It does not. I was waiting to confirm some of the issues I found such as Toslink performance loss.Does it squeeze out a recommendation because of some performance adequacy or does it fall short.
I thought so but even ran a frequency response test and it was flat. I am going to double check but hard to imagine there is an EQ for Toslink but not for other digital inputs.In multi tone, not only the noise raises below 300Hz, but also the signal level is not at same level at all frequencies, as you noted.
Some tone correction is applied without telling?
That may explain the SINAD difference?I thought so but even ran a frequency response test and it was flat. I am going to double check but hard to imagine there is an EQ for Toslink but not for other digital inputs.
I can't think of DSP mistakes that increase non-linearity that way. They can clipping and such but that would have a different signature.The DSP must be doing something...
The firmware is up to date. It says there are no upgrades available.There’s a June firmware update. Wonder if it would change anything. https://usa.yamaha.com/support/updates/rx-a1080_rx-v1085_rx-a2080_rx-v2085_rx-a3080_rx-v3085.html
There’s a June firmware update. Wonder if it would change anything.
This is pretty much the performance (even the published ones) of a “stereo” receiver or integrated amp in the 2000s decade except for more power and more channels. So, there has been no real innovation/improvement since then. They have just stopped publishing the numbers of the different sections like they used to.
The High End, Mid-Fi, & Pretend High End
John Atkinson | Sep 9, 2007 | First Published: Nov 9, 1994
If there's a phrase that increasingly gets my dander up, it's "mid-fi." I'm even starting to lose patience with the term "High End."
There are products I've heard audio snobs dismiss as "mid-fi"—Tyll Hertsens' delightful little HeadRoom headphone amplifiers, for example—purely because they're cheap enough to bring them in reach of those who don't have unlimited disposable income.
On the other hand, there are high-priced products—I'll draw a kindly veil over which ones, this not being the appropriate forum to add to their manufacturers' miseries—which audiophiles almost automatically think of as being the epitome of "high-end," yet are poorly engineered, suffer from abysmal quality control, and are sometimes incapable of producing a sound that anyone would find musical.
They fix it because that's what users complain aboutThe usual suspect needing stability improvements is the networking/host software. Not basic hardware features.
I thought so but even ran a frequency response test and it was flat. I am going to double check but hard to imagine there is an EQ for Toslink but not for other digital inputs.
I don't understand that.The unit though was at the verge of shutting down despite me leaving speaker terminals disconnected. If I just dialed up the volume 0.5 to 1 dB, it would shut down.
--- 110 W per channel (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, 0.06% THD, 2-ch driven)
--- 120 W per channel (8 ohms, 1 kHz, 0.9% THD, 2-ch driven)
--- 165 W per channel (8 ohms, 1 kHz, 10% THD, 1-ch driven)
Now I don't get out much, but this is the first time I've seen ratings for 1 channel at 10% THD being used. [I have seen 1 ch being used by AVR manufacturers... but not with 10% ("holy French Connection UK") distortion.]
I don't get it. I'm new to this but my A2080 sounds extremely good paired to my KEF R3's in 2 channel mode (2.2) after YPAO or in Pure Direct running Tidal Hi-Fi or FLAC from the front USB port. Great sound stage, channel separation, imaging.... Excellent vocals and strings. Easily distinguishable between good and mediocre recording quality.. Gotta be at least upper mid-fi. What am I missing? Splain me please.