Excellent sonic and great power reserve. Great movie modes!

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I think that this has to be one of the best recievers around at this price point. At 110 watts per channel and TopART layout with excellent movie-modes to boot! BEST BUY AT $667.

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The best bass management I've found(when not defective). Nice remote. Clean sound under moderate to loud listening. Plenty of inputs, AV & digital.

Does not include Subwoofer delay that "will" not allow the crossover points of the main speakers and the subwoofer to combine correctly, since combining needs to have the 2 audio signal arrive at the same time(which it can't without a subwoofer delay feature). Harsh, strained, and shouty sound at very loud levels around 40% of volume range, and above. Only "1" back surround channel. No DTS 96/24 5.1 High priced when considering limited features and channels.

I was quite disappointed in this receiver. It only offers features that were common place "LAST YEAR" and omits many of the important features of today. For a $1000 receiver, it is of only "2" models that is stuck with only "1" back surround channel. The other Being the new Marantz 7300. Having 1 back surround channel makes back surround material difficult to hear if your directly in front of the speaker due to our ears being shaped toward the front and not behind. Having 2 speakers helps with this effect when sitting directly in front of the speaker. Having another back surround speaker slightly to the side, helps hear information that couldn't be heard from the speaker directly behind. Having 2 speaker, IMO, isn't a small advantage, but a "HUGE" advantage. I originally thought there would be more focus with only one speaker, I was totally wrong. The other major flaw is this receiver is already "obsolete". While many receiver manufactures are including the "new" DTS 96/24 5.1 format in their $800 MSRP receivers, Yamaha didn't even include it in this $1000 MSRP receiver. The advantage is that the sound is very good up to loud levels. It's soundstage, imaging, and dynamic seem to match, if not exceed that of the earlier RX-V2095. Unfortunately, the 2300 also shares the 2095's strained and shouty sound when pushed from loud levels to very loud levels. I had to return this receiver due to a cosmetic blemish and a bass management defect. I went with the Denon AVR-3803 which was only $150 more street price. It has no strain in the sound at the highest levels, and provides a greater soundstage with better imaging than the RX-V2300. The high-mid and treble range is more defined and not as conjested and muddy sounding as the 2300 either. The 3803 adds 'component' video up-conversion, 2 DAC/ch. opposed to Yamaha's 1, 4 DACs/ch. in Pure Direct mode, Analog bypass, "7" channels, and DTS 96/24. The Yamaha RX-V2300 looks to be the worst value in the $1000 MSRP class, being it lacks vital features and surround formats.

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plenty of power. this unit had enough power to provide sound to ~1000 sq. ft. room without distortion. learning remote (no remote comes with all codes, you can train this remote from other remotes.)

large. be careful measuring the furniture that this will go in/on. I had to cut the back out of my ent. center and slide this beast in from behind.

high quality piece of equipment.

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