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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #60 on: September 03, 2010, 10:34:35 am »
Quote from: Sh1tstirrer on September 03, 2010, 10:30:45 am
It waff just a suggefftion  :D :D

Guys, quit it. Leave the proofing to me. It's my job.  ;D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #61 on: September 03, 2010, 10:36:23 am »
Quote from: AVSA Andrew on September 03, 2010, 10:34:35 am
Guys, quit it. Leave the proofing to me. It's my job.  ;D

Are you insinuating that because I am from CT and work for P n P, that I can't spell?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #62 on: September 03, 2010, 10:37:29 am »
Quote from: alphabet on September 03, 2010, 10:36:23 am
Are you insinuating that because I am from CT and work for P n P, that I can't spell?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

No just that you got a bad lisp  ;D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #63 on: September 03, 2010, 10:41:16 am »
Quote from: alphabet on September 03, 2010, 10:36:23 am
Are you insinuating that because I am from CT and work for P n P, that I can't spell?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Look, everyone knows that Capetonians who work for PnP are a bunch of-... Oh, wait, I'm having deja-vu... ;D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #64 on: September 03, 2010, 10:52:28 am »
Quote from: AVSA Andrew on September 03, 2010, 10:41:16 am
Look, everyone knows that Capetonians who work for PnP are a bunch of-... Oh, wait, I'm having deja-vu... ;D

Off course ;D Even that Stirrer guy once worked for P n P and he is also in CT  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #65 on: September 03, 2010, 10:57:35 am »
Quote from: alphabet on September 03, 2010, 10:52:28 am
Off course ;D Even that Stirrer guy once worked for P n P and he is also in CT  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Yea, see ? Capeys are a bunch of....

Oh wait, you were taking about me there weren't you 8)

 :D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #66 on: September 03, 2010, 11:18:34 am »
RE: "Natural Sound"...

It could be that the Yamaha is actually neutral, and that other amplifiers are coloured in a way that is more pleasing to the ear. IMO, neutral amplifiers sound unremarkable. This might be what the "natural sound" is all about. But this is only speculation (however, Yamahas get great reviews in AVSA all the time, so they can't be all bad, right?).

Also, on YPAO: you can tell the amp to keep the mains standard and match the other speakers to the response of the mains. In fact, if I were troubleshooting this setup, I'd turn YPAO off altogether and start from there. It is best to sort out the system acoustically first (via room treatments) and proceed from there.
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #67 on: September 03, 2010, 11:22:35 am »
I must admit I also wondered.....
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #68 on: September 03, 2010, 11:33:20 am »
Quote from: Shonver on September 03, 2010, 11:18:34 am
(however, Yamahas get great reviews in AVSA all the time, so they can't be all bad, right?).

Its all relative I think. It would be interesting if it was possible to get say five AVRs of comparable quality and test them against each other in categories of say Features, HT SQ, stereo capability.....
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #69 on: September 03, 2010, 11:51:31 am »
On Stereo performance of AVR amps... I'm not convinced, hey... if it is asserted that AVR amps are less balsy, I would agree. But if they are otherwise deficient, I don't believe that this would be limited to stereo mode. I can't find a rationale for that. I mean I doubt that you will find a product that is super at surround sound, but sucks in stereo.
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #70 on: September 03, 2010, 12:23:20 pm »
Quote from: Shonver on September 03, 2010, 11:51:31 am
On Stereo performance of AVR amps... I'm not convinced, hey... if it is asserted that AVR amps are less balsy, I would agree. But if they are otherwise deficient, I don't believe that this would be limited to stereo mode. I can't find a rationale for that. I mean I doubt that you will find a product that is super at surround sound, but sucks in stereo.

It is your right to disagree, but almost my experiences with AVRs(lesser so with CA) were very disappointing when compared to even entry-level stereo setups.

I did not want to believe it either, but while I still had the Cambridge Audio/Morduant-Short HT setup, I once visited a friend who had an OLD Kenwood stereo amp with Visonic speakers connected and I was amazed by how good it actually sounded in stereo. To put things into perspective in 1985 he paid R350 for the amplifier(new) and R600 for the speakers(two satellites and passive sub) and he was using a cheap TEAC CDP as source and telephone wire as speaker leads. Since then he replaced the Kenwood amp(it broke when his son tried to use it as a bass amp) with a Harman-Kardon AVR445 and the stereo performance took quite a dip.

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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #71 on: September 03, 2010, 12:31:40 pm »
I'm not disagreeing that AVRs might be weak in stereo: I'm saying that if it is poor in stereo, then it must be poor in surround, too. I don't buy the Jeckyl-and-Hyde implication. Heck, these days a manufacturer must try hard to make a junk amp. But if it is junk, it will be thoroughly so.
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #72 on: September 03, 2010, 12:34:53 pm »
Quote from: Shonver on September 03, 2010, 12:31:40 pm
I'm not disagreeing that AVRs might be weak in stereo: I'm saying that if it is poor in stereo, then it must be poor in surround, too. I don't buy the Jeckyl-and-Hyde implication. Heck, these days a manufacturer must try hard to make a junk amp. But if it is junk, it will be thoroughly so.

I understand your view, but then again I have heard some HTIBs that sounded quite good as HT setups(in smallish rooms) and I am talking about jobbies that cost less than my interconnects ???
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #73 on: September 03, 2010, 01:16:34 pm »
Quote from: alphabet on September 03, 2010, 12:34:53 pm
I understand your view, but then again I have heard some HTIBs that sounded quite good as HT setups(in smallish rooms) and I am talking about jobbies that cost less than my interconnects ???

you got potatoes in your ears  :D
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Re: Yamaha RX-V2700
« Reply #74 on: September 03, 2010, 01:19:40 pm »
Quote from: Sh1tstirrer on September 03, 2010, 01:16:34 pm
you got potatoes in your ears  :D

Nope, I am not Irish ;D
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