Yamaha AVENTAGE 2021 AV Receivers Bulk Up on Power and 8K Features

[MR.MAGOO]

A4L, went up on prices. As soon as you get photos from your Yamaha insider of their new Aventage line send in text.

A4L price for Yamaha RXA-2A is on sale for $529.00, normally $649.00, which is still $50 LESS than 4 years ago. Maybe trying to clear out inventory for a new line from Yamaha? I haven't been up to speed on A/V news.

 

[Tankini]

A4L price for Yamaha RXA-2A is on sale for $529.00, normally $649.00, which is still $50 LESS than 4 years ago. Maybe trying to clear out inventory for a new line from Yamaha? I haven't been up to speed on A/V news.

I've been browsing as I usually do, A4A refurbished of course, A4A was 749. Now 999.00. I did see A2A price though.

 

[dlaloum]

HI folks! I just finished reading this entire thread. A fun ride and I learned a lot.

I currently have an RX-A2080, which I love, but want to move from 5.2.4 to 7.2.4, which the A2080 won't do for me.

So what's the consensus on the A6A's and A8A's? Everyone still happy with them?

There's a lot to choose from to get to 7.2.4 between Denon, Onkyo, Marantz, etc. Although I've always only owned Yamahas and never had any issues with them, I want to be open minded and consider other options if anyone that has tried another brand has $0.02 to throw in.

I guess the big difference would be YPAO vs Audyssey/Dirac. I've always been fine with YPAO. I have REW and a UMIK and always adjust PEQ a bit after YPAO runs and haven't been disappointed. I've got several subs with DSP in the amps so I always just set those up myself using REW. I would also like to check out the new YPAO "low frequency" setting. Would I be missing out if I skipped Dirac again for this go-around?

Thanks!

Yamaha always made good reliable gear... and if you have good results with YPAO/REW then there isn't a great difference in processing terms with Dirac Live.

However, if you are looking at AVR's capable of running Dirac ART, and considering the functionality of Dirac ART, then a Yammy might not be an option.

Dirac ART seems to me to be a paradigm shift in terms of room correction/tuning... and I am waiting for its release on more economical hardware (other than Storm), before considering an AVR/AVP upgrade...

If ART is not a consideration for you, then go with the new Yammy's

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I've been browsing as I usually do, A4A refurbished of course, A4A was 749. Now 999.00. I did see A2A price though.

So you already have the A2, but you’re eyeing the A4?

Forget about my A3080.