New 2020 Yamaha Receiver Models

BjornB17

I'm pretty excited about these. Hopefully they update their CX and MX product lines as well. Not much info out yet.

https://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/3115936-yamaha-aventage-rx-a8-rx-a6-rx-a4-rx-a2-new-2020-models.html

mhardy6647

I have a "2020" Yamaha receiver... but it's far from new.






(sorry!)

PS I liked the "Cyclops" comment in one of the replies at that avsforum thread.

BjornB17

mhardy6647 wrote: »

I have a "2020" Yamaha receiver... but it's far from new.






(sorry!)

PS I liked the "Cyclops" comment in one of the replies at that avsforum thread.

What is old is new again!

I actually like the big knob in the middle. I love symmetry.

Nice Yammy you got there btw

mhardy6647

Thanks. The CR-2020 was/is a pretty decent sounding stereo receiver.

Yamaha's integrated amplifier knobs got pretty big in the late 1970s... not centered, though.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread, now!

Nightfall

I think they look kind of.... bad. Not bad maybe but worse than before.

mhardy6647

Nightfall wrote: »

I think they look kind of.... bad. Not bad maybe but worse than before.

Kind of the D'Agostino look, sans the steampunk.

BjornB17

It looks like their higher end models, Aventage, have a square front which I think looks a bit better. Honestly I ended up going with Yamaha about a year ago because they most similarly matched the sound and aesthetics of the old Harman Kardon receivers I had which I liked but were getting long in the tooth, and this still follows that aesthetic.