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

[Tankini]

@AcuDefTechGuy any news from the Yamaha rep? 2025 is coming to end and still nothing. I wonder will Yamaha announce the new models at CES on 6.1.2026? From PR point of view it would make sense. I heard from EU distributor that the new models will have fresh look. Maybe ditching the small display and moving the volume knob back to where it belongs?

Lol, Yamaha lol, will do a refresh of the front panel. Be like, No volume knob, no buttons on the front panel just one huge front display. Be like a Apple iPhone display, big touch screen, lites up just a bunch of apps.


Digital VU meter app. Touch front screen display, LED mini light display that changes colors to the beat of the music/movie soundtrack. One little hole on front display for the room correction mic plug-in. So customers don't have to have use HDMI out to a monitor to use all the setting's Lol. Redesign amp section to be more like Buckeye amps be like 15 pounds total weight 1/2 the size AVR's are now. With a whole bunch of little caps switching power supplies, 1000 watts x 2 into 8 Ohms and still charge $3,500. Be like 0.0001 THD. @PENG will be like, yea! now we talking about time. Lol.



Happy Holidays fellas!! Best wishes to All you whippersnappers!

 

[PENG]

Redesign amp section to be more like Buckeye amps be like 15 pounds total weight 1/2 the size AVR's are now.

Yamaha should have no trouble designing/building class D amps, they should do it, its time to be the leader.

With a whole bunch of little caps switching power supplies, 1000 watts x 2 into 8 Ohms and still charge $3,500. Be like 0.0001 THD. @PENG will be like, yea! now we talking about time. Lol.

1000 W is a tall order, I would be happy to see 200 W 8 ohm, 350 W 4 ohm, but 500 W 4 ohm dynamic output, THD+N of 0.01% is good order at the speakers out, but better be no more than 0.001% at preamp output 2 Vrm.

On top of your wish list, please add mine, that is, expand the use of PEQ with YPAO to at least 10 bands, and also add Dirac as a paid option like Masimo's. The more manufacturers support Dirac, the cheaper the licensing fees would become.

If they do that, I believe we would soon see the mainstay will eventually include only D+M, Y, S, okay may be O+I too, the rest, such as Arcam, NAD, Anthem (unless they smarten up by working harder on their potentially viable AARC), can go back to their two channel and/or so called Audiophile domain.

 

[Tankini]

Yamaha should have no trouble designing/building class D amps, they should do it, its time to be the leader.



1000 W is a tall order, I would be happy to see 200 W 8 ohm, 350 W 4 ohm, but 500 W 4 ohm dynamic output, THD+N of 0.01% is good order at the speakers out, but better be no more than 0.001% at preamp output 2 Vrm.

On top of your wish list, please add mine, that is, expand the use of PEQ with YPAO to at least 10 bands, and also add Dirac as a paid option like Masimo's. The more manufacturers support Dirac, the cheaper the licensing fees would become.

If they do that, I believe we would soon see the mainstay will eventually include only D+M, Y, S, okay may be O+I too, the rest, such as Arcam, NAD, Anthem (unless they smarten up by working harder on their potentially viable AARC), can go back to their two channel and/or so called Audiophile domain.

@PENG Happy holidays to you Sir! You do realize I'm just joking. I'm sure of it, You know me PENG. But yeah Yamaha with them deep pockets they have surely can come up with something better than a Big Android looking volume knob in the middle of their AVR's.

 

[ssmokeyy]

Anthem is amazing. Arc works great. So easy to use and 9 times out of 10 sounds better than dirac. Yes dirac can sound better but u also have to drop some real time on it. Arc 25 mins all setup, programed and watching a movie. Big smile. Im getting a marantz av20 and im going to try auddessy pc before dirac art. I have dirac now and everyone says its just amazing. I feel like my room is missing something. When is yamaha going to update there products? They missed the mark with this line.

 

[PENG]

@PENG Happy holidays to you Sir! You do realize I'm just joking. I'm sure of it, You know me PENG. But yeah Yamaha with them deep pockets they have surely can come up with something better than a Big Android looking volume knob in the middle of their AVR's.

Same to you! and I am only half joking.

 

[PENG]

Anthem is amazing. Arc works great. So easy to use and 9 times out of 10 sounds better than dirac. Yes dirac can sound better but u also have to drop some real time on it. Arc 25 mins all setup, programed and watching a movie. Big smile. Im getting a marantz av20 and im going to try auddessy pc before dirac art. I have dirac now and everyone says its just amazing. I feel like my room is missing something. When is yamaha going to update there products? They missed the mark with this line.

ARC has a very nice looking interface for sure, colorful, and the quick measure feature is good. For SQ, subjectively speaking, we are all going to hear differently, my comments on ARC G were only based on measurements. In that sense, the current Anthem models measured great on the test bench on the hardware side, but on the software side, ARC sucks, relative to Dirac and Audyssey. Unfortunately, that's on the objective side of the equation and is not debatable, because it is measurable and repeatable.

Their AVM90 has fantastic specs, but I do love my AVM70 more for the better value (for me), overall I have no regret choosing it at the time, would have taken the 90 but I couldn't hear a difference between the two, without doing a quick AB, let alone DBT, so didn't want to spend more than double as I don't even see the need for 4 subs.