Hi all,

I'm a newbie in this area and have recently just invested quite some hard-earned cash on a set of HT.

I just got myself a Yamaha RX-V863 last week together with a set of Yamaha speakers (NS-555, NS-C444, NS-333). So far its sounds really good and definitely much better than my Logitech Z-5500 that I was using for HT for quite a while now.

I've got some queries that I was hoping some of you sifus here can help with...

1. When watching movies, I have to turn up the volume to about -20db to achieve sufficient loudness. Is this normal? When listening to music, -35db is already quite loud.

2. My yamaha NS-555 speakers are 6ohm and I hv set the amp to 6ohm min setting. is it ok to hook up a pair of 8ohm speakers to use as Presence speakers? Will this damage anything?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks sham73!

I got my entire set from Legend SS2.
Receiver: Yamaha RX-V863
Front Speakers: Yamaha NS-555
Center Speakers: Yamaha NS-C444
Surround Speakers: Yamaha NS-333

The speakers came as a set.

I also managed to scrounge up some old Yamaha speakers that I have (NX-something) and made that my Surround Back speakers.

So far these are so much better sounding than my old Logitech Z-5500 Digital that has served me for the last 3 years.

Still very new in this very expensive hobby

Just a question, has anyone here with a RXV863 used the multi-channel input of the receiver?

Oops.. woofer: Yamaha YST-RSW300

The whole set of speakers costs abt RM 3.6k incl. the woofer.

Was deciding whether I shld go for the Diamond 8's but finally decided on these becos of the piano black finishing that matches with the colour scheme of my living room

aiya... no parade la.. like i said still very new in this. have to talk more with all the sifus here.

as to why i chose yamaha... hehehe... actually its lack of self-control.

Based on my not-very-tuned ears... I feel that so far for movies it sounds way better than what i had... granted what i had were PC speakers la.

for music.. when listening through Pure Direct, it sounds natural, not very bass-y. i think the vocals are clear. I tried with one of the Mariah Carey CDs song "Fantasy" which has quite tight bass in the beginning and the bass wasnt that great. its ok for me because i prefer more vocal kind of music anyways.

i am sure listening to some of the setups of the sifus here will make mine sound really cheap..

Yeah u r right - for speakers plus sub-woofer.
can i get mission speakers for this price?!