I know quite a few guys have brought up this issue before but no one has been able to tell what period or series of Yamaha were sounding bright or sharp. I cannot except that all the Yamaha recievers starting from day one till now have a bright sound.
I have done an extensive listening of Yamaha RXV540 and now RXV1300 which I got last week. I had switched between Marantz4300 -to- YamahaRXV540 -to- Marantz6300 -to- YamahaRXV1300 and I am finally convinced that the sound in my current setup isn't bright(soudwise) with RXV1300. I made a comparison between Marantz(which are classified warm recievers) and Yamaha(so called bright) without using any meters and gauges just doing a simple listening:
In 2 channel stereo Yamaha sounded almost same as Marantz. I did not notice much difference. Rather Yamaha sounded more clear.
I watch a lot a tv and when I listened to it thru Marantz(with DPLII/Neo6/CSII) I was dissappointed as it sound too compressed and narrow. Most of the sound seemed like coming from centre channel. Whereas Yamaha gives a wide sound even when you are watching old(not so old) tv shows like Seinfield. The similar kind of experience I had when watching movies(Daredevil, Starwars-I, MIB-II, Lord of the Ring-II) thru both the recievers.
I noticed a clear difference in surround sound where Yamaha was a clear winner. I believe Yamaha has a strong technology of processing 2 channel signal.
So, I came up to a conclusion that the reciever is not the major deciding factor when it comes to classifying sound bright or warm or neutral or 'crap'. I think it is the speakers. One thing I am definetly sure that Yamaha makes my budget speakers(JBL Northbridge) sound more alive than Marantz.
I have done an extensive listening of Yamaha RXV540 and now RXV1300 which I got last week. I had switched between Marantz4300 -to- YamahaRXV540 -to- Marantz6300 -to- YamahaRXV1300 and I am finally convinced that the sound in my current setup isn't bright(soudwise) with RXV1300. I made a comparison between Marantz(which are classified warm recievers) and Yamaha(so called bright) without using any meters and gauges just doing a simple listening:
In 2 channel stereo Yamaha sounded almost same as Marantz. I did not notice much difference. Rather Yamaha sounded more clear.
I watch a lot a tv and when I listened to it thru Marantz(with DPLII/Neo6/CSII) I was dissappointed as it sound too compressed and narrow. Most of the sound seemed like coming from centre channel. Whereas Yamaha gives a wide sound even when you are watching old(not so old) tv shows like Seinfield. The similar kind of experience I had when watching movies(Daredevil, Starwars-I, MIB-II, Lord of the Ring-II) thru both the recievers.
I noticed a clear difference in surround sound where Yamaha was a clear winner. I believe Yamaha has a strong technology of processing 2 channel signal.
So, I came up to a conclusion that the reciever is not the major deciding factor when it comes to classifying sound bright or warm or neutral or 'crap'. I think it is the speakers. One thing I am definetly sure that Yamaha makes my budget speakers(JBL Northbridge) sound more alive than Marantz.