Yamaha rx-a3070

[Pogre]

Protein!

That's only if you get a few ants in it.

I like it because it's spicy!

 

[little wing]

Haven't been there yet, but a friend and his wife bought the place when he left Burr-Brown/Texas Instruments. Seems to be doing very well and it's very popular. I have read a lor of positive reviews.

I'm going to check it out one of these days, and I will let you know. Thanks for the tip.

 

[SAPSEC]

A2060 should do the trick for you if you don`t need the extra channels (A3060/70). Also you should get much better deal out of it vs. 2017 models.

Funny thing is when A2050 was measured in bench test 2ch, it put better numbers than A3060. Although probably meaningless, but still quite odd as Yamaha says A3060 is more powerfull on paper (150w vs 140w). Wondering how close would A1060 come.

A2050 vs A3060 @ 0,1% THD:

2ch 8ohm / 177,6w vs. 159w
2ch 4ohm / 251w vs. 228,7w
5ch and 7ch the numbers were about the same.


https://www.soundandvision.com/content/yamaha-aventage-rx-a2050-av-receiver-review-test-bench
https://www.soundandvision.com/content/yamaha-aventage-rx-a3060-av-receiver-review-test-bench

Do you have bench test results for RX-A1060 ?

 

[Roen]

I think there will be no noticeable difference. The 9026 pro supposedly offer more design flexibility that Yamaha likely don't need for their applications.

They do cost $0.5 more for the 8 channel chip, or $1 for two of those. Yamaha buys in volume obviously so they probably pay just a touch more, still I respect the fact that they go for the update/upgrade. They could have stay with the 9016S and save a little.

http://www.shawelectronics.com/es9026pro-8-chnl-new.html

It's funny that a DAP I'm considering could have twice the number of ESS Pro DACs as a receiver I'm considering.

 

[everettT]

It's funny that a DAP I'm considering could have twice the number of ESS Pro DACs as a receiver I'm considering.

While some DACs can make a difference with a few selected sources, for the cost id rather upgrade the source the majority of the time.

 

[PENG]

Do you have bench test results for RX-A1060 ?

The one for the 1020 should be a good reference. Other than that S&V/HTM appeared to have only tested the newer 20X0 and 30X0 models.

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/yamaha-rx-a1020-av-receiver-ht-labs-measures