Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

The Yamaha RX-V573 is a serviceable 7.1 AV receiver, but with only four HDMI inputs, competing models offer a better value. Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find ...

The Yamaha RX-V2500 receiver is, quite possibly, the most amazing receiver you will find for just over $1000. With a fairly accurate YPAO system and room corrective EQ that doesn't sound half bad.

This budget-priced home theater in a box delivers incredibly rich streaming features, but only mediocre sound. When it comes to the world of music, there’s arguably no company more intimately involved ...

If you’re after a high-resolution audio setup but don’t want to deal with (or pay for) a full 5.1 multichannel speaker setup, you’re in luck. Not only are we seeing more and more hi-fi stereo ...

I'm very pleased with my Harmony 650, in general. It does a great job, mostly, but I'm having some trouble with getting it to properly handle the Zone 2 of my Yamaha RX-V685 receiver. (When I set up ...

A/V receivers generally offer better sound and more flexibility than all-in-one home-theater-in-a-box systems, but require some serious time and effort to get the best possible sound. However, a new ...

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I'm setting up a new home theater I decided to go with AudioEngine 5 as my fronts and a Yamaha HTR-6040 as my receiver.<BR><BR><BR>Audioengine 5:<BR><BR>http ...

Yamaha’s flagship AVENTAGE A/V Receivers now “Work with Sonos” thanks to a free firmware update enabling multi-room audio with Sonos Port. Yamaha isn’t just coasting on name recognition — they’ve ...