You should set your crossover at 80hz to let your sub handle all the low bass sound and give you a balanced sound overall. Setting the crossover at 100hz will make your sub overpower the rest of the equipment which will result in an imbalanced sound. Also, you should always set the crossover setting on the AV receiver. On the sub, dial the crossover knob to max. Also, set all your speakers to Small. This receiver is entry-level and doesn’t have all that power to drive a Large setting. What this setting means is that the AV receiver will try to direct more power to the front speakers, more power that it essentially doesnt have to begin with. Setting it to Large will result in an imbalanced sound to the surround speakers.
Hey Don, i just picked up the Yamaha RX-V685 7.2 , should i still select small on the speakers configuration? I am running a 3 channel setup with Polk s55,s and a Klipsch - Reference Series Quad 3-1/2" 400-Watt Passive 2-Way Center-Channel Speaker.
My sub is crankin at far lower level than 80. This receivers pretty damn good for the price. Ive got my external chromecast just plugged into the hdmi. Good review, good video
If you are you using a sub alway set the speakers to small even if you are using towers. It changes the sound. Now you can play at very high volume . Set the av crossover to the speakers rolls off . Thanks for the quick review
So, I have this AV receiver and one thing that is confusing and confounding me, when I set the receiver to 'surround' rather than 'bi-amp' I cannot hear the speakers that are connected to the surround terminals. The only way I can hear anything out of those speakers is if the amp 'config' is set to bi-amp, but then I lose any control over the surround speakers. Even if I set to 'surround' and go into the Level menu and change the levels for the surround, still get no sound out of them. Is there some other setting I need to make in this AV receiver? It's really annoying me immensely!!
Thanks for the review. This unit can also output to bluetooth headphones and speakers simultaneously. Have you tried this? If yes, is there any lag between the speakers and headphones? I'm looking for a solution where one person prefers headphones and the other prefers speakers while watching the same movie. But if there is lag it's annoying for the one wearing headphones. Thanks!
I'm new to home audio receivers. Does this have a stereo mode that will prevent the center channel speaker and rear surround speakers from playing while I have my turntable playing? For example, I'd like to have all 5 speakers on for TV/movies but for when i want to listen to my vinyls, I'd like to just have the sound run through left and right speaker only? Is that an option? Thanks
My personal opinion the device is realy great. But be careful with the autostanby option. It elicits some paranoid feelings after the reciever goes turned off without your command. Also make sure nothing is influencing your device from outside as, for example, the moronic neighbour with the IR or BT remote control in his sweaty hands. Sound impressions - even better than with the predecessor- YAMAHA rx-v463 model. Settings usability is great! Especially through the HDMI out port. Manual reference support is more than enough to set it up and find information on every tiny button and hidden LED on the front panel. Just click the link and download the manual corresponded. There is one thing I whant to figure out - the min AC voltage the receiver is able to work at. It has the linear power supply with the big transormer and it shouldn't realy work with the voltage less than 200 Volts. Active PFC is not suplemented for the audio devices as the pulse control causes a lot of sound distortion and noise. And I curious what voltage range is viable for the normal device operation. One more detail has impressed me - the sound quality from the USB source when I began listening to some mp3 (from my collection). Sound I heard was clean and ringy, full of details and subdetails with the deap bass. I had much less MP3 sound quality with my old aforementioned receiver.
Wow, only 279 usd for amazing sound and clear like this. I have harman HKTS11 and denon avr. I wasnt lucky, not yet 1 year the subwoofer become sound weird like breeetttt breeeettt, repaire free and wait almost 1 month. But again now after few years happened again. Dont know why
Wow! Nice sound i just got this reciever on acoustimass 5 series v. I just got sound after 2days of battling with connection. The other issue I have now is connecting to the Bluetooth. Pls can u do more videos on this reciever on how to connect and set up to get quality sound thanx
Still have the 2008 version of this that I bought for my then 6 and 4 year old kids playroom. Recently pulled it out of storage to see if it still worked and am amazed by how well it sounds and the features for such an inexpensive receiver.
Hi sir, hope you are doing well. I have a questions. Can I hook a yamaha ns-8390 and yamaha ns-p51 to this receiver? Can I hook a speakers with not same impedance? TIA.
Yes. I have a NAD hifi amp and use the phone stage of a Technics as it has a pre out. You can buy a stand alone phono pre amp. Enjoy, nothing is impossible
Hi, how does the av receiver perform in terms sound distortion, I'm planning to buy one, will i be able to put speakers that's rated at 120w max? for example these speakers: TAV-506 v.2
Hello do you know where to buy the center speaker, bass, and the 4 other sorround speakers? This doesnt have any package online that includes the speakers for some reason
I doubt it. I bought it from a home theatre installer. He told me a story that matched up to what I saw in person. Old couple bought 2 receivers for their large house, the remotes had a number on them marking the unit it went to.
For the information share sake I've put your video into my IPTV stream. I hope you don't mind, for your video I liked the most. You may check it here: 78.26.164.4/list/USA_Radio.m3u
I love these straight to the point videos. I have one just like it with two double 15-inch they pound your chest with the Yamaha receiver.
You should set your crossover at 80hz to let your sub handle all the low bass sound and give you a balanced sound overall. Setting the crossover at 100hz will make your sub overpower the rest of the equipment which will result in an imbalanced sound. Also, you should always set the crossover setting on the AV receiver. On the sub, dial the crossover knob to max.
Also, set all your speakers to Small. This receiver is entry-level and doesn’t have all that power to drive a Large setting. What this setting means is that the AV receiver will try to direct more power to the front speakers, more power that it essentially doesnt have to begin with. Setting it to Large will result in an imbalanced sound to the surround speakers.
Hey Don, i just picked up the Yamaha RX-V685 7.2 , should i still select small on the speakers configuration? I am running a 3 channel setup with Polk s55,s and a Klipsch - Reference Series Quad 3-1/2" 400-Watt Passive 2-Way Center-Channel Speaker.
@@blockparty50 if you don’t have a sub, you should set all your speakers to Large.
@@KhaledTheSaudiHawkII Thanks for the response Don! I actually do have one, so i assume i that case i would set it to small?
@@blockparty50 yes. Set them all to Small and set the crossover on the receiver to 80hz.
@@KhaledTheSaudiHawkII Got ya! Are there any other custom setting changes i should make during initial setup to have a better overall experience, etc?
My sub is crankin at far lower level than 80. This receivers pretty damn good for the price. Ive got my external chromecast just plugged into the hdmi. Good review, good video
If you are you using a sub alway set the speakers to small even if you are using towers. It changes the sound. Now you can play at very high volume . Set the av crossover to the speakers rolls off . Thanks for the quick review
The subtitles during the sound test were great
I live in hope , last time, I checked nil stock. Should be good for about 33 watts per channel allowing 65% efficiency for class AB amplifier .
Thank you for your time and review!
So, I have this AV receiver and one thing that is confusing and confounding me, when I set the receiver to 'surround' rather than 'bi-amp' I cannot hear the speakers that are connected to the surround terminals. The only way I can hear anything out of those speakers is if the amp 'config' is set to bi-amp, but then I lose any control over the surround speakers.
Even if I set to 'surround' and go into the Level menu and change the levels for the surround, still get no sound out of them.
Is there some other setting I need to make in this AV receiver? It's really annoying me immensely!!
Thanks for the review. This unit can also output to bluetooth headphones and speakers simultaneously. Have you tried this? If yes, is there any lag between the speakers and headphones? I'm looking for a solution where one person prefers headphones and the other prefers speakers while watching the same movie. But if there is lag it's annoying for the one wearing headphones. Thanks!
Nice review I was in need of a 7.1 but I'm getting this one today!
I'm new to home audio receivers. Does this have a stereo mode that will prevent the center channel speaker and rear surround speakers from playing while I have my turntable playing? For example, I'd like to have all 5 speakers on for TV/movies but for when i want to listen to my vinyls, I'd like to just have the sound run through left and right speaker only? Is that an option? Thanks
Yes it does.
@@Gamerment Awesome! Thanks so much for replying!
My personal opinion the device is realy great. But be careful with the autostanby option. It elicits some paranoid feelings after the reciever goes turned off without your command.
Also make sure nothing is influencing your device from outside as, for example, the moronic neighbour with the IR or BT remote control in his sweaty hands.
Sound impressions - even better than with the predecessor- YAMAHA rx-v463 model. Settings usability is great! Especially through the HDMI out port.
Manual reference support is more than enough to set it up and find information on every tiny button and hidden LED on the front panel. Just click the link and download the manual corresponded.
There is one thing I whant to figure out - the min AC voltage the receiver is able to work at. It has the linear power supply with the big transormer and it shouldn't realy work with the voltage less than 200 Volts. Active PFC is not suplemented for the audio devices as the pulse control causes a lot of sound distortion and noise. And I curious what voltage range is viable for the normal device operation.
One more detail has impressed me - the sound quality from the USB source when I began listening to some mp3 (from my collection). Sound I heard was clean and ringy, full of details and subdetails with the deap bass. I had much less MP3 sound quality with my old aforementioned receiver.
Hola se malogro mi home theater Panasonic de 1000w las parlantes si funcionan , le puedo colocar mis parlantes Panasonic a un receiver Yamaha? Gracias
Wow, only 279 usd for amazing sound and clear like this. I have harman HKTS11 and denon avr. I wasnt lucky, not yet 1 year the subwoofer become sound weird like breeetttt breeeettt, repaire free and wait almost 1 month. But again now after few years happened again. Dont know why
Wow! Nice sound i just got this reciever on acoustimass 5 series v. I just got sound after 2days of battling with connection. The other issue I have now is connecting to the Bluetooth. Pls can u do more videos on this reciever on how to connect and set up to get quality sound thanx
Still have the 2008 version of this that I bought for my then 6 and 4 year old kids playroom. Recently pulled it out of storage to see if it still worked and am amazed by how well it sounds and the features for such an inexpensive receiver.
A lot of recievers these days dont have USB port on the front either - that was one of the reasons I bought my V385 (and the low price)
Hi, are we able to play music by inserting the usb drive ?
Also, are thr bass treble functions available on system it remote ?
The USB port can also be used to update the av
Thanks Gamer! really helped. How do you update the firmware?
can you help with bluetooth ?? it searches but can't find anything ,,I have wi fi
Hi sir, hope you are doing well. I have a questions. Can I hook a yamaha ns-8390 and yamaha ns-p51 to this receiver? Can I hook a speakers with not same impedance? TIA.
Finally, a decent review!
How do I connect to do Karaoke?
Thank you!
pls help me my amplifier same to you
not working my center jack only tv for center speaker not sound trip?pls answer me thankyou
One of the speakers isn’t making sound someone help the cable is connected and all but it still won’t make a sound
I stepped away from the video at 16:…something and thought he smashed the receiver 🤣😂🤣😂
Is can play hi res audio, 24 bit/48khz?
I'm putting one of my CDs in and you know what happens nothing plays
Could you connect an external phono preamp and play a turntable?
Yes. I have a NAD hifi amp and use the phone stage of a Technics as it has a pre out. You can buy a stand alone phono pre amp.
Enjoy, nothing is impossible
Hi, how does the av receiver perform in terms sound distortion, I'm planning to buy one, will i be able to put speakers that's rated at 120w max?
for example these speakers: TAV-506 v.2
Should be fine with that setup.
Always go by RMS rating and not whatever the claimed max power
I really wish it was still $279. Everyone has it for $399 now. Same receiver same brand just more $$$......
$299 at Best Buy
Yamaha rx-v385 or marantz nr1509?
My only priority is the sound quality.
1509 for sure.
You can turn the Volume Up while listening to the Test Tone at: 12:57
Nice unit! How easy is to bluetooth from your phone? Ty
Super simple to pair it via bluetooth.
@@Gamerment thanks
Hello do you know where to buy the center speaker, bass, and the 4 other sorround speakers? This doesnt have any package online that includes the speakers for some reason
If in america best buy has a complete package for $479.
@@Gamerment i wanna buy yamaha yht 1840 with complete package but it doesnt have any bluetooth🤣💔
Start with Goodwill. Then yard sales, FB Marketplace, Nextdoor, and Amazon.
Just buy some speakers you like and pair them with the receiver
Do you have to purchase the speakers separately?
Yep
Damn that sucks. No wonder why my brother paid so much. Thanks for your quick response!!
it's a 145W per channel.
How is this receiver compared to the sony str dh590.
Much better, yamaha always sounds better than sony in my opinion. also the sony uses clamp terminals, whack
An openbox one is 179$, even better deal.
Support hdmi 2.0 or 2.1 cables for next generation consoles?
2.0a 18gbps
@@ascap2854 it supports eArc with a firmware upgrade.
Hello, could you please share your tower models and the subwoofer? Thanks!
The fronts are Onkyo SKF-4800. The sub is BIC America F12. The towers are hard to find.
@@Gamerment please what do You think about The sound with 2 towers Polk T50? The Main use si for Music
@Gamerment I have the onkyo skf 4800 too. I worked at circuit city back in 2001 and they were considered the best passive, value speakers.
Nice but no wifi
Picked up one of these from a guy for $140. Deal of the century
is it hot
bigfish101 he obviously doesn’t care if it’s stolen...
I doubt it. I bought it from a home theatre installer. He told me a story that matched up to what I saw in person. Old couple bought 2 receivers for their large house, the remotes had a number on them marking the unit it went to.
Tyler Watthanaphand that makes sense!
How can i avail these unit?
How about for karaoke? Is it applicable?
It would depend on how your karaoke mic hooks up.
I have one just like you and I have the speakers that are called GMI
How'd you get the reciever menu on the tv?
Option on the remote under mute. 5:53. Also 8:40.
You have to hook the HDMI Out on the receiver to your TV.
good job thank you
can this drive passive subwoofer?
I would use a powered sub.
i_need_to_go_poo lol. Subscribed!
For the information share sake I've put your video into my IPTV stream. I hope you don't mind, for your video I liked the most. You may check it here: 78.26.164.4/list/USA_Radio.m3u