Are any bare speaker wires crossing each other at the bad?

If not straighten that out.

Else you might want to send the amp for servicing (Kelana Jaya at the back of the Yamaha Music School)

Hope this helps

Look on the bright side, you are okay, because it is still under warranty

Er.. As of 1th Sept 2014, Atmos Yamaha is here...

And have to add...

No native software....

Another 4K white elephant??

Just got my Yamaha RX-A2030 (yeh yeh, the model is one year old already)

Will set it up this weekend.

If you are interested, will post a review here.

I use both Yamaha and Onkyo

Onkyo is pretty good for watching movies, but Yamaha wins when it comes to music listening...

I am using the Yamaha RX-V1900 and Onkyo TX-SR606.

Just bought a Yamaha RX-A2030.

Want to sell my Onkyo TX-SR606.

Actually, the RX-V1900 is pretty good with Hi-Def movies.

I have not hook the new system up.

Was supposed to do it this weekend, and then found out I have to go down to Singapore this weekend...

*Sigh*

Yamaha RX-A2030

I must apologise, I kinda mention I would do this earlier, and have to add, was to busy to hook the Amp up during the weekend and only managed to do so today.

For the technical incline people here are some of the features of the said amp:


Setup up was pretty easy.

Hooked my Monitor Audio Silver Center, Monitor Audio Silver 7 Floorstanders and Mission Surround and back Speakers to it was straight forward.

The the bluray and Media player, through HDMI.

As I said easy peasy.

So after hooking everything up, I brought out the YAO microphone and let the Amp calibrate itself. Again, NOT rocket science.

Having done the above, I then broke out my trusty sample materials, namely

1. Dolby Speaker Test (Dolby TrueHD 7.1)
2. Owl City - Firefly (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
3. Iridescent - Linkin Park (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)

Immediately, I notice that details are actually quite crisped and the thing that "grabs" me most, is how much "tighter" the bottom spectrum (bass) is!!!

I continued with my trial and I played this

4. Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City (Dolby TrueHD)

Details galore!!!

This amp has heft!!! So much more, compared to my old Yamaha RX-V1900.

Then on to the movies.

Jack Reacher (2012) was my choice, more specifically, the first scene (the Sniper Scene) and then the car chase scene (Old American Muscle Car [Mustang] and efficient German technology [Audi]) fight things out. I really cannot emphasize how much more details there is in the sniper scene and the bass rocks you. Same with the car chase. Details! All sorts of detail and then the solid bass produced by the purring Mustang Engine, wonderful!!!

Next stop The Dark Knight Rises (2012) again a car chase scene the the robbing of the stock market. When Batman first flew The Bat, my SVS subwoofer was given a workout and RISE to the occasion it did!!!

I let the amp burn in a little and did some chores, and after a 2 hours of burning in, I put the amp through another barrage of test, this time, music.

Here the quality of the amp becomes a double edge sword, namely, the quality of recording is very apparent!!!

Stuff I have from the 90s sounds... well jaded and audiophile recording SHINE!!! Which proves the 2 x ESS Technology ES9006 SABRE™ Premier Audio DAC chips are in perfect working order.

Now letting the amp burn even more, by playing Star Trek Into Darkness. I am giddy as a kid in a candy shop...

So... what I my thoughts about the amp?

The suggested retail price of this amp in the States is USD $1,699.95.

I got it at RM 3,500 (new) and it is WORTH every single sen!!!

If you are looking for a surround amp, and the price is within your budget, GET THIS AMP.

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 16 2014, 08:36 AM

You are too kind

Er... Logitech punya Blue Tooth point how much only. Just use RCA cable to connect the logitecg blue tooth point to any amp and stream away!!

Nice

You are welcome

So?... Using your Yamaha RX-A2030 as peluk bantal (eg. new love) tonite or not...

Aiyo... All the new Yamaha Advantage series all got Atmos already here many a weeks already oh.... Ask Mr Lim (Acoustique System) to loan you a demo unit lah!!

Ah... My bad

Hark!!

Or even a 3.0 setup for now. Have you considered this?

X-LS Encore

Happy Hunting!!!

Just putting my Two Sen into this...

My experience with Yamaha Subwoofer has not been great. (not very lasting)

I agree with dirtrun, the sifu of Subwoofer is HTKaki

You should also consider SVS sub...

Have you considered this?

X-LS Encore

You should also consider Monitor Audios Silver Series

Set a budget and then audition speakers until the cows come home...

Happy Hunting

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Nov 19 2014, 02:48 PM