I have a pair of Emotiva mono amps I use to power my front two speakers. The Denon has the ability to power all my speakers via external amplification, but I don't feel the need. Heck, the Emotivas may be overkill, but it makes me sleep better at night. \One thing I am going to do in the future is I am going to make sure any future AVR has provisions to be a pre-amp. I have learned that the system Impedences in a multiple speaker system is complex and is a real chore for a set of PA’s to handle in an AVR. You can pay a premium price for an AVR that can handle higher input power levels or do the same thing with premium powered speakers or stand alone amps. I like the simplicity of a really good set of powered speakers for the theater and music surround duties leaving the main amp to power the anchor set up front.
The minor problem I have with the Yamaha, and this is talked about over at the AVSForum is sometimes with BluRay explosions the Yamaha will shut down and on restart it will say “Check Speaker Wires”. In my case their is no possible problem with the speaker wires. Yamaha Tech’s who comment say this shut down is more of a transient Impedence issue. I can easily prevent such shutdowns in the YPAO settings.View attachment 1278938
Edit: As also mentioned, double check to see if this receiver has provisions for a turntable. That was a major reason for me choosing my Onkyo unit. I previously bought a Yamaha, and although the receiver may have been decent, it didn't have a pre-amp connection for a turntable (You need this for a hi fi TT with magnetic cartridges). I returned the Yamaha and purchased the RZ820.
Just checked and the RX-V377 has DRC.
That's good. Not all Yamaha AVs have phono input jacks (like I found out earlier this year). The Yamaha should be a good receiver with the phono jack(s).The RX-A770 does have a phono input. It works OK for MM cartridges but MC cartridges need help.
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