Low noise, heat.

Bass signals with centre channel. No preset buttons for radio, input selector sometimes freewheels.

I posted a review a couple some time ago. Im now running power amps on all channels. Ive come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with the bass management and the centre speaker arrangement. The Bass goes missing when I select the centre speaker(whether large or small) when playing in Dolby Digital mode. I have changed every option on the settings, bass to main, both, subwoofer etc. I am using my main right and left for bass, no subwoofer. It is not the centre channel speaker being out of phase either, as when I turn the amp off for this channeland select b/w centre off and centre on , there is a large increase in bass coming through the left and right speakers with centre off. The difference can be made up with the bass control, but needs ~7db boost to the bass to bring it up to the same level. Has anyone else experienced this, or perhaps you would like to try and see what does happen when the centre is switched on and off. It would be useful to have some type of equalisation settings for the centre channel. Its very unlikely that a centre speaker every matches the left and right. I have put a graphic equaliser in the cenre channel pre out line to tame the boominess of male voices that occurs on my centre speaker. I still hate the remote, and as other people have commented, the display is too small to read from +3m away. Ive got good eyesight and can read the display on most things from 4-5metres.

Very good as pre-amp,bass is strong and accurate.Excellent in surround mode.Build quality.

Remote,lack of treble(in stereo mode),soundstage.

I was not very pleased with stereo sound of this amp,so I bought an external amplifier.Now I`m very satisfied.As a preamp it`s excelent.I recommend yamaha for home theater or as a preamp.

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Technics

Exelent when used as a pre-amp with a good external amplifier. Good for both 5.1 and 2ch

Not good when used as a stand alone unit. Poor, shrill, thin 5.1 2ch. Nasty remote.

All-arround this is a prety solid receiver. After having used this product for two years I feel I know almost all it's quirks. When it comes to Dolby Digital and DTS processing this unit is solid. As for the amplification, not so good. The signal from the 596 is harsh, shrill and flat,not good. I landed up using this unit with a B&K AV500 5ch amp and the difference is staggering.The 6ch outs on the 596 are a wonderful feature. This proves one thing, the shrill, flat sound is not due to the processing but to the amplification. Also the remote is horrible but almost anyone will get used to it with time. Not bad for $500, but other companies make better for the same $ My system (audio) Yamaha RX-V596 (as pre) B&K AV5000 amp Marantz DV6200 DVD/CD player Tributaries Directconnect interconnects Straightwire Rhapsody S cables B&W 601 S2 speakers B&W CC6 S2 center Type Twelve Audio Monolith sub

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Great price, great power easy to use

bad 2 channel sound bad remote

This is a great quility entry level home theater receiver. There are not a lot of extras but there are no problems setting it up either. Plenty of power considering the price, although 2 channel stereo is very bad, it sounds to open.

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Dennon

Bright clarity on Dolby Digital. A plus for home theater, but that same brightness negatively flattens music when in 2-channel stereo.

When playing music in 2 channel stereo: hollow, terribly bright sound. Little midrange. Poor reproduction of acoustic instruments/voices. If you only listen to pop/rock you may be okay - but if you are expecting reasonable reproduction of orchestral, choral or other music requiring an amp with finesse you'll be very disappointed... as I was. Also, the center channel in Dolby Digital is quite tinny sounding.

A receiver good for home theater, but little else. I went from a Yamaha RX-V870 purchased in 1994 (for $1000) to this model in order to gain 5.1 and was immensely disappointed in the way it handles 2-channel stereo music. My old 870 produced wonderfully smooth, rounded and warm timbres with even with those recordings where it is most critical (such as with Arvo Part's "Te Deum"). To play this same CD on the 596 is almost unbearable. Hollow, tinny, completely lacking in midrange and depth. I guess I was wrong to assume that just having the name 'Yamaha' on it would ensure quality audio. My wonderful sounding Polk speakers sounded like junk with this thing. So now I've got it for sale, and hope to buy the new Onkyo SR600.

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Sound and Design

Rear Surround Connectors, No built in 4 channel stereo option as in Denon 1601

I Have This Receiver for almost 2 years, and I can't say to much bad things about it. the only probs I found using it is the connectors for the surround speakers, and if you are like me listening more to music than using it to movies - and you have good rear speakers (I'm Using B&W DM303 as my rear) you might wanna hear with no effects and use 4 speakers as main and you can't do it without connecting the speakers to the main B instead of the surround. In the DENON 1601 receiver (was it's competitor when I bought it) they have a built in functiuon, but it a wonderfull product!

Preouts, cool running, low noise. No unwanted bugs

Remote, Vol indicator. Specs vague. Centre channel Effects. Flimsy centre and rear speak connects.

As with most other posts I purchased the 596 because it had the preouts, why pay 1000''s for a receiver with +100w per channel?. Can''t say my ears are good enough to comment on the sound quality, I can only hear differences between speakers! All the outputs are quiet though, no noise through surround channels when they are supposed to be quiet, a problem on other home theatre amps I''ve owned. Led on vol control for night operation would be good too. The sound on the centre channel when using prologic doesn''t sound as good as when using phantom. My system: Mains: IMF TS80II(using external rotel r990b(200+200), Rear: IMF CM2''s Center: Whatmough C5 Perhaps it is just the centre speaker isn''t up to the quality of the IMF''s? One thing I didn''t pick up initially is the centre channel is rated for 6ohms or higher, the Whatmough speaker is 4ohm, t This may be the reason that the vol really has to be cranked to get the centre channel loud enough for music? Specs are vague on the outputs of all channels, are they identical, are they all rated at 70w at less than 0.1distortion? Whether the output is from optical or analogue my CD player sounded the same. The universal remote is good,but it won''t work on my Nintaus DVD player. The dial selector is a pain, especially in the dark, The other controls that glow are good though. It isn''t easy to use or understand all of the instructions, yet what receiver is?I found programming the tuner presets troublesome. Definitely not for the novice. The only effects channel that I have found useful is the "Disco" setting. The others have too much echo(hall and rock). Disco directs a lot more of the sound to the rear, useful for utilising rear speakers. To be able to use the rear amps as a second pair of mains would be useful, switchable from the front

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Boa qualidade de áudio, beleza, boa quantidade de conectores.

Potência

Um ótimo receiver, bonito, robusto e com boa qualidade de áudio, muito fácil de se operar. Uma ótima entrada para o mundo do HT.

Great sound and features for audio enthusiast. Solidly build, easy setup (Manuals have clear illustrations). Excelents surrounds for moovies.

No. No. No.

Its a great receiver, and low price. DTS, DD 5.1, 23 surrounds, good power, beautiful, remote control practice, and discret.

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-has DTS/DD5.1 -made my old Kenwood floor standing speakers that are 10 years old that have been beaten all to hell sound amazing..thanks Yamaha!!

-REMOTE.. i hate the remote the dial they have is annoying and the remote looks out dated

This reciever is very nice, sounds excellent. I am very impressed overall.