Yamaha reviews

Yamaha A-S1000 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha A-S1000

The model A-S1000 is a bit lighter version of the older 2000th, devoid of balanced inputs and outputs. However, this device is quite heavy too, more than 20 kg, and is stunningly well made. The "double mono" principle is also realized here without any economy on the components. Powerful indicators of...
Yamaha A-S2000 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha A-S2000

No wonder that audiophiles, who are interested in stereo sound, are beginning to look for a vintage hi-fi (by the way, it's a fact: the equipment of the past years is rapidly becoming more and more expensive and it is becoming more and more difficult to find it every day). Yamaha promptly responded to...
Yamaha A-S201 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha A-S201

There's no doubting Yamaha's pedigree in hi-fi. It has been a major player since the early sixties, and has always invested heavily in new technology to give its products the edge. The new A-S201 is an evolution of its S200 entry-level integrated amplifier, and has been designed with convenience in mind...
Yamaha A-S500 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha A-S500

There's no mystery to Yamaha's formula - take one rather chunky power amplifier circuit, stick it in a big box with lots of facilities and sell it for rather less than anyone would expect. Meet the A-S500, then. We reviewed its more expensive A-S2000 big brother, and it's a case of deja vu all over again....
Yamaha A-S700 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha A-S700

Yamaha A-S700 uses the proprietary ideology of ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology). Its essence lies in the use of a reinforced anti-vibration chassis and a fully balanced circuit with selected electronic components. The output power is 2 x 90 watts per 8 ohms. The number of inputs for...
Yamaha AX-390 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-390

Yamaha has wide functional possibilities concerning to other models. Except traditional for this price tier set (two pairs of communicating acoustic systems, input for connection vinyl player, disconnectable tone and the remote control), AX-390 also has 3 disconnectable main sockets (permitting the connection...
Yamaha AX-470 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-470

The amplifier has six inputs. Two inputs are intended for tape recorder and pick-up with moving magnet (MM). Tone, balance and volume compensation controls can be turned off by pressing "Pure Direct". The amplifier can work with two speakers' pairs. The terminals for cable connection give the opportunity...
Yamaha AX-490 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-490

Unlike all-round practice, smooth regulations of loudness appeared for the first time exactly in the amplifiers of Yamaha. In firmed customs AX-490 has the same regulation. Smooth loudness control greatly increases the possibilities of rightful tone balance installation at any volume level, not limiting...
Yamaha AX-496 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-496

The AX-496 is the middle model of three Yamaha amps, sandwiched between the 60 watt AX-396 and the 100 watt AX-596. The AX-496 delivers a chunky 85 Watts/channel, and is equipped with such niceties as proper 4mm binding post speaker terminals, and remote control operation with a handset that can also...
Yamaha AX-497 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-497

Yamaha keeps on developing its technology Top-Art with the use of the smallest length of audio path and powerful supply transformer. In the amplifier AX-497 everything is intended for playing phonograms with expanded frequency and dynamics ranges. Audiophiles' digital formats, DVDAudio and SACD, suit...
Yamaha AX-590 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-590

The amplifier AX-590 has big sizes and weight. But at the same time it has the widest opportunities as the amplifier of this price tier. For the first sight minimum amount of regulations are placed on the big front panel: volume control, record selector and three buttons (power on and two DIRECT modes)....
Yamaha AX-592 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-592

Yamaha stereo amplifiers always carry the stamp of a long tradition. This is manifested both in the details of the exterior that are dear to the heart, and in the internal solidity that is mandatory for the product of the company. In the AX-592, specific amplifying functions are presented in a set that...
Yamaha AX-892 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha AX-892

The company "Yamaha" changed the design of its audio components by dressing them into titanium armor. The amplifier "AX-892" is one of these recruits, and it stands out for its impressive sizes and weight. But the feeling of heaviness is upset - thanks to successful design of the front panel. And, as...
Yamaha BD-S1067 Blu-ray player review
Blu-ray player Yamaha BD-S1067

Classic design, well made design. Besides Blu-ray and everything else (including 3D), the machine reads DVD-Audio discs and SACD. Ergonomics of the front panel (made of metal) is practically perfect: different size and shape of the keys transport management, the USB connector is located on the left where...
Yamaha C-70 Preamplifier review
Preamplifier Yamaha C-70

The C-70 uses solenoid/relay switching with gold contact surfaces to minimize noise and keep the actual signal switches in the circuits to which they pertain. (Conventional mechanical switching requires that all signals be routed to the front panel and back again.) There are both inverting and noninverting...
Yamaha CD-N301 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CD-N301

The days, when compact-disc was popular, convenient and accessible way of music storage, are over and probably forever. But not every music lover is ready at once to forget about carefully and lovingly amassed collection, changing the wardrobe with beautiful boxes into a black box of network storage. A...
Yamaha CD-S1000 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CD-S1000

Looking at CD-S1000, you begin to believe in a renaissance of stereo. This model like all other audio components from the newest Yamaha S-series was clearly created by people who appreciate high-end traditions. The quality of workmanship and design is beyond criticism. You can greatly talk about everything....
Yamaha CD-S2100 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CD-S2100

Offered in this year the model CD-S2100 takes the second place from the top among optical disk players by Yamaha; only hard-edged CD-S3000 is above it in hierarchy. The words in the name of the device - Compact Disc Player and CD- must not mislead you, because the device can also play the material of...
Yamaha CD-S700 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CD-S700

Design of Yamaha CD-S700 is strict and laconic and, to my mind, just gorgeous. And if not a new fashioned USB interface on the front panel, the player can be easily taken as the thing of 90-ies of the last century. The serious approach is confirmed by great workmanship - today you will rarely meet such...
Yamaha CDC-565 CD-changer review
CD-changer Yamaha CDC-565

The operation and design of the CDC-565 is in the right ideological vein, considering the demands that are primarily placed on changers. The tray slides out so far that all five discs are visible. A separate button is provided for changing discs during playback. The player has a sub-index search. You...
Yamaha CDC-655 CD-changer review
CD-changer Yamaha CDC-655

Yamaha's CDC-655 is one of a new series of five-disc CD changers featuring the company's PlayXchange design, which enables any of the nonplaying discs to be moved or replaced without interfering with the playback of the currently selected disc. The CDC-655 uses single-bit D/A conversion and an 18-bit...
Yamaha CDC-735 CD-changer review
CD-changer Yamaha CDC-735

Yamaha's entry won the quick-draw competition, thanks in part to its on-board table-of-contents (TOC) memory. Normally, each time a disc is loaded into playing position, a player must read the table of contents at its beginning to get track numbers, locations, times, and so forth. The CDC-735, however,...
Yamaha CDR-H1500 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CDR-H1500

On seeing Yamaha CDR-HD1500, you probably thought: the device is too sophisticated for a player. That's right - this is a CD recorder with HDD. The massive front panel of CDR-HD1500 has a screen and an additional color indicator for recording or playback mode. The rotary knob significantly speeds up...
Yamaha CDX-5000 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CDX-5000

Manufacturers of CD players seem intent upon squeezing the very last bit of performance they can out of the 16-bit, 44.1-kHz sampling format that is the world standard for Compact Disc. And indeed, every time the pessimists conclude that nothing more can be done to improve CD player performance, someone...
Yamaha CDX-590 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CDX-590

On the Yamaha CDX-590 CD player, you can adjust the headphone volume with a linear scale on the meter, but the level at the line output also changes. On the one hand, this can be an inconvenience, since after listening to headphones, an additional level setting will be required. On the other hand, it...
Yamaha CDX-593 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CDX-593

CDX-593 is a younger model in the line of the company in which a firmed system of digital data processing Pro-Bit is used. The main advantage of this system consists in using of developed algorithm for "musical" digit-analogue conversion, which calculates restored stream of all 20 bits on the basis of...
Yamaha CDX-890 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CDX-890

The first in line of new generation players Yamaha is presented in our test. The main distinctive feature of this series is the use of firmed system Pro-Bit meant for precise reconstruction of original studio 20-bit recording form 16 existing on a disc. A traditional cover, hidden usually almost all...
Yamaha CDX-993 CD-player review
CD-player Yamaha CDX-993

In the international program a Yamaha player with numbers starting at nine, technically the most sophisticated. However, there are rumors that the meticulous Japanese are doing another "home" model with the ten ahead. But since, in the words of the famous humorist, her "they are there and consume" -...
Yamaha CX-1/MX-1 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha CX-1/MX-1

Yamaha's approach is defined as the purest of its products: no compromises, no external embellishments, and everything to achieve perhaps the purest sound possible. A feature of this ideology is to keep signal processing as simple and direct as possible, using the highest quality electronic components....
Yamaha CX-2/MX-2 Amplifier review
Amplifier Yamaha CX-2/MX-2

Extremely solid -looking couple: that before that aides - two "heavyweights". First impression - one more "minimalist" design since Preda is only available input selector and volume control. However, if you tilt the lid, then immediately get out "ears" tricked traditionally (in the sense of service)...
Yamaha DSP-1 Surround Processor review
Surround Processor Yamaha DSP-1

With the DSP-1, Yamaha claims-and delivers-exciting and realistic modification of the stereo sound field. The model designation stands for Digital Sound Field Processor, but this only hints at what the unit actually does. Used with auxiliary amplifiers and speakers, it can make music sound as if it were...
Yamaha DSP-A1000 AV amplifier review
AV amplifier Yamaha DSP-A1000

Back in 1986, Yamaha introduced what was probably the very first home digital sound-field processor, the DSP-1. Yamaha's engineers had measured the acoustical characteristics of a wide variety of concert halls and other establishments where music was performed. Then, using digital signal processing and...
Yamaha DSP-A2070 AV amplifier review
AV amplifier Yamaha DSP-A2070

A veritable tour de force of digital signal processing, Yamaha's new top integrated amplifier, the DSP-A2070, shows what can be done when a company takes a good hard look at the connection, switching, and signal-processing demands of an elaborate home theater setup. The A2070 has, for example, connections...
Yamaha DSP-A3090 AV amplifier review
AV amplifier Yamaha DSP-A3090

Hard on the heels of Yamaha's first venture into Dolby Digital (AC-3), the RX-V2090 A/V receiver and DDP-1 AC-3 decoder, comes its second-generation AC-3 componentry: the DSP-A3090 integrated amplifier with built-in Dolby Digital decoder. I'm pleased to report that the new unit has solved the bass-management...
Yamaha DSP-A590 AV amplifier review
AV amplifier Yamaha DSP-A590

Although the Yamaha DSP-A590 is the "youngest" model in the company's AV amplifier family, it has an extremely solid and immediately respectable appearance. Inside this powerful gray box is Yamaha's DSP sound processor, which stands for Digital Soundfield Processing (not Digital Signal Processing, as...
Yamaha DSP-AX2 AV amplifier review
AV amplifier Yamaha DSP-AX2

DSP is a great power in multi-channel sound of home cinema: it is able to form a frequency response of any shape, add strictly dosed reverberation or time delay, mix existing channels, synthesize new ones in any proportions and so on. Yamaha itself writes algorithms for Digital Sound Processing, produces...
Yamaha DVD-S2700 DVD-player review
DVD-player Yamaha DVD-S2700

According to the modern standards, Yamaha DVD-S2700 is almost a rarity. Sales of this player began at the end of 2006. It is a universal player that supports DVD/CD/SACD media, is fully adapted for multichannel systems and equipped with all possible video outputs, starting with composite and ending with...
Yamaha DVR-S150 Home Theatre System review
Home Theatre System Yamaha DVR-S150

Handed control buttons on the top panel of the main unit, allowing you to place the unit at a low altitude. However, if you need to see when configuring the display (such as when you install the tuner presets that the remote control is not available), the user will have to sit in front of the machine...
Yamaha DVX-S80 Home Theatre System review
Home Theatre System Yamaha DVX-S80

Yamaha designers follow the principle of construction of AV-system of separate components. CinemaStation S80 - is full (Hi-Fi-caliber) DVD-player and AV- processor (all six power amplifiers - in a subwoofer). Faceplates blocks, made of frosted glass, look impressive, but somewhat stylish unity violate...
Yamaha EQ-550 Equalizer review
Equalizer Yamaha EQ-550

A price of equalizer is quite high and can seem to be excessive against other electronic monsters, but you should take into account included measuring electret microphone and built-in pink-noise generator. So, it has quite enough possibilities for its general function. Divided channel-by-channel regulation...
Yamaha HS7 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha HS7

Initially, HS series contained two models - HS8 and HS5 (the digit means the size of MF/LF-speaker in inches). However, meeting the needs of listeners, the company has developed and added to the series an intermediate model - HS7 with the woofer with of 6.5 inches in the diameter, and also began to produce...
Yamaha K-1000 Cassette Deck review
Cassette Deck Yamaha K-1000

Among the growing number of top cassette decks that include DBX noise reduction is Yamaha's $795 K-2000. But if that's a little rich for your budget, there's also the K-1000, reviewed here. For $200 less, it provides most of the premier model's features, including DBX noise reduction and Dolby B. And...
Yamaha KX 690 Cassette deck review
Cassette deck Yamaha KX 690

Traditional left cassette location, a great indicator of thick yellow-orange color and cover conceals almost all non-operational controls - all this with poluvzglyada easily recognized handwriting firm. In Yamaha KX 690 has not only automatic parameter setting records in accordance with the characteristics...
Yamaha KX-1200U Cassette Deck review
Cassette Deck Yamaha KX-1200U

The KX-1200U is, in fact, one of the Yamaha RS (Remote Series) components that can be operated from a single master remote. However, the supplied RS-K12 remote-which operates the basic transport controls and tape/source monitor switching-is specific to this deck. Other controls on the remote include...
Yamaha NP-S303 Network player review
Network player Yamaha NP-S303

Yamaha NP-S303 player is made in standard for Hi-Fi component form-factor. Due to this reason it is quite spacious inside the body of the device - much space is not required for compact power supply and a small board of the network player. Conversion of digital stream into analog is released on the base...
Yamaha NS-1000M Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-1000M

The Yamaha NS-1000 is produced in two versions, domestic and professional, the former in ebony with dark brown front grille, the latter (NS-1000M) slightly less expensively in plain black with a perforated protective metal cover over the low frequency unit; both are supplied in left/right matched pairs....
Yamaha NS-325F Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-325F

In floor Yamaha NS-325F loudspeakers there is nothing more that is especially noteworthy except the finishing (natural veneer) and an enlarged up to three centimeters aluminum dome tweeter with an extended frequency range of 50 kHz. A pair of 13-cm mid-woofers with white diffusers sadly made of not a...
Yamaha NS-50F Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-50F

Design. Three drivers: 1.18 inch (30 mm) tweeter with textile dome and two identical 6.3 inch (160-mm) mid/bass heads work with two frequency bands NS-50F. The firm does not give the information about the dynamics (the material of diffusers and other specific features of their construction). The attempt...
Yamaha NS-515F Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-515F

Experienced audiophiles know studio monitors of famous brands well... Yamaha NS-515F - an innovation in the lineup, positioned by the company as a front theatrical pair. The design is laudable in all respects. Light translucent membranes of the heads are made of polymer PMD (Polymer Injected Mica Diaphragm)....
Yamaha NS-555 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-555

Yamaha NS-555 commands respect in its weight (20kg) and gorgeous multi-layered piano lacquer finish. The bodies create the impression of exceptional damping and seem to be cast from concrete. Apparently, such approach to design is one of key moments of concept "Natural Sound", which Japanese developers...
Yamaha NS-6490 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha NS-6490

It's hard to imagine how it was possible to create such cool three-way shelf speakers with a minimal budget, but Yamaha has already succeeded in this. The design has a lot of interesting details. A large thin-walled case is sealed and deprived of a port, so there is no way out for side-tones formed inside...
Yamaha NS-6HX Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-6HX

Among the extensive range of products speakers index HX occupy top positions in the class home systems. This model differs from the more powerful NS-8HX only in the absence of the second woofer. Rectangular housing of 25 mm MDF trimmed Canadian maple veneer and polished quality. Highlights the combined...
Yamaha NS-777 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-777

Black, lacquered, with slightly convex side panels Yamaha NS-777 has record sizes. The walls of the speaker systems are made of 12-mm MDF plates. Horizontal struts increase the rigidity of construction. There is a minimum of absorber inside. Translucent membranes of both woofers and midrange are made...
Yamaha NS-7900 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha NS-7900

The series 7900 includes floor standing speaker systems NS-7900, small shelf NS-P7900 and the central channel NS-P7900 (Center). Subwoofer is not included in the series, perhaps, with an eye to quite low bass of NS-7900 (32 Hz by passport). Despite of three drivers, NS-7900 is a two-way system. Bass-reflex...
Yamaha NS-9002 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-9002

The NS-9002 is part of the HT series - home theater speakers. However, despite its solid appearance, it occupies a junior position among the floorstanders in this series. The loudspeaker is made according to a three-way scheme, where one driver is assigned to each band. The bass-reflex horn is quite...
Yamaha NS-9502 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-9502

Under the slogan "Natural sound" Yamaha produces a variety of audio equipment for home. I must say that this is not just a slogan, but a reflection of rich traditions and tremendous experience. Yamaha NS-9502 loudspeakers are a logical continuation of the popular NS-series and are between the budget...
Yamaha NS-9900 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-9900

Production of speakers, according to many, is not the main activity of the Japanese corporation. Meanwhile, the world-famous studio monitors NS-10M used by thousands of engineers around the world for decades. Abbreviation NS in the model name stands for Natural Sound. Strictly speaking, all home phonics...
Yamaha NS-B500 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha NS-B500

Yamaha NS-B500 loudspeakers have the original design of a closed case that resembles a truncated pyramid with smooth angles. According to the company's engineers, such a solution guarantees the most reliable sound without side-tones at any volume. The loudspeaker uses drivers, analogues of which can...
Yamaha NS-B700 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha NS-B700

Yamaha NS-B700 are equipped with 30-mm tweeter of original design. The main feature of the branded DC-Diaphragm technology is that the dome and frame of sound coil are a single unit. This solution contributes to more effective heat removal and increases sound resolution. A small in the diameter woofer...
Yamaha NS-F101 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-F101

Massive housing Yamaha speakers are made of plastic and painted silver. When creating speakers engineers used three-way circuit configured in a gated enclosure, where a high-frequency region corresponds to a 19mm speaker, and the middle and lower ranges of "service" 4 drivers 100 mm diameter, two for...
Yamaha NS-F140 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-F140

Yamaha NS-F140 speaker systems look much heavier than their own weight (less than 10 kg) and more serious than their low price. Directly a 16-cm MF/LF speaker with a conical diffuser and a dome tweeter (3 cm) play sound. On the back part of the body there is a bass-reflex port, but, it is not very deep...
Yamaha NS-F160 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-F160

The appearance of Yamaha NS-F160 cannot be accused of being too utilitarian. Sidewalls have smooth edges and laminated films, expertly imitating the veneer of natural wood. Protective grills are removable, carefully faceted. In short, at first glance, nothing hints at the low-cost status of the model....
Yamaha NS-F700 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha NS-F700

A 16-cm woofer and 13-cm midbass with the branded A-PMD diffusers are used in NS-F700 speaker system. This composite material of white color, consisting of polymer with the addition of mica, has high rigidity at a mass, which is considerably lesser than widely used polypropylene. Ground mica effectively...
Yamaha NS-M525 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha NS-M525

Neatly assembeled two-way NS-M525 monitors immediately give charge of positive emotions. Each element of the construction is carefully made, there are no gaps or any signs of simplification of the technological process. High-quality drivers are used here: aluminum tweeter with an inch dome and 13-cm...
Yamaha NS-SW500 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha NS-SW500

Externally the body of Yamaha NS-SW500 resembles a truncated pyramid, on one of the side faces of which the bass-reflex port is placed. The 10-inch driver's diffuser is manufactured using Yamaha proprietary technology. It is based on cellulose pulp, which is reinforced with carbon fiber and wood fiber...
Yamaha NS-SW700 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha NS-SW700

By shape the body of Yamaha NS-SW700 subwoofer resembles a truncated pyramid. Controls are located in the upper part. At the bottom there is a 25-cm driver, which works for a special diffuser (QD-Bass technology). Two low-noise bass-reflex ports are located on the side walls of the body. The amplifying...
Yamaha Piano Craft CRX-E600 Mini stereo system review
Mini stereo system Yamaha Piano Craft CRX-E600

The system is based on the Hi-Fi-canons: each component - a separate body, its power supply and a set of connectors; management - the system bus. The basic package includes two parts: the stereo receiver RX-E600 and DVD-player DVD-E600. If desired, you can buy branded tape and MD recorder, the more that...
Yamaha R-N402 Stereo Receiver review
Stereo Receiver Yamaha R-N402

Yamaha R-N402 like the older model (R-N602) is made in a consistent concept - this is a symbiosis of advanced network technologies and classical approach in the circuitry and in the design. This easily allows the receiver to pretend to the central place in modern musical system. MusicCast technology...
Yamaha R-N602 Stereo Receiver review
Stereo Receiver Yamaha R-N602

A prime example of the symbiosis of the latest technological solutions and classical approach in both circuit technics and design is a stereo receiver - Yamaha R-N602. By combining in one case an amplifier on the discrete elements, FM tuner and multimedia network player, which supports the proprietary...
Yamaha R-S202 Stereo Receiver review
Stereo Receiver Yamaha R-S202

ôStereo receiver is very popular class of equipment in the 70-ies of the last century, which are called the Golden era of audio. This is the combination of amplifier and tuner in one case. For half a century since then broadcasting has migrated to the Internet, but radio stations still work. This means...
Yamaha RX-1100U Stereo Receiver review
Stereo Receiver Yamaha RX-1100U

Of all the audio-video receivers we've tested to date, the Yamaha RX-1000U is arguably the most sophisticated. It is certainly a far cry from the typical models that combine mediocre audio behavior with basic video switching, all in the hope that the novelty of the combination will obscure the lack of...
Yamaha RX-397 Stereo Receiver review
Stereo Receiver Yamaha RX-397

Yamaha stereo receivers passed through fashion for home theaters with the lowest losses and did not die out as a class. Yamaha RX-397 stands out among all by the best equipment/price ratio - at a price two-three times cheaper it almost does not lose to competitors in terms of functionality (even its...
Yamaha RX-797 Stereo Receiver review
Stereo Receiver Yamaha RX-797

At the designing of the front side of RX-797 the designers refused from modern minimalism and didn't hide the controls behind a special door. Here there are input selector, the regulations of volume, tone on HF and LF, loudness and linear input selector for connection a tape recorder. On the right side...
Yamaha RX-950 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-950

In creating Yamaha's flagship stereo receiver, the RX-950, the engineers' goal was to provide performance equivalent to that of high-quality separate components. To this end, they employed Yamaha's patented Hyperbolic Conversion Amplification (HCA) circuit, which is claimed to provide true Class A amplification...
Yamaha RX-A810 Aventage AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-A810 Aventage

Appearance Yamaha RX-A810 is sustained in a recognizable trademark style. Facade is divided horizontally into two unequal parts: the lower dressed in noble black-aluminum, top closed dark plastic cover that hides a large information display. On the border of these zones lined flat keys minor modes of...
Yamaha RX-SL80 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-SL80

This is the device that made the record for sharpness - only 55 mm! With the body of the same height Yamaha produces DVD player DV-SL100. Built quality, design and weight of RX-SL80 cause a great respect. For better coordination with load there is the switch of speaker systems' resistance, and for cooling...
Yamaha RX-V1067 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V1067

In terms of design and quality of finishes to produce at least one claim to Yamaha RX-V1067 is absolutely impossible. The front panel is made of metal and has a noble titanium color. In its upper part by a dark plastic cover hides larger display. On the facade stand handle large input selector and volume...
Yamaha RX-V1400RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V1400RDS

The Yamaha RX-V1400RDS AV receiver is equipped with seven amplification channels, but in addition to the 7.1-TNX Surround EX configuration, another pair (a proprietary addition to draw the front soundstage) is provided for connection. Correctly set up such a complex unit helps automatic system (included...
Yamaha RX-V1500 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V1500

Yamaha RX-V1500, equipped with a seven-channel amplifier with excellent technical data, complies with the THX Select specifications. The back wall also indicates that the device is not unusual - pay attention at least to the presence of terminals for connecting additional loudspeakers (it is installed...
Yamaha RX-V1600 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V1600

In 2005 the company Yamaha presented the line of THX-receivers. All models had success, but the developers, decided not to rest on laurels and introduced the second generation of devices. In the nearest consideration, it occurred that the receiver Yamaha RX-V1600 is the cheapest one from the line and...
Yamaha RX-V1900 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V1900

This is the first time when you see another Yamaha novelty, there is a state close to deja vu - wasn't it this model we tested a year ago? Put RX-V1900 and RX-V3800 next to each other and I'm sure you won't find even four differences. Yes, the lettering is different and there is a LAN socket for LAN...
Yamaha RX-V2067 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V2067

Yamaha's new line of AV receivers, currently consisting of eight AV receivers, reflects the most current trends in equipment, combining not only audio and video technologies, but also some solutions from the computer sphere. Today we will get acquainted with them on the example of the RX-V2067 model,...
Yamaha RX-V2092 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V2092

You know you're aging when encountering a still-living tradition gives you a warm fuzzy feeling, like the one I got when I saw Yamaha's "Natural Sound" logo on the RX-V2092. And when I flipped down the hinged door and saw a "Tone Bypass" button and an independent recording selector ("Rec Out"), the feeling...
Yamaha RX-V3000RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V3000RDS

Yamaha RX-V3000RDS - quite expensive model. What is special about it? First, it has eight amplifier channels, 6 of which can give 160 watts into 4 - ohm load (standard DIN: 1 kHz, 0.7 % harmonic distortion) and a pair for the front effects shakes 25 watts. Yamaha has long offered an extended configuration...
Yamaha RX-V340RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V340RDS

Decorative grooves on the front panel and fluorescent display with amber indications are family traits of Yamaha. The receiver has no clear separation of work areas, because the developers find a full-featured remote control to be the main control center. The algorithm can be called intuitive, well-written...
Yamaha RX-V350 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V350

Despite the fact that Yamaha RX-V350 is the youngest of the company AV receivers, its equipment is impressive. The unit uses the same 32-bit YSS-938 processor as the older models, but its capabilities are not fully utilized here. Nevertheless, it supports DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital EX and Dolby...
Yamaha RX-V359 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V359

Let see what Yamaha offers in economy class to its fans - particular in the model RX-V359. However, it is more logical to start with what it doesn't offer. So, there are no connectors for the connection of video cam or game console on the faceplate - you have to supply the signal from these devices in...
Yamaha RX-V390RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V390RDS

The receiver has a classic design, simple control, VHF and MW bands, allows you to connect three audio and two video signal sources. The preamplifier has a center channel output for connection to an additional power amplifier. The tuner is equipped with an RDS system with the following set of functions:...
Yamaha RX-V393 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V393

The Yamaha RX-V393's built-in DSP (Digital Sound Processor) has six modes designed to enhance the spatial sound effect of conventional stereo recordings. There's even a mono mode, which can come in handy when watching old movies and TV broadcasts. Common Pro Logic, apparently, did not suit Yamaha RX-V393...
Yamaha RX-V396RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V396RDS

Yamaha RX-V396RDS receiver is relatively old in accordance with the rules of winged fashion. It doesn't refer to the latest generation of AV-receivers of the company, what is confirmed by the lack of digital sound in DTS format. Nevertheless, take almost complete absence of media with such coding (DVDs...
Yamaha RX-V440 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V440

The design of Yamaha audio products stays unchanged for many years. Such consistency makes the apparatus of this brand recognizable at the first glance. But sometimes it is hard to determine which generation an offered for sale model refers to - as it is so new and advanced. A potential owner of RX-V440...
Yamaha RX-V459 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V459

Yamaha RX-V459 loses to its main competitors on three points: it does not have a solid remote control (although - programmable), there are no digital outputs and automatic calibration. The lack of autocalibration is compensated by a new 64-bit processor with incredibly advanced settings for all parameters...
Yamaha RX-V492 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V492

This is an extremely full-featured Yamaha with digital sound processor and RDS sound decoder. The receiver's features include the ability to limit the level of output power amplifier (-10 dB), availability of linear outputs for connection of an active external subwoofer and an active central-channel...
Yamaha RX-V530RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V530RDS

Yamaha is true to itself: the black case of RX-V530RDS receiver and orange fluorescent display with multistage Dimmer - indispensable during the initial setting because there are no screen menus. You can perform this procedure from both front panel and the remote control of the most conservative shapes,...
Yamaha RX-V540RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V540RDS

The front panel of the latest Yamaha units is clearly divided by two triangular grooves into operating areas, making it easy to find the right control. The initial setup of the Yamaha RX-V540RDS receiver is made only from the remote control according to the indications of the fluorescent display (there...
Yamaha RX-V557RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V557RDS

Design receiver Yamaha RX-V557RDS as otherwise can not be called great. Traditional panel of dark silver aluminum on which the products are easily distinguished Yamaha, goes well with the amber display. Set the front connectors - minimum. The amplifier circuit is composed of six channels, i.e. designed...
Yamaha RX-V590 RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V590 RDS

AV-receiver RX-V590RDS is a big brother of RX-V390RDS. The device has the typical design for RX series and firm traditional easy and plain control, which allows changing operating modes very readily. Pressing any of the keys generates the appearance of corresponding symbol on the display, which shows...
Yamaha RX-V620 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V620

The firm has a long tradition in the creation of sound fields in multi-household systems: a decade of its first DSP-processor firm noted a few years ago. In the RX-V620 for digital sources (Dolby Digital and DTS) are offered not only precision machining 32-bit processor, but a proprietary additive in...
Yamaha RX-V640 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V640

Yamaha traditionally leads in the segment of budget equipment for home cinema. The x40 series was not an exception: all the models turned out to be exceptionally successful. RX-V640 can work with really low-impedance speaker systems; it is perfectly made and well equipped. It's unfortunate that the company...
Yamaha RX-V659 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V659

Yamaha RX-V659 has impressive technical parameters and is equipped with very powerful high-current output stages. The sound processor has very wide possibilities of tuning of both the multichannel configuration and additional spatial effects. Automatic adjustment of YPAO with a calibration microphone,...
Yamaha RX-V661 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V661

In terms of functionality, the RX-V661 receiver is in many ways similar to the Sony STR-DG910. It contains all types of interfaces, incl. HDMI switching with support for 1080p and Multi PCM signals, YPAO auto-calibration system with seven-band parametric equalizer. It is possible to connect players of...
Yamaha RX-V671 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V671

At first glance, Yamaha RX-V671 receiver slightly differs from RX-V771 - there is no second HDMI output and the power output of the seven-channel amplifier section is slightly reduced. However, internal differences are more serious - there is another DAC chip and a simplified YPAO calibration system....
Yamaha RX-V767 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V767

RX-V767 receiver appeared in 2010 and literally can be considered to be the most advanced among competitors. This is one of the first receivers of 1.4 version with HDMI, i.e. compatible with future-oriented 3D-video technology. On the one hand, such solutions are still experimental and not particularly...
Yamaha RX-V771 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V771

The model RX-V771 is the latest addition to the catalog of Yamaha, which replaced the popular RX-V767. The novelty has received a network Ethernet interface with advanced functionality and a digital part with more perfected DAC - PCM1781. The number of HDMI 1.4 terminals impresses - 6 inputs and 2 outputs...
Yamaha RX-V777 AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V777

Yamaha takes not only a considerable percent of the world AV-receivers, but is considered to be a leader in developing of innovative decisions for home cinema. The company has accumulated a huge experience in creating of audio components and combines it in the new models with the most digital advanced...
Yamaha RX-V800RDS AV-receiver review
AV-receiver Yamaha RX-V800RDS

Here are impressive number of DSP-processing modes, a lot of processing parameters, visual explanations in the instruction (you will easily understand what I mean, what reverb is and how its adjustments of time, delay and level affect the result; how does the room size and the reflection character from...
Yamaha Soavo 1 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Yamaha Soavo 1

The basis for the creation of Soavo became Natural Sound concept, which has been used by Yamaha engineers more than half a century for creation of speaker systems and electronic components. Its essence lies in the fact that each component achieves maximally natural and accurate transfer of musical recordings,...
Yamaha Soavo 2 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Yamaha Soavo 2

Two-way speakers Yamaha Soavo 2 are made in unusual body, which has no parallel walls, and on the patented self-engineered drivers. These are a 30-mm tweeter with an aluminum dome, mounted on anti-resonant metallic base, and 16-cm woofer made of complex PMD composite. Acoustic design is the back bass-reflex....
Yamaha Soavo 900SW Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha Soavo 900SW

The model from the elite Soavo series amazes not only with weight, but also with presentable appearance. The case is made of birch and finished according to the technology used in the production of musical instruments, and the ports of bass-reflexes are cut out of wood monolith. The 10-inch driver's...
Yamaha T-D500 Tuner review
Tuner Yamaha T-D500

Back in the mid seventies, Yamaha's flagship CT-7000 wowed the world with its amazing FM sound quality. Since then, the company has been well respected for doing fine hi-fi tuners; the glory of the '7000 may be long gone, but the company's good name remains. This T-D500 is a very different thing though...
Yamaha TX-350 Tuner review
Tuner Yamaha TX-350

Yamaha has been getting heavily in to all sorts of sonic tricks of late with its AV products, but this tuner is a good, honest, straightforward piece of receiving kit. Entirely gimmick-free, it has the usual features: electronic tuning by up/down buttons with programme search, all three bands and 40...
Yamaha TX-590RDS Tuner review
Tuner Yamaha TX-590RDS

The device is produced by the developer in a series that has a common slogan "Natural Sound" for all products, and this, in our opinion, is fully consistent with reality. The sound during FM reception was rated as excellent. The parameters of the FM pathway are also excellent: the sensitivity is almost...
Yamaha YST-RSW300 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha YST-RSW300

The massive body of Yamaha YST-RSW300 subwoofer contains a powerful digital amplifier with a peak power of 270 watts, loaded on a 25-cm long-stroke driver. There is magnetic shielding. The bass-reflex port with a rounded bell on the right side of the body is somewhat unconventional. On the rear panel...
Yamaha YST-SW205 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha YST-SW205

Advanced YST series of Yamaha contains nine (!) models of subwoofers, among which SW205 takes the middle position. YST abbreviation (Yamaha Servo Technology) means the use of feedback systems in the amplifier, radically increasing the damping factor. Advanced YST is its modified variant, allowing to...
Yamaha YST-SW215 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha YST-SW215

YST-SW215 is a small subwoofer with a recognizable shape of body. It is due to the use of the branded QD-Bass technology, the main point of which is the use of pyramidal diffuser for proportional distribution of sound waves. In YST-SW215 such system works with a 20-cm speaker, radiating down. The bass-reflex...
Yamaha YST-SW320 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Yamaha YST-SW320

An active subwoofer with traditionally difficult for Yamaha abbreviation - YST-SW320 belongs to Digital Pro series. The first part in the name stands as Yamaha Servo Technology - this is the special control system for parameters of LF head by spanning the amplifier with feedback through voltage and current....