YAMAHA RX V2065 AMPLIFIER

YamahaRX-V2065 7.1 A/V Receiver with Music Cast System

Specifications

o   Design: 7.1 Surround Sound Receiver

o   Codecs: All, Including Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio

o   Power: 130 Watts RMS x 7 into 8Ohms, 20 Hz 20 kHz, THD+N: 0.08%

o   Connections: 5 HDMI In (2 Out), 2Component Video In (1 Out), 4 Composite Video In (2 Out), Ethernet, iPod, Phono, 7.1 Pre-In, 7.1 Pre-Out

Design

The Yamaha RX-V2065 receiver is setup like most modern receivers, but with one change that I imagine we will start to see more often: No S-Video connectors. While some people will object to this, or need to choose a different receiver because of this, I'm quite happy to see space on the rear panel start to free up as all of my gear now uses HDMI, save the Nintendo Wii and its Component output. The Yamaha does still have legacy video inputs with five composite video jacks (one of which is on the front panel) and two component video jacks, which are quickly becoming legacy inputs at this point. It also features five HDMI inputs, one of which is pleasantly available on the front panel. It also has speaker jacks for seven channels for the main system, as well as two channels each for Zone 2 and Zone3. The Yamaha will also let you remap the Surround Back channels as Bi-Amp channels for the front two speakers, or the Zone 2 channels as Presence channels for your main theater, which serve a similar function to the new speakers in Dolby Pro Logic IIz.