Yamaha RX-A1010 Pro Reviews

There’s so much to love about the RX-A1010, including its build quality, audiophile prowess, and wonderful iDevice app—but it’s not without its issues. Its lack of third-party licensing (THX and Audyssey) may be bothersome to some, although sonically speaking, I can’t fault it for that, as the Yamaha is second to none I’ve heard in its price class. Its video processing abilities don’t quite meet the standard of some other $1,000-and-up AVRs, and its somewhat unfriendly GUI falls victim to this same criticism. In the end, spending a bit more to step up to Yamaha’s RX-A2010 (a $1,600 model that I’d bet sounds as good or better and uses the respected HQV video processor) or the recently tested Onkyo TX-NR1009 ($1,399), or even going with the Pioneer Elite VSX-52 ($900), may get you a best-of-all-world’s solution. But the RX-A1010’s biggest sins are entirely in the analog video arena, and it passes HDMI digital video to its HDMI outputs with no sign of egregious signal clipping, so for most users this represents a small nit to pick. If you don’t plan on using the receiver’s component video inputs to scale signals to 1080p HDMI, on the strength of its sonics alone, the RX-A1010 is a great choice for audiophiles seeking superb sound quality on a moderate budget.

Yamaha has once again put forth a solid offering in the highly competitive $1k price category with their new RX-A1010 AVENTAGE A/V receiver. The performance and feature set of the RX-A1010 should make Yamaha and its owners proud of this middle child A/V receiver. Over the last couple of years, Yamaha has been paying close attention to reviewer and customer feedback on their receivers as evident by the improved sound and build quality that birthed the AVENTAGE lineup. Take time to set this baby up the right way, feed it a good speaker system, and you will enjoy the fruits of your labor. Don’t doubt for a minute that you can’t have a good two-channel and multi-channel experience with the RX-A1010 because I found it to be quite a musical receiver too. At this price point you have a lot of options from competitor products but the Yamaha RX-A1010 should be at the top of the list for your consideration.

The Yamaha will make your movies sound massive and your music sound lush