dvd players play with no problems but when i watch the tv either thru the receiver or just use the tv's speakers the sound will cut off for a second or two some channels do it more than others i was told that these dvr's sometimes are not compatible with an hdmi cable i hooked up a component cable to see if this would help but did not leave it hooked up very long as the picture looked like crap the book says component will give a hi def picture but it sure was not tv is set for hi def and so is the dvr any suggestions as to why the picture was no hi def or why the sound cuts out could it be that the hdmi from the receiver to the tv is bad please help

Ha, you beat me to it... the best part is it's not over... no punctuation at all, even at the end. So he might add more to it later.

But to counter my snark with an attempt at an answer, AT&T U-Verse w/ the Motorola DVR settops have a known issue with audio dropouts and lip sync when audio output is set (in the DVR settings) to 5.1 surround. Try changing it to stereo.

As for the PQ, not sure why component would look poor. I use it and my old plasma looks great, better I think than with HDMI->DVI (mainly because for some reason my TV greys out color settings when using the DVI input). Perhaps your Yamaha is doing something funky with the picture?

Random comment:
somewhere I read the a1000 would be available on 8/16, but I can't find that anywhere now. If it's true, we should be getting some actual user feedback in 4 days..... and counting

HDMI -> DVI is the exact same thing as HDMI straight, only minus audio (technically DVI connectors can pass audio, it's just that not one soul out there implements it). The lack of color changing options is because you're using a digital signal input - unlike NTSC analog, there is no need to adjust for color variances (Never The Same Color ring a bell?) - the data is simply all there or not there.

As for the Yamaha acting on the picture, unfortunately from what I've read, so far ALL Yamahas act on the picture, even when set to Passthrough mode. This is easily identified by the fact that TVs can actually detect the name of the AVR in use and display the input as such, so the Yamaha is altering the EDID data even when set to passthrough mode. Hopefully this is one thing that is corrected in the A series, but I've not read anything about these units yet for obvious reasons of lack of units sold. :P

STBs having audio dropout in 5.1 but not in stereo means that the bitstream being received is intermittent itself - the STB isn't the problem necessarily, but the connection type/scenario may be. The STB can't send what it doesn't receive, and if it gets the bitstream in bits and pieces, yet still somehow gets analog (or even straight LPCM), that would cause this problem. At least it isn't a DirecTV box. DirecTV outsources their hardware to some no-name Korean company that QAs about as well as Compaq does, as noted by the nineteen bugs I've found, tested, reproduced, regressed, verified and sent in for analysis to DirecTV over the last four years, and that's just in the D11-500 unit.

Technology's fun, isn't it? :P

WTB A300 now. I just hope it's worth the wait, because I'm passing up a sweet Westmere Mac Pro to spend money on much needed AVR upgrades.