Yamaha HTR 5590

Loose4Bruce · Mar 9, 2004

Any thoughts on this receiver?
I'm on a budget. If I had my choice I'd be spending 3X as much and getting an HK 630 or 7300...dang they are pretty machines!!!!!! I have no idea what they sound like. LOL
How about high current. I've read that Yamaha uses a high current design. The online brochure states this, but maybe it is for a different model. A saleman told me that this Yamaha is not high current and yet the stores' website states that it is.

zipper · Mar 9, 2004

The Yamaha HTR series is not in the same class, power-wise, as the RX-V series. The power is rated differently. The HTR is a notch below,hence the price difference.

Loose4Bruce · Mar 9, 2004

I just did a comparison at yamaha.
The top of the HTR series the 5590 has exactly the same specs as the bottom of the RX-V series-the 1300.
Even when you click on the photos, they don't change except for the text.
Weird........I wonder why they'd do that?
The HTR is actually 100.00 more than the RX-V1300.

zumbo · Mar 9, 2004

HTR is mass merchant model. RX-V is specialty merchant model! You draw your own conclusion!

I would try to find a good deal on a RX-V1400!

aarond · Mar 9, 2004

for $399.99 yes
for $499.99 maybe
for list price of 799.99 no

Loose4Bruce · Mar 9, 2004

zumbo : HTR is mass merchant model. RX-V is specialty merchant model! You draw your own conclusion!

So what does that mean?
The mass merchant model is not the same?
It is built in a different factory by 10 year olds?.
With all due respect I'm coming here for real advice please.......not to read between the lines.
If I was content to draw my own conclusions, I wouldn't be seeking assistance from folks I assume to have knowledge and experience in these areas.
I really want to get the best that I can afford. I'm tired of throwing money at junk.

zumbo · Mar 9, 2004

Look for a RX-V1400.

That is my advice!

$567 here:
$559 here:

Loose4Bruce · Mar 9, 2004

aarond : for $399.99 yes
for $499.99 maybe
for list price of 799.99 no

It's 899.99 here in Canada which is approximately 650.00 US.
I could order it from a US shop and save over 200.00.....duties and taxes included but then I have no warranty.
It's crazy what we pay for electronics up here.
The HK 630 that i really dig could be delivered to my door all duties and taxes included for 1200.00 CND.
To buy it here would cost 2070.00 CND.

zumbo · Mar 9, 2004

Oh, Canada.

Valuable piece of information!

Guest · Mar 14, 2004

They have good prices and a decent selection, but I noticed some Crown poweramps that were extemely cheap yet claimed to be brand new with warranty.

Something about a >100/channel Crown amp for < $1000 that just seems not right.

Perhaps I'm wrong and wouldn't mind having one of those upper end Yamaha receivers.

RX-V2400 · Mar 14, 2004

The HTR series are made for mass merchandisers like Best Buy. The reguar Yamaha lines like the RX's can be had for the same price as the HTR's if you buy internet, so I hold there is never any reason to buy the HTR models.

Guest · Mar 14, 2004

HTR and RXV are the same.  This debate between the two lines goes on simply because of assumptions and appearances.  The best rule of thumb when deciding between a HTR or RXV unit, is to just get the one that is cheaper.  The crossover between the two lines appears at the ~$800 level of units.  There may be only a few minor differences in the number of features, but the build quality is the same.

zumbo · Mar 14, 2004

There are differences. Big differences. You have to really feel like looking.

Guest · Mar 14, 2004

the differences are only cosmetic.  one line uses silver lettering and the other uses gold...they are the same models

Guest · Mar 14, 2004

This link is shown from time to time during this ongoing debate.  

http://www.yamaha.com/yec/customer/faqs/av_receivers/faq00.htm

If any of you feel like beating a dead horse, then by all means continue this pointless exercise.  

Case closed.

zumbo · Mar 15, 2004

I have read it before, & it plainly states that the HTR is rated at 1k. It states that the RX-V is rated 20-20000. This means something to me.

Also, I looked at a HTR in Best Buy before I chose to order a RX-V. The HTR looks cheap.

RX-V2400 · Mar 15, 2004

You can not say "case closed" as if this is the end of it all. There are a lot more difference between the models than this thread has so far gone into.

I have it on good authority that the outsourcing of the gold paint for the HTX versions are negotiated using a different vender protocol than that used under the manufactoring specs. of the RX-V's silver paint.

A more important issue to note is that the RX-V's are only mirrored by the HTX models at the very bottom of the product range. The best HTX model is not very good and when I last saw it at BestBuy was nearly as much as I paid for my RX-V2400. This is the real issue here. Don't pay mass-marketeres high markups for bottom end products when specialist internet dealers sell the top of the range highly discounted.

zumbo · Mar 15, 2004

Exactly! Anyway, how can you test one to know when all the speaker options s**k?

Guest · Mar 15, 2004

"I have read it before, & it plainly states that the HTR is rated at 1k. It states that the RX-V is rated 20-20000. This means something to me."

HTR Units:
http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/Specs/?gAVR00010HTR-5560

http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/Specs/?gAVR00010HTR-5660

RXV units:
http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/Specs/?gAVR00010RX-V640

http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/Specs/?gAVR00010RX-V740

Why does this mean something to you?  Maybe I've just been reading the other "yamaha" website all this time.

Stryf3 · Mar 18, 2004

There are a couple of differences between the 1300 and the 5590.  The 1300 has preouts, and the Yamaha label and feet are different colors, that's it.  If you can get a great deal on the 5590 and don't need the preouts then go for it.  Don't let these people tell you that the amplifier sections are different or any other such nonsense.  Having said that, the only reason I went with the 5590 was I got it for $400 from a friend who works at BB.

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