Advantages: Numerous movie settings, Disadvantages: Flimsey rear speaker connections
After doing a significant bit of research, I recently purchased a YamahaRX-V596RDS home cinema receiver. The reason i chose Yamaha was that i had been told on numerous occasions how excellent these home cinema products were at recreating the cinema experience. I wasn't let down. Films such as Lost In Space and Blade sound amazing. With Pro logic, Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and the latest in movie sound settings, as well as RDS, this piece of kit has everything. All you need to do is sit back and enjoy. ...
Advantages: Value for money. Sound quality Disadvantages: Fiddly to set up. Spaghetti! No dedicated digital input for a CD player.
I have recently taken delivery of a YamahaRX-V596RDS Home Cinema receiver through Letsbuyit.com for £259 (list approx £400) – but that’s another story, see my opinion on Letsbuyit.com!
The receiver is almost the same as the Yamaha DSP-A5 amplifier, with the addition of an AM/FM RDS tuner capable of remembering 40 pre-set stations. Hi-fi purists may frown upon receivers, preferring to buy separate tuners and amps but they haven’t seen the state of my hi-fi rack!
What else do you get for your money?
5 channels of 75 watts power each, plus a pre-amp output for a sub-woofer.
Twin Dolby Digital/DTS decoders built in, capable of handling both optical and co-axial digital input from a DVD player. It will also handle digital stereo from a set-top box like my ONDigital Nokia through the co-axial input. The rear ...
