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NEWS: Yamaha announces Aventage RX-A2A AV receiver
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dante01
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It is basically a Yamaha RX-V6A with a detachable power cord LOL
There are however the usual Aventage chassis modifications such as the wedge (fifth foot) and a metal front fascia.
Here's a link to the A2A on Yamaha's site:
uk.yamaha.com
The A2 has a RRP of £849 which is £200 more than that suggested for the RX-V6A. Is a fifth foot and a detachable power cord worth an extra £200?
There have been some noticable downsides to owning one of the new Yamaha models that will be also apparent with this one. The new remote has no ability to directly select a source and you have to cycle through the sources if using the IR remote. The receivers will however still repond to discrete IR source commands sourced via older Yamaha remotes. Yamaha have for some unknown reason not added support for their iOS or Android control app and the new models only support the MusicCast app. THe MusicCast app lacks many of the features you could control with Yamaha's control app. I've no idea as to why Yamaha have gone in this direction, but neither the redign of the remote and the ommission of the control app support helps enhance a users experience while using these new models.
For anyone as yet not aware of it, you should be a little warry of claims that these new models are 4K/120fps compliant. There is an issue with the chipsets that have been utilised by Denon. Marantz and Yamaha that actually prevents these models from conveying uncompressed 4K/120:
www.avforums.com
Yamaha imply that they'll have a fix for this, but there's no guarantee of this!
There are however the usual Aventage chassis modifications such as the wedge (fifth foot) and a metal front fascia.
Here's a link to the A2A on Yamaha's site:
RX-A2A - Overview - Yamaha - UK and Ireland
A2A - 7.2 ch AVENTAGE with CINEMA DSP 3D, HDMI™ 7-in/1-out, Special A.R.T technology.
The A2 has a RRP of £849 which is £200 more than that suggested for the RX-V6A. Is a fifth foot and a detachable power cord worth an extra £200?
There have been some noticable downsides to owning one of the new Yamaha models that will be also apparent with this one. The new remote has no ability to directly select a source and you have to cycle through the sources if using the IR remote. The receivers will however still repond to discrete IR source commands sourced via older Yamaha remotes. Yamaha have for some unknown reason not added support for their iOS or Android control app and the new models only support the MusicCast app. THe MusicCast app lacks many of the features you could control with Yamaha's control app. I've no idea as to why Yamaha have gone in this direction, but neither the redign of the remote and the ommission of the control app support helps enhance a users experience while using these new models.
For anyone as yet not aware of it, you should be a little warry of claims that these new models are 4K/120fps compliant. There is an issue with the chipsets that have been utilised by Denon. Marantz and Yamaha that actually prevents these models from conveying uncompressed 4K/120:
NEWS: Denon, Marantz and Yamaha AV receivers hit by HDMI 2.1 bug
It seems that the implementation of HDMI 2.1 in some of the most recently launched AV Receivers is problematic and not delivering the fully promised 4K 120Hz experience. Read the news.
www.avforums.com
Yamaha imply that they'll have a fix for this, but there's no guarantee of this!
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New Aventage models Q1 so january - march, but last time i asked it will be later than that for Europe customers. Probably spring 2021 is closer for the top models.
One installer mentioned on other forum:
I had a very interesting discussion with my Yamaha insider about AVRs....
Firstly, the factory has started production on certain new Aventage models, starting @ the bottom. Higher end Aventage models are pushed back, mainly due to slow delivery of crucial internal components, plus wanting to optimize their HDMI 2.1 validation and performance. In light of this their factory in Malaysia is planning 1 more mass production run of 3080s scheduled for mid-December, the 2080s are done and now discontinued. Another factor for mass production is the coming of the Chinese New Year(in February, 2021) which can/will affect the delivery internal components from China. Note that about 70% of the internal components are from China.
One installer mentioned on other forum:
I had a very interesting discussion with my Yamaha insider about AVRs....
Firstly, the factory has started production on certain new Aventage models, starting @ the bottom. Higher end Aventage models are pushed back, mainly due to slow delivery of crucial internal components, plus wanting to optimize their HDMI 2.1 validation and performance. In light of this their factory in Malaysia is planning 1 more mass production run of 3080s scheduled for mid-December, the 2080s are done and now discontinued. Another factor for mass production is the coming of the Chinese New Year(in February, 2021) which can/will affect the delivery internal components from China. Note that about 70% of the internal components are from China.
Deicerniauskas
Novice Member
Yamaha V6 dac performance is utter trash, dont expect much from this as well
nenito2k
Member
@Deicerniauskas saying that the DAC is trash...is like saying that ALL yamahas (aside from +1000 aventage) are TRASH; because the DAC is the SAME as all of their models for the last years....all V range+ low end A range have this SAME (pretty much) DAC...
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Deicerniauskas
Novice Member
Dac performance is not just dac itself, its about isolatuon, lack of leakage and so on...take a look:
www.audiosciencereview.com
Yamaha RX-V6A 7.2 channel 4K / 8K Dolby AV Receiver Review
This is a review and detailed measurements of the Yamaha RX-V6A "8K" Audio/Video Receiver (AVR). They only announced two such 8K AVRs and this is the upper model. Our company (Madrona Digital) is a dealer for Yamaha so I was able to purchase this at a discount for testing. Retail cost is US...
www.audiosciencereview.com
nenito2k
Member
@Deicerniauskas that A.S website guns down EVER single AVR on the market ! be it a 200$ avr or 3000$ one...the only one that was ok was the DENON 3600 !
don't get me wrong AMIR knows his stuff for sure....but reading him tells us all AV gear on the market is crap...
and in the real world...99.99% of us won't even hear the issues described on his articles, as they are related to current/wattage/noise/distortion and so on....
don't get me wrong AMIR knows his stuff for sure....but reading him tells us all AV gear on the market is crap...
and in the real world...99.99% of us won't even hear the issues described on his articles, as they are related to current/wattage/noise/distortion and so on....
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You can get 6years for RX-V6A paying 65£ on Richer Sounds.
Still lot cheaper and basically same machine...… and without the rounded edges on the front panel. A design feature I'm not overly keen on with the RX-V models.
dante01
Distinguished Member
Yeah, well worth an additional £200 LOL… and without the rounded edges on the front panel. A design feature I'm not overly keen on with the RX-V models.
yallaman
Member
Phil Shea, Product Trainer Manager of Yamaha, talks about the RX-A2A from around the 48 minute mark:
No Parametric EQ (PEQ; also confirmed in the manual) is a bit ridiculous. The RX-A2A seems like a successor to the cheapest current Aventage, the RX-A680.
For the first time, Yamaha now says that the cheap Aventage has better filter caps than the RX-V line – specifically 22% bigger. Before, they only said that about the top three models (1080, 2080 and 3080).
No Parametric EQ (PEQ; also confirmed in the manual) is a bit ridiculous. The RX-A2A seems like a successor to the cheapest current Aventage, the RX-A680.
For the first time, Yamaha now says that the cheap Aventage has better filter caps than the RX-V line – specifically 22% bigger. Before, they only said that about the top three models (1080, 2080 and 3080).