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Yamaha HTR-5950SL 6.1-Channel XM-Ready Digital Home Theater Receiver, Silver

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

Works great, sounds great

Oct 17, 2006 - By Bilbo Baggins (Seattle, WA)

I upgraded from a Denon AVR-1801 that gets pretty good reviews and this thing kills it. The amp is clearly stronger than my old one, and the sound is much better. For a reasonably priced amplifier, this thing is great. Especially the bass.

It also does component video switching. So all of my devices (Xbox 360, HD Cable box, etc.) run optical sound and component video through it and it switches between them with the remote. As far as I know, the Yamahas are the first series of amps to do this and have at least 3 component inputs for less than $1000.

The main thing that the more expensive version of this amp does is have a microphone that you place in the center of the room and it automatically sets up the speaker levels. For $100, I can do this myself.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

Great value

Jan 1, 2007 - By exhausted_homeowner (Seattle, WA United States)

This is a great A/V receiver and an amazing bargain: it compares favorably with other units I looked at up to the $700 price range. The one feature it lacks, HDMI switching and up-conversion, is often problematic anyway, because the industry is in the middle of changing to the new 1.3 HDMI standard. In any case, the Yamaha does a fine job of component switching and composite to component conversion. The optional iPod dock works well (but it took me a while to figure out that it is necessary to switch the remote control from AMP to SOURCE using the side slide toggle before pressing the DISPLAY button to activate the on-screen display; except for this omission, the users' guide is pretty well written).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

Nice Amp

Jan 5, 2007 - By B. Williams (Tucson AZ)

For less than $300 this is an excellent amp with a good remote. All the AV features you'll need for home theatre use and not difficult to setup if you follow the manual. I'm no audiofile but unless you want to spend $1500 and up for fancy speakers systems this should be all you'll need. I have it hooked up to a set of JBL SCS180-S surround 6-1 speakers and sound is great...amp, speakers and cables for for a little over $500.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

GREAT PRODUCT, SERVICE PERFECT.

Jan 15, 2007 - By John K. Roche

JOB WELL DONE. MY ORDER WENT SMOOTHLY, THEY ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS I NEEDED TO KNOW. THE RECIEVER WAS PRICED LOW, SOUND IS GREAT, THE DIRECTIONS FOR ALL THE HOOK-UPS WERE EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND IT LOOKS GREAT. JOHN ROCHE, ORDER #231080

(5 out of 5)

great quality product; great price

Apr 1, 2007 - By Noel Selewa (La Grange Park, IL United States)

this was my first receiver; it was very easy to setup, sound quality is great.