Black Friday was good to me

polk500
polk500 Posts: 1,171
in Electronics
I picked up an new AVR Yamaha RX-A2040 yesterday.
What a nice AVR hooked it up last evening pretty simple,sounds good out of the box.

I've been a HK fan for quite a few years and decided to go with a Yamaha after much reading and a couple of demo. HK 3600 was showing it age and the Yamaha has a ton more features so many that it's going to take a while to learn how every works but so far so good.

And @ $1200 good Friday sale said what the heck and when for it.

Cheers
Roger

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,640
    Congrats on your new receiver. That model Yamaha sure is sweet. Enjoy it while your breaking it in :smile:
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Congrats!! I absolutely love my Yamaha AVR, and I am sure that 2040 is much better than mine.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    edited November 2014
    Thanks I'm enjoying but having a hard time setting up my Logitech ultimate. But now that's the fun isn't it.
    Cheers
    Roger
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    Very!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    Programming the Harmony One for me was easy till I realized I was missing out on the custom screens.

    After I spent a BUTT ton of time getting them setup I realized that's where the REAL value is.

    Love tweaking it now thought its a pain.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    Well I have to say what an beautiful piece of engineering this AVR is just WOW.

    Still learning how every thing works, It sounds just fantastic works flawlessly the pleasure I get from listening to music from this avr is unbelievable the other night I was leaning back listening to some Diana Krall and it was like I was in an Concert Hall.

    It's hard to believe that changing avr's would make such an dramatic difference and not just two channel listening.Movie scores just rock and way more dynamic.

    And this is using the avr's own dac's , I love my Dac Magic but I think at this point I may not need it any more as the avr sounds incredible.

    My old HK 3600 was good but not in the same league as this Yamaha.

    Cheers
    Roger



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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    Sounds like Black Friday treated you well this year!

    Well done!
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2014
    Enjoy. Those newer "Aventage" Yammies have been a SALVATION for Yamaha AVRs. A real improvement and step up from previous so-so Yamahas.

    Put Yamaha back in the game.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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