Rxv 2400
I have owned a 2400 for almost a year, and I can't wait to replace it with seperates. Before the Yamaha I had a HK 125, and overall I was much happier with the HK. Reasons I dislike my 2400 (and would never own another Yamaha):
- Poor setup menus. This goes hand in hand with a poor manual that is unclear on many setup functions.
- Inconsistant autosetup. The autosetup , which is one of the reasons I bought the Yammie, is confusing and yields innacurate and inconsistant results. I bypass the autosetup and do the calibration myself.
- Really bad 2ch performance, even in Yamaha's so called "straight" mode
- While Yamaha claims 120 WPC, it doesn't even come close to this while driving 5 or 7 speakers.
- High operating temps. I have had to send the unit back once already to have a transformer replaced. I have more than adequate ventilation for the unit.
- Very poor remote. I didn't realize how bad the remote was til I used a friends Rotel remote at his house. Lots of small, un-backlit buttons.
- No bass LFE outout in 2ch mode
- All kinds of useless DSP modes I never use.
- Overall bright sound that I like less and less every time I use the receiver. This is especially true after auditioning a few seperates.
- Only 2 component inputs. This is kind of nitpicky, because almost all AVR's and preamps don't have enough.
- The unit has been unable to decode DTS on a few DVD's. I unplugged the DVD and plugged in my 6 year old HK and it was able to read the DTS soundtracks.