Yamaha's New RX-V1065 7.2-Channel AV Receiver

Yamaha RX-V1065 is one of the newer receivers out of the AV giant and is retailing for just under a grand. This is the price point that generally attracts people that have about $500 to spend but will push it because they love the hobby so much. All you need to do is convince them that the extra expenditure is worth it. How do you do that? Features. The question is, does the RX-V1065 have enough of what you want?

The Yamaha RX-V1065 has a lot of what has made Yamaha famous including a ton of DSP modes (17 with adaptive DSP level), compressed music enhancer, and 100+ watts per channel (measured 20Hz-20kHz). Yamaha has support for all the high definition audio formats including Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. HDMI upconversion is, of course, available as is upscaling to 1080p with TBC (Time Based Correction). TBC just ensures that you don't have any lip-syncing issues. Digital to analogue conversion is handled by Burr-Brown 192 kHz / 24 bit DACs on all channels. You'd expect to see 7.1 analogue inputs and 7.2 analogue outputs and you'd not be disappointed. You're getting four HDMI inputs and one output, two component inputs and one output, and a slew of composite inputs. Digital audio inputs are limited to two each of coaxial and TOSLink.

Features that we've come to expect are there including YPAO (Yamaha's Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer), zone 2 support, and HD Radio capability. If you have an iPod, XM or Sirius satellite radio, a Blue-tooth device,or just want to enhance your gaming experience you can buy an add-on to integrate it with the RX-V1065. There is an IR in and out port plus a single 12 volt trigger. At this price point, we'd really expect two. All in all, a fairly good feature set.

Yamaha RX-V1065 Specs:

• 105W x 7 output power
• Dolby TRUE HD
• Dolby Digital Plus
• Dolby Digital EX
• DTS HD Master Audio
• DTS NEO 6 audio decoding
• 1080p video upscaling
• Cinema DSP 3D audio processing
• Pure Direct technology
• Compressed Music Enhancer
• Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer (YPAO)
• Deep Color (30/36 bit) technology
• 120Hz/24Hz Refresh Rates
• Auto Lip-Sync compensation
• compatible with HD radio
• Sirius/XM satellite radio ready
• XM HD Surround Sound