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Yamaha RX-V1800 AV Receiver

Awesome receiver! Has Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding and multiroom functionality!

Home Theater says:

For as long as I can remember (although the time scale is questionable nowadays), Yamaha has been a strong player in the AV receiver game. While Yamaha is not really a “high-end” company mentioned in the same breath with the likes of, say, Krell, Classe, or Lexicon, it certainly pioneered the behemoth, all-in-one-piece- hernia-inducing monster AV receiver starting with the $4,499 RX-Z9 several years ago (Yamaha’s latest, biggest, and baddest, the 11.2-channel RX-Z11, will appear in November for $5,499).

In light of all this AV receiver high-endness, it might be hard for an AVR that sits more toward the middle of the price range, as does the new Yamaha RX-V1800, to get some attention. Even though it’s obviously not the most expensive AVR Yamaha manufactures, at $1,299 it’s not the least expensive on the list, either. And lately, there’s been some pretty hard-to-beat AVRs on the market for well under $1,000. That makes it pretty tough for a receiver to establish a reason for existence in that low four-figure price range…more