Yamaha RX-A4A Aventage 7.1-Channel AV Receiver w/ MusicCast $900 + Free Shipping

kingchicken

Oct 22, 2023 9:41 PM

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Best deal at the moment. Still waiting for Adorama to bring back Yamaha receiver deals (they had A4A at $800 and A6A at a good price too). Thank you.

newtbos

Oct 22, 2023 11:51 PM

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I demoed this and the previous model and ended up staying with my older Yamaha, buying a harmony hub, running hdmi directly to my tv for my 4k inputs and just using earc. My take on modern receivers is that the only need for one is if you are running atmos. There were no selling points for me… the streaming music integration is easier from my phone and the sound quality was lower than my existing unit. Heck, I'd even recommend going with an older Yamaha or HK to anyone thats looking to upgrade and won't be doing atmos.

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madsci1016

Oct 23, 2023 1:12 AM

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madsci1016Oct 23, 2023 1:12 AM

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This is the price i got my A2080 for back in 2019. Dang thats held it's value, Maybe i'll upgrade to an A6A if it ever hits $900 too.

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tardo

Oct 23, 2023 3:00 AM

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tardoOct 23, 2023 3:00 AM

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Quote from kingchicken

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Best deal at the moment. Still waiting for Adorama to bring back Yamaha receiver deals (they had A4A at $800 and A6A at a good price too). Thank you.

Any idea when this will happen? Seen a lot of Denon deals from them lately.

aperez4501

Oct 23, 2023 3:12 AM

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aperez4501Oct 23, 2023 3:12 AM

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Quote from newtbos

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I demoed this and the previous model and ended up staying with my older Yamaha, buying a harmony hub, running hdmi directly to my tv for my 4k inputs and just using earc. My take on modern receivers is that the only need for one is if you are running atmos. There were no selling points for me… the streaming music integration is easier from my phone and the sound quality was lower than my existing unit. Heck, I'd even recommend going with an older Yamaha or HK to anyone thats looking to upgrade and won't be doing atmos.

Which model do you currently have?

huja

Oct 23, 2023 3:15 AM

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hujaOct 23, 2023 3:15 AM

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Quote from newtbos

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I demoed this and the previous model and ended up staying with my older Yamaha, buying a harmony hub, running hdmi directly to my tv for my 4k inputs and just using earc. My take on modern receivers is that the only need for one is if you are running atmos. There were no selling points for me… the streaming music integration is easier from my phone and the sound quality was lower than my existing unit. Heck, I'd even recommend going with an older Yamaha or HK to anyone thats looking to upgrade and won't be doing atmos.

Can you run the Harmony hub entirely off the phone app?

newtbos

Oct 23, 2023 3:17 AM

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which model do you currently have?

rx-v1900

newtbos

Oct 23, 2023 3:22 AM

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Can you run the Harmony hub entirely off the phone app?

I've never really tried. You can certainly execute tasks like "watch tv" or "listen to music" but I'm not sure how easy individual things like changing channels would be to do all the time

newtbos

Oct 23, 2023 3:38 AM

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I've never really tried. You can certainly execute tasks like "watch tv" or "listen to music" but I'm not sure how easy individual things like changing channels would be to do all the time

It's worth noting that harmony hub is EOL. Harmony itself is done. I was surprised by it, but I think Logitech saw the writing on the wall. TVs are providing just about all the remaining benefits that AVRs. An AVR will certainly save you from running a lot of HDMI to your TV, and if you own a number of 4k @120 sources, a TV to support everything may be $$$$ BUT, if you can direct your AVR $ into your TV, that seems like a better solution to me?? Time will tell and I imagine there are people here and esp on AV forums that would call me dumb for some (probably valid) reason, but it certainly works for me and I dont have any quality compromises in my setup and it works very smoothly.

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BrightMitten362

Oct 23, 2023 4:27 AM

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Quote from tardo

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Any idea when this will happen? Seen a lot of Denon deals from them lately.

I am waiting for A6A, but Adorama cleared their inventory and not sure if they will get anymore

mhester1

Oct 23, 2023 12:35 PM

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mhester1Oct 23, 2023 12:35 PM

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$879 on Amazon

Doubledealer

Oct 23, 2023 12:44 PM

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Quote from newtbos

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I've never really tried. You can certainly execute tasks like "watch tv" or "listen to music" but I'm not sure how easy individual things like changing channels would be to do all the time

I use Yamaha MusicCast and it works very well to control everything through the mobile app. I used to have harmony before but I sold that along with my old theater setup. I was researching on the options for a replacement as Logitech stopped making that. MusicCast is a good alternative to use over phone.

huja

Oct 23, 2023 2:45 PM

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hujaOct 23, 2023 2:45 PM

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Quote from newtbos

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It's worth noting that harmony hub is EOL. Harmony itself is done. I was surprised by it, but I think Logitech saw the writing on the wall. TVs are providing just about all the remaining benefits that AVRs. An AVR will certainly save you from running a lot of HDMI to your TV, and if you own a number of 4k @120 sources, a TV to support everything may be $$$$ BUT, if you can direct your AVR $ into your TV, that seems like a better solution to me?? Time will tell and I imagine there are people here and esp on AV forums that would call me dumb for some (probably valid) reason, but it certainly works for me and I dont have any quality compromises in my setup and it works very smoothly.

All I need the Harmony to do is to be able to turn on a 20 year old A/V receiver located in the basement while I'm on the first floor. I moving into a house with built-in wired speakers in four rooms and wanted to be able to drive and control the system spending as little money as possible while using gear I already have.

Second2nd

Oct 23, 2023 10:01 PM

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$879 on Amazon

Damn, I looked 2 hrs ago and it was 879. Just went back to it and it's gone.

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For those that bought this, Yamaha has a 5-yeaar extended warranty program available for free.

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