Yamaha Questions???

[moreira85]

I just switched from my old Sony receiver to a new yamaha htr 5960. this receiver is awesome. when looking at the back of this receiver i dont see any subwoofer outputs??? does it connect to the preout sub out???
also it is a 7.1 but there are 9 channels when looking at the back, what are extra 2 for in the front speakers???
here is the link to look at the receiver just click on product views to see the back of it at the site. thanks guys.
http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=200502&CTID=5000400&RLTID=1504&DETYP=RELATION&ATRID=1020

 

[Sheep]

If your subwoofer is powered, then yes, connect directly to the preout. If it's passive, you will need an external amp to power your subwoofer. Connect an RCA cord to the amp form the subwoofer preout.

The extra posts are the "B" posts. Yamaha and most reciever companies have A and B channels for the fronts. The most common use it a zone 2 or outdoor speaker. NOTE: These posts have the same amplifier. DO NOT connect 2 separate sets of speakers and run them at the same time. It will be to high a load for the amplifier and if turned up enough, cause it to shut down and go into protection mode.

For more detailed answers about your receiver, consult your manual.

SheepStar

 

[moreira85]

yamaha

hey thanks man, i have a powered sub BA pv1000 and thats what i thought, right to the preamp. i was only planning on running 7 channels anyway.
big help thanks alot.

 

[jcPanny]

Yamaha presence channels

Your yamaha also has clip type jacks for the "Presence Speakers" which should be located in the front above and outside the mains. Your receiver can drive 5.1 + presence or 7.1 depending on your preference. The Presence speakers only work on the Yamaha DSP modes.

 

[Guiria]

As anyone ever tried these presence channels? I'd be interested what your take is on them.

 

[mtrycrafts]

As anyone ever tried these presence channels? I'd be interested what your take is on them.

Not me, but over time on the net have read people's preference of them and they seem to like them.

 

[moreira85]

yamaha

if you click on the link above that shows the yamaha 5960, you had said to connect my sub into the sub preout which i agree with. I have a BA PV1000 that has dual active sub and radiatior so it requires 2 input jacks. I ran a splitter at the end of the cable to split into the BA Sub. My question is if i want to add a second sub what do i have to do? do i have to add another splitter out of the receiver sub preout? and does that weaken the receivers power to that channel by having a splitter for two subs coming out of the receiver, and a splitter at the end of one of the wires for BA sub?

 

[Seth=L]

if you click on the link above that shows the yamaha 5960, you had said to connect my sub into the sub preout which i agree with. I have a BA PV1000 that has dual active sub and radiatior so it requires 2 input jacks. I ran a splitter at the end of the cable to split into the BA Sub. My question is if i want to add a second sub what do i have to do? do i have to add another splitter out of the receiver sub preout? and does that weaken the receivers power to that channel by having a splitter for two subs coming out of the receiver, and a splitter at the end of one of the wires for BA sub?

It does weaken it in matters of it's electrical output. You can easily compensate, however, by adjusting the gain (volume) on the sub or adjusting the subwoofer level on the receiver. You won't lose any quality if that is what is concerning you.

 

[mtrycrafts]

It does weaken it in matters of it's electrical output. .

When the pre out is split, it is a parallel circuit. Pre out is a voltage circuit with minimal current. So, since this is a parallel voltage circuit, the voltages are the same for both circuits. So, I believe there should not be any loss to speak of, unless that halving the small current would have an effect which I doubt.

 

[Seth=L]

The effect would be minimal of course. None the less, even if it does it makes no real difference.

 

[moreira85]

splitter

hey thanks guys, so you are saying it wont make a difference in loosing low Hz as it will look like this::

1 splitter coming out of preout and connnecting to Wire A and wire B. Wire B will go to one sub, and Wire A will go to my BA sub and have a second splitter at the end of it since it is an active and passive sub/radiator, a total of 2 splitters. .

 

[AVRat]

That's correct. BTW, there is only one active driver in the BA sub. The "passive" radiator is just that, which helps the sub extend lower. So you really don't need the Y-adapter for it. Splitting it into both the L/R input simply supplies additional signal to the sub.

 

[Buckle-meister]

As anyone ever tried these presence channels? I'd be interested what your take is on them.

Not personally, but Gene has experiance of them. In his review of the RX-Z9 he noted the following:

I was happy to see Yamaha include their proprietary dedicated front effects channels, or in their new nomenclature “Presence” channels. What's really cool is you can run the back channels and “Presence” channels simultaneously. However, you have to remember to toggle the “EX” button when engaged in a Yamaha Cinema DSP mode for this to be realized.

The Last Samurai was one of those movies I was eager to see in the theater, but simply never got around to it. I knew eventually that Yamaha would be sending me an RX-Z9 for review and figured I might as well wait to experience this movie in my favorite 70mm Yamaha Cinema DSP mode “Adventure”. I really enjoyed having the back and presence channels engaged in this mode and felt it did expand the surround field and smooth out panning between channels. Switching between ordinary DD 5.1 and Yamaha 9.1 DSP, I preferred the latter by a wide margin. Cinema DSP simply enveloped me into a more theatrical experience and made the grueling battlefields seem much larger and more surreal.

 

[Guiria]

Thanks for that info...I may have to consider the presence channels when I redo my 5.1