Got the 793 last Jan for about $500 open-box. Good deal for my first DD receiver after using a Yammy R7 for about 12 years. Overall, it does lack some features (6 channel inputs, DTS, more digital & component inputs) that could be nice in the future. The DSP mode are useless for music. I have no idea why anyone would CHOOSE to butcher 2-channel stereo by using them. It did sound better than the Sonys I listen to and very similar to the Denon 2400, which I originally bought but returned because it didn't have A/B speaker switching.
good value, but it will probably be next to be replaced

I have owned this unit for 1 year+ and have found it a good value. This receiver is a solid performing unit for home theater. Stereo performance is very good. I am currently using it to power NHT 2.5i's, but at 80wpc, I feel it is "just enough" to enjoy these speakers, and I may need to add an outboard 200wpc amp. My only real problem was that it lacks s-video switching. I did not anticipate needing multiple s-vid inputs, and I did not have any s-vid components at the time of purchase, but now I have 3.

its great to lister too ive got 2 4- way infinity speakers and 2 wharfdales with all the surronds but i thik i cant handle the wattage of my speakers because i cuts out and overheats some times i dont know if i brought a dud or what but it still blows half the stereos ive heard away!

overheats

i want to know if the yamaha 793 should be able to handle 2 big mainspeakers and 2 big rears???????

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at least 80 watts from 20hz to 20khz though it sounds like a lot more!!

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the remote is very good. sound on movies is superb. music is great as well , but took a little adjustment to get perfect.paid $700 and it is worth every penny. the tone bypass switch makes it sound terrible and is easy for my dog to accidentally hit. I hooked up my friend's yamaha mass market 1100 series from best buy and between the two there is no comparison. much clearer bass and treble. the power on the rx793 is much cleaner.

I am sorry to say that i am very unhappy with this reciever. It seems to play movies well but the music is lacking. The dsp modes are not even worth turning on especially after listening to my friends Denon reciever in 5 channel stereo. I bought the 790 because it had Dolby Dig. built in and was wanting to upgrade from Harmen Cardon avr45. As it turned out it was a downgrade. I had no idea the Yamaha was an inferior product to a reciever that cost 400.00 dollars less and had 15 wats less power. My main problem with the 790 is when you want to play music loud it distorts way before the harmen cardon did. This is deffinently not the reciever for someone wanting to play music loud in 2 channel mode. I am now going to go buy a H/K avr85 and do it right.

I disagree with Kevin's review of the Yamaha 793,comparing it to the Harman/Kardon avr45. I doubt he ever owned A Harman,,he cant even spell it right.

I bought the Yamaha RXV-793 yesterday from clearance, replacing a Sherwood5050R pro-logic unit.
First of all let me just say that Yamaha's power rating are quite
conservative - the unit sure does have a power punch !
I'm very happy with the sound in both music and HT (planning to rewatch all
my DVDs in DD galore during this week). The sound is much more full and rich, I knew my speakers (Boston Acoustics, CR-8 mains, CR-2 center and Monitor Audio rears) were better than the Sherwood allowed but I didn't know by how much! I thought BA is going to call me and thank me for putting a better receiver for the speakers ;)
I compared it to Sherwood New-Castle 925, Yamaha's own 795, and Sherwood's
newer 6080 model.
The 6080 was laughable, becoming boomy very easily due to it's weak power
supply. The 925 was quite good, but it didn't come close to the 793. The 795
was nice, but I found it's major advantage to be DTS, and because I could
get the 793 for about $600 less, I dropped the idea and got the 793.

Yes, I'm using DSP effects here and there (NOT with music!!!!), and Yamaha's Movie Theater DSP is quite amazing, they are true wizards.

I'm very happy with my choice, my only complaint is the very unfriendly
remote, and it's major memory contstraints - I mean, only 20 learnable
functions, what were they thinking ?? It couldn't replace even one remote in
my HT.
Another complaint (shared with the 795) is the lack of an S-VIDEO connection
for DVD, which means you can have on-screen display while watching DVD...

Owned one for 4 months and found it to be a great value (I paid about 400 US$.) Music-wise, the sound was nice and laid-back sounding, not harsh at all. Powerful enough for my medium effeciency speakers and somewhat gracful when it did clip. For some strange reason I found it to sound better (more punch and grace) than the replacement 795. Home theater-wise was even more impressive. Great Dolby Digital and DSP modes. Easy to use and setup. Lots of control. Manual was OK. Remote was overall poor (but livable)
problems

remote: big, complicated (but many features inc learning), non backlite (but it does glow in the dark) and supposed to be short on memory (I never ran out.) It is a learning only remote, no multibrand aspect. I actually prefer multibrand as they are much easier to setup and almost w/o exception I have been able to get all my gear working on Multbrand remotes in the past.

NO 6-channel in: could be a problem considering the next item

NO DTS: Not a big deal as of today but who knows?

All in all the best Bang/buck to be had (if you can live w/o DTS)

I went to Bay?bloor radio to buy the Denon AVR 1100 for $Cdn 600, because I thought I wanted AC-3 ready. But I was led to the 793, for $Cdn 750, with Dolby digital built-in. The salesman pursuaded me to listen to the 793, which I did in their movie room. Mind you, the room is small and equipped with top-of-the-line B+W's, but I thought the movie that was playing (Lethal Weapon 4) sounded just great! There was plenty of detail throughout the sound spectrum, which is important with a movie soundtrack. You know how the sound people in Hollyweird love to fill the track with tooooooo much sound!
Any way, I got the unit home, removed my Harmon/Kardon 350i receiver (which after 14 years had finally crapped out in one channel), and hooked the 793 up to my Rotel CD player. Holy cow! Incognito never sounded better! My Canton speakers punched out tonnes of bass and clear mid-tones, with crisp highs. I couldn't turn the power past 12 o'clock, though, as I thought I would rattle the pictures off the wall! Even at 12 o'clock, the CD sounded great. I'm very impressed with this receiver, and all the bells and whistles are simply a bonus.

I would recomend the Yamaha RX-V793.

Because alot of people prefer the higher quality DTS Format to Dolby. Dolby is a more home known name but DTS has just gotten started. 1 reason why i'm looking forward to getting a DTS Player is because Dreamworks SKG. will be releasing all its DVD's in the DTS Format. Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and any other spielberg movie will be in the DTS Format. And non of those companies are thinking about selling Dolby Digital DVD's too.