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A short story. I recommend this to anyone looking in getting into the mid-level receiver area. This amp had a bunch of knobs on the front. One of my units I bought back in 1986 and it still works great. He decided to buy it cause he was in a rush.
I have ownwd many Yamaha reveivers and all have been excellent. This unit is no different. One day I was at a great buy center and one of the customer was looking at a 900 yamaha amp. The RX-1700 has the clean look with minimal controls on the front panel. I paid 400.00 for this on Amazon aroeund 2 years ago and it has not let me down.
Yamaha has always been a good brand and will continue to be. I told him that for less then 1/2 the price he could buy a much higher priced Yamaha receiver on amazon.
is a very excellent deal,went to neighboring circuit city,had a lower model at 90 watts per channel @ $900- on sale. had looked and listened to denon ,pioneer etc.,even carter amps,this yamaha beat them all hands down for power delivery,surround options and ease of install and surround setup.has more than enough power at 130 watts per channel x 7. many (22) sound options to find just the right surround.am very satisfied with purchase.no problem pushing 4 klipsch towers yamaha center plus 375 watt subwoofer--sounds fantastic.great power
Some of the people at their customer service talked to me like I was a moron. I used to sell audio equipment but even found this very tough to set up. I finally got a decent person on the phone and got it set up correctly.It sounds fantastic, but be warned is difficult to set up.
1.2) works fine - don't know what you would really gain by going to the newer version. Unless you are a hard core a/v fanatic, this is all you should ever need. Difference in sound is notably better - this unit delivers oustanding sound. The cost, as I write this, is about $500 as they are closing the model. Over-all unit quality is excellent. Set-up is complex, but perseverence should yield good results. The digital sound processing features actually add to the experience. The sound, while maybe not "louder", is much "fuller" with the 130 watt/channel unit.
Outstanding value at that price point. HDMI feature (ver. Purchased this unit in March, 2008 to replace a basic 60 watt/channel Yamaha A/V receiver that was approximately 7 years old. I compared 130 watt/channel receivers with 75 watt/channel units head to head and decided that the extra power made a notable difference. I doubt that the current line receivers at that price point could match the sound quality.
The 7 band equalizer makes all the difference for me.I am able to adjust each speaker individually for all 7 bands as well as volume output.My subwoofer sounds much better using line {pre-amp} out jacks,rather than speaker line out.I like hearing 7.1 channel stereo while listening to songs,and surround sound from dvd movies is awesome too.
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