WWW.AUDIOHOLICS.COM Introduction I know what you’re thinking…another new receiver from Yamaha and just less than one year (more like 8 months) after the release of the RX-V2600? Yep. Welcome to the wonderful world of progress where next year’s model design is completed right around the same time frame the current model starts hitting the store shelves – no kidding, folks, this is bleeding edge. Right now it seems Yamaha, Denon and Pioneer are locked into a rat race to see just how much of the proverbial market cheese they can steal. The result? More features, more power, at more competitive prices to the end user with the slight side effect of buyer’s remorse for those who love to change out A/V gear more frequently than they change their sheets (well I hope not). Rest assured, however, that even last year’s model is likely far ahead of the curve for what most people will and can use in a typical home theater system. The RX-V2700 builds upon the solid foundation of the RX-V2600 and shares many of its virtues, along with a few distinct differences tabulated on the chart page 2. the last 4 predecessors, but it does come equipped with very similar guts of the THX Select 2 RX-V2600 model. I can understand why Yamaha didn’t go the THX route and instead elected to place the saved licensing costs towards a much better video scalar from Anchor Bay Technologies, though I do miss the THX Games mode especially when using my Xbox 360. Normally I’d scold Yamaha for not having THX certification at this price point, but considering the design virtues of this receiver are so similar to its predecessor, I’d take the leap of faith at saying the RX-V2700 will likely meet THX standards. Overall the RX-V2700 has a very impressive feature set and, rather than rehashing the basics covered in our exhaustive RX-V2600 review, we will instead focus on the cool new features of this latest does everything receiver. Yamaha RX-V2700 Receiver Review 7.1 Network A/V Receiver with iPod Connectivity, XM HD Surround, 140wpc x 7, & YPAO Review by Gene DellaSala of Audioholics.com At first glance, it appears the RX-V2700 is armed to the teeth with networking- type features allowing it stream music from virtually any type of source including iPod, USB, wireless, etc. Oddly this 5th generation YPAO receiver doesn’t sport the THX Select 2 certification found on review 2.21.07
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IntroductionI know what you’re thinking…another
new receiver from Yamaha and just less than one year (more like 8 months) after the release of the RX-V2600? Yep. Welcome to the wonderful world of progress where next year’s model design is completed right around the same time frame the current model starts hitting the store shelves – no kidding, folks, this is bleeding edge. Right now it seems Yamaha, Denon and Pioneer are locked into a rat race to see just how much of the proverbial market cheese they can steal. The result? More features, more power, at more competitive prices to the end user with the slight side effect of buyer’s remorse for those who love to change out A/V gear more frequently than they change their sheets (well I hope not). Rest assured, however, that even last year’s model is likely far ahead of the curve for what most people will and can use in a typical home theater system.
The RX-V2700 builds upon the solid foundation of the RX-V2600 and shares many of its virtues, along with a few distinct differences tabulated on the chart page 2.
the last 4 predecessors, but it does come equipped with very similar guts of the THX Select 2 RX-V2600 model. I can understand why Yamaha didn’t go the THX route and instead elected to place the saved licensing costs towards a much better video scalar from Anchor Bay Technologies, though I do miss the THX Games mode especially when using my Xbox 360. Normally I’d scold Yamaha for not having THX certification at this price point, but considering the design virtues of this receiver are so similar to its predecessor, I’d take the leap of faith at saying the RX-V2700 will likely meet THX standards.
Overall the RX-V2700 has a very impressive feature set and, rather than rehashing the basics covered in our exhaustive RX-V2600 review, we will instead focus on the cool new features of this latest does everythingreceiver.
Yamaha RX-V2700 Receiver Review
7.1 Network A/V Receiver with iPod Connectivity,
XM HD Surround, 140wpc x 7, & YPAO
Review by Gene DellaSala of Audioholics.com
At first glance, it appears the RX-V2700 is armed to the teeth with networking-type features allowing it stream music from virtually any type of source including iPod, USB, wireless, etc. Oddly this 5th generation YPAO receiver doesn’t sport the THX Select 2 certification found on
review
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mus
ic f
rom
my
mai
ns. T
here
is
a re
ason
fo
r th
is
mad
ness
, an
d it’
s ca
lled
pow
er
amp
assi
gnab
ility
(m
ore
on t
his
late
r). A
ll of
th
e sp
eake
r co
nnec
tors
ex
cept
SP
2 sp
ort
bind
ing
post
s. SP
2 st
ill
uses
fa
irly
go
od q
ualit
y lo
ckin
g co
nnec
tors
tha
t ca
n ac
com
mod
ate
12A
WG
wir
e w
ith li
ttle
fuss
.
Cho
osi
ng t
he
Spe
aker
Im
peda
nce
(IM
PO
RTA
NT
PLE
ASE
RE
AD
)Ya
mah
a st
ill s
hips
the
ir r
ecei
vers
with
the
dr
eade
d im
peda
nce
sele
ctor
sw
itch.
It’s
a bi
t m
ore
invo
lvin
g to
sw
itch
the
defa
ult
sett
ing
“8 o
hms
or m
ore”
and
I w
ont
tell
you
how
si
nce
this
is t
he o
ptim
al s
ettin
g re
gard
less
of
spea
ker
impe
danc
e.
Pow
er T
est
Res
ults
* 1C
H t
este
d, f
ull b
andw
idth
at
0.1
% T
HD
+ N
Aut
o S
etup
Via
YPA
OJu
st
like
in
past
Yam
aha
rece
iver
s, th
e R
X-V
2700
inc
orpo
rate
s th
eir
YPA
O a
uto
setu
p sy
stem
.Y
PAO
au
tom
atic
ally
ch
ecks
an
d/or
co
nfig
ures
:•
Wir
ing
•D
ista
nce
•Si
ze•
Equa
lizat
ion
•Le
vel
In t
his
late
st i
tera
tion
of Y
PAO
, Yam
aha
has
inco
rpor
ated
a n
ew fe
atur
e –
subw
oofe
r co
rrec
tion.
Thi
s is a
Yam
aha
first
, and
alth
ough
it’
s lim
ited
to o
nly
32H
z, at
lea
st t
hey
are
atte
mpt
ing
to
addr
ess
the
spea
ker
in
a th
eate
r sy
stem
tha
t co
uld
dire
ctly
ben
efit
the
mos
t fr
om a
ctiv
e ro
om c
orre
ctio
n.
I let
Yam
aha
do it
s m
agic
with
aut
o se
tup
whi
ch
seem
s to
ru
n m
uch
quic
ker
than
pa
st g
ener
atio
n re
ceiv
ers
like
the
RX
-Z9.
A
s w
ith p
rior
rec
eive
rs w
ith t
his
feat
ure,
Y
PAO
got
my
chan
nel
trim
s an
d sp
eake
r di
stan
ces
(exc
ept
the
sub)
pre
tty
muc
h sp
ot
on. I
t w
as a
lmos
t a
crap
sho
ot h
ow Y
PAO
de
term
ined
sub
woo
fer
dist
ance
, cro
ssov
er
poin
t an
d sp
eake
r si
zes.
It i
ncor
rect
ly s
et
my
mai
ns a
nd c
ente
r to
lar
ge (
whi
ch i
s un
ders
tand
able
sin
ce t
hey
are
plac
ed c
lose
to
the
bac
k w
all c
ausi
ng e
xces
sive
bou
ndar
y ga
in).
Aft
er Y
PAO
was
com
plet
ed,
I m
anua
lly
adju
sted
spe
aker
siz
e, s
ubw
oofe
r di
stan
ce,
PEQ
, and
cro
ssov
er f
requ
ency
for
gre
ater
ac
cura
cy.
Bui
ld Q
ualit
yO
ne t
hing
we
have
com
e to
adm
ire
over
th
e ye
ars
is t
he g
ood
build
qua
lity
of Y
amah
a re
ceiv
ers.
The
y ty
pica
lly g
ive
cons
umer
s a
good
m
eaty
po
wer
su
pply
an
d am
plifi
er
sect
ion
whi
ch th
ey s
eem
to b
e im
prov
ing
on
with
eac
h ne
w g
ener
atio
n of
rec
eive
rs.
The
RX
-V27
00 is
no
exce
ptio
n to
this
rul
e as
evi
dent
by
the
larg
e E-
Cor
e tr
ansf
orm
er
and
larg
e ca
paci
tor
bank
(7
1V
18,0
00uF
x
2). T
he h
eat
sink
is
tape
red
to m
inim
ize
reso
nanc
e an
d al
so p
rovi
de fo
r op
timal
hea
t di
ssip
atio
n.
Thi
s re
ceiv
er m
eans
bus
ines
s an
d, d
espi
te
the
lack
of T
HX
rat
ing,
it’s
poun
d fo
r po
und
ever
y bi
t of t
he R
X-V
2600
and
per
haps
a b
it m
ore
(see
tes
ts r
epor
ts).
Sys
tem
Set
up &
Co
nfig
urat
ion
The
re a
re a
ple
thor
a of
con
nect
ions
on
the
back
of
this
rec
eive
r, so
me
of w
hich
ar
e un
fam
iliar
to
mos
t ho
me
thea
ter
folk
, in
clud
ing
the
iPod
con
nect
or, a
nd E
ther
net
conn
ecto
r. O
f cou
rse
on th
is r
ecei
ver
HD
MI
is e
ndow
ed w
ith 3
inp
uts
and
1 ou
tput
ca
pabl
e of
108
0p r
esol
utio
n w
ith u
psca
ling
up t
o 10
80i p
ower
ed b
y A
ncho
r Ba
y. T
hree
co
mpo
nent
vid
eo in
puts
and
one
out
put a
re
also
incl
uded
for
thos
e w
ho h
aven
’t ju
mpe
d on
the
HD
MI b
andw
agon
yet
. O
ddly
, Ya
mah
a m
oved
th
e sp
eake
r co
nnec
tors
aro
und
a bi
t pl
acin
g th
e “S
P1/
Pres
ence
” sp
eake
rs a
t th
e to
p of
the
sta
ck
inst
ead
of t
he f
ront
cha
nnel
s. It
too
k m
e aw
hile
to
figur
e ou
t w
hy I
was
n’t
hear
ing
•14
0wpc
x 7
•D
igita
l ToP
-ART
con
stru
ctio
n •
Pure
Dir
ect
for
high
er fi
delit
y so
und
repr
oduc
tion
•3
in/1
out
108
0p c
ompa
tible
HD
MI
(ver
. 1.2
a) fo
r ha
ndlin
g di
gita
l sig
nals
in
clud
ing
Supe
r A
udio
CD
•
Vid
eo u
p-co
nver
sion
to
HD
MI
•C
ompo
nent
vid
eo u
p-co
nver
sion
•U
p-sc
alin
g (4
80i t
o 10
80i/7
20p)
•
De-
inte
rlac
ing
(480
i to
480p
) •
Wid
e-ra
nge
com
pone
nt v
ideo
ba
ndw
idth
(10
0MH
z -3
dB,
108
0p
com
patib
le)
•A
ssig
nabl
e am
plifi
ers
for
bi-a
mp
conn
ectio
n an
d m
ulti
zone
•C
ompr
esse
d M
usic
Enh
ance
r•
XM
HD
& iP
od C
ompa
tible
•N
etw
ork
func
tiona
lity
for
stre
amin
g m
usic
•Pr
oduc
t D
imen
sion
s (W
x H
x D
): 17
-1/8
” x
6-3/
4” x
17-
1/4”
•Pr
oduc
t Wei
ght:
37.9
lbs
Fe
atu
re
s
Yam
aha
RX
-V27
00 R
ecei
ver
Rev
iew
Sum
mar
yYa
mah
a R
X-V
2700
Rec
eive
rM
anuf
actu
rer:
Yam
aha
Ele
c. C
orp
. O
vera
ll R
atin
g: 4.
5/5
Sta
rs
Valu
e R
atin
g: 4/
5 S
tars
MSR
P: $
1,69
9w
ww
.yam
aha.
com
/yec
Pro
s•
Pack
ed w
ith m
ore
feat
ures
tha
n an
y re
ceiv
er in
its
clas
s•
Exce
llent
am
plifi
er p
erfo
rman
ce
and
fidel
ity•
HD
MI v
er. 1
.2a
for
DV
D-A
/SA
CD
•
PCM
aud
io d
ecod
ing
from
re-
enco
ded
DD
+, T
rueH
D, d
ts-H
D s
ound
trac
ks
via
HD
MI
•Sc
alin
g up
to
1080
i with
108
0p p
ass
thru
Co
ns•
Ave
rage
HD
MI S
cala
r pe
rfor
man
ce•
Erro
neou
s H
DM
I ope
ratio
n (s
ee n
otes
in
rev
iew
)•
Som
e m
inor
bas
s m
anag
emen
t an
omal
ies
(see
not
es in
rev
iew
)•
YPA
O s
till n
ot a
t le
vel o
f som
e
com
petit
or s
yste
ms
•A
bit
over
whe
lmin
g to
set
up
In o
rder
to
hit
the
rate
d 14
0wpc
Ya
mah
a is
cla
imin
g, th
ey w
ould
req
uire
a
rail
volta
ge o
f sq
rt(2
)*[(
140*
8)^1
/2 ]
=
47V
+ 5
V(m
argi
n) =
52V
. A
s yo
u ca
n se
e th
eir
capa
cito
r ba
nk h
as p
lent
y of
ov
erhe
ad t
o m
eet
this
req
uire
men
t.
Edi
tori
al N
ote
I rec
omm
end
the
“8 o
hms
or m
ore”
set
ting
even
for
4-oh
m s
peak
ers
of m
oder
ate
effic
ienc
y (>
87dB
SPL
). Yam
aha
incl
udes
a”
6-oh
m”
sett
ing
to s
atis
fy U
L he
at d
issi
patio
n re
quir
emen
ts w
hen
driv
ing
4-oh
m lo
ads,
as w
ell a
s ea
sing
con
sum
er c
once
rns
abou
t dr
ivin
g lo
w i
mpe
danc
e lo
ads.
The
se s
witc
hes
step
dow
n vo
ltage
fee
d to
the
pow
er
sect
ions
whi
ch c
an li
mit
dyna
mic
s an
d ov
eral
l fid
elity
. My
advi
ce is
to
keep
the
sw
itch
set
to “
8 oh
ms
or m
ore”
reg
ardl
ess
of t
he im
peda
nce
of y
our
spea
kers
and
ens
ure
prop
er v
entil
atio
n of
the
Rec
eive
r. A
s yo
u ca
n se
e in
the
tes
t re
sults
, usi
ng t
he “
6 oh
m
or m
ore”
set
ting
redu
ced
the
pow
er a
s m
uch
as 4
5%
and
caus
ed c
lippi
ng a
t lo
wer
po
wer
leve
ls, w
hich
if d
rive
n to
o ha
rd fo
r a
sust
aine
d pe
riod
of t
ime
can
dam
age
your
sp
eake
rs.
Edi
tori
al N
ote
abo
ut t
he I
mpe
danc
e S
elec
tor
Sw
itch
RX
-V26
00R
X-V
2700
XM
HD
Sur
roun
dN
oYe
s
Co
mpr
esse
d M
usic
Enh
ance
rN
oYe
s
Net
wo
rk C
apab
ility
No
Yes
US
B A
udio
Int
erfa
ceN
oYe
s
Sim
play
HD
No
Yes
iPo
d C
onn
ecti
vity
No
Yes
Neu
ral S
urro
und
No
Yes
TH
X S
elec
t 2
Yes
No
HD
MI V
er.
1.1
1.2a
HD
MI
I/O
(2/1
)(3
/1)
Max
Sup
port
ed R
eso
luti
on
1080
i10
80p
Vid
eo S
cale
rG
ener
icA
BT10
10 (
DV
DO
) sc
alar
eng
ine
YPA
O f
or
Sub
wo
ofe
rN
oYe
s
Ass
igna
ble
Am
plifi
ers
Yes
but
limite
dYe
s, bi
amp
or Z
one2
/3
MS
RP
$139
9$1
699
It’s
unde
rsta
ndab
le
that
au
to
setu
p sy
stem
s su
ch a
s Y
PAO
oft
en s
trug
gle
with
the
cor
rect
sub
woo
fer
dist
ance
as
it is
usu
ally
a c
ombi
natio
n of
gro
up d
elay
in
here
nt i
n su
bwoo
fers
spo
rtin
g di
gita
l am
ps a
nd D
SP p
roce
ssin
g su
ch a
s m
y A
xiom
Aud
io E
P500
and
the
com
plex
st
ruct
ure
of s
mal
l roo
m a
cous
tics
belo
w
300H
z.
I al
way
s re
com
men
d us
ing
com
mon
sen
se a
nd v
erify
aud
ibly
and
em
piri
cally
(if
poss
ible
) if
the
dist
ance
th
e au
to
setu
p sy
stem
se
lect
ed
is
corr
ect. Edi
tori
al N
ote
Abo
ut
Sub
wo
ofe
r D
ista
nce
Con
tinu
ous
Pow
er;
8 oh
m L
oad
Con
tinu
ous
Pow
er;
4 oh
m lo
ad
8 oh
m
or m
ore
sett
ing
144
wpc
272
wpc
6 oh
m
or m
ore
sett
ing
78 w
pc14
4 w
pc
Bac
k Pa
nel V
iew
of
the
Yam
aha
RX
-V27
00
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Man
ual C
alib
rati
on
Twea
king
the
lev
els
for
a m
ore
bala
nced
re
spon
se a
cros
s th
e lis
teni
ng a
rea
was
a
bree
ze t
hank
s to
the
“on
the
fly
” ch
anne
l tr
ims
Yam
aha
inco
rpor
ated
int
o th
e R
X-
V27
00.
I w
as p
leas
ed t
o se
e th
ey s
tart
ed
addi
ng t
his
muc
h ne
eded
fea
ture
on
thei
r ne
wer
re
ceiv
ers
back
in
m
y R
X-V
659
revi
ew.
Odd
ly
how
ever
th
ey
didn
’t of
fer
inde
pend
ent
chan
nel
trim
set
tings
for
the
M
ulti-
chan
nel
Exte
rnal
inp
uts
like
they
did
in
th
e le
ss
cost
ly
RX
-V65
9. Y
amah
a di
d in
form
me
that
inde
pend
ent
leve
l tri
ms
for
the
EXT
inp
uts
can
be c
onfig
ured
via
the
R
ecei
ver
Edito
r fe
atur
e an
d N
OT
the
GU
I w
hich
I d
idn’
t co
nfir
m. T
his
shou
ldn’
t be
m
uch
of a
n is
sue
if yo
u ut
ilize
HD
MI o
r th
e tr
im s
ettin
gs o
f you
r SA
CD
/DV
D-A
pla
yer.
Bas
s M
anag
emen
tIn
the
gre
at t
radi
tion
of e
xcel
lent
bas
s m
anag
emen
t, Ya
mah
a of
fers
a
vari
able
cr
osso
ver
poin
t fr
om 4
0Hz
to 2
00 H
z an
d +
- ph
ase
adju
stm
ent
for
the
subw
oofe
r so
yo
u ca
n de
term
ine
the
best
set
ting
with
out
havi
ng
to
go
behi
nd
your
su
bwoo
fer
to
chan
ge
it.
Yam
aha
also
pr
ovis
ions
fo
r su
bwoo
fer
outp
ut
in
2CH
m
ode
if th
e sp
eake
rs a
re s
et t
o “L
arge
” vi
a th
e LF
E/Ba
ss
Out
set
to
“Bot
h”.
Be
war
ned
how
ever
if
you
set
the
mai
n sp
eake
rs
to “
Smal
l”
but
have
Bas
s O
ut s
et t
o “B
oth”
the
mai
n ch
anne
ls w
ill s
till g
et fu
ll ra
nge
sign
al. O
ddly
if
you
sele
ct “
2CH
Ste
reo”
mod
e, t
he m
ain
spea
kers
will
get
a fu
ll ra
nge
sign
al r
egar
dles
s of
spe
aker
siz
e se
ttin
g an
d th
e su
bwoo
fer
will
be
activ
e if
you
have
one
pre
sent
. Thi
s w
as n
ot t
he c
ase
how
ever
in “
7CH
Ste
reo”
m
ode
as b
ass
man
agem
ent
was
app
lied
to
the
mai
n sp
eake
rs if
set
to
“Sm
all”
. I s
ugge
st
usin
g “s
trai
ght”
mod
e fo
r 2C
H l
iste
ning
if
you
wan
t yo
ur m
ain
spea
kers
bas
s m
anag
ed.
Als
o no
te “
Pure
D
irec
t”
mod
e by
pass
es
the
bass
man
agem
ent
alto
geth
er a
nd w
ill
NO
T s
end
sign
al t
o th
e su
bwoo
fer
for
2CH
so
urce
s re
gard
less
of s
peak
er s
ettin
gs.
Des
pite
th
e R
X-V
2700
la
cked
T
HX
ce
rtifi
catio
n, t
he b
ass
man
agem
ent
stay
ed
true
to
TH
X g
ospe
l w
ith 1
2dB/
oct
Hig
h Pa
ss F
ilter
(H
PF)
slop
es a
nd 2
4dB/
oct
Low
Pa
ss
Filte
r (L
PF)
slop
es
as
I m
easu
red
with
my
Aud
io P
reci
sion
SY
S 27
22 A
udio
A
naly
zer.
Y
PAO
inc
orre
ctly
set
my
cros
sove
r to
11
0Hz
so I
adj
uste
d it
to 8
0Hz
for
mor
e op
timal
int
egra
tion
of m
y su
bwoo
fer
with
m
y sp
eake
rs.
The
PEQ
bui
lt in
to Y
PAO
is r
athe
r cr
ude
in
term
s of
re
solu
tion.
Bu
t I
still
fo
und
it to
be
a us
eful
too
l fo
r fin
al c
alib
ratio
n tw
eaki
ng.
Q :
.5 t
o 10
Gai
n: -
6dB
to +
20d
BFr
eq: 3
2Hz
to 1
6kH
z 1/
3 oc
tave
in
crem
ent
To e
dit
PE
Q s
etti
ngs
of e
ach
chan
nel,
I su
gges
t th
e fo
llow
ing
pro
cedu
re:
•Se
lect
freq
/gai
n to
cho
ose
the
cent
er
freq
uenc
y•
Sele
ct b
and/
gain
to
set
the
Q a
nd g
ain
as n
eede
d
It’s
near
ly i
mpo
ssib
le t
o m
ake
a di
rect
co
mpa
riso
n of
PEQ
vs
no P
EQ s
ince
it’s
such
a
hass
le t
o de
feat
and
re-
enga
ge it
. In
orde
r to
def
eat
the
PEQ
, it’s
a f
our
step
pro
cess
(m
anua
l >
sou
nd /
PEQ
> c
hann
el)
then
m
anua
lly s
elec
ting
rese
t fo
r ea
ch c
hann
el.
If yo
u w
ish
to r
e-en
gage
PEQ
, you
mus
t go
in
to A
uto
setu
p an
d re
load
the
dat
a. T
he
only
wor
karo
und
I co
uld
see
is a
ssig
ning
tw
o re
ceiv
er s
ettin
gs (
Yam
aha
prov
ides
up
to 4
acc
essi
ble
in t
he G
UI)
via
the
mem
ory
feat
ure
(one
with
PEQ
and
one
with
out)
, th
en t
oggl
ing
betw
een
mem
ory
sett
ings
to
do a
com
pari
son
with
the
Mem
ory
1 an
d 2
hot
keys
on
the
rem
ote.
I
pulle
d a
few
mea
sure
men
ts (
see
figur
es
1-3)
at
the
prim
ary
liste
ning
pos
ition
whe
re
I al
so
plac
ed
the
Yam
aha
mic
fo
r Y
PAO
au
dio
setu
p an
d ca
libra
tion.
As
can
be
seen
in
th
e gr
aph,
YPA
O
actu
ally
cau
sed
a 5d
B su
ckou
t fr
om 6
0 to
80
Hz
and
did
noth
ing
to a
ddre
ss t
he b
ump
belo
w 3
0Hz.
I def
eate
d Y
PAO
and
eng
aged
into
man
ual
EQ e
dit
mod
e w
here
I at
tem
pted
to
twea
k in
the
30
to 4
0Hz
rang
e by
cho
osin
g th
e lo
wes
t po
ssib
le
cent
er
freq
uenc
y Ya
mah
a w
ould
allo
w fo
r (fc
= 3
1Hz)
and
adj
ustin
g Q
to
3.1
3 w
ith a
slig
ht g
ain
of +
2dB.
YPA
O d
idn’
t dra
stic
ally
alte
r th
e fr
eque
ncy
resp
onse
of
my
refe
renc
e sp
eake
rs w
hich
is
n’t
surp
risi
ng c
onsi
deri
ng h
ow li
near
the
y ar
e. I
did
my
best
to
a/b
the
befo
re a
nd
afte
r re
sults
and
sub
ject
ivel
y fe
lt m
y sy
stem
so
unde
d be
tter
with
the
PEQ
dis
enga
ged,
es
peci
ally
in t
he lo
wer
freq
uenc
y ra
nge.
Figu
re 1
. Sub
woo
fer
Freq
uenc
y R
esp
onse
(1/
12th
oct
) w
ith
and
wit
hout
YPA
O P
EQ
Figu
re 3
. Ful
l Ran
ge F
requ
ency
Res
pon
se (
1/6t
h oc
t) w
ith
and
wit
hout
YPA
O
Figu
re 2
. Sub
woo
fer
Freq
uenc
y R
esp
onse
(1/
12th
oct
) w
ith
and
wit
hout
Man
ual P
EQ
To c
alcu
late
Q, u
se fc
/ B
W w
here
fc
= c
ente
r fr
eque
ncy
and
BW -
ban
dwid
th
Edi
tori
al N
ote
O
n C
alcu
lati
ng Q
In a
lmos
t no
cir
cum
stan
ce d
o yo
u w
ant
to a
dd g
ain
to fi
x a
prob
lem
are
a as
the
freq
uenc
y di
p is
usu
ally
res
ult
of
a ro
om n
ode
and
will
onl
y ea
t am
plifi
er
pow
er w
hile
red
ucin
g sy
stem
dyn
amic
ra
nge.
If
you
find
bum
ping
the
gai
n up
a
dB o
r tw
o ac
tual
ly h
elpe
d ev
en o
ut
the
prob
lem
atic
are
a, th
en i
t’s o
k to
us
e ga
in s
pari
ngly.
If
it di
dn’t
mak
e a
mea
sura
ble
diffe
renc
e, d
on’t
add
gain
to
fix t
he p
robl
em.
Edi
tori
al N
ote
O
n A
ddin
g G
ain
Vid
eo S
et-U
pYa
mah
a m
ade
som
e si
gnifi
cant
upg
rade
s on
th
e vi
deo
side
of
th
e eq
uatio
n w
ith
this
re
ceiv
er.
For
one,
th
e H
DM
I in
puts
no
w a
ccom
mod
ate
up t
o 10
80p
reso
lutio
n.
The
R
X-V
2700
al
so
does
sc
alin
g an
d up
conv
ertin
g of
ana
log
sign
als
(up
to 1
080i
) po
wer
ed b
y th
e A
ncho
r Ba
y Te
chno
logi
es
ABT
1010
sca
lar
engi
ne.
I ran
into
a c
oupl
e of
ope
ratio
nal h
iccu
ps
with
H
DM
I on
th
e R
X-V
2700
. T
he
first
sa
mpl
e Ya
mah
a se
nt m
e ha
d an
iss
ue w
ith
imag
e dr
op
out
afte
r 20
-30
min
utes
of
op
erat
ion
whi
ch Y
amah
a at
trib
uted
to
a
faul
ty p
art
on t
he H
DM
I ci
rcui
t bo
ard.
The
se
cond
uni
t did
n’t s
uffe
r thi
s fat
e, b
ut d
id h
ave
issu
es k
eepi
ng a
sta
ble
imag
e on
my
RSQ
N
EO-E
500
DV
D K
arao
ke p
laye
r an
ytim
e te
xt l
yric
s di
spla
yed
on t
he s
cree
n. Y
amah
a cl
aim
s it
coul
d be
in
issu
e w
ith t
he f
ram
e ra
te o
f the
tex
t. M
y in
itial
wor
karo
und
was
to
rou
te s
-vid
eo d
irec
tly t
o m
y di
spla
y on
an
unu
sed
inpu
t, by
pass
ing
the
RX
-V27
00
alto
geth
er.
I al
so
had
som
e op
erat
iona
l an
omal
ies
whe
n up
scal
ing
VH
S to
HD
MI.
The
pi
ctur
e w
ould
ei
ther
be
st
able
fo
r ho
urs,
or t
oggl
e on
/off
pers
iste
ntly
dur
ing
a vi
ewin
g se
ssio
n. M
y w
orka
roun
d he
re w
as
to r
un c
ompo
nent
vid
eo c
able
s fr
om t
he
RX
-V27
00 t
o an
othe
r in
put
on m
y di
spla
y. I
late
r de
cide
d to
rou
te a
ll an
alog
vid
eo in
to
the
RX
-V27
00 a
nd o
ut v
ia c
ompo
nent
vid
eo
to m
y di
spla
y. I
str
ongl
y su
gges
t us
ers
do
the
sam
e as
a b
acku
p in
cas
e th
ey r
un in
to
thes
e is
sues
with
HD
MI.
I
expe
rien
ced
a pu
zzlin
g H
DM
I se
tup
issu
e on
bo
th
RX
-V27
00
sam
ples
th
at
mag
ical
ly r
esol
ved
itsel
f aft
er a
few
min
utes
of
op
erat
ion.
In
itial
ly
whe
n I
conn
ecte
d th
e re
ceiv
er t
o m
y Sa
msu
ng H
L-S5
688W
10
80p
disp
lay
and
Scie
ntifi
c A
tlant
a 83
00H
D
box,
I e
xper
ienc
ed a
lou
d po
ppin
g so
und
from
m
y T
V
any
time
I to
ggle
d in
puts
on
th
e R
X-V
2700
. A
fter
a
few
tr
ials
of
ra
ndom
ly p
ower
ing
dow
n al
l th
ree
devi
ces
and
reco
nnec
ting
all
of t
he H
DM
I ca
bles
, th
e pr
oble
m w
ent
away
nev
er t
o sh
ow i
ts
ugly
sel
f ag
ain.
I c
an’t
fully
exp
lain
thi
s, bu
t ca
n on
ly g
uess
timat
e a
sync
iss
ue b
etw
een
this
HD
MI v
er 1
.2a
rece
iver
and
the
res
t of
m
y ge
ar t
hat
is o
nly
HD
MI 1
.0.
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been
tr
aditi
onal
ly
ham
pere
d by
sp
urio
us
HD
cab
le s
uppo
rt. W
hy n
ot h
ave
it co
ntro
l al
l so
urce
s, in
clud
ing
mus
ic s
trea
min
g an
d di
stri
butio
n.
The
RX
-V27
00 is
unl
ike
any
othe
r re
ceiv
er
prev
ious
ly la
unch
ed b
y Yam
aha
or a
ny o
ther
m
anuf
actu
rer
in th
is r
egar
d. W
ithin
a m
atte
r of
min
utes
aft
er I
con
nect
ed m
y Et
hern
et
cabl
e fr
om m
y ne
twor
k to
the
RX
-V27
00
and
the
Mus
icC
AST
MC
X-2
000,
I w
as a
ble
to a
ccom
plis
h al
l of t
he fo
llow
ing:
•st
ream
(In
ter)
Net
rad
io•
stre
am m
usic
from
a M
usic
CA
ST
MC
X-2
000
serv
er a
s a
rem
ote
clie
nt•
stre
am m
usic
from
a c
onne
cted
USB
fla
sh d
rive
•st
ream
mus
ic fr
om a
net
wor
ked
PC•
rece
ive
XM
rad
io (
not
test
ed, n
ot
subs
crib
ed t
o se
rvic
es)
(Int
er)N
et R
adio
By s
elec
ting
the
inpu
t la
bele
d N
et/U
SB,
sett
ing
the
rem
ote
cont
rol
to “
Net
” th
en
slid
ing
the
side
fu
nctio
n m
ode
sele
ctor
sw
itch
to “
sour
ce”
you
ente
r th
e N
etw
ork
wor
ld o
f th
e Ya
mah
a R
X-V
2700
. I
fou
nd
liter
ally
hu
ndre
ds
of
Net
ra
dio
stat
ions
ca
tego
rize
d by
G
enre
, Lo
catio
n,
Popu
lar
Stat
ions
, an
d Po
dcas
ts.
Whi
le
this
w
as
a su
per
cool
fea
ture
, es
peci
ally
sin
ce i
t’s
free
and
ope
ns t
he d
oors
to
an a
lmos
t lim
itles
s av
enue
of
new
mus
ic,
the
poor
soun
d qu
ality
on
mos
t st
atio
ns m
ade
this
se
rvic
e un
pala
tabl
e ev
en
whe
n en
gagi
ng
Yam
aha’s
Mus
ic E
nhan
cer
feat
ure.
The
Mus
ic
Enha
ncer
feat
ure
did
man
age
to e
xten
d th
e hi
gh a
nd lo
w fr
eque
ncy
resp
onse
, but
it w
as
unab
le t
o co
mba
t th
e ex
cess
ive
amou
nt o
f co
mpr
essi
on a
nd p
hase
iss
ues
that
m
ade
mos
t of
the
cha
nnel
s so
und
abou
t as
goo
d as
AM
rad
io w
ithou
t th
e st
atic
. A
m I
bei
ng
too
pick
y? P
erha
ps, b
ut I
am
not
the
typ
e to
fall
for
the
Dum
bing
Dow
n of
Aud
io t
hat
seem
s to
be
the
stat
us q
uo i
n an
era
of
stre
amin
g m
usic
and
com
pres
sed
port
able
au
dio
serv
ices
. O
ddly
w
hen
I se
lect
ed
the
“Hol
iday
M
usic
” ge
nre,
I
got
Nir
vana
an
d St
one
Tem
ple
Pilo
ts o
n th
e N
orth
Pol
e st
atio
n.
I gu
ess
Sant
a m
ust b
e in
a R
ocki
n’ m
ood
once
th
e ho
liday
sea
son
is o
ver.
One
sav
ing
grac
e to
Net
Rad
io i
s I
did
man
age
to f
ind
a se
lect
ion
of J
azz
stat
ions
th
at d
idn’
t so
und
half
bad,
esp
ecia
lly w
hen
I en
gage
d Ya
mah
a’s M
usic
Enh
ance
r 2C
H
and
7CH
mod
es.
The
bot
tom
lin
e is
tha
t w
hen
you
find
a hi
gher
qua
lity
stat
ion,
mak
e su
re y
ou p
rogr
am i
t in
mem
ory
for
futu
re
acce
ss.
Mus
icC
AS
T M
CX
-200
0N
etw
orki
ng
the
RX
-V27
00
to
my
Mus
icC
AST
M
CX
-200
0 w
as
easy
as
pi
e.
All
I had
to
do w
as g
o in
to t
he s
etup
of m
y M
CX
-200
0 an
d hi
t Aut
o C
onfig
ure.
It f
ound
th
e R
X-V
2700
and
tre
ated
it
as a
rem
ote
clie
nt.
I th
en s
elec
ted
the
PC/M
usic
CA
ST
optio
n on
the
OSD
(use
“di
spla
y” b
utto
n on
th
e re
mot
e w
hen
enga
ged
in N
et m
ode)
. H
avin
g th
e ne
twor
k fe
atur
e fo
r M
usic
CA
ST is
ver
y us
eful
in t
his
rece
iver
. It
pr
ovid
es t
he a
bilit
y to
str
eam
ind
epen
dent
m
usic
al s
ourc
es fo
r al
l 3 z
ones
(M
ain,
Zon
e 2,
Zon
e 3)
by
just
hav
ing
only
one
add
ition
al
rem
ote
clie
nt f
or t
he M
usic
CA
ST s
yste
m.
In m
y se
tup,
I us
ed t
he M
CX
-200
0 ba
se u
nit
for
the
mai
n zo
ne a
nd s
trea
med
diff
eren
t m
usic
to
Zon
e 2
from
RX
-V27
00 r
emot
e cl
ient
whi
le w
atch
ing
TV
in
Zon
e 3
all
off
one
rece
iver
!
Str
eam
ing
Mus
ic o
ff P
C
and
US
B F
lash
Dri
veO
nce
agai
n, T
he R
X-V
2700
sho
wed
off
its N
etw
ork
mus
cles
by
allo
win
g us
ers
to
stre
am m
usic
dir
ectly
off
a PC
con
nect
ed
in t
he n
etw
ork.
Fi
les
such
as
WA
V (
PCM
fo
rmat
onl
y), M
P3 a
nd W
MA
are
sup
port
ed.
I w
as r
ight
at
hom
e w
ith t
his
feat
ure
as I
ha
ve a
ton
of
olde
r pr
ogre
ssiv
e ro
ck m
usic
on
my
PC h
ard
driv
e th
at I
’d l
ove
to h
ear
on m
y st
ereo
sys
tem
. A
s an
add
ed b
onus
, yo
u co
uld
even
sto
re s
ome
mus
ic f
iles
on
a U
SB f
lash
dri
ve o
r po
rtab
le h
ard
driv
e an
d co
nnec
t it
righ
t to
the
fron
t pa
nel U
SB
conn
ecto
r fo
r in
stan
t ac
cess
to
your
mus
ic.
Aud
ioho
lics/
HQ
V B
ench
Te
stin
g S
umm
ary
of T
est
Res
ults
Per
fect
S
core
is
13
0.
Yam
aha
RX
-V27
00
Ben
chm
ark
Sco
re:
68(a
vera
ge c
ompa
red
to m
any
disp
lays
and
so
urce
co
mpo
nent
s. In
co
mpa
riso
n,
my
Rea
lta R
EON
VX
-50
HQ
V-en
able
d D
enon
D
VD
-293
0CI s
core
d a
120.
)Ya
mah
a sc
ored
ave
rage
on
thes
e te
sts,
but
mis
ses
som
e ke
y on
es
that
w
e pa
y cl
ose
atte
ntio
n to
o. T
he f
act
that
Yam
aha’s
re
ceiv
er d
oesn
’t ap
pear
to
pass
the
Film
D
etai
l an
d 3:
2 C
aden
ce t
ests
tel
ls m
e th
at
som
ethi
ng is
stil
l am
iss
in th
is 2
nd g
ener
atio
n H
DM
I upc
onve
rtin
g re
ceiv
er w
hen
tryi
ng to
ha
ndle
unf
lagg
ed c
onte
nt.
A g
ood
$150
D
VD
pla
yer
can
pass
the
se t
ests
.U
sers
m
ay
wan
t to
co
ntin
ue
to
pair
th
is u
nit
with
a g
ood
prog
ress
ive
sour
ce
com
pone
nt.
Ove
rall
I fo
und
the
scal
ing
feat
ures
of t
he R
X-V
2700
to
be a
cut
abo
ve
wha
t’s f
ound
in
mos
t A
/V r
ecei
vers
the
se
days
, with
the
exc
eptio
n be
ing
its i
nabi
lity
to h
andl
e un
flagg
ed fi
lm c
onte
nt. U
nles
s yo
u ha
ve a
rea
lly g
ood
DV
D p
laye
r, yo
u m
ay s
till
opt
to u
se t
he i
nter
nal Y
amah
a sc
alar
for
be
tter
res
ults
.
Rec
eive
r E
dito
rA
cu
stom
in
stal
ler’s
de
light
, Ya
mah
a ha
s be
en
offe
ring
th
is
feat
ure
sinc
e th
e in
trod
uctio
n of
th
eir
flags
hip
the
RX
-V
2400
ove
r fo
ur y
ears
ago
. U
sing
Yam
aha’s
pr
opri
etar
y so
ftw
are
and
an
RS-
232
conn
ectio
n be
twee
n yo
ur
com
pute
r an
d th
e in
terf
ace
on
the
back
of
th
e R
X-
V27
00,
you
can
plug
aw
ay a
t co
nfig
urin
g th
e en
tire
rece
iver
with
out
havi
ng t
o us
e th
e G
UI
or y
our
disp
lay.
Bes
t of
all,
if yo
u or
yo
ur
cust
omer
ha
ppen
s to
m
ess
up
som
e of
the
set
tings
on
the
rece
iver
aft
er
it’s
calib
rate
d; y
ou c
an r
ecal
l th
e se
ttin
gs
in a
n in
stan
t an
d re
stor
e th
e re
ceiv
er t
o its
pro
per
calib
ratio
n.
Of
cour
se, I
hig
hly
reco
mm
end
enga
ging
the
“M
emor
y G
uard
” fe
atur
e of
thi
s re
ceiv
er a
fter
you
com
plet
e th
e se
tup
and
calib
ratio
n to
avo
id s
uch
an
occu
rren
ce.
Net
wo
rk S
et-U
p &
Fun
ctio
nalit
yW
e ar
e en
teri
ng a
n er
a w
here
ble
edin
g ed
ge r
ecei
vers
suc
h as
the
RX
-V27
00 a
re
star
ting
to t
ake
on a
mor
e ac
tive
roll
of
the
typi
cal
HT
PC a
nd M
edia
Cen
ter.
Thi
s m
akes
pe
rfec
t se
nse
sinc
e th
e re
ceiv
er
serv
es a
s th
e ce
ntra
l hu
b fo
r th
e ho
me
thea
ter
syst
em a
nd M
edia
Cen
ter
PCs
have
Test
Max
Po
ints
RX
-V27
00P
ass/
Fail
Col
or B
ar10
10Pa
ss
Jagg
ies
#1
55
Pass
Jagg
ies
#2
53
Pass
Flag
1010
Pass
Det
ail
1010
Pass
Noi
se10
5Pa
ss
Mot
ion
adap
tive
Noi
se R
educ
tion
105
Pass
Film
Det
ail
100
Fail
Cad
ence
2:2
Vid
eo5
0Fa
il
Cad
ence
2:2
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Cam
50
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Cad
ence
2:3
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Cam
50
Fail
Cad
ence
3:2
:3:2
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ari-s
peed
50
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Cad
ence
5:5
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mat
ion
55
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Cad
ence
6:4
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mat
ion
50
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Cad
ence
8:7
ani
mat
ion
55
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Cad
ence
3:2
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lm5
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il
Scro
lling
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izon
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100
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Scro
lling
Rol
ling
1010
Pass
TO
TA
L P
OIN
TS
130
68
Sour
ce c
omp
onen
t w
as t
he D
enon
DVD
-293
0CI
DVD
Pla
yer
(480
i - c
omp
onen
t vi
deo)
up
scal
ed t
o 10
80i v
ia t
he R
X-V
2700
and
fed
to
the
Sam
sung
HL-
S568
8W D
isp
lay.
“The
RX
-V27
00 w
as
able
to
bel
t o
ut L
OU
D
dyna
mic
s w
ith
no t
roub
le
at a
ll....
driv
ing
my
4 o
hm
refe
renc
e sp
eake
rs w
ith
ease
.”
Gen
e D
ella
Sala
Whe
n st
ream
ing
mus
ic
from
M
usic
CA
ST
MC
X-2
000
to
the
RX
-V
2700
, it’
s im
port
ant
to
note
th
at
Mus
icC
AST
de
faul
ts
PCM
to
M
P3
conv
ersi
on
of
rem
ote
cl
ient
s. M
usic
CA
ST d
oes
prov
isio
n fo
r se
ndin
g on
e re
mot
e cl
ient
PC
M d
ata.
If y
ou a
re
alre
ady
send
ing
PCM
dat
a to
ano
ther
re
mot
e cl
ient
,, I
wou
ld s
ugge
st u
sing
th
is fe
atur
e fo
r zo
ne2/
3 au
dio
and
usin
g th
e pr
imar
y M
usic
CA
ST s
yste
m fo
r th
e m
ain
zone
to
allo
w t
rue
PCM
dat
a to
be
fai
thfu
lly p
rodu
ced
for
the
grea
test
fid
elity
.
Edi
tori
al N
ote
on
Str
eam
ing
Mus
ic f
rom
Mus
icC
AS
T
You
can
also
hav
e th
e m
ain
Mus
icC
AST
se
rver
in S
tand
by m
ode
whi
le a
cces
sing
it
from
a r
emot
e cl
ient
. Ve
ry c
ool.
Edi
tori
al N
ote
8
WWW.AUDIOHOLICS.COM 9WWW.AUDIOHOLICS.COM
XM
Rad
ioJu
st
like
the
RX
-V65
9 re
ceiv
er
we’
ve
prev
ious
ly
revi
ewed
, th
e R
X-V
2700
le
aves
no
st
one
untu
rned
by
pr
ovid
ing
XM
ra
dio.
C
onne
ctin
g th
e X
M a
nten
na is
plu
g an
d pl
ay
muc
h lik
e an
iPo
d do
ckin
g st
atio
n.
Sim
ply
plug
it in
and
it w
orks
. O
f cou
rse
with
XM
R
adio
, you
mus
t su
bscr
ibe
to t
heir
ser
vice
w
hich
incu
rs a
mon
thly
ser
vice
fee
of a
bout
$1
3 an
d op
ens
you
up t
o co
mm
erci
al f
ree
prog
ram
min
g of
100
s of
cha
nnel
s, pr
etty
m
uch
all m
usic
gen
res,
spor
ts t
alk
prog
ram
s an
d m
ore.
The
nic
e th
ing
abou
t ha
ving
XM
in
tegr
ated
int
o a
rece
iver
is
that
the
OSD
gi
ves
you
a fu
ll re
adou
t of c
hann
el, a
rtis
t and
so
ng i
nfo.
T
his
is s
omet
hing
you
jus
t do
n’t
get
with
con
vent
iona
l rad
io a
nd is
cer
tain
ly
a gr
eat
conv
enie
nce
for
thos
e w
ho f
ind
a so
ng t
hey
love
pla
ying
on
the
radi
o, b
ut
neve
r un
til n
ow k
now
who
it’s
from
. Ya
mah
a is
one
of
the
first
man
ufac
ture
rs
to in
corp
orat
e X
M H
D S
urro
und
tech
nolo
gy
into
a
rece
iver
. T
his
feat
ure
allo
ws
the
end
user
to
hear
par
ticip
atin
g X
M r
adio
st
atio
ns in
tru
e di
scre
te 5
.1 s
urro
und
soun
d m
uch
like
you
hear
a D
D o
r D
TS
DV
D.
Unf
ortu
nate
ly w
e di
dn’t
have
an
activ
e X
M
subs
crip
tion
to t
est
this
feat
ure.
iPo
d C
onn
ecti
vity
The
iPo
d po
rt o
n th
e ba
ck o
f th
e R
X-
V27
00 j
ust
like
it w
as o
n th
e R
X-V
659.
I
didn
’t ha
ve a
cha
nce
to t
est
iPod
on
the
RX
-V27
00 b
ut d
id d
o a
full
repo
rt o
n th
is
in m
y R
X-V
659
revi
ew.
Mul
ti-Z
one
/ M
ulti
-So
urce
A
udio
I w
as q
uite
tak
en b
y th
e fu
ll m
ulti
zone
/
sour
ce a
udio
fea
ture
s be
stow
ed u
pon
this
re
ceiv
er.
Not
onl
y di
d it
have
the
abi
lity
to s
erve
thr
ee in
depe
nden
t zo
nes
of a
udio
, bu
t it
also
had
pow
er a
mp
assi
gnab
ility
of
four
of t
he in
tern
al a
mps
(SP
1 an
d SP
2) fo
r ei
ther
Zon
e 2
or 3
or
two
for
both
. Be
st
of a
ll, yo
u do
n’t
even
hav
e to
pow
er u
p th
e m
ain
zone
to
get
mus
ic g
oing
to
Zon
e 2
or Z
one
3.
I lo
ved
the
fact
tha
t yo
u co
uld
pow
er u
p Z
one
2 or
3 i
ndep
ende
ntly
and
ad
just
lev
el c
ontr
ol a
nd i
nput
sel
ectio
n al
l ac
cess
ible
on
the
fron
t pa
nel o
f the
rec
eive
r
via
Zon
e on
/off
and
Zon
e co
ntro
l but
tons
.In
my
setu
p, I
con
figur
ed a
ll fo
ur o
f th
e Ya
mah
a in
tern
al a
mps
to
Zon
e 2
and
used
tw
o ch
anne
ls o
f my
Emot
iva
MPS
-1 to
dri
ver
two
sets
of o
utdo
or s
peak
ers
for
Zon
e 3.
I
then
con
nect
ed fo
ur a
mps
from
my
Emot
iva
to t
he s
urro
und
side
and
bac
k ch
anne
ls o
f th
e R
X-V
2700
. In
thi
s co
nfig
urat
ion,
I w
as
seve
ring
a t
otal
of
four
ind
oor
spea
kers
on
zo
ne
2 (d
inin
g ro
om,
gues
t ro
om)
and
four
out
door
spe
aker
s on
Zon
e 3
(2
fron
tyar
d an
d 2
back
yard
). T
hank
s to
the
ne
t st
ream
ing
feat
ures
of
the
RX
-V27
00,
each
zon
e ha
d in
depe
nden
t so
urce
con
trol
. T
he o
nly
nega
tive
was
I w
as l
imite
d to
5.1
in
the
mai
n zo
ne w
hen
eith
er Z
one
2 or
Z
one
3 w
ere
enga
ged,
des
pite
I ha
d en
ough
am
plifi
ers
to r
un a
ful
l 7.
1 th
eate
r w
ith a
ll Z
ones
act
ive.
Pe
rhap
s in
fut
ure
mod
els,
Yam
aha
can
open
thi
s op
tion
up fo
r pe
ople
ha
ving
the
ava
ilabl
e am
plifi
er c
hann
els.
It’s
impo
rtan
t to
not
e, I
fou
nd a
rat
her
unus
ual i
ssue
I’ve
nev
er e
ncou
nter
ed b
efor
e w
hen
conn
ectin
g m
y Em
otiv
a M
PS-1
7C
H
pow
er a
mp
to t
he R
X-V
2700
. Whe
n I u
sed
the
“Mus
ic M
ode”
tri
gger
of
my
Emot
iva
to
auto
tu
rn
on/o
ff th
e am
plifi
er
upon
de
tect
ion
of a
mus
ic s
igna
l, I h
eard
a b
izar
re
mom
enta
ry s
ound
(a
whi
ning
alie
n bu
zz)
eman
ate
from
my
spea
kers
pow
ered
by
the
Emot
iva
shor
tly a
fter
I t
urne
d of
f th
e R
X-
V27
00.
It w
as li
kely
a r
esul
t of p
ower
sup
ply
disc
harg
e fr
om
the
Yam
aha
that
se
eped
th
roug
h th
e R
X-V
2700
’s pr
eam
p ou
tput
s as
a
resu
lt of
poo
r is
olat
ion
from
the
mut
ing
rela
ys.
My
wor
k ar
ound
was
to
use
the
12V
tr
igge
r w
hich
cut
pow
er t
o m
y am
plifi
er
inst
anta
neou
sly
afte
r I
turn
ed o
ff th
e R
X-
V27
00.
12V
tri
gger
s ar
e pr
efer
red
to m
usic
m
ode
type
s to
avo
id a
udio
dro
pout
s w
hen
your
am
plifi
er t
urn
off d
urin
g qu
ite p
assa
ges
of t
he m
ovie
and
tri
es t
o in
stan
tane
ousl
y en
gage
bac
k on
. I
sug
gest
usi
ng t
he 1
2V
trig
ger
to a
void
the
se is
sues
alto
geth
er.
Rem
ote
Co
ntro
l(s)
The
RX
-V27
00 c
omes
with
tw
o re
mot
e co
ntro
ls: o
ne t
hat
oper
ates
the
mai
n zo
ne
(RA
V36
2), a
nd t
he o
ther
(R
AV
25)
(whi
ch I
re
fer
to a
s “M
iniM
e”)
for
Zon
e2/3
con
trol
. N
ot m
uch
has
chan
ged
here
sin
ce t
he l
ast
coup
le o
f ge
nera
tions
. T
he R
AV
362
is a
un
iver
sal
and
lear
ning
typ
e re
mot
e th
at i
s fa
irly
intu
itive
to
oper
ate
and
prog
ram
. A
ll of
the
key
s ar
e ba
cklit
via
a b
utto
n lo
cate
d on
the
lef
t si
de o
f th
e re
mot
e.
A s
witc
h on
the
rig
ht s
ide
of t
he r
emot
e de
term
ines
th
e fu
nctio
nalit
y of
bu
tton
s m
arke
d in
or
ange
whi
le a
n LC
D d
ispl
ay w
indo
w a
nd
up/d
own
sele
ctio
n bu
tton
s al
low
s th
e us
er
to d
eter
min
e th
e fu
nctio
n of
the
cen
ter
navi
gatio
n an
d pl
ay/s
top
func
tiona
lity
of t
he
sour
ce c
urre
ntly
bei
ng u
sed.
The
rem
ote
has
disc
rete
key
s fo
r ea
ch in
put s
elec
t and
offe
rs
a ho
t ke
y fo
r ch
anne
l tri
m a
djus
tmen
ts, a
nd
DSP
mod
es b
ut u
nfor
tuna
tely
doe
sn’t
do s
o fo
r PL
IIx m
odes
. O
vera
ll, th
e re
mot
e ha
s go
od t
actil
e re
spon
se a
nd i
s ea
sy t
o ho
ld,
but
I re
com
men
d it
as a
sup
port
for
the
R
X-V
2700
and
NO
T t
he p
rim
ary
rem
ote
to o
pera
te y
our
hom
e th
eate
r. F
or t
hat
I su
gges
t a
Logi
tech
Har
mon
y or
Uni
vers
al
Rem
ote
Con
trol
Inc
type
of p
rodu
ct.
The
RA
V25
is
a ba
sic
zone
rem
ote
that
al
low
s yo
u to
sel
ect
inpu
t, tu
ner
pres
ets,
mut
e, v
olum
e an
d po
wer
on/
off
for
each
zo
ne in
depe
nden
tly.
You
can
togg
le r
emot
e fu
nctio
ns b
ased
on
the
rem
ote
ID#
sw
itch
loca
ted
at t
he b
otto
m l
eft
of t
he r
emot
e.
Thi
s is
a
hand
y lit
tle
rem
ote
but
the
expe
rien
ced
inst
alle
r w
ould
lik
ely
inte
grat
e an
RF
rem
ote
or t
ouch
pad
at
the
zone
lo
catio
n w
here
aud
io is
bei
ng fe
d.
Lis
teni
ng T
ests
O
k, s
o th
e R
X-V
2700
is o
bvio
usly
one
of
the
mos
t fe
atur
e-in
tens
ive
rece
iver
s w
e’ve
ev
er t
este
d, b
ut h
ow d
oes
it so
und?
In
on
e w
ord
– aw
esom
e!
It’s
clea
r to
me
that
Yam
aha
is m
akin
g pr
ogre
ssiv
e st
ride
s at
im
prov
ing
the
fidel
ity o
f th
eir
rece
iver
s, an
d no
t lo
sing
the
foc
us o
f au
dio
fidel
ity
desp
ite a
ll th
e ne
w f
eatu
res
bein
g br
ough
t on
boa
rd.
Thi
s is
als
o pe
rhap
s on
e of
the
re
ason
s th
eir
rece
iver
s ar
e al
so
gett
ing
prog
ress
ivel
y m
ore
expe
nsiv
e w
ithin
eac
h su
cces
sive
mod
el.
Thi
s is
the
fir
st t
ime
sinc
e m
y R
X-V
4600
re
view
th
at
I w
as
able
to
co
nnec
t hi
gh
reso
lutio
n D
VD
-Aud
io
disc
vi
a a
digi
tal
conn
ectio
n on
a Y
amah
a re
ceiv
er.
Thi
s tim
e of
cou
rse
it w
as d
one
via
HD
MI a
nd le
t m
e sa
y it
wor
ked
flaw
less
ly. Y
ou’ll
get
a m
essa
ge
sayi
ng “
mul
ti-ch
anne
l PC
M”
on t
he d
ispl
ay
whi
ch e
ssen
tially
mea
ns t
he u
nive
rsal
DV
D
play
er (i
n th
is c
ase
the
Den
on D
VD
-293
0CI)
is
hand
ling
the
mul
ti-ch
anne
l de
codi
ng,
but
the
RX
-V27
00 i
s ta
king
car
e of
bas
s m
anag
emen
t, le
vel
cont
rol
and
digi
tal
dela
y co
mpe
nsat
ion.
I
coul
dn’t
test
SA
CD
via
H
DM
I sin
ce m
y D
enon
DV
D-2
930C
I is
only
H
DM
I ve
r 1.
1, s
o I
used
ana
log
cabl
es f
or
that
func
tion.
Mus
ic L
iste
ning
Befo
re
brea
king
ou
t th
e m
ulti-
chan
nel
reco
rdin
gs,
I ra
n so
me
exha
ustiv
e 2C
H
liste
ning
tes
ts i
n m
y pr
imar
y ac
oust
ical
ly
trea
ted
thea
ter
room
(co
urte
sy o
f Aur
alex
A
cous
tics)
. I
conn
ecte
d th
e R
X-V
2700
to
my
refe
renc
e sp
eake
rs –
the
RBH
T-3
0LSE
’s an
d ra
n th
em f
ull
rang
e.
I le
vel-m
atch
ed
and
squa
red
off t
he s
onic
cho
ps o
f the
RX
-V
2700
alo
ng s
ide
the
mor
e co
stly
Mar
antz
PM
-11S
1 in
tegr
ated
am
plifi
er w
e cu
rren
tly
have
in
for
revi
ew.
Thi
s is
obv
ious
ly a
n un
fair
co
mpa
riso
n si
nce
both
m
achi
nes
are
desi
gned
with
an
emph
asis
on
diffe
rent
fu
nctio
ns, b
ut I
wan
ted
to g
auge
jus
t ho
w
wel
l the
RX
-V27
00 c
ould
hol
d its
ow
n ne
xt
to a
n au
dio
refe
renc
e pi
ece
such
as
the
Mar
antz
.Su
ffice
it
to
say,
the
Yam
aha
soun
ded
exce
llent
. I f
elt
it ga
ve u
p a
notc
h in
ste
reo
sepa
ratio
n an
d lo
w e
nd b
ass
cont
rol t
o th
e M
aran
tz, b
ut a
t th
e sa
me
time
it su
bjec
tivel
y fe
lt lik
e it
had
a w
arm
er s
onic
sig
natu
re.
Yes,
war
mer
. T
he Y
amah
a ha
d ex
celle
nt b
ass
exte
nsio
n an
d a
very
lush
top
end
. It
nev
er
soun
ded
met
allic
or a
naly
tical
des
pite
the
fact
I w
as t
ortu
ring
it w
ith m
y 4-
ohm
ref
eren
ce
spea
kers
in
a ne
arly
6,0
00ft
^3 r
oom
. T
he
deca
y in
woo
d an
d ba
ss in
stru
men
ts w
eren
’t qu
ite u
p to
the
lev
el o
f th
e M
aran
tz,
but
with
out
doin
g an
A/B
rea
l tim
e co
mpa
riso
n,
you’
d lik
ely
neve
r no
tice.
N
ot b
ad f
or a
do
es e
very
thin
g m
ulti-
chan
nel A
/V r
ecei
ver
cost
ing
wel
l und
er $
2,00
0.
DV
D-A
udio
: B
eatl
es L
ove
The
B
eatl
es
Love
D
VD
-A
disc
ha
s be
com
e on
e of
m
y pr
imar
y m
ulti-
chan
nel
refe
renc
e re
cord
ings
fo
r go
od r
easo
ns –
it
soun
ds
grea
t an
d it’
s gr
eat
cont
ent.
“Be
caus
e”
soun
ded
very
op
en w
hen
enga
ged
in P
LIIx
Mus
ic M
ode,
m
uch
like
I he
ard
at t
he C
irqu
e du
Sol
eil
show
in
Veg
as.
Sw
itchi
ng
betw
een
5.1
and
7.1
real
ly s
how
ed o
ff th
e be
nefit
of
PLIIx
pos
t pr
oces
sing
on
a 5.
1 au
dio
sign
al.
“Tom
orro
w
Nev
er
Die
s”
soun
ded
as
dyna
mic
and
env
elop
ing
as I
’ve
hear
d in
my
prim
ary
thea
ter
room
but
the
bass
was
n’t a
s w
ell e
xten
ded
sinc
e m
y fa
mily
roo
m s
yste
m
only
em
ploy
s a
sing
le s
ub i
n a
larg
e op
en
room
. R
egar
dles
s, th
e Ya
mm
ie w
as a
ble
to
belt
out
LOU
D d
ynam
ics
with
no
trou
ble
at a
ll. N
ext
to t
he R
X-Z
9, I
’d s
ay t
his
is
the
mos
t po
wer
ful
amp
sect
ion
curr
ently
em
ploy
ed in
a Y
amah
a A
/V r
ecei
ver.
Mov
ie L
iste
ning
Now
it
was
tim
e to
see
how
the
RX
-V
2700
sh
ined
in
its
m
ost
wid
ely
used
ap
plic
atio
n am
ong
hom
e th
eate
r af
icio
nado
s –
mov
ie w
atch
ing.
I b
egan
with
som
e H
D
cont
ent
via
my
new
Tos
hiba
HD
-A2
HD
D
VD
pla
yer.
HD
DV
D:
Pola
r E
xpre
ssT
his
was
a fi
rst
for
me
– ge
ttin
g to
exp
erie
nce
HD
an
d D
D+
in
al
l of
it
s gl
ory
via
one
HD
MI c
onne
ctio
n (N
ote:
To
shib
a pl
ayer
de
codi
ng,
Yam
aha
hand
ling
bass
m
anag
emen
t). T
he a
udio
w
as
sim
ply
awes
ome!
G
one
wer
e th
e co
mpr
esse
d ar
tifac
ts d
urin
g lo
ud d
ynam
ic
scen
es I
’ve
so c
omm
only
exp
erie
nced
via
st
anda
rd
Dol
by
Dig
ital.
Thi
s H
D
DV
D
soun
ded
as g
ood
as s
ome
of t
he b
est
DT
S m
ulti-
chan
nel r
ecor
ding
s I’v
e he
ard.
T
he t
actil
e re
spon
se o
f the
ope
ning
sce
ne
whe
re t
he t
rain
com
es t
o th
e bo
y’s h
ouse
w
as
so
real
it
star
tled
our
soon
to
be
bo
rn b
aby
in m
y w
ife’s
belly
. T
he s
urro
und
enve
lopm
ent
was
rig
ht o
n pa
r w
ith s
ome
of
the
best
mul
ti-ch
anne
l rec
ordi
ngs
I’ve
hear
d.
The
sce
ne w
here
the
con
duct
or p
laye
d by
To
m H
anks
was
sin
ging
the
Hot
Cho
cola
te
song
was
bol
d, d
ynam
ic a
nd m
usic
al m
ore
so
that
I ev
er r
ecal
led
whe
n I s
aw t
his
mov
ie a
t m
y lo
cal C
inep
lex.
The
RX
-V27
00 e
ngag
ed
in P
LIIx
Mov
ie M
ode
fille
d m
y ro
om w
ith
real
ism
tha
t on
ly t
he b
est
reco
rdin
gs o
n a
prim
ed p
layb
ack
syst
em c
an d
o.
The
re
was
tru
e m
agic
in t
his
expe
rien
ce a
nd I
am
pr
etty
sur
e it
was
n’t c
omin
g fr
om th
e N
orth
Po
le.
If D
D+
was
thi
s go
od, I
cou
ld o
nly
imag
ine
how
a d
isc
auth
ored
with
Tru
eHD
so
unds
. I
expe
rim
ente
d w
ith Y
amah
a’s D
SP p
ost
proc
essi
ng m
odes
and
fou
nd m
ost
of t
he
time
they
wer
en’t
need
ed u
nles
s I
enga
ged
in a
n ol
der
not
so p
rist
ine
reco
rdin
g. T
he
Jazz
and
Roc
k m
odes
wer
e us
eful
for
suc
h ev
ents
as
old
conc
erts
on
VH
S or
mix
ed
in 2
.0 o
n D
VD
. I
n fa
ct,
I po
pped
in
the
Flee
twoo
d M
ac
– T
he
Dan
ce
DV
D
and
enjo
yed
hear
ing
the
mor
e ex
pans
ive
effe
cts
“Fro
m it
s po
wer
ful n
etw
ork
fea
ture
s, t
o it
s ab
ility
to
pl
ayba
ck a
ll kn
own
curr
ent
sour
ce t
ypes
, thi
s re
ceiv
er is
lik
ely
to s
erve
as
the
cent
erpi
ece
of
a so
phis
tica
ted
hom
e th
eate
r fo
r a
long
tim
e.”
Gen
e D
ella
Sala
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that
th
e Ja
zz
DSP
m
odes
of
fere
d w
hile
Li
ndse
y Bu
ckin
gham
wha
led
away
in “
I’m S
o A
frai
d”. F
or m
ovie
pla
ybac
k, I
mos
tly u
sed
PLIIx
Mov
ie M
ode
and
occa
sion
ally
use
d th
e A
dven
ture
DSP
mod
e.
Sug
gest
ions
fo
r Im
prov
emen
tA
lthou
gh t
he R
X-V
2700
is
jam
pac
ked
with
fea
ture
s an
d ha
s it
whe
re i
t co
unts
so
nica
lly, t
here
are
som
e op
erat
iona
l thi
ngs
I’d l
ike
to s
ee i
mpr
ovem
ent
upon
to
mak
e th
e ne
xt g
ener
atio
n re
ceiv
er e
ven
bett
er:
•Si
ngle
but
ton
togg
le a
bilit
y to
eng
age/
dise
ngag
e PE
Q•
Mor
e ac
cura
te a
nd c
onsi
sten
t au
to
spea
ker
size
, cro
ssov
er c
onfig
urat
ion
and
equa
lizat
ion
•A
bilit
y to
eng
age
both
the
Pre
senc
e ch
anne
ls a
nd S
urro
und
Back
s vi
a us
e of
an
exte
rnal
2C
H a
mpl
ifier
•A
bilit
y to
eng
age
7.1
with
ext
ra
ampl
ifier
s w
hile
Zon
e 2
or 3
are
en
gage
d•
Hot
key
for
PLIIx
Mus
ic a
nd M
ovie
M
ode
on t
he r
emot
e•
Abi
lity
to s
cale
thr
ough
com
pone
nt
vide
o (c
urre
ntly
lim
ited
to ju
st I/
P)T
he b
igge
st o
pera
tiona
l nu
isan
ce t
o m
e th
at
plag
ues
each
ge
nera
tion
of Y
amah
a re
ceiv
er i
s th
e di
fficu
lty o
f ch
oosi
ng P
LIIx
M
usic
or
M
ovie
m
ode.
T
he
RX
-V27
00
reta
ins
the
last
set
ting
per
sour
ce t
ype
(ie.
2CH
or
5.1)
but
NO
T p
er in
put.
It’s
a th
ree
step
pro
cess
ava
ilabl
e on
ly v
ia t
he r
emot
e co
ntro
l (S
ur D
ecod
e >
Ext
d Su
r >
scr
oll
left
/rig
ht)
in o
rder
to
togg
le b
etw
een
them
w
hen
in f
act
it sh
ould
onl
y ta
ke a
hot
key
/
togg
le f
unct
ion
to s
witc
h be
twee
n M
usic
/M
ovie
/Gam
e m
odes
. I w
ould
hav
e al
so li
ked Y
amah
a to
pro
visi
on
up t
o 10
80i
scal
ing
via
com
pone
nt v
ideo
(ju
st li
ke t
he R
X-Z
9 do
es)
inst
ead
of s
impl
e I/P
for
tho
se i
nsta
nces
lik
e I
expe
rien
ced
via
my
Kar
aoke
an
d V
HS
play
ers
that
di
dn’t
mai
ntai
n a
stab
le i
mag
e vi
a H
DM
I up
conv
ersi
on.
Mea
sure
men
ts &
Ana
lysi
s
Am
plifi
er E
ffic
ienc
y A
mpl
ifier
Ef
ficie
ncy
Mea
sure
men
ts
for
linea
r a/
b am
ps s
uch
as t
he o
nes
empl
oyed
in
thi
s re
ceiv
er t
ypic
ally
ran
ge fr
om 4
0-50
%
depe
ndin
g on
the
load
the
pow
er s
uppl
y of
th
e am
plifi
er s
ees.
The
clo
ser
you
get
to
full
load
, th
e hi
gher
the
effi
cien
cy u
sual
ly
beco
mes
(as
sum
ing
you
aren
’t ov
erta
th
e po
wer
sup
ply
and
pow
er d
evic
es o
f the
am
p ca
usin
g ex
cess
ive
ther
mal
loss
es).
The
R
X-V
2700
ach
ieve
d ab
ove
50%
effi
cien
cy
whe
n dr
iven
at
near
ful
l po
wer
int
o lo
w
impe
danc
e lo
ads
whi
ch w
as q
uite
impr
essi
ve
for
a re
ceiv
er
empl
oyin
g a
conv
entio
nal
linea
r am
p de
sign
. T
his
rece
iver
run
s w
arm
as
it d
issi
pate
s 72
wat
ts in
idle
so
be s
ure
to
give
it p
lent
y of
ven
tilat
ion.
Pow
er B
andw
idth
The
Yam
aha
RX
-V27
00 p
osse
sses
a w
ide
band
wid
th a
mpl
ifier
top
olog
y w
ith a
-3d
B po
int
in e
xces
s of
100
kH
z at
1 w
att.
At
full
pow
er,
we
star
t se
eing
som
e lo
ss o
f ba
ndw
idth
but
the
-3d
B po
int
is s
till a
bove
70
kH
z (w
ell
beyo
nd t
he r
ange
of
hum
an
hear
ing)
. See
Fig
ure
4.A
t fu
ll co
ntin
uous
unc
lippe
d po
wer
and
ba
ndw
idth
(>
0.
1% T
HD
+
N
) th
e R
X-
V27
00 d
eliv
ered
the
goo
ds, 1
44w
pc x
1 a
nd
90w
pc x
4 (
bi-a
mp
mod
e) in
to 8
ohm
load
s, w
hile
stil
l m
aint
aine
d ex
celle
nt b
andw
idth
lin
eari
ty w
ith a
-3d
B po
int
of 7
0kH
z.
Into
4
ohm
s, th
e R
X-V
2700
w
as
able
to
de
liver
co
ntin
uous
po
wer
le
vels
at
a
who
ppin
g 27
2wpc
x 1
and
230
wpc
x 2
with
le
ss t
han
0.1%
TH
D +
N.
Kee
p in
min
d m
ost
revi
ew p
ublic
atio
ns
don’
t do
con
tinuo
us p
ower
mea
sure
men
ts
and
they
us
ually
pu
blis
h po
wer
m
easu
rem
ents
into
clip
ping
at
1% T
HD
+ N
. O
ur m
easu
rem
ents
are
ver
y co
nser
vativ
e an
d it
is c
lear
tha
t th
is r
ecei
ver
is a
mon
g th
e m
ost
pow
erfu
l in
its p
rice
cla
ss.
For
mor
e in
fo o
n am
plifi
er m
easu
rem
ents
, se
e: T
he A
ll C
hann
els
Dri
ven
(AC
D) T
est.
FF
T D
isto
rtio
n A
naly
sis
At
1 w
att
into
8 o
hms,
the
RX
-V27
00
disp
laye
d ex
empl
ary
resu
lts
(+8.
963
+
90.9
75)d
Bv
=
99.9
4dBv
or
10
0*al
og^-
1(-
99.9
4/20
) =
.001
% T
HD
+ N
.A
t fu
ll ra
ted
pow
er
(140
wpc
, 8
ohm
s)
the
RX
-V27
00
agai
n ex
hibi
ted
exce
llent
di
sto
rtio
n m
easu
rem
ents
(3
0.33
6 +
58
.368
)dB
v =
88.7
dBv
or
100*
alog
^-1(
-88.
7/20
) =
.00
37 T
HD
+ N
. Se
e Fi
gure
s 5
and
6.
Am
plifi
er O
utpu
t Im
peda
nce
& D
ampi
ng F
acto
rT
he a
mpl
ifier
out
put
impe
danc
e fe
ll ri
ght
with
in o
ur d
esir
ed 1
00 m
ohm
or
less
mar
k fo
r th
e en
tire
audi
ble
band
wid
th
up
to
20kH
z. I
t w
as n
ice
to s
ee t
hat
even
whe
n th
e R
X-V
2700
was
pum
ping
out
200
wpc
in
to a
4 o
hm lo
ad, t
he a
mp
mai
ntai
ned
good
lin
eari
ty.
Thi
s is
a m
arke
d im
prov
emen
t ov
er Y
amah
a pr
edec
esso
r un
its in
thi
s pr
ice
clas
s an
d is
am
ong
the
best
com
pare
d to
its
pee
rs.
The
am
plifi
er
dam
ping
fa
ctor
is
ab
out
wha
t I
expe
cted
bas
ed o
n th
e m
easu
red
outp
ut i
mpe
danc
e.
It i
s un
iform
ly g
ood
acro
ss
the
entir
e au
dio
freq
uenc
y ra
nge
and
falls
slig
htly
und
er t
he 1
00 m
ark
(50
is
a m
inim
um w
e lik
e to
see
in
all
ampl
ifier
s)
whe
n dr
ivin
g an
8 o
hm l
oad
abov
e 1k
Hz
we
like
to s
ee o
n un
com
prom
isin
g de
sign
s. T
he a
mpl
ifier
doe
sn’t
fall
apar
t w
hen
driv
ing
4 oh
m l
oads
lik
e so
me
of Y
amah
a’s e
arlie
r m
odel
s. Se
e Fi
gure
s 7
and
8.
Pre
ampl
ifier
Per
form
ance
The
RX
-V27
00 p
ream
p ou
tput
dri
ve w
as
a bi
t di
sapp
oint
ing
and
a st
ep b
ackw
ards
fr
om it
s pr
edec
esso
r•
The
Inpu
ts c
an h
andl
e 2.
7Vrm
s un
clip
ped!
•O
utpu
ts D
eliv
er n
earl
y 3V
rms
outp
ut
befo
re t
he r
ecei
ver
shut
dow
n, b
ut
FFT
dis
tort
ion
beco
mes
ver
y hi
gh
once
out
put
exce
eds
1.25
Vrm
s.
Sig
nal t
o N
ois
e R
atio
(S
NR
)P
ream
p20
0mV
In
put
Sign
al,
I ad
just
ed
mas
ter
volu
me
for
1Vrm
s ou
t.
Av
= 5
or
14dB
SNR
: 80.
6dB
<10
Hz
- 22
k H
z ba
ndw
idth
,
no
optio
n fil
ter.
T
his
is
very
go
od
perf
orm
ance
and
will
ens
ure
the
RX
-V27
00
won
t se
rve
as a
sig
nific
ant
nois
e pa
th t
o a
mat
ing
pow
er a
mpl
ifier
.
Pow
er A
mp
200m
Vin
; SN
R @
1 w
att
= 7
9.6d
B <
10
Hz
- 22
k H
z ba
ndw
idth
, no
opt
ion
filte
r.SN
R
@
full
pow
er
=
102.
68dB
rA
at
30.7
dBv
at .9
8% T
HD
+ N
(14
6 w
atts
)
Aga
in t
his
is c
omm
enda
ble
perf
orm
ance
w
hich
ex
plai
ns
why
no
ise
was
ne
ver
a di
stra
ctin
g is
sue
whe
n lis
teni
ng t
o m
usic
or
mov
ies
on t
his
rece
iver
.
“Its
aud
io s
oun
d qu
alit
y an
d am
plifi
er p
erfo
rman
ce
are
amo
ng t
he b
est Y
amah
a ha
s bu
ilt t
o d
ate
in a
sub
$2
k re
ceiv
er.”
Gen
e D
ella
Sala
# C
hD
rive
nPo
wer
C
ons
umpt
ion
Pow
er
Del
iver
edL
oad
Eff
icie
ncy
128
8 w
atts
144
wat
ts8
ohm
s50
%
476
5 w
atts
90 w
atts
8 oh
ms
47 %
151
3 w
atts
272
wat
ts4
ohm
s53
%
277
4 w
atts
230
wat
ts4
ohm
s59
%
Idle
Pow
er72
wat
ts
Not
e: A
ll p
ower
out
put
fig
ures
abo
ve w
ere
cond
ucte
d at
1kH
z an
d 0.
1% T
HD
+ N
Figu
re 5
. FFT
Ana
lysi
s @
1 w
att
Figu
re 6
. FF
T A
naly
sis
@ 1
40 w
atts
Figu
re 7
. Am
plif
ier
Out
put
Im
ped
ance
und
er v
ario
us lo
adin
g co
ndit
ions
Figu
re 8
. Am
plif
ier
Dam
pin
g Fa
ctor
und
er v
ario
us lo
adin
g co
ndit
ions
Figu
re 4
. Yam
aha
RX
-V27
00 F
requ
ency
Res
pon
se a
t 1
wat
t &
Ful
l Pow
er
We
wou
ld p
refe
r to
see
Yam
aha
empl
oy
a pr
eam
p ca
pabl
e of
de
liver
ing
2Vrm
s un
clip
ped
to e
nsur
e a
wid
er v
arie
ty o
f po
wer
am
plifi
ers
can
be m
ate
wel
l. If
for
exam
ple
you
choo
se a
pow
er a
mp
with
th
e ty
pica
l 29
dB
gain
st
ruct
ure
(TH
X
stan
dard
), yo
u w
ould
on
ly
be
able
to
de
liver
abo
ut 1
55w
pc (1
.25
* al
og(2
9/20
))
cont
inuo
usly
unc
lippe
d in
to a
n 8
ohm
lo
ad.
A
prea
mp
capa
ble
of
deliv
erin
g 2V
rms
uncl
ippe
d w
ould
allo
w t
he a
mp
to
deliv
er o
ver
400w
pc in
to a
n 8
ohm
load
!
Edi
tori
al N
ote
on
Pre
amp
Clip
ping
11
12
WW
W.A
UD
IOH
OL
ICS
.CO
M
Conclusions and Overall Perceptions
The RX-V2700 adds a host of noteworthy features over its predecessor but also eliminates a very popular one in this price class – THX certification. Whether or not it’s a big deal to you depends on how often you use THX modes and/or if you find the PLIIx equivalent modes equally useful.
From its powerful network features, to its ability to playback all known current source types thanks to HDMI ver.1.2a, this receiver is likely to serve as the centerpiece of a sophisticated home theater for a long time.
Its audio sound quality and amplifier performance are among the best Yamaha has built to date in a sub $2k receiver. The assignable power amps should serve a multi zone system quite well and allow the end user to upgrade to a more powerful amp in the main zone (if needed) while not laying to waste its excellent internal amps.
If you have a MusicCAST MCX-2000 system, then it and the RX-V2700 will go like peas and carrots together. Think of it as getting a remote server thrown into the receiver for free. If you’ve gotta have the ability to stream music off your PC, media server, USB drive or iPod, while still hosting top notch AV duties, I can think of no better solution than the RX-V2700.
Despite some of the minor operational difficulties I had, this was still a very enjoyable receiver for me to review and one I highly recommend to the audiophile and technogeek alike. Keep in mind that most review publications don’t go into this level of detail with products and I have provided work around solutions for all of the issues I have found.
If you follow my guidelines set forth in this review, you can rest assured the Yamaha RX-V2700 will arm you with a sophisticated home theater arsenal at your command to propel you into the 21st century of home theater enjoyment.
By Gene DellaSalaEmail - [email protected]
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METRIC RATINGBuild Quality 1/2
Ergonomics/User Interface 1/2
Features 1/2
Television Performance 1/2
Video Performance 1/2
Overall 1/2
Value 1/2
Frequency Response Linearity (20-20k +/- 0.25dB)
SNR
Output Impedance (<100mohms 20-20k)
Measured Power Into 8-ohms
Measured Power Into 4-ohms
Multi-channel Audio
2 CH Audio
Video Processing
Build Quality
Fit and Finish
Ergonomics & Usability
Features
Remote Control
Overall 1/2
Value
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RATING
SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION RATING
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS RATING
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