AV receiver with built-in Bluetooth® for wireless music playback, stunning 4K Ultra HD video with HDCP 2.2, high dynamic range (HDR), BT.2020 compatibility and a discrete 5.1-channel amplifier design with automatic YPAO™ calibration to ensure optimal performance.
Can't really beat this for £199.
Top comments
tinca to superpanda
9 Mar 179#10
What's yogurt got to do with it?
cicobuff
9 Mar 178#21
I suppose you are the sort of person that buys latest cameras via the megapixel count.
cicobuff
10 Mar 176#37
Is this conversation going full circle? What more do you not seem to understand.
This is the latest tech, it is the usual big box shifters annual 'upgrade' from last years model, this Yamaha entry level model still is 5.1, even some mid range receivers that are 7.1 are not Dolby Atmos/DTS:X compatible, last years Sony's midrange £500 STR-DN1070 was not. The upgrade to this model the RX-V481 is still 5.1 yet has more features including DLNA FLAC streaming that this does not have...it is about giving consumers choice at differing price brackets, not everyone has a need or want for what you consider 'future proofing'.
To answer your question in relation to myself, no I do not 'need' all the current features, although within the price range of my receiver Pioneer do support DTS:X and Dolby Atmos as standards....but considering I intend (as I have done historically) a receiver for around 5 years this to me is not a problem or an issue, if my receiver borks in its 5 years Richer Sounds warranty and they replaced it with the latest model it would not make one iota of difference, I would not be utilising those codecs...
Firstly I do not have a 4K blu ray player, secondly I do not own or wish to own a 4K LCD TV..nothing has changed from the 1080p days...the resolution may be upped but the display still has to attempt to emulate deep blacks by zonal backlight switching at best which still cause blooming or at worst edge lit which causes edge of screen bleed.
Whilst 4K content is either horrendously compressed in broadcast mode and does not support even Dolby True HD (Dolby Digital 5.1 at most), and whilst the sparse array of true 4K content released on physical disc remains ridiculously expensive along with the cost of OLED I have no plans to want to change. As previously stated I am more than happy with a 5.1 setup in my size lounge, and more than happy with Dolby True HD/DTS Master Audio on current Blu Ray discs on the best technology television I can currently afford, I actually bought my plasma at the death of the format in knowledge that I wanted the best screen for my money going forward whilst awaiting the true successor to drop.
I am not ready for 4K yet, and that suits me fine, seems little in the industry currently is either...and when I am good and ready I will be happy that my current setup has given me years of quality viewing/audio pleasure. Unless I can see ourselves moving into a larger house even with a future possibility of owning an OLED then regardless Dolby Atmos or DTS:X would still not feature.
Nobody is at a disadvantage here in the world of AV Receivers, you pay your money and make your choice according to budget and features/sound quality you want. I wanted a receiver that played FLAC over my network, I wanted it to have a decent DAC, I wanted it to sound as good with music as it does home cinema, I wanted it to have at least 6 HDMI inputs and I wanted a 7.1 receiver to bi amp. The VSX-924 I have ticks all those boxes just fine, and two years later so does the replacement VSX-1131 with two codecs I still would not be utilising.
haritori
9 Mar 174#31
Why are you forcing your standards on everyone else?
Some people just want to replace the TV's speakers, and this is a good price to do that, unless your watching 4K Blurays, then you wont be getting much more than Dolby Digital 5.1 from any source.
if you have a budget then this amp if fine.
All comments (57)
powerbrick
9 Mar 17#1
No ATMOS or DTS:X.
paulj48 to powerbrick
9 Mar 17#5
not a major issue unless you are intending mounting speakers in the ceiling (yes I know you can get up firing speakers but still)
dush_yant to powerbrick
9 Mar 173#14
Of course it won't have Atmos or DTS:X, this is by design - the AVR is just 5.1. You need a minimum of 7.1 for Atmos/DTS:X where 2 channels can be reassigned to ceiling speakers - configuration 5.1.2.
cicobuff to powerbrick
9 Mar 173#20
Which is useless for most people both due to space constraints or for that matter lack of support especially DTS:X, in a lounge 14' x 12' I have been more than happy with 5.1 bi-amping the fronts from a 7.1 channel receiver.
Dolby Atmos/DTS:X is about as 'essential' currently as a 4K TV LCD/LED backlit tv is.
txb01
9 Mar 17#2
Well spotted
superpanda
9 Mar 174#3
No Onkyo.
LOUGHBORO.GUY to superpanda
9 Mar 172#7
No but Yamaha very good indeed like Denon
tinca to superpanda
9 Mar 179#10
What's yogurt got to do with it?
BroonSauce to superpanda
10 Mar 171#39
She ruins the Beatles.
JohnCrichton
9 Mar 17#4
Looks like a sofa. Haven't read that in a while.
superpanda to JohnCrichton
9 Mar 171#17
You just did. You wrote it aswell.
powerbrick
9 Mar 17#6
But still what? You can just get upward firing speakers, as you said?
kencol
9 Mar 17#8
It's even 249 at Richer Sounds!
How much is the postage?
bawbagus to kencol
9 Mar 17#9
From their website
Delivery Charges
Sevenoaks Sound & Vision currently offers free Mainland UK delivery. Orders from Jersey and Guernsey will not be accepted. Additional charges may apply to areas outside the Mainland UK - deliveries to the Isle of Man and Orkney Islands will incur an additional charge - please e-mail [email protected] for more details.
Opening post
Can't really beat this for £199.
Top comments
This is the latest tech, it is the usual big box shifters annual 'upgrade' from last years model, this Yamaha entry level model still is 5.1, even some mid range receivers that are 7.1 are not Dolby Atmos/DTS:X compatible, last years Sony's midrange £500 STR-DN1070 was not. The upgrade to this model the RX-V481 is still 5.1 yet has more features including DLNA FLAC streaming that this does not have...it is about giving consumers choice at differing price brackets, not everyone has a need or want for what you consider 'future proofing'.
To answer your question in relation to myself, no I do not 'need' all the current features, although within the price range of my receiver Pioneer do support DTS:X and Dolby Atmos as standards....but considering I intend (as I have done historically) a receiver for around 5 years this to me is not a problem or an issue, if my receiver borks in its 5 years Richer Sounds warranty and they replaced it with the latest model it would not make one iota of difference, I would not be utilising those codecs...
Firstly I do not have a 4K blu ray player, secondly I do not own or wish to own a 4K LCD TV..nothing has changed from the 1080p days...the resolution may be upped but the display still has to attempt to emulate deep blacks by zonal backlight switching at best which still cause blooming or at worst edge lit which causes edge of screen bleed.
Whilst 4K content is either horrendously compressed in broadcast mode and does not support even Dolby True HD (Dolby Digital 5.1 at most), and whilst the sparse array of true 4K content released on physical disc remains ridiculously expensive along with the cost of OLED I have no plans to want to change. As previously stated I am more than happy with a 5.1 setup in my size lounge, and more than happy with Dolby True HD/DTS Master Audio on current Blu Ray discs on the best technology television I can currently afford, I actually bought my plasma at the death of the format in knowledge that I wanted the best screen for my money going forward whilst awaiting the true successor to drop.
I am not ready for 4K yet, and that suits me fine, seems little in the industry currently is either...and when I am good and ready I will be happy that my current setup has given me years of quality viewing/audio pleasure. Unless I can see ourselves moving into a larger house even with a future possibility of owning an OLED then regardless Dolby Atmos or DTS:X would still not feature.
Nobody is at a disadvantage here in the world of AV Receivers, you pay your money and make your choice according to budget and features/sound quality you want. I wanted a receiver that played FLAC over my network, I wanted it to have a decent DAC, I wanted it to sound as good with music as it does home cinema, I wanted it to have at least 6 HDMI inputs and I wanted a 7.1 receiver to bi amp. The VSX-924 I have ticks all those boxes just fine, and two years later so does the replacement VSX-1131 with two codecs I still would not be utilising.
Some people just want to replace the TV's speakers, and this is a good price to do that, unless your watching 4K Blurays, then you wont be getting much more than Dolby Digital 5.1 from any source.
if you have a budget then this amp if fine.
All comments (57)
Dolby Atmos/DTS:X is about as 'essential' currently as a 4K TV LCD/LED backlit tv is.
How much is the postage?
Delivery Charges
Sevenoaks Sound & Vision currently offers free Mainland UK delivery. Orders from Jersey and Guernsey will not be accepted. Additional charges may apply to areas outside the Mainland UK - deliveries to the Isle of Man and Orkney Islands will incur an additional charge - please e-mail [email protected] for more details.