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Manufacturer: Yamaha Part number: RX-V671BL
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- Bottom Line:
- The Yamaha RX-V671 sounds excellent and supports several high-quality streaming-music services, but it lacks built-in AirPlay support.
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CNET editors' review
Yamaha RX-V671 price range: $449.88 - $549.95
- Reviewed by: Matthew Moskovciak and Steve Guttenberg
- Edited by: John Falcone
- Reviewed on: 07/27/2011
- Released on: 05/25/2011
The good: The Yamaha RX-V671 has excellent sound quality and six HDMI inputs, including a handy front-panel input. It has a solid collection of built-in streaming-music apps including Pandora, Rhapsody, and Sirius XM. And while the user interface isn't great compared with other home theater components, it's one of the best available on AV receivers.
The bad: There's no built-in AirPlay support. Also, the similar Onkyo TX-NR609 costs about $100 less, although it doesn't sound quite as good. No Wi-Fi dongle is available, either, although there are plenty of solid workarounds.
The bottom line: The Yamaha RX-V671 sounds excellent and supports several high-quality streaming-music services, but it lacks built-in AirPlay support.
User reviews
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Best in it's class - Zero problems
by IMStaton on April 16, 2012
Pros: + Nice looking design
+ On screen menus are good
+ Network connection worked perfect
+ Great sound quality
+ HD video is excellent
+ Lots of HDMI inputsCons: - It doesnt support Airplay
- Remote is complicated and has way too many buttonsSummary: Like other reviewers, I looked at similar Onkyo, Denon and other AVRs and the number of negative reviews of those products, along with the positive reviews of the Yamaha RX-V671 ...
Summary: Like other reviewers, I looked at similar Onkyo, Denon and other AVRs and the number of negative reviews of those products, along with the positive reviews of the Yamaha RX-V671 drove me to buy this one - and I'm sure glad I did. With the price occaisionally dipping below five hundred, I'd say it's a real bargain, price/performance wise.
You'll notice that with the competitors in this price range there are too many complaints about difficult setup, difficult configuration, software problems, need for constant updating, heating, etc. The RX-V671 has none of those issues. I haven't even bothered to update the firmware and the unit works great, right out of the box!
True, it doesnt support Airplay, as is, but CNET made too much of this missing feature - Apple users are not the majority, yet. Otherwise, it should have beat the Denon 1912 in their 2011 ratings, and CNET almost admits this.
Clearly, on-screen graphic menuing is the wave of the future and Yahama is the leader. Today's HT setup can be complex and tedious, dealing with all the different standards for audio and video and all the possible tweaks and configurations. Before the Yamaha, I was behind, technically, with an old pro-logic setup receiver and had to spend some time reading and getting up to date on all audio and video standards and features. Even if you are an expert, you still have to apply that knowledge to set up a new HT system and the Yamaha makes that part much easier.
The intiutive, on-screen menuing makes configuration and on-the-fly adjustments relatively quick and easy. There's always room for improvement in menuing and I can't say it's perfect, but it's far better than anything currently in this price category. One reviewer wished that adjustments per port and input/output sources were grouped together, adjustable all in one place. I agree, but I'm whining because it takes a bit more menu surfing than it should. Keep in mind, whatever configuration annoyance the RX-V671 has, the competition is far worse!
For those who don't want to slog through the manual, I suggest you locate the following buttons on the remote: Onscreen, Option and Display. These three will open the onscreen menus and displays for all the adjustments and configurations. The Info button will tell you the current configuration from the front panel if your TV isn't on.
That said, the YPAO does a great job of automatically setting up the speaker adjustments and you really don't have to do much configuring. Set your BD player to bitstream HDMI output and the Yamaha will adjust accordingly. Once you are settled watching video, you'll probably like to try repeat pressing these buttons: Movie, Music, Sur. Decode, Straight and Pure Direct to see what you like of the various sound settings. That's it!
I've had the unit about 10 weeks and and have explored over half the features and probably will stop there, that's all I need, and it's probably all most HT users will care about using.
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Hope my review is helpful.17 out of 17 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The best in its class
by ZedZed123 on August 2, 2011
Pros: The best GUI period! Excellent inputs, Ethernet, DLNA, AV Control App.
Cons: None so far.
Summary: This is one of the worst Cnet reviews I have ever read. They over emphasise the need for Air Play, mention Apple about 12 times and do not even mention ...
Summary: This is one of the worst Cnet reviews I have ever read. They over emphasise the need for Air Play, mention Apple about 12 times and do not even mention the fact that you can download the Yamaha AV Control widget for Google Android. Compare this Amp with the likes of the Pioneer SC-LX83 which has like for like features compared with the RXV671 but at four times the price and is considered "High End" while the Yamaha is considered Mid-Range? Not to mention the competition products have an Atari 2600 style GUI. I really can't believe this reviewer, Apple, Apple, Apple. This is without a doubt one of the best value amps around. If you can get better features for the same money in another brand please post and let me know.
13 out of 15 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Stop pushing Apple!!!!
by Ironman166 on July 29, 2011
Pros: Great unit. was all of the reviewers would stop pushing Apple Ipod Ipad and IOS software. There are very good choices out there to buy other than Apple.
Cons: None great receiver
Summary: Great Unit! Stop pushing Apple!!!!!!
Summary: Great Unit! Stop pushing Apple!!!!!!
9 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Got this for my girlfriend and it is simply excellent!
by Merc300kls on November 9, 2011
Pros: It's a Yamaha... the best.
Cons: None, unless you are an Apple freak.
Summary: Best little receiver for the money, period. Question here is how can they ding it because it doesn't use Apple. That's just gay. Who cares? Newsflash- not everyone ...
Summary: Best little receiver for the money, period. Question here is how can they ding it because it doesn't use Apple. That's just gay. Who cares? Newsflash- not everyone is in the Apple sheep herd and it has NOTHING to do with the audio performance which is the whole point.
If you want a great AV receiver for $500 you can simply not go wrong.8 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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buy the previous model,the RX-V667
by sofast1 on July 29, 2011
Pros: excellent sound,great GUI
Cons: no pre-outs,only 1 sub out,limits any improvement in sound. Without these, it's an AVR,can't be used as a pre/pro later.
Summary: Who cares about Airplay? I'd rather have an AVR that can function as a pre/pro, so I can expand the system without replacing the AVR. The 667 is ...
Summary: Who cares about Airplay? I'd rather have an AVR that can function as a pre/pro, so I can expand the system without replacing the AVR. The 667 is better and costs $150 less now. Airplay??? pass, rather have the pre-outs and sub outs. Rather spend my money on amps and subs than Steve Jobs.
If you want a mid-priced AVR to build a nice home theater around this is it! However,like most AVRs in this range,the amps are rated with only TWO channels driven. Using this AVR(and most others) in 5.1 or 7.1 will deliver more like 50 watts per channel. This could limit your speaker selection,especially when you have upgrade fever. To move up to some serious speakers will require serious power,meaning adding external high current amps. When(or if) you're ready to go to the next level, you'll have to leave the RX-V671 behind. You'll have to replace it with a more expensive AVR(with pre-outs) or a Pre/Pro. On the other hand,the RX-V667 will take you to that level and beyond, and cost you $150 less! Why pay more for planned obsolescence?
Updated on Jul 30, 20116 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great mid-ine reciever!
by kfessler1 on December 6, 2011
Pros: Great sound, power and plenty of inputs.
Cons: None that would affect me.
Summary: This reviewer is has to be smoking something. I listened to this Yamaha and the denon side by side, in the same room with the same speakers and the Yammy ...
Summary: This reviewer is has to be smoking something. I listened to this Yamaha and the denon side by side, in the same room with the same speakers and the Yammy blew the Denon away! Much more punch and greater detail than the Denon. Im not saying that the Denon was bad, but it was much more of a flat sound (yes, I made sure that the settings were the same on both, too) than the yamaha.
You can't go wrong with either, but the Yammy has better sound to me. And all this hype with the Apple Airplay garbage...is just that, garbage. Who needs that stuff anyway? If you want to listen to tunes on your iPad, iPod, iPid, iPud or whatever, put some earbuds in and listen to it that way. Good quality recievers deserve good quality music, so dont shove crappy 128kbs music into it!3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Amazing sound
by suzieqtk on August 28, 2011
Pros: Sound it just amazing . The massive change in sounds are controllable now which was the only issue I had with my last Yamaha (HTR 5250)
Cons: a little more confusing to understand but I suspect that's sign of technology advancement that I'm just not versed in
Summary: What an amazing movie sound. I heard many other systems. nothing sounds like a Yamaha. But of course my JBL studio series speakers may have something to do with the ...
Summary: What an amazing movie sound. I heard many other systems. nothing sounds like a Yamaha. But of course my JBL studio series speakers may have something to do with the comparison. However, awesome and noticeable differences compared to my last Yamaha with was already amazing. Yamaha may not have Airplay but who cares. More than half of the people I know said they never heard of it or wouldn't buy a 'receiver' based on that reason. I agree.
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Awesome Stereo
by jdlmon3 on July 29, 2011
Pros: Great sound, Dolby digital 5.1 HD and DTS master HD. Up to 7.1
Cons: Does not display the Dolby or DTS logo on the screen when watching a blu ray movie.
Summary: Excellent Receiver. Amazing what 17 year old speakers can sound like when on a receiver like this.
Summary: Excellent Receiver. Amazing what 17 year old speakers can sound like when on a receiver like this.
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Big review miss!!!
by SMR21 on January 18, 2012
Pros: Great sound quality and features at a mid-level pricing.
Cons: Does not support Spotify... yet. (a possible firmware upgrade?)
Summary: The quality of this receiver has been noted by c|net and most user reviews, so I won't reiterate. But there is a huge oversight which makes me wonder ...
Summary: The quality of this receiver has been noted by c|net and most user reviews, so I won't reiterate. But there is a huge oversight which makes me wonder if these products are really tested as thoroughly as they should be. If you're going to rant about how the RX-V671 does not support Airplay, then you should at the very least take time to mention its close alternative. This receiver CAN play streamed music from your iPhone (and I would imagine any newer iOS or Android device) over your network (LAN). It won't stream any of your apps like Spotify or Pandora, but WILL flawlessly play all of the music stored on your device via the Yamaha A/V controller app. I use it everyday and it works the same as an iPod. If you want to see for yourself, just go download the app (If you don't own the receiver you can still enter a "demo mode" that allows you to explore these features). Once in the app you'll notice two musical notes with a wi-fi logo in the upper right corner next to the the word "Main". Tap the logo and it will take you into your iPhone or similar device. Hit the list button (five horizontal lines) in the upper right corner and it will allow you to select any music or playlist stored on your device. So in reality the only major app you may be forced to live without is Spotify (since the RX-V671 has Pandora built in).
One other nice feature that the Yamaha has is separate speaker terminal sets for the surround back and zone 2 speakers. This allows you to utilize a 7.1 surround system that drops to 5.1 when zone 2 is activated. Other receivers, like Denon, have only one set of selectable speaker terminals making you choose between having 7.1 or a second zone (unless you want to rewire every time you'd like to switch from one to the other).1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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great sounds from this little beaut.
by super01mario on September 14, 2011
Pros: If you want a fantastic soundstage with great depth of perception and steering you will not be dissappointed with this little beaut.This sets the scene and invites you in to its atmosphere that it creates , not bad for an amp that sounds as though it shou
Cons: No integrated wireless streaming functionality
Summary: A very talented amp that pushes all the right buttons from the off.If your looking for more sound for your pound this IS IT.
Summary: A very talented amp that pushes all the right buttons from the off.If your looking for more sound for your pound this IS IT.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Yamaha
- Part number: RX-V671BL
- Description: The RX-V671 AV receiver adds networking capabilities for countless hours of Internet music streaming enjoyment along with iPhone AV controller App compatibility. Featuring HD Audio decoding, 1080p-compatible HDMI with 3D and Audio Return Channel, front panel USB input, on-screen GUI, Cinema DSP 3D surround without front presence speakers, yAired / iPod/iPhone and Bluetooth compatibility, YPAO, SCENE buttons, plus much, much more.
General
- Product type Home Theater Network Receiver
- Dimensions (WxDxH) 17.1 in x 14.3 in x 6.4 in
- Color Black
Audio
- Surround System Class 7.1 channel
- Amplifier Output Details 125 Watt,
8 Ohm - THD 0.9 % - 7 channel(s) ( Surround ) - Sound Output Mode Surround Sound
- Audio D/A Converter 24bit / 192kHz
- Built-in Decoders Dolby TrueHD,
Dolby Digital Plus,
DTS-HD Master Audio,
Dolby Pro Logic IIx,
DTS-HD High Resolution - Surround Sound Effects SILENT CINEMA DSP,
Virtual CINEMA DSP - Digital Sound Processor (DSP) Yes
- DSP Preset Qty 17
- Response Bandwidth 20 - 20000 Hz
- Signal-To-Noise Ratio 100 dB
- Output Power (Total) 630 Watt
- Additional Features 3D ready technology,
iPod and iPhone compatible,
DLNA technology,
YPAO automatic system calibration Networking & Digital Media
- Connectivity Ethernet ,
Bluetooth ready, adapter sold separately - Internet Streaming Services Napster,
Rhapsody,
Pandora,
Sirius internet radio - DLNA Yes
- Network audio standards AAC,
WMA,
WAV,
FLAC,
MP3 - USB features USB flash drive playback
- USB audio standards WAV,
MP3,
WMA Tuner
- Tuner Type Radio tuner - AM/FM - Digital
- Total Harmonic Distortion 0.09%
- Additional Features Sirius satellite radio ready
Equalizer
- Equalizer type Built-in
Inputs & Outputs
- HD connectors HDMI connection(s) on this receiver make it a great choice for your High-Def home theater. One cable carries digital audio and video data directly to your display.
- Connections 1xHeadphones-Front,
1xHDMI input(19 pin HDMI Type A)-Front,
1xComposite video/audio input(RCA phono x 3)-Front,
5xHDMI input(19 pin HDMI Type A)-Rear,
1xHDMI output(19 pin HDMI Type A)-Rear,
2xComponent video input(RCA phono x 3)-Rear,
1xComponent video output(RCA phono x 3)-Rear,
2xSPDIF input(RCA phono)-Rear,
2xSPDIF input-Rear,
2xComposite video input(RCA phono)-Rear,
2xComposite video/audio input(RCA phono x 3)-Rear,
1xComposite video/audio output(RCA phono x 3)-Rear,
2xAudio line-in(RCA phono x 2)-Rear,
1xMonitor output(RCA phono)-Rear,
1xSubwoofer output(RCA phono)-Rear,
7xSpeakers output(Banana/spade x 2)-Rear,
1xUSB(4 pin USB Type A)-Front,
2xSpeakers output(Click-fit x 2)-Rear,
1xEthernet(RJ-45)-Rear,
1xAudio line-out(RCA phono x 2)-Rear,
1xAudio line-out (multi zone)(RCA phono x 2)-Rear - Headphone Jack Yes
- Coaxial Digital Input Yes
- Optical Digital Input Yes
Signal Processing
- HDMI Switching Yes
- Upscaling via HDMI Up to 1080p
- Video Conversion/Scaling Analog to HDMI up conversion
- DVD/Bul-ray upscaling Yes
- HDMI features 3D pass-through
Accessories
- Type of remote control Universal remote control - Infrared
- Included accessories [Jul 2, 2008 from CDS: Miscellaneous] FM antenna,
AM antenna,
Universal remote control,
Optimizer microphone Miscellaneous
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
Power
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 2 year warranty
Manufacturer info
- Manufacturer profile
- Browse Yamaha products on Shopper.com
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- Manufacturer:Yamaha
- Address:
6600 Orangethorpe Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90620 - Phone: 714/522-9000
- Email: infostation@yamaha.com
