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This receiver has so many features!

Audio Video Revolution says:

It wasn’t long ago that the advent of Dolby Digital EX and DTS ES in movie theaters gave us hardcore movie buffs another reason to make the pilgrimage to the local cineplex to hear the best in movie sound reproduction. These new audio formats for movie soundtracks improved the realism of the sounds that went along with the action, drawing us ever deeper into the sensory experience and adding another dimension that took the moviegoing audience to the next level. For those who want the ability to enjoy this experience in their own homes, it is possible to create that environment and not break the bank with Yamaha’s happening $1,999.00 RX-V3000 AV receiver.

The RX-V3000 is an eight-channel receiver that has so many features, it may be easier to say what it doesn’t have than what it does. Although at first glance, the RX-V3000 looks fairly simple, that is a deception. It is second down from the top of the line RX-V1 (see Brian Kahn’s review), and offers many of the same technologies at a lower price. The RX-V3000 has a simple yet elegant look that belies its abilities as a state of the art A/V receiver. The eight channels of the RV-X3000 include left and right mains, center, left and right rears (surround), left and right front effects and a rear center. Six of these channels run at 100 watts, and the two effects channels supply 25 watts. 6.1 uses the sixth channel for Dolby Digital EX and DTS ES…more