The Yamaha HTR-5940 was an "emergency" Craigslist purchase. I needed a receiver fast to replace an Onkyo TX-SR503 that was acting up on me. I couldn't pass it up after trying it out. It has too many features to list here, but If you look it up on the internet you'll be amazed _ as I was. The sound quality is far better than I expected. It also revealed some hidden problems that I was having with the Onkyo 503. In other words, some of the annoyances with the Onkyo were gone. A little earlier, I also bought a Yamaha HTR-5830 that I also commented on in Audioreview. That was my first Yamaha product. If you get one of these, keep the manual handy, because _ like the 5830 _ the 5940 requires a lot of manual operation on your part. But, that puts you in control of nearly everything. The Yamaha HTR-5940 seriously solved my problem and produces great sound quality also. I'm pleased.

Good power, excellent sound, versital

slightly complex to set up

Best receiver out there for the money! In the 1990's boom of home theater I owned both denon and onkyo receivers that were more than twice the price of this reciever and i can honestly say this yamaha sounds a little better. Tecnology has come a long way because this receiver pushes my klipsch reference speakers to good volumes w/very clean, lively, and smooth sound. I thought this was an impossible task in this price range. Only drawback is there is no hdmi inputs however,(digital coax sounds just as good.) I am a complete audio geek and i promise you that you will not find a better sounding A/V receiver for under $500.

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denon avr2000, onkyo and harmon/kardon