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The best! So many options with it. Slightly difficult to remember the programming, but I can live with it. Very happy that I bought the Yamaha 6130 Receiver. Price was good. Delivery fast! I have owned other Yamaha products and never been disappointed! Papa Larry H

Works very much as advertised. Probably not the best receiver I've ever had, but perfectly adequate for a small home theater and CD playing application. I haven't gotten around to installing the rear speakers yet, so I can't comment on the surround sound, but it drives two pretty hefty (and old and inefficient)stereo speakers and a center speaker very nicely. It is big, so plan on having some room available. This isn't for a small, unobtrusive installation. No regrets......got my money's worth plus a little.

Let me start by saying I am the furthest thing from an expert when it comes to sound. That being said this was very easy to configure. I like how many ports there are for input, but I don't like that there is no s-video and you can pass all the video through HDMI (or audio through HDMI). I think it sounds great for a 500 watt system. Both me and my friend enjoy this system way more than the 1000 watt RCA system I had before (that system was from Wal-Mart and cost $150 for the receiver, sub and 5 speakers). If you are looking for something cheap to hold you over till you can really spend the cash on a system this would be a good receiver to start with. I would recommend reading the manual as well not because its complex to set-up or use, but just so you understand the features and how to use them. I also recommend getting a good subwoofer and center speaker it makes a world of difference. Another thing I like about this system over my previous one is start up time. I never noticed how long it took to switch from one input to another till I got this receiver. It takes maybe 2 seconds from start-up to listening to sound. When it comes to speakers just remember this receiver is only 500 watts so there is no need to buy anything over 100 watts (including the subwoofer), I am using 3 different kinds of speakers (cause that's what I had laying around) and I am happy with the way everything works together. The last thing I would like to say about this receiver is don't bother with the tuner for radio its garbage, but do make an attempt to utilize all the ports, if you don't have digital audio cables or component cables buy some and run everything you can through the receiver it will make component switching so much easier and there will be less fluctuation between quality.

I had a very bad experience with the Pioneer VSX-819H-K and ended up getting the Yamaha HTR-6130BL instead. I could not be happier. It sounds GREAT, has a good easy to read interface/display, and the universal remote control rocks. I have heard much more expensive hardware that does not sound this good.

this little amp works great. it was in exspensive anf puts out alot of power. i have mine hooked up to my TV and i have 6 speakers and a sub running off of this. (my sub is powerd and has two back speaker ports that run off the subs power) all in all i could not be any happier with my choice to get this. it is more them powerful enough for me and it sounds great. the annena that comes with is is not really worth a darn if you do not get good reception where you are at. i just liked mine to my tv antenna and it works great now.