I had been working on other projects over the years and I had not spent much on my AV equipment in a while. But a few weeks ago I finally got a 1080p projector, and today I ordered a YAMAHA RX-V473BL AV receiver.
My HT audio currently evolved from a music-first background. And as I mentioned I haven't updated equipment for a while, so I have been using a Golden Theater preamp (company LONG out of business), hooked up to a Carver power amp and Carver speakers. But the preamp manual has been lost many moves ago, and the remote is far from intuitive.
That is compounded by the fact that everything that I have upgraded in recent years has HDMI output. So I finally bit the bullet to get a 21st century receiver. Plus it was on sale. :T
I did move up from the base model to get networking capability in this unit.
I do like the features like integrated Airplay and iPhone/iPad apps for system and media control and playback. It also has 4K and 3D video pass through, which is nice but it may be a while before I upgrade my equipment again (never say never).
I'll chime back in with first impressions after I've had the new receiver delivered and I've set it up.
My HT audio currently evolved from a music-first background. And as I mentioned I haven't updated equipment for a while, so I have been using a Golden Theater preamp (company LONG out of business), hooked up to a Carver power amp and Carver speakers. But the preamp manual has been lost many moves ago, and the remote is far from intuitive.
That is compounded by the fact that everything that I have upgraded in recent years has HDMI output. So I finally bit the bullet to get a 21st century receiver. Plus it was on sale. :T
I did move up from the base model to get networking capability in this unit.
I do like the features like integrated Airplay and iPhone/iPad apps for system and media control and playback. It also has 4K and 3D video pass through, which is nice but it may be a while before I upgrade my equipment again (never say never).
I'll chime back in with first impressions after I've had the new receiver delivered and I've set it up.
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