Conclusion: Yamaha's RX-V657 is, by a significant margin, the best-sounding affordable AVR I've ever heard, and I think it will leave many card-carrying audiophiles shaking their heads in disbelief. For those assembling their first highend home theater and multichannel music systems, this receiver makes a great place to start, offering value for money that...
Conclusion: Take away XM, and what you have here is a very capable, nicely balanced, midprice A/V receiver with plenty of power and a superb selection of excellent-sounding surround options. But why take it away? Sure, you could buy an XM portable for little more than the cost of the XM Connect & Play add-on, but you?ll sacrifice the integrated display and...
7.1 channel receiver offering 665W (95W x 7) many exclusive Yamaha functions including YPAO Automatic Optimization, Quad-Field CINEMA DSP, XM Satellite Radio Ready and Component Video Up Conversion.
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