Reading around the forums, this deal pops up once in a while so don't fret if you don't get in on it this time.
This is the first 9.2 I have seen, pardon my ignorance, but I did not know, 9.2 existed. Anyways ... what will you do with $710 gift card??
mrjerseydvd
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 10:53a
I've seen 11.2 in home systems when I installed. Need a big room!
soilderboy
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 11:31a
Some people install a few speakers outdoors for party's. My neighbors are Latino and when they throw parties, the whole block knows it. No pun intended just Latin folks know how to party.
SalamiSincere
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 11:42a
soilderboy said: Newegg has this receiver for $599.99 and comes with a bonus $220 gift card. If you can wait for the GC to arrive, this is a pretty hot deal. Comes out to be around 379.99 free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115376&... Product has really good reviews.
Explain how it comes to $379.99 when you still have to spend $599.99 to get the $220 gift card. That makes no sense.
Kremerica
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 11:56a
Question on this receiver and others in general, I'm not very audio system savvy, so I was wondering about the zones. In my setup, I would like to have a "set" of outdoor speakers, and a "set" of in house speakers in each room with wall switches to control each room independently, and a "set" of speakers for the garage.
Do I need 3 zones to operate each "set" of speakers in my setup independently? For example, if I just wanted to play music in the garage while working on the car, but not outside or in the house. Or if I had people over and wanted to just play music in the backyard but not in the house.
sorry for diversion from the deal talk, but would appreciate knowledgeable input, thanks,
dansfatwallet
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 12:41p
Kremerica said: Question on this receiver and others in general, I'm not very audio system savvy, so I was wondering about the zones. In my setup, I would like to have a "set" of outdoor speakers, and a "set" of in house speakers in each room with wall switches to control each room independently, and a "set" of speakers for the garage.
Do I need 3 zones to operate each "set" of speakers in my setup independently? For example, if I just wanted to play music in the garage while working on the car, but not outside or in the house. Or if I had people over and wanted to just play music in the backyard but not in the house.
sorry for diversion from the deal talk, but would appreciate knowledgeable input, thanks, Yes, you need three zones. And be aware, on most receivers these days, like this one, zones two and three ONLY play analog and network sources. You can't play HDMI sources to zones 2 & 3. I found that out the hard way! So you can generally work around this, but it's not ideal. Higher end receivers can play HDMI to other zones if they're also playing in the main zone. And much higher end ones can actually send the HDMI signal to other zones independently.
dansfatwallet
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 12:45p
SalamiSincere said: soilderboy said: Newegg has this receiver for $599.99 and comes with a bonus $220 gift card. If you can wait for the GC to arrive, this is a pretty hot deal. Comes out to be around 379.99 free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115376&... Product has really good reviews.
Explain how it comes to $379.99 when you still have to spend $599.99 to get the $220 gift card. That makes no sense. This isn't that complicated. You get $220 back to spend at Newegg. Many of us on this forum will most certainly have reason to buy $220 at Newegg in the not so distant future so this is effectively reducing the price by $220. This is a great deal.
soilderboy
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 1:17p
I'm thinking of doing a full 7.2 zone 1 for the parties/games, wow your friends sound. Then a 3.1 on zone 2 for power saver mode.
This receiver hit the stores last June and it's got firmware upgrades so it's a good buy and will be relatively future proof. It initially released w/o Pandora support and they have since added it via a firmware upgrade. The only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger is the power, but more power is not something that will be required by 95% of the people buying this receiver.
If only Amazon price matched....I'm locked in there because of gift certs!
jasmithvr6
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 4:40p
dansfatwallet said: Kremerica said: Question on this receiver and others in general, I'm not very audio system savvy, so I was wondering about the zones. In my setup, I would like to have a "set" of outdoor speakers, and a "set" of in house speakers in each room with wall switches to control each room independently, and a "set" of speakers for the garage.
Do I need 3 zones to operate each "set" of speakers in my setup independently? For example, if I just wanted to play music in the garage while working on the car, but not outside or in the house. Or if I had people over and wanted to just play music in the backyard but not in the house.
sorry for diversion from the deal talk, but would appreciate knowledgeable input, thanks, Yes, you need three zones. And be aware, on most receivers these days, like this one, zones two and three ONLY play analog and network sources. You can't play HDMI sources to zones 2 & 3. I found that out the hard way! So you can generally work around this, but it's not ideal. Higher end receivers can play HDMI to other zones if they're also playing in the main zone. And much higher end ones can actually send the HDMI signal to other zones independently.
What happened to the good 'ole days when receivers would slap on a 2nd set of main terminals to run a "B" channel? While it didn't provide independent zone capability, it was a nice way to setup speakers in another room with the ability to cut off the "A" mains if desired.
Badfishlbc
Wacky Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 5:54p
I ended up getting the HTR7065 from Costco for $480. it's the same as the RX-V773 but without the wifi adapter and I will have the Costco return policy. It was a tough choice...
CRKev
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 7:34p
jasmithvr6 said: dansfatwallet said: Kremerica said: Question on this receiver and others in general, I'm not very audio system savvy, so I was wondering about the zones. In my setup, I would like to have a "set" of outdoor speakers, and a "set" of in house speakers in each room with wall switches to control each room independently, and a "set" of speakers for the garage.
Do I need 3 zones to operate each "set" of speakers in my setup independently? For example, if I just wanted to play music in the garage while working on the car, but not outside or in the house. Or if I had people over and wanted to just play music in the backyard but not in the house.
sorry for diversion from the deal talk, but would appreciate knowledgeable input, thanks, Yes, you need three zones. And be aware, on most receivers these days, like this one, zones two and three ONLY play analog and network sources. You can't play HDMI sources to zones 2 & 3. I found that out the hard way! So you can generally work around this, but it's not ideal. Higher end receivers can play HDMI to other zones if they're also playing in the main zone. And much higher end ones can actually send the HDMI signal to other zones independently.
What happened to the good 'ole days when receivers would slap on a 2nd set of main terminals to run a "B" channel? While it didn't provide independent zone capability, it was a nice way to setup speakers in another room with the ability to cut off the "A" mains if desired.
I use this receiver to setup systems all the time. You can play 5.1 in the main zone and 2 channels in zone 2. Utilize a speaker switch with volume controls in each room and you can have 2 sources running at the same time. The only drawback is that all speakers on zone 2 have to play the same thing.
This receiver also has AirPlay, so you can turn on the receiver with the Yamaha app (wired network connection required) and set the input to AirPlay and you can then stream your iDevice music through it. Get AppleTV and then you can clone you screen on the TV with the supported device.
With B speakers, you can't play 5.1 in the main room typically.
Kev
dansfatwallet
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 9:07p
Badfishlbc said: I ended up getting the HTR7065 from Costco for $480. it's the same as the RX-V773 but without the wifi adapter and I will have the Costco return policy. It was a tough choice... I've heard about this and called a couple of Costcos in the Boston area. None had this receiver. One had a much lower end one. Without question that's a smokin' deal. Where'd you get it?
SalamiSincere
Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 10:33p
dansfatwallet said: SalamiSincere said: soilderboy said: Newegg has this receiver for $599.99 and comes with a bonus $220 gift card. If you can wait for the GC to arrive, this is a pretty hot deal. Comes out to be around 379.99 free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115376&... Product has really good reviews.
Explain how it comes to $379.99 when you still have to spend $599.99 to get the $220 gift card. That makes no sense. This isn't that complicated. You get $220 back to spend at Newegg. Many of us on this forum will most certainly have reason to buy $220 at Newegg in the not so distant future so this is effectively reducing the price by $220. This is a great deal.
That doesn't make any sense. You're still spending $599.99 to get the $220 gift card.
SalamiSincere said: dansfatwallet said: SalamiSincere said: soilderboy said: Newegg has this receiver for $599.99 and comes with a bonus $220 gift card. If you can wait for the GC to arrive, this is a pretty hot deal. Comes out to be around 379.99 free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115376&... Product has really good reviews.
Explain how it comes to $379.99 when you still have to spend $599.99 to get the $220 gift card. That makes no sense. This isn't that complicated. You get $220 back to spend at Newegg. Many of us on this forum will most certainly have reason to buy $220 at Newegg in the not so distant future so this is effectively reducing the price by $220. This is a great deal.
That doesn't make any sense. You're still spending $599.99 to get the $220 gift card.
Oh my, the quality of K12 istruction in the US has really gone down
Badfishlbc
Wacky Member
posted: Jan. 6, 2013 @ 11:04p
dansfatwallet said: Badfishlbc said: I end up getting the HTR7065 from Costco for $480. it's the same as the RX-V773 but without the wifi adapter and I will have the Costco return policy. It was a tough choice... I've heard about this and called a couple of Costcos in the Boston area. None had this receiver. One had a much lower end one. Without question that's a smokin' deal. Where'd you get it?
I got it in Southern California. I've seen it at multiple Costco locations, there's a whole stack of them at the store in Manhattan Beach and they have several of the HTR-4065 as well but forgot the price.
FYI - I have the older version (RXV671) that was offered as an Amazon lightning deal before christmans. The controller app for the yamahas that runs on Android and iPAD/Tpuch/Phone is really nice an allows you to easily control zones 1 and 2, including volume, from your smartphone/device. Granted it is audio only and only supports the analog sources, however, its great if you want to run music to pool/yard etc.
rbhoj
Frivolous Member
posted: Jan. 7, 2013 @ 9:46a
dansfatwallet said: Badfishlbc said: I ended up getting the HTR7065 from Costco for $480. it's the same as the RX-V773 but without the wifi adapter and I will have the Costco return policy. It was a tough choice... I've heard about this and called a couple of Costcos in the Boston area. None had this receiver. One had a much lower end one. Without question that's a smokin' deal. Where'd you get it?
I would go with Costco... I try not to buy expensive items online because of the return policies... paying return shipping for defective items doesn't make much sense... the merchant should at least pay half.
jaimelobo
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Jan. 7, 2013 @ 9:47a
CRKev said: jasmithvr6 said: dansfatwallet said: Kremerica said: Question on this receiver and others in general, I'm not very audio system savvy, so I was wondering about the zones. In my setup, I would like to have a "set" of outdoor speakers, and a "set" of in house speakers in each room with wall switches to control each room independently, and a "set" of speakers for the garage.
Do I need 3 zones to operate each "set" of speakers in my setup independently? For example, if I just wanted to play music in the garage while working on the car, but not outside or in the house. Or if I had people over and wanted to just play music in the backyard but not in the house.
sorry for diversion from the deal talk, but would appreciate knowledgeable input, thanks,Yes, you need three zones. And be aware, on most receivers these days, like this one, zones two and three ONLY play analog and network sources. You can't play HDMI sources to zones 2 & 3. I found that out the hard way! So you can generally work around this, but it's not ideal. Higher end receivers can play HDMI to other zones if they're also playing in the main zone. And much higher end ones can actually send the HDMI signal to other zones independently.What happened to the good 'ole days when receivers would slap on a 2nd set of main terminals to run a "B" channel? While it didn't provide independent zone capability, it was a nice way to setup speakers in another room with the ability to cut off the "A" mains if desired.I use this receiver to setup systems all the time. You can play 5.1 in the main zone and 2 channels in zone 2. Utilize a speaker switch with volume controls in each room and you can have 2 sources running at the same time. The only drawback is that all speakers on zone 2 have to play the same thing.
This receiver also has AirPlay, so you can turn on the receiver with the Yamaha app (wired network connection required) and set the input to AirPlay and you can then stream your iDevice music through it. Get AppleTV and then you can clone you screen on the TV with the supported device.
With B speakers, you can't play 5.1 in the main room typically.
KevI understand the purpose of multizone speaker connections, but what I am not sure about with multi-zone receivers is; can the audio out (or monitor out) be utilized at same time? i.e., could I have a 5.1 setup in the room with the TV, the zone B connected to stereo speaker in another room, AND use the line out to feed a separate amp/receiver driving my outdoor speakers (front porch/back pool area)?
Don't really care about sending the HDMI source, just talking about feeding music out to all the speakers.
Stranger2
Addicted Member
posted: Jan. 7, 2013 @ 10:00a
rbhoj said: I would go with Costco... I try not to buy expensive items online because of the return policies... paying return shipping for defective items doesn't make much sense... the merchant should at least pay half.
Well, someone did argue that the store won't pay for your time nor gas cost to return defective item either. Just that USUALLY when people buy from stores, it tend to be more convenient. However, that said, if you drove an hour and picked up a TV/Receiver/anything else and it turns out to be defective, you will probably grumble and take it back to get it exchanged or refunded and probably will NEVER ask for your time/gas cost refunded by the store.
hudsonmike13
New Member
posted: Jan. 7, 2013 @ 10:17a
is the gift card offer dead? (can't seem to find it)
Badfishlbc
Wacky Member
posted: Jan. 7, 2013 @ 12:19p
hudsonmike13 said: is the gift card offer dead? (can't seem to find it)
It's dead. I'm sure it will come back as it has before. If you can't wait and don't want to deal with a gift card and get a slightly better receiver with a little more power and an extra HDMI output, check your Costco for the HTR-7065.
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