1. YAMAHA RX V2700Yamaha's remarkable RX-V2700 is a perfect choice for audiophiles, home theater buffs, and digital entertainment lovers. This multichannel powerhouse teams up 140 watts x seven channels of high-current Yamaha power with advanced digital processing, ensuring dynamic surround sound from all your movies, TV shows, and music. The 'V2700 is packed with great features, including versatile HDMI connections and switching, PC networking, iPod® integration, and flexible three-room/three-source capability. Built in 22 Sound Field Programs with room size and liveness controls add rev time and delay giving one controls only seen in top Receivers 


Over my life i have purchased many a amplifier to obtain the best possible sound 
This one is the cleanest , sharpest and Dynamic amplifier i have listendto in my home theater , it impressd every that came to have a music or movie night 
An examply of this amps clarrity : my hearing deterated so there was no point hangin on to it  .My left ear is 5% my right 45% with aides 
I could hear every word on the Tv  , Noe i have a klipsch sound bar and im strugling to hear the word spokem 
review and specifications 
The RX-V2700 offers a powerful yet subtle sound for whatever material you throw at it, from sublime 2 channel separation, to full on uncompressed TrueHD and PCM from HD DVD and Blu-ray which bring the weight, power and dynamics of the future to home now. They may have been here from the beginning but there is no sign of Yamaha losing it’s crown as a high performance, value for money contender in today’s Home Cinema receiver market - this is a Best Buy.
Listening Tests
Ok, so the RX-V2700 is obviously one of the most feature-intensive receivers we’ve ever tested, but how does it sound? In one word – awesome! It’s clear to me that Yamaha is making progressive strides at improving the fidelity of their receivers, and not losing the focus of audio fidelity despite all the new features being brought on board. This is also perhaps one of the reasons their receivers are also getting progressively more expensive within each successive model.

This is the first time since my RX-V4600 review that I was able to connect high resolution DVD-Audio disc via a digital connection on a Yamaha receiver. This time of course it was done via HDMI and let me say it worked flawlessly. You’ll get a message saying “multi-channel PCM” on the display which essentially means the universal DVD player (in this case the Denon DVD-2930CI) is handling the multi-channel decoding, but the RX-V2700 is taking care of bass management, level control and digital delay compensation. I couldn’t test SACD via HDMI since my Denon DVD-2930CI is only HDMI ver 1.1, so I used analog cables for that function.
Movie Listening

Now it was time to see how the RX-V2700 shined in its most widely used application among home theater aficionados – movie watching. I began with some HD content via my new Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player

HD DVD: Polar Express  Review 
This was a first for me – getting to experience HD and DD+ in all of its glory via one HDMI connection. The audio was simply awesome! Gone were the compressed artifacts during loud dynamic scenes I’ve so commonly experienced via standard Dolby Digital. This HD DVD sounded as good as some of the best DTS multi-channel recordings I’ve heard.

The tactile response of the opening scene where the train comes to the boy's house was so real it startled our soon to be born baby in my wife’s belly. The surround envelopment was right on par with some of the best multi-channel recordings I’ve heard. The scene where the conductor played by Tom Hanks was singing the Hot Chocolate song was bold, dynamic and musical more so that I ever recalled when I saw this movie at my local Cineplex. The RX-V2700 engaged in PLIIx Movie Mode filled my room with realism that only the best recordings on a primed playback system can do. There was true magic in this experience and I am pretty sure it wasn’t coming from the North Pole. If DD+ was this good, I could only imagine how a disc authored with TrueHD sounds.
At full continuous unclipped power and bandwidth (> 0.1% THD + N) the RX-V2700 delivered the goods, 144wpc x 1 and 90wpc x 4 (bi-amp mode) into 8 ohm loads, while still maintained excellent bandwidth linearity with a -3dB point of 70kHz.
Into 4 ohms, the RX-V2700 was able to deliver continuous power levels at a whopping 272wpc x 1 and 230wpc x 2 with less than 0.1% THD + N.
Specifications
Codecs: Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital, EX, DTS (ES, Neo:6, 96/24), Neural Surround
Power Output per Channel RMS: 140 W/Ch x 7 (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 8 Ohms)
DACs: 192 kHz/24-Bit (All Channels)
MFR: 10 Hz to 100 kHz (+0 dB, -3 dB)
THD: 0.04% (Rated Power, All Channels)
Features: 3 Zone Operation, HDMI Up – conversion, ABT Video Scaler, XM Satellite Radio Ready, Automatic Setup and Equalization
Dimensions: 6.8″ H x 17.1″ W x 17.3″ D
Weight: 37.9 Pounds
MSRP (USA): $1,699.95 USA  cost in A $2600\

About the Yamaha RX-V2700

Dave Bar

by Crutchfield'sDave Bar

Yamaha's remarkable RX-V2700 is a perfect choice for audiophiles, home theater buffs, and digital entertainment lovers. This multichannel powerhouse teams up 140 watts x seven channels of high-current Yamaha power with advanced digital processing, ensuring dynamic surround sound from all your movies, TV shows, and music. The 'V2700 is packed with great features, including versatile HDMI connections and switching, PC networking, iPod® integration, and flexible three-room/three-source capability.

Product highlights:

  • 140 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.04% THD
  • Dolby® Digital EX, DTS-ES®, DTS Neo:6, Pro Logic® IIx, and DTS 96/24 processing
  • 1080p-compatible HDMI switching (3 in, 1 out)
  • selectable 720p/1080i video upconversion for all non-HD sources
    (upconverted video available through HDMI output only)
  • HDMI version 1.2a
  • 480i (interlaced) to 480p (progressive) conversion
  • home PC networking capability
  • front-panel USB port for audio playback from USB flash drives and portable USB music players
  • plays MP3, WMA, and WAV music files (not compatible with AAC files)
  • triple-room/triple-source capability (powered and line-level stereo audio output for 2nd and 3rd rooms, composite video output for 2nd room)
  • back surround speaker channels re-assignable for bi-amping front left and right speakers
  • YPAO sound optimization for automatic speaker setup (microphone included)
  • iPod integration (requires optional Yamaha YDS-10)
  • XM Satellite Radio Ready (requires XM subscription and optional XM Mini-Tuner package)
  • Neural Surround decoder for XM's HD Surround channels
  • Compressed Music Enhancer for MP3s and other digital music files
  • Digital ToP-ART design
  • high-current, low-impedance amplifier construction
  • adjustable audio delay helps align out-of-sync audio and video for digital sources
  • 192kHz/24-bit Burr-Brown DACs for all channels
  • Silent Cinema for simulated surround sound via standard stereo headphones
  • Cinema DSP and 23 surround programs
  • Pure Direct mode for better sound from stereo sources
  • component video switching: 3 in, 1 out (100MHz)
  • component video conversion
  • digital audio inputs: 5 optical (including 1 front-panel), 3 coaxial
  • digital audio outputs: 2 optical
  • 4 audio inputs (including phono)
  • 6 audio/video (including 6 S-video and 1 front-panel) inputs
  • 7.1-channel audio input
  • 7.1-channel preamp output for connecting optional external amplifiers
  • on-screen display (requires TV with direct video input)
  • illuminated learning/multibrand remote
  • basic remote for 2nd or 3rd listening room (requires remote control extender system, not included)
  • selectable subwoofer crossover frequencies and phase switching
  • 40 AM/FM presets
  • 17-1/8"W x 6-3/4"H x 18-1/4"D
  • warranty: 2 years


What's in the box:

Yamaha RX-V2700 owner's manual

  • Black AM/FM/Dolby Digital/DTS receiver
  • Wireless remote control (RAV362)
  • Wireless remote control for Zone 2/3 (RAV25)
  • 6 "AAA" batteries
  • 6.5' AC power cord
  • Acoustic Optimizer microphone with attached 19.75' cable (has 3.5mm miniplug on the end)
  • AM loop antenna
  • FM wire antenna (with push-on "F" connector)
  • Plastic speaker terminal wrench
  • Owner's Manual
  • Warranty card
  • Product