Has anyone tried the New Yamaha receivers? What is the difference between the RXV series e.g the 3800 and the 863 apart from the power output
I am thinking of upgrading my RXV 2500 which has no HDMI inputs
I have been very happy with the sound of the 2500 so far.
MITSUBISHI 62725
Polk LSI 15 system with FX5 surrounds and CSI center. Mirage subwoofer
7:1 system
Yamaha 2500
Sony DVD 975
Yamah dual cassette player
PureVision power center
Verizon FIOS DVR system
I went from the 2500 to the 3800.
And audibly, I cannot tell any difference.
The GUI is exactly the same. There are more bass cross over points on the 3800 and things like net radio, USB port, media server capabilities. I use most all of them. The remote is almost exactly the same as well aside from changing the spot of the source buttons were on the 2500 which will mess you up for the first week.
However the 1800 is so close that if I were to do it again I would probably go with it instead.
If you have a 480p DVD player the HDMI upscaler on the receiver will help you get to 720p for your TVs native, but I assume your cable box already scales for you so that wont be an issue.
You can get 20% the 863 1800 and the 3800 from the audioholics store right now. That puts the 1800 is the $900 range.
