Jazz
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Yamaha has updated this (and identical TSR-700) with firmware a few times since it came out, as well as a board replacement for some 8K issues related mostly to gaming. I got mine new but with the new board from factory ( * in firmware screen confirms updated). I don't game and actually, turned off 8K using the web controls. The web based controls offer many more options to adjust the unit too. It does quite a lot for the money. Yes, Avantage and higher priced models will get you a better DAC and better finish and better LED, etc.
But for the money, it is fine. Especially after all the updates. I think the analog part of the amp is quite good. I run a CD, record player, and (better) DAC used with lossless streaming, into RCA and it is quite fine indeed.
This unit also has all the streaming services out there, Airplay, FM and internet radio, and many other things. Also MusicCast, which seems to always get a bum rap but, actually is fine. The only negative is, shocked, you have to buy Yamaha stuff for it to work. IOW: Just like Sonos, Denon, et al!. MusicCast will do 24/192 and higher (but 24/192 seems to be one over than most humans need, at best!)
I mostly use Airplay, internet radio, CD, and the external DAC (a little better than the internal Texas Instruments which, is not a bad one at all. I run AppleTV Apple Music Atmos to this too and it is incredible.
How they jam it all in to this box for the money is amazing.
Maybe a retest of a totally updated unit is in order? Well, at this point, it might be the last year for the model. But I wanted to put in a good word for its final incarnation. Yamaha has kept up. Actually, the Brits got the latest update when Yamaha updated the BBC to work again after the BBC changed audio formats it streams. Not being a tax paying BBC citizen, I don't know anymore than that.
But for the money, it is fine. Especially after all the updates. I think the analog part of the amp is quite good. I run a CD, record player, and (better) DAC used with lossless streaming, into RCA and it is quite fine indeed.
This unit also has all the streaming services out there, Airplay, FM and internet radio, and many other things. Also MusicCast, which seems to always get a bum rap but, actually is fine. The only negative is, shocked, you have to buy Yamaha stuff for it to work. IOW: Just like Sonos, Denon, et al!. MusicCast will do 24/192 and higher (but 24/192 seems to be one over than most humans need, at best!)
I mostly use Airplay, internet radio, CD, and the external DAC (a little better than the internal Texas Instruments which, is not a bad one at all. I run AppleTV Apple Music Atmos to this too and it is incredible.
How they jam it all in to this box for the money is amazing.
Maybe a retest of a totally updated unit is in order? Well, at this point, it might be the last year for the model. But I wanted to put in a good word for its final incarnation. Yamaha has kept up. Actually, the Brits got the latest update when Yamaha updated the BBC to work again after the BBC changed audio formats it streams. Not being a tax paying BBC citizen, I don't know anymore than that.