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 enlarge | Brand: Yamaha
Category: CE
List Price: $549.95
Buy New: $329.88
You Save: $220.07 (40%)
New (1) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $247.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 3179
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 27.8
Dimensions (in): 15.5 x 17.1 x 6.8
Warranty: Unknown
MPN: RX-V661BL
Model: RX-V661BL
UPC: 027108927411
EAN: 0027108927411
ASIN: B000OOQUTC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Nice reciever, but complex June 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very nice receiver, but the operation of it requires almost a degree in engineering (which I have, but still had to study the manual - which of course engineers don't like to do). The sound is great and it has more features than you can imagine once you figure them out.
 Jeff from Fort Worth May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far, it has surpassed all my expectatations. It's great being able to switch to different zone areas, especially the zone next to the pool in the backyard. I would recommend this home theatre receiver to anyone who wants high quality at an affordable price.
So far it has been working out very well. March 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This receiver was much deeper than the old Technics it replaced, so I had to relocate it to the center cabinet, on the top shelf above our very nice Samsung lcd TV (<3 Samsung). Running the wires was, by far, the hardest part with the setup at my parent's house, because they have this big, fancy, wooden set of entertainment cabinets pressed within 8 inches of the back wall, so it is tricky moving a lot of cables around back there.
Well, we have just gone from 5.1 surround to 9.1 surround with this sucker, (if you count the Presence speakers). Two Bose 301 Series bookshelf speakers serve as the front mains, then there are 7 Klipsch speakers - 4 in the upper corners of the room (presence and rear surround) and two more, placed halfway back, along the sides of the room (known simply as the surround speakers). I haven't really tested whether the presence speakers do much yet (depending on the DVD, of course), but the side surrounds really add to the experience and allow effects from the DVD to be placed more accurately around you.
I believe that Yamaha is known for the quality of their Receiver/Amplifiers and so far I don't have any doubts. The auto-setup works well as a starting point and seems to be very perceptive (accurate) in measuring the speaker distances. It also checks the speakers against cross-wiring, which is a nice touch... I did not even know it, but the rear left surround had been crossed since forever, and this little, I mean big, guy brought it to my attention! I really like the feature set this thing has. You can set the initial volume when it is powered up, as well as set the maximum volume allowed, so it will never be possible to accidentally crank the volume too high and blow your ears or a speaker out. I did have an issue with the pre-out for the sub... it didn't seem to always be "on", with certain sound programs (8 channel enhanced audio), so I also wired the sub from the front speaker leads and this lets it work consistently, regardless, and therefore sound better. I will have to look into that again, as to why the .1 was not utilized, or did not seem to be working, for the 8 channel enhanced audio program.
I may write more later, but overall I am pleased and impressed and it is what I expected from Yamaha. I probably wouldn't trust another brand.
Good sound/video. Bad remote control. March 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been using this receiver for about a week now. The auto-setup was great! The auto-setup even noticed that I accidentally reversed the wires for one of my speakers. I haven't seen this very helpful feature in other receivers.
It has the video and audio performance that you would expect for this price range.
I have one complaint about this receiver. When using the remote control, you need one button to turn it on, and it requires a different button to turn it off. Tech support said that was how the buttons are suppose to work. This is an issue if you ever plan to use it with good universal remote control. The provided remote control is hard to navigate in the dark when you may be navigating the remote control by touch in the dark. At the moment, my universal remote control can only power it off, and I have to manually turn it on.
Great Receiver for the Price December 19, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought the RXV661 Receiver from Best Buy on Sale for $395 which provided an extra $100 for speakers. I sound tested the unit at a Best Buy and it blew away the Sony's priced in a similar price range. The bass on the unit isn't as strong as I expected buy I only have it turned up half way. Other than that the JBL speakers and this receiver combination brought to life Football games and Fight Club. The receiver has a few quick switch buttons on the remote to go from my PS3 to my Cable Box. It was very easy to setup as for as detecting the appropriate audio input for the desired source. The sound fields are ok although a bit difficult to figure out how they change the sound and I've found the straight mode with very little equalization from the source works the best for TV shows.
THe biggest negative is that the setup returns warnings of the Left Right front speakers having reversed polarity even though they were perfect. Also it essentially took me 4 hours to setup and get everything working and I'm keeping the manual on my coffee table for a while.
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