Yamaha RX-V3000

First off, people can look up Yamaha's spec sheet, I don't know that you need to post every detail.

It's a pretty old model I think. What year? $300 sounds like better price for it than I would expect. I realize it's a near flagship or flagship receiver. But it's age means it's missing a lot of features people consider important.

Ironically enough, the new receivers are now,designated RX-A..... The RX-A3000, just out, goes for approximately the same price you paid originally. Or maybe a bit more.

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A lot less for something to compare it with now. That would problably be the 1900/3900. Either can be had for much less than you paid for the 3000. Especially the 1900. That's if you stay with the Yamaha brand. Other brands to compare with it would possibly be the Marantz 7002/8002, Denon 4310/4311,Onkyo 3007/5007/896. Of these the 3900 from Yamaha and the Onkyo 876 would problably the closest to match it. Don't know enough about Yamaha's new Aventage series yet. They do look promising though.

I hate the phrase night and day. To me night and day would be like comparing an AM transistor radio from the 70s with a stereo system. Even someone who does not care about sound should hear that.

Using that line of reasoning, I would not expect a night and day difference between any two receivers.

Some receivers could sound better. But don't expect a receiver to make a huge difference in sound even with room correction.

I bet if you put your 3000 against my Z7 they would sound pretty much the same. With room correction on, maybe there would be an improvement. But I would claim that it would not be a big difference.

I'm like Michael with that phrase. You may or may not hear a difference. With the newer models using YPAO as an EQ program as compared to nothing at all you should hear a difference, now whether its night and day only you could decide that. The ease of use, less cables due to HDMI may be enough though to warrant an upgrade. I also feel that you will problably like what the EQ programs can do for a room. Now you need to decide which one you want to try. I've used an older version of YPAO(Yamaha 2600) and liked it a lot. I'm using an Onkyo 876 now that uses Audyssey Multi-EQ XT and also like it. My next AVR is going to be a Pioneer Elite and it uses MCACC for Eq'ing. Between Audyssey and YPAO, the latter was to me much easier to use and did a very good job. Audyssey also does a good job but is not as easy to set-up as YPAO. You need to read up on the different dedicated threads for these AVR's and then determine which one has all the connections you need or want, power, and an EQ program. There are a lot of really good bargains right now on last years models or even models from the year before. For Yamaha the 1900/3900, 1065/2065, for Denon the 3310/4310, Marantz the 7002/8002, Pioneer Elite SC 25/27(ICE amps) or even a SC05/07 if you can find one. These are the models I would look into if I were you and you have no need for 3D. If you want 3D you will have to go for the new models. Good luck and enjoy.

I am upgrading from an RX-V3000, to a RX-A3010; any ideas as to the best way to sell off the old receiver for a few bucks (every little bit helps when you are upgrading).. PM me or post a reply if you can help me out