Power, Flexibility, Features, Quality

Not really a weakness, but 50+ DSP modes are wasted on me.

I needed a new receiver with Dolby Digital and DTS to replace my old Pro Logic reciever. Started looking at Denon 4800 and Yamaha RX-V3000. I found the Denon didn't have amps for all channels built in, so leaned toward the Yamaha. I then found I could get the RX-V1 for a few hundred more than the 3000, and haven't looked back. I love it. I run Klipsch speakers and can bring the house down with shear volume. The sound is crystal clear with no hint of distortion. I can't comment on the quality of Dolby Digital or DTS, since I don't have another receiver with that capability, but these formats are amazingly better than Pro-Logic, especially in ES mode.

The remote takes a little work to program for other equipment, but once it's programmed it seems to work fine. One complaint, it doesn't have my satellite box pre-programmed. I have sent off for the FREE RAV-2000 remote, I will comment when I get it. I am glad I purchased from an authorized dealer so I could get it free, I wouldn't pay $500 for a remote otherwise.

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one great reciever, Don't sell your self short this is the best reciever under 4000.00. also yamaha builds and designes all there chips them selves to make sure the meet there tight tolerances.

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Looks good, big so you can impress your friends.

Poor sound quality for audio. Remote does not learn satellite codes even though it says ok when learning. Unit broke down twice within 3 months.

Pure waste of money. I don't even use it anymore for audio it's so bad - I simply go straight into my amp from the CD player using the gains as preamps. Had two major problems -audio completely cut out within 2 weeks of having it and now I lost one of the rears. Yamaha replaced the entire unit the first time but I can't be bothered geting it fixed the second time.

DO NOT BUY THIS UNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS DEFECTIVE...

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Power, Looks, Everything you could possibly need!

None that I can see!

Thanks to Mike from Maryland e-mailing back and telling me of his experience with the RX-V1 I bought one this past weekend. The B&K sounded very good also, but I could hardly justify the extra $1,400 off the sale price I got. I have had great luck with Yamaha Products for over 20 years. This thing is a beast. It has more power and dynamic headroom than I will ever need. The sound is great right out of the box, and I'm sure it will only get better. I also got the free RAV-2000 Universal remote. Sounds Great, Looks Great, Is Great! Again, Thanks Mike, your right you can't go wrong for Music or Video.

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Mike who posted below me stated the rxv-3000 does not have
Burr Brown DAC's which is not true. I have the brochure for these receiver's and the rxv-1 and rxv-3000 both have the Burr Brown DAC's. The rxv-1000 however does not.

Power and features for the price

Need better remote

I had the Rxv-1000 and thought it was a great buy for the mula but got ahold of one of these for a great price. Big difference in power and sound fields. So far I am very impressed whith everything except I can't program my new Hitacki Hi-def TV to work with the remote (help!?). The powered rear center does make a difference. I will write a more extensive review when my monitor 9's come in ( another great bang for the buck). I compared it to the Denon 4800 (no powered rear center) and the Pioneer in the same price range. The Yamaha blew them away. Too bad I don't have the 2900 for a Denon 5800....very nice.

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frontal simplicity

110 watts per channel

The RXV1 would be my choice receiver providing there wasn't another choice. Denon AVR5800 is my choice only because it zeroed in on the features that I thought to be more important, such as 170watts per channel as opposed to 110for the V1. I didn't care that the V1 had 54 soundfields; I doubt I will ever use more than 8 of them. The Denon carries the THX certification which puts it ahead of the V1 for movie viewing. If I can exchange the V1 for the 5800 plus a few more dollars tacked on I would do it because I prefer a Cadilac that goes 150mph as opposed to 120mph. I would never know the difference between the two until you have them side by side.

STUNNING SOUND QUALITY , SILENT(no white noise) , powerful, great dynamic range, LOVE THE DSP SOUND FIELDS ,GREAT PLAYING DVD-AUDIOS, CD,LP ON LINN SONDEK. EXCELLENT BUILD QUALITY

NONE FRON AUDIO QUALITY , DONT USE FOR VIDEO IN THIS SYSTEM. MY LOVE IS PURE AUDIO

I HAVE HAD EXCELLENT RESULTS WITH YAMAHA FOR OVER 10 YEARS. MY NEW RXV-1 IS THE PUREST , MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUND I HAVE HEARD.USE NEW INTEGRA 7.2 DVD-AUDIO PLAYER AND SOUND IS ORGASMIC. USE KLIPSCH KLF-30, AND KLIPSCH REFERENCE CENTER AND SURROUNDS.

I LISTEN TO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC FROM ALTERNATIVE , TO JAZZ, TO CLASSICAL.THE RXV-1 IS QUIET , POWERFUL PURE , SILENT AND VERSATILE . THE DSP FIELDS ARE GREAT WITH EXISTING CD ,AND LP COLLECTION.

DVD AUDIO ON THIS UNIT IS ULTIMATE AUDIO EXPERIENCE.

BUILD QUALITY IS FIRST RATE

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Let me start by saying ive been bying Yamaha products for the last 3 yrs now upgrading each yr a new model comes out and this yr I thought of trying the Denon AVR-5800 I listened to both products with both music and home theater.
The AVR-5800 was extremely powerfull at 170w x 7 channels but when it came to channel seperation and clearity the RXV-1 Stopped it the ARV-5800 uses duel 32 bit processors for its dsp, while the RXV-1 uses duel 44 bit no contest there, so i was willing to sacrifice the power for the cleaner, richer sound anyway who is going to use 110 watts let alone 170.
AS for the THX rating who cares i think denon uses that to help sell its products.
Next I looked at build quality again the RXV-1 just felt like it was worth the money and i brought it in GOLD so it even looks worth it to the gold version looks incredible its a must have for home theater freeks like myself, and if u take a look at the AVR-5800 they even made it look the the Yamaha models.
In short im not saying the AVR-5800 isnt a good product im just saying why spend $3800 when u can get the RXV-1 for $3300 and take home $500 dollars the RXV-1 will win Receiver of the yr like every other yr, companys like Denon and Sony ES need to look at what Yamaha does and take heed because as long as Yamaha is in the business they are second PERIOD. Denon need to either lower there price of simply make a better product.
Let me end this by resighting a recent review in Home Theater magazine where they said that if Yamaha were to simply drop the power section and simply sell this product as a Pre/Pro it would still be an excellent value. I dont Think they will say that about the AVR-5800 simply because its the power section that sells it, thats all it has.

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Features and sound quality

too heavy and the package is not that great
remote control should be gold in colour too

I spent several months to search the info. about this product
the sound quality of pure music is not as great as Denon
but the purity and accurancy are the best especially when watching movie.
Although it is not easy to say that it is totally better than Denon and onkyo, but if u watch more movie than listening to pure music, then it is the only choice for u
It is the king for watching movie

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