Yamaha 667 or 867

I was in the same boat, after thinking this through some more, I don't like the idea of having internet streaming built into my receiver since it's somewhat difficult to upgrade. Let's say a new internet radio or streaming format comes out in a few months, if there's no support on my receiver i'm out of luck.


For a $50-100 price jump i'd probably go for it, but considering the price leap between the 667 and 867, it doesn't seem worthwhile to me. I'd rather get some type of external device which I can replace/upgrade down the road vs. having the replace the entire receiver.

I'm likely going to go the low-cost HTPC route. In the end will be more expensive than going for the 867, but will be able to stream better/faster and can be easily expanded/updated.

If you factor in the cost of the blu ray + cost of going from 667 to 867, then all the extras you get with the HTPC, it seems like a decent tradeoff.

I'm looking at both of these now for my house warming present for my daughter and her husband. I suspect that Yamaha has done a better job than the network connection on my RX-2700; however, I've since started using a Squeezebox Touch as my music sever UI. It's way better, works like an iPod with a big screen and sounds great.


In addition, most of the Blu-ray players already have networking and DLNA built in, so having it in the receiver is redundant. You don't need a dedicated PC as you can use any PC on your local network.