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Costco Members: Yamaha TSR-700 7.1-Channel Network A/V Receiver

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$330

$400

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Yamaha TSR-700 7.1-Channel Network A/V Receiver on sale for $329.99. Shipping is free.

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Note, must login to your Costco account with an active membership.

Key Features:
  • 7.1 channel (with two mono subwoofer outputs)
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Spotify Connect, and Yamaha's MusicCast Multi-Room Capabilities
  • 7 HDMI Inputs & 1 Outputs with HDCP 2.3
  • 4K Ultra HD, HDR10 and Dolby Vision
  • YPAO Reflected Sound Control for Auto-calibrated Sound Tuning

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  • This price matches the previous +146 Frontpage deal for this receiver in November.
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Yamaha TSR-700 7.1-Channel Network A/V Receiver on sale for $329.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member dangerousbri for finding this deal.

Note, must login to your Costco account with an active membership.

Key Features:
  • 7.1 channel (with two mono subwoofer outputs)
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Spotify Connect, and Yamaha's MusicCast Multi-Room Capabilities
  • 7 HDMI Inputs & 1 Outputs with HDCP 2.3
  • 4K Ultra HD, HDR10 and Dolby Vision
  • YPAO Reflected Sound Control for Auto-calibrated Sound Tuning

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
About this deal:
  • This price matches the previous +146 Frontpage deal for this receiver in November.
About this store:

Original Post

Written by dangerousbri

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DadMaster5k
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Sounds like a continuation from Christmas sales.

I picked this up and have been using for about a month. While I have not seen any video issues, I occasionally get a lag of ~10 sec before the audio kicks on when watching specific content. I have experienced a few other things such as specific settings not saving and sound mixing with my center does not always sound perfect. Thick could be blamed in the content though.

Since owning it, I have received 2 firmware updates labeled as 'bug fixes' so at least they are trying to do the right thing.

Sometimes I think this sounds very warm and satisfying... Other times I miss my 11 yr old Onkyo.

Over, my satisfaction is about 7/10.

Is it worth $330? Given what else is out there, yeah. But just keep in mind it may take Yamaha some time to fix what should not have been released as broken.
jetbuyr
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I purchased at my local Costco for the same price back in Nov. The Yamaha AVR runs at least 6-8 hours everyday in our household with no issues whatsoever.

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cimorene
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I hope I don't jinx things, but I've owned this receiver for almost 2 months now with zero issues. With all the negative issues with hdmi arc and 4k etc I thought I was rolling the dice. Nope, it's been running great.

I did buy a few new hdmi cables just in case lol

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Jan 13, 2021
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tchalljr
Jan 13, 2021
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Quote from FancyRoad9713 :
How is this 7.1? the pic of the back shows 2 Sub outputs. Am I missing something?
2 outputs with the same mono signal, so basically like using a Y-splitter.
Jan 13, 2021
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tchalljr
Jan 13, 2021
474 Posts
Quote from mooch91 :
I have the older 7850. This is not reading to be much of an upgrade, correct?
Correct, unless you need HDMI 2.1 features. New front face and display.
Jan 13, 2021
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shoerhino
Jan 13, 2021
198 Posts
Its still unknown if there will be a firmware fix for the HDMI 2.1 issue AFAIK. Yamaha did say that it could fixed via firmware in their initial press release but when asked to confirm, they replied that they did not know what the form of the fix would be.

"We recently reported that new receivers from Denon, Marantz and Yamaha, which claim support for HDMI 2.1, actually have very limited support for this standard and cannot output images in 4K120 and 8K60. Yamaha has advised that it will address this issue.

The company representatives clarified that the issue will affect the RX-V6A, RX-V4A, TSR-700 and TSR-400 receivers. According to Yamaha, at the time of the announcement, the company promised that receivers will receive full support for modern video formats with software updates, and now the updates will also take into account recently identified problems.

Yamaha's decision seems strange, given that the problem of the chips used in the receivers is not in the software, but in the hardware part, and most likely it will not be possible to fix it with updates. After repeated inquiries, Yamaha representatives said that they could not yet say what exactly the solution to this problem would be, but promised that they would certainly solve it."


source:
https://www.hifinext.com/yamaha-p...e-updates/

Second source:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/john...57ef343527

Third source:
https://www.stereonet.co.uk/news/...mi-2.1-bug
Last edited by shoerhino January 12, 2021 at 07:30 PM.
Jan 13, 2021
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SpunkyXL
Jan 13, 2021
175 Posts
I have this as well..still waiting for that 4k 120hz update
Jan 13, 2021
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gh0stleader
Jan 13, 2021
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Anyone have experience w/ this receiver using 4K/120Hz content?

Does this have ARC or eARC?

TIA!
Jan 13, 2021
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Jan 13, 2021
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tchalljr
Jan 13, 2021
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Quote from gh0stleader :
Anyone have experience w/ this receiver using 4K/120Hz content?

Does this have ARC or eARC?

TIA!
It has eARC.

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jd2010
Jan 13, 2021
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Returned mine from October today finally. Won't rebuy until all the bugs are worked out and the hardware swap actually happens. Until then yamaha gonna just continue to lie to you.

The chipset is fundamentally broken, it cannot be fixed via firmware. What's more likely to happen, they recall millions of units for boardswaps at a cost of 9 figures... Or they just sweep it under the rug and make a 2021 model.
Last edited by jd2010 January 12, 2021 at 08:26 PM.
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seahawks55
Jan 13, 2021
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Quote from newtbos :
I tried the new denon and yamaha (higher end than this) and sent them both back for various issues with either poor sound or awful menu/level adjustment restrictions but ultimately the known 4k/120 hardware issue in both. My Yamaha 1900 sounded better than both anyway. I'm running all video to my LG and sending optical out to my Yamaha and its the best solution by far. I lose a few sound modes, but I only have/want 5.1 anyway. Unless you are desperate for a new receiver, I'd highly recommend waiting until the new chipsets are out and the manufacturers have a plan. Denon won't even tell you what they will do for you once the chipsets are out... they wouldn't even promise me that it would be swapped/fixed for no cost nor could they tell me if they would ship a replacement ahead or if i would have to ship and wait. Imagine if its the latter? Thousands of people sending in their receivers and waiting for months with nothing.
Agreed, that's what's kept me from buying one. I'm ready but the receivers aren't
Jan 13, 2021
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shouthouse
Jan 13, 2021
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Quote from FancyRoad9713 :
How is this 7.1? the pic of the back shows 2 Sub outputs. Am I missing something?
It's 7.2. I currently have mine 5.1.2 with atmos.
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brettcp
Jan 13, 2021
402 Posts
Quote from shouthouse :
It's 7.2. I currently have mine 5.1.2 with atmos.
Running mine the same way... 5.1.2 and it's been great.
Jan 13, 2021
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sandiegodude
Jan 13, 2021
18 Posts
Same here. Got the Klipsch reference set @ 5.2.1 from Costco as well and I'm amazed at the surround but still a bit underwhelmed with Atmos upfiring speakers. All in all a B+.
Jan 13, 2021
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olie4u
Jan 13, 2021
102 Posts
I got this on the big sale several months ago, I've had problems playing anything out of my Zone 2 , I haven't looked into it to much as my zone 2 is backyard. Anybody else have issues with this ? With my old Onkyo that bit the dust due to the over heating chip issues I would just hit zone 2 and level and it was playing.

I'm also not totally impressed with most of the settings being on the tiny LCD screen vs HDMI out to the tv, why they don't use a 55+ tv to display features vs the tiny LCD screen is odd, unless I'm missing something.

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AreJays
Jan 13, 2021
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For the price, this is a pretty decent receiver. Mine has no issues, but I'm also not running anything hdmi 2.1 etc. I guess it's worth the price if you really need a new receiver with the promise of fixes to the known issues.

My old onkyo receiver finally gave up the second time even after I re-soldered new capacitors onto the HDMI board about 3 years ago. Since it was 1080p standard, I wanted to upgrade to 4k. This receiver fit the bill because I wanted to experience 4k with atmos before I take a dive into more expensive receivers. Since no other receivers are really out this year that don't have hdmi 2.1 issues (panasonic chip), then this is the cheapest option to have that experience if they do fix the hdmi 2.1 issues.

For $330 it's worth a gamble to see if they fix the issues, or if you aren't running 4k/120hz quite yet.

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