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Well, I went the route of getting a new optical part after cleaning didn't fix anything. Old fumble fingers here busted the new part while trying to replace it, but the investment in the part wasn't that much. So now I'm just ripping all of the CD's in VBR (not lossless because I can handle the...

Excellent read. I recently received a Crutchfield catalogue touting Atmos. After reading it, and just recently shelling out $1,500 for a receiver upgrade (replaced a decades old Yamaha RX-V2090/DDP-1 combo setup with a Yamaha RX-A3020), I just can't see myself jumping on anything for another...

When listening to music, I was experimenting with the different sound fields of the 3020. One thing I couldn't find though is to listen in 2.1. I can't seem to find a setting that runs the two fronts and the sub. Either I'm being stupid (very likely) or in 2-channel I can't get the sub to work.

$300, but not a bad deal : Teac CD/SD/Bluetooth Receiver w/Speakers

Best price so far I've seen on eBay - $888 Yamaha Aventage RX A3000 7 2 Channel 415 Watt Home Theater HD Receiver 0027108936673 | eBay

Any reason why you wouldn't look at Yamaha? I upgraded my quite old RX-V2090/DDP-2 combination with the RX-A3020 and I couldn't be happier. I too have always liked the sound of Yamaha, and the 3020 pushes my ADS 1290/2 speakers quite well. There are several price points within the Aventage line...

No help yet? :-( Actually, I have a more specific question. In manual mode, if a speaker is set to small, you can adjust that speakers crossover. So with ADS 1290's which are large, smaller side effect and Klipsch rears. To really fine tune speakers, what should the crossovers be? Is it just a...

Why such Yamaha angst? I guess in the end I'm a Yamaha guy. I had a chance to try another brand. I was looking into NAD, Denon, Yamaha, amongst others. After listening to a few (knowing that testing is irrelevant if it's not in your listening room), and capped with a $1,500 budget, the Yamaha...

I was playing with DSP's last night for the first time on my Yamaha RX-A3020. They're novel, and can create a mood IF I'm in the mood. But for the most part I don't bother with DSP.

I will preface by stating as a CPA in tax time, I just don't have enough time to do the in depth research I feel needed to fully understand the 3020's capabilities. Over the past couple of weeks I've tried some tweaking, but before I dig even deeper I have a few questions. First, the simple...

For me, it happened like this (25+ years ago). I came back from a FL trip with $500 in my pocket. At the time I had a POS Sherwood with a set of KLH and RadioShack bookshelf speakers both fed through the front channel (wanted that big speaker look). One of the Radio Shack speakers had blown...

I have not used my CD changer for a while now. But since upgrading to the RX-A3020, I have the desire for some CD listening again, instead of just the digital world I've been listening to. The M555ES changer has been sitting on the rack unused for years. After hooking up the new system, I...

I apologize for my naivety with regards to what exactly these "automated" adjustments do. So is it only Audyssey that does that sort of equalization? When I ran YPAO was that just adjusting those things I can do manually anyways?

This combo is far out of my economic reach. I could barely squeeze in the RX-A3020 I just got. I find all of this discussion on YPAO versus Audyssey to be interesting but way overblown - this is just my own personal opinion. I never used either until the other day when I used YPAO on my 3020. I...

The picture is great on the Sony, but in wide screen it's the equivalent of 37". Music/sound is #1 for me, so I decided to exceed the budget a little on the 3020. I probably could have gotten and $500-$700 receiver and a newer TV to come up to the same $1,350. But in only a couple of days my...

I look at the fan option as insurance. If a fan lowers the temp by 5 degrees without creating noise that can be heard from my listening spot (which in my case is 10' or so), then it's just a cheap insurance policy for the receiver.

Other than noise, what reason would you have for not liking active cooling? In my estimation I can't see where it would hurt. With the opening on the top, placing a fan to pull heat out would have to cool the unit. I suppose it could somehow cycle more dust into the unit, but not really sure.

I'm only a few days into ownership with the RX-A3020. Before I get to the thread topic, a few quick impressions early on. YPAO setup made everything too bright - thank goodness for individual speaker tweaking with db levels and a few EQ parameters. Very happy with the sound. Volume wise, when...

After playing audio Olympics by jumping over a few hurdles and sweating with frustration undoing countless messily hooked up wires and tripping over things, and taking 3 nights to break down the old system and set up the new one, OMFG what a difference. I loved my RX-V2090/DDP-2 Combo, but the...

I'm more stupid than I thought. I guess coming from older technology, I just wasn't thinking. HDMI has audio & video, so since I now have a receiver that inputs HDMI, don't even need optical audio. Duh.