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The Yamaha TSR-7850 AV Receiver is normally priced at $489.99.
There's currently a $110 instant rebate which reduces the price to $379.99.
Discount is valid till 12/29/19.
Item number 1017850.
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Yamaha TSR-7850R 7.2-Channel 4K Atmos DTS A/V Receiver (Refurbished)
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The TSR-7850 model has nicer on screen controls.
The TSR-7850 has a remove that feel more premium and heavy but is less well designed. The RX-V6A remote is better laid out but feels cheap and plasticky.
The new RX-V6A supposedly has issues with passing 4K/120Hz through it. I just send the images to the TV and use eARC to send the sound from the TV to the receiver. Problem solved.
For the TSR-7850 there are two apps you can use to control the device, each doing different things. For the RX-V6A, they tried to combine them into one and the execution is not good. (Either way the phone control of setting is a huge improvement over using the on screen controls. It is nice to make changes without interrupting what you are watching.
I don't feel that the newer version offers anything worth spending more money for.
If you're going to go for atmos / DTS X etc., you really need the four elevated (or at least directed) channels to get good 3D imaging/vectoring of the object-based sound. People & publishers that take the time to do back-to-back room-calibrated tests with good tracks confirm this. Why we are 8 YEARS into Atmos receivers and still so many X.X.2 receivers from the industry? How much does it really cost to move to X.X.4? Just seems like such an unnecessary handicap. DTSX/Atmos provide such a significant enhancement to surround sound, to add all the technology to the receiver but forget about the two extra effect channels to make it really work is just asinine. Thank you marketing departments!
(IMO: If you want to really use atmos/DTSX, wait for a refurb deal <$400 on a 5.2.4 capable unit, instead of dropping almost as much money on a partial-implementation of a great technology!)
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The TSR-7850 model has nicer on screen controls.
The TSR-7850 has a remove that feel more premium and heavy but is less well designed. The RX-V6A remote is better laid out but feels cheap and plasticky.
The new RX-V6A supposedly has issues with passing 4K/120Hz through it. I just send the images to the TV and use eARC to send the sound from the TV to the receiver. Problem solved.
For the TSR-7850 there are two apps you can use to control the device, each doing different things. For the RX-V6A, they tried to combine them into one and the execution is not good. (Either way the phone control of setting is a huge improvement over using the on screen controls. It is nice to make changes without interrupting what you are watching.
I don't feel that the newer version offers anything worth spending more money for.
Other than a small refurbished sticker I wouldn't have known it wasn't new.
My use case is Shield 2017, Xbox One X, Switch, and airplay. HDR and dolby vision work great passing through, and hdmi switching/HDCP is always solid.
Pro tip: I spent waaaay too long figuring out why a nice used svs sub I bought didn't seem to thump when connected. Seems like lots of yamahas have low sub output, which can be resolved by bumping the subwoofer trim setting somewhere between +1-3db. Made all the difference.
If I were buying now, I'd have a tough time deciding. This costs a lot for a refurb receiver, but it's going to be that way through most of this year. So how soon do you need it? Tough call about waiting for a sale on a newer model not knowing if it will come back, and whether you're willing to roll the dice with the new hdmi 2.1 models that are still flakey af waiting on stable firmware that supports the new features.
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I'm with you on this. I would not upgrade to a 2020 model and I would only buy older models if they were cheap, which this is not. If I didn't have an AV I might consider this, but I'd try to pick up a good used one locally first. If there is one thing that people are always selling in vast quantities it's AVs. They are the electronic equivalent of exercise machines.
I think about them whenever I read folks posts about buying a 'Future Proof' receiver.
Keep checking if you are interested in it. Was available last few days along with the Onkyo.
btw, I absolutely loved them while they worked. I'd even try another from Costco if they were still on sale for$330.
I'm with you on this. I would not upgrade to a 2020 model and I would only buy older models if they were cheap, which this is not. If I didn't have an AV I might consider this, but I'd try to pick up a good used one locally first. If there is one thing that people are always selling in vast quantities it's AVs. They are the electronic equivalent of exercise machines.
I'm not worried about the .4 but I do have 3 two channel Carver amps with some old HT speakers that sound great but had an older ONKYO TX-NR801 receiver from back in the day that had full pre-outs but now that everything is wireless/bluetooth/spotify enabled receivers, looking for something more modern. Is it unreasonable to think one could be had for 300-500?
I think about them whenever I read folks posts about buying a 'Future Proof' receiver.
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