The 2 channel direct mode is excellent!!! It's really nice to see the THX SELECT logo. It's a seal of approval on the amp/preamp of this receiver! And I can hear it!!

I wish it could decode/digitally the sacd/dvd audio thru the digital inputs!!

Wow! A 7.1 channel A/V THX Select receiver with room acoustic optimizing (YPAO), @110 w/chnl @8 ohms!!! for $519.00 + $35.00 Shpng!!!And I sold my Onkyo Tx-sr501 w/ a 6.1 sat/sub system to friend for $150.00! So, I paid just $400.00 for this new receiver!!! It also has all the other decoding: dts 5.1,dts 96/24,dts 6.1 es/matrix,dts neo:6 music/movie and dolby digital (DD) 5.1, DD 6.1 EX, & most important Dolby PRO LOGIC IIX music/movie, which turns any 2/4/5.1/6.1 channel source into TRUE 7.1 channels with stereo back channels and additional steering technology in those back & surround L/R channels! + POST PROCESSING from THX & Yamaha DSP MODES!!!!

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I have a Philips prgvsv scann dvd player. A GE 36" stereo TV. Yamaha htr-5790 receiver.Bic America DV62CLRS center speaker,2 6 1/2" woofers & 3/4" soft dome tweeter. a pair of 36" tall tower polk R50 w 2 6 1/2" drivers & a 3/4" soft dome tweeter.4 polk R15 surrounds w 5 1/2" driver & 3/4" sft dm twtr. 2 L/R KLH 10" SUBS w 50watt amps wired in parallel with submode off in the receiver. It sounds better! FOR SEAMLESS SUBWOOFER SOUND USE THE SPEAKER HIGH LEVEL INPUTS!!! NOT THE RCA INPUTS!!! THE LOW END HAS SO MUCH MORE PRESENCE!!!! LATER, SPOCKO!!!!!

YPAO really does improve sound. Many, almost too many Sound options. Plenty of power for medium sized room. Learning remote. Mostly ample connection options.

Remote is not backlit. Manual is obscure about some operations.It would be nice to have a 3rd component video input (but not typical for this price range).

This is the current top of the line for Yamaha's HTR series of AV receivers. It is electronically a twin to the RX-V1400 from their RX line. My search for a new receiver initially narrowed down to either a Pioneer Elite 53TX the Yamaha RX-V1400 or RX-V2400. After some more browsing I didn't see any reason to pay a premium for the V2400. Then the 5790 was released and it was easier to get a better price on it. So Voila! A 5790 it is. So far I am pleased. After setting up and using the YPAO (optimizer) there is better low frequency response in the room. I did have to tweak the setting that YPAO just a bit for individual speaker volumes. I ran the surfing pipe scene from Blue Crush and the Rescue of Morpheus from the Matrix, and they both sounded great! I have since watched a couple of other flicks which did not have particularly strong audio elements, and they were fine. The unit has the 6.1 analog inputs for SACD/DVD Audio, which works fine, and Dolby Pro logic IIx. Finally, it has amplified Rear Surround and Presence speaker outputs (only one of these at at a time tho). I haven't tried those but amplified rear surround may get used, as it was one reason to get a new AV receiver. I think I got a helluva deal!

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