YAMAHA HTR-5990 7.1 Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver

[zoran]

YAMAHA HTR-5990 7.1 Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver and 2600? Are they same or different?

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

YAMAHA HTR-5990 7.1 Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver and 2600? Are they same or different?

Different. The 5990 is almost identical to the 1600. The 1600/2600 are sold in high end stores, while the 5990 is sold at stores like Best Buy. If you look on page 119 of the 5990's manual, you'll see it's actually 120wx7, 20-20,000Hz, .04 THD, at 8 ohms.

They get the 140 watt figure from a 1000Hz spec at .70 THD. That's a typical big box store type rating. They'd never do that in a high end audio store. They know people who shop at the big box type stores will never check the manual for these types of ratings. From the headlines, you'd think the 5990 was the best out of 1600/2600/4600 models (rated at 120/130/130 watts).

 

[3db]

So if cash is tight

Different. The 5990 is almost identical to the 1600. The 1600/2600 are sold in high end stores, while the 5990 is sold at stores like Best Buy. If you look on page 119 of the 5990's manual, you'll see it's actually 120wx7, 20-20,000Hz, .04 THD, at 8 ohms.

They get the 140 watt figure from a 1000Hz spec at .70 THD. That's a typical big box store type rating. They'd never do that in a high end audio store. They know people who shop at the big box type stores will never check the manual for these types of ratings. From the headlines, you'd think the 5990 was the best out of 1600/2600/4600 models (rated at 120/130/130 watts).

Spring for the 5990 knowing full well that the amp sections are identical on both the 1600 and the 5990. How they are rated makes no difference given that they are identical. I don' know about the pre-amp section but i'm suspecting there the same.

 

[jcPanny]

RX-V vs. HTR

Read this thread for the difference between RX-V and HTR lines. The info is right off the Yamaha site.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14728

Somtimes there are a few minor features missing from the HTR model. For example, my HTR-5860 does not have the zone 2 output that is on the RX-V version. The amp, preamp, and internal components are the same.