Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8172 in Receiver or Amplifier
- Brand: Yamaha
- Model: RX-A2020BL
- Dimensions: 11.75" h x
21.38" w x
22.50" l,
45.20 pounds
Features
- 9-Channel powerful surround sound
- 4K Pass-Through for next-generation super high resolution images
- AV Controller app for operating various functions from an iPod, iPhone, iPad or Android phones
- YPAO R.S.C. (Reflected Sound Control) sound optimization for automatic speaker setup
- 4K/full HD 1080p video upscaling from analog and HDMI input
Yamaha RX-A2020 9.2-Channel Network AVENTAGE AV Receiver
Product Description
9-channels of amplification offer unprecedented flexibility. For superior sound-field envelopment, add Front Presence speakers to a standard 7.2-Inch theater or, for multi-room entertainment, power three independent zones. For higher room tuning accuracy, an improved YPAO calibration microphone is included. Compressed Music Enhancer expands the bit rate of stereo PCM signals to improve the fidelity of standard digital audio formats. Reward yourself with the highest level of video performance available for home theater today with the HQV Vida processor
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By Marty-Z
This is my first Yamaha A/V receiver in over 8 years and I must say Yamaha have practically kocked it out of the park with the RX-A2020.First of all a bit about my setup: I'm running all in-wall/in-ceiling speakers with separate amplifiers - bypassing the amplification of the RX-A2020. The room is a very large 30x40 with 19ft ceilings - quite a bit of space to fill with sound!!! The previous A/V receiver running my setup was an Onkyo TX-NR709.The first thing you'll notice when you pull the RX-A2020 out of the box is its build quality which far exceeds the average A/V receiver in both finish and heft. The second thing you'll notice is Yamaha does not include a paper manual, just a simple quick-start sheet. The manual is on CD-Rom, so if you don't have an optical drive handy, dang Macbook air, you'll have to resort to downloading the manual from the Yamaha website. Downloading the manual is a somewhat tedious endeavor as you must register for an account with Yamaha. But hey who needs the manual - right??? Uh, I did. I'm a tech-savvy early adopter but the RX-A2020 includes so many settings and Yamaha-isims (proprietary Yamaha features) that you will be hard pressed to understand what all the settings do unless you read the manual.That said, you can simply plug in your components, plug in the YPAO Room EQ mic (included with the RX-A2020) set the mic in the sweet spot of your room and hit the auto button and let the RX-A2020 do its thing. The resulting audio and surround processing is nothing short of astonishing!!! Even my wife, who thinks her clock radio from 1996 sounds great, noticed an immediate difference and improvement in the sound quality when viewing movies and television. Compared to the Onkyo the tonal balance is vastly improved and there is much better and pronounced channel separation and seemingly smoother transitions between the channels. An added benefit, as compared to the Onkyo, is the Yamaha runs much, much, cooler in my enclosed custom A/V cabinet. This hopefully will contribute to longevity but time will tell.The iPhone app that Yamaha has developed is very slick and easy to use as long as you have the RX-A2020 connected via etherent cable to your network as there is no wireless built-in. Speaking of the iPhone, the slickest function that I find myself using all the time, despite a Sonos system in the same room, is the Airplay feature. The integration is super-slick as you never have to leave the iTunes interface on your iPhone - even if the RX-A2020 is turned off! Simply select the song you want to play as you normally would when listing to your iPhone/iPod/iPad, hit the funky box with an arrow button next to the volume slider pick the RX-A2020 and boom the RX-A2020 powers on, turns on my separate amplifiers, and fills the room with your selected song. The volume slider and the side volume buttons on your Phone/iPod/iPad control the volume on the RX-A2020.If I were to criticize Yamaha it would be for the on-screen menus which look somewhat lo-res and dated, but once you get things setup you'll really never have to revisit those. I can't comment as to the power of the built in amplification or the remote as I am not using either of those but the surround processing is simply phenomenal!!!Overall, highly recommended!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Adrian Lund
This thing is a beast. The sound is awesome and the app controlled is super nice. I'm standing in my living room (zone 2) with a 15 yr old Bose AM5 speakers hooked up to the receiver in the basement and my daughter comes home from college. In 30 seconds she downloads the app and then I tell her to play her favorite song and hit the AirPlay button. We crank it so loud she is just speechless. For a moment, I was cool again. This is just zone 2. In my HT In the basement that i have been working on since Halloween, the A2020 is the heart and soul. I used 4 Bose bookshelf speakers for the surround and surround back, a Bose center channel, JBL L880 s for Rt and Lt, and a Polk SW505 for powered sub. Also the Yamaha 1020 bluray player and to top it off a Visio 65 led that I bought open box at Costco for 990. This system completely blows me away. I watched The Dark Knight on blue ray and it was better than the theatre ( free beer). I'm not going to tell you I'm an audiophile and I have bought a lot of junk in my life because I was just being cheap but this was money well spent. Also the firmware upgrade via network was a breeze. It will take me a long time to tweak this system but it will be a labor of love. The JBLs are pieces of art and I highly recommend. Instead of using the floor pins that ship with it, I built a entertainment shelf and drilled holes and bolted the speakers to the shelf beside the Visio using 5/16 cap screws with fender washers and jam nuts. It is pretty sweet and it gets them up off the floor away from pets, even with screen to help imaging and they will not budge.I wouldn't go into debt to own this unit but if you are fortunate enough to have the resources to build a system like this, it is a lot of fun. I'm very happy and hope it runs for a long time.Cons: I need to move my pc media files to fat32 drive as it can't access NTFS drives in my computer. Also the 2nd HDMI output is basically a clone of the first. Only the A3020 can direct an alternate video program to the second HDMI output. I did run a 50' mediabridge HDMI cord to an older 720p HDMI tv in my spare room and it looks great. The funniest part is that the subwoofer on the other side of the house provides plenty of bass for watching the show in both rooms! I wonder when my neighbors will say something? Maybe a move to the country is in order.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By hometheaterdudes
I have been a long time fan of denon but it was time for an upgrade. I went back and forth doing a lot of research and finally purchased teh Yamaha RX-A2020 and boy am I glad I did. I have it connected to a PS3. I had a little trouble at first because I did not have my PS3 set up correctly but after googling how to do that so I am now in Heaven. Movies sound and look incredible. I have not figured out everything but so far so good. I have a 7.1 Klipsch Reference Series set up and boy do the speakers sound great. I love it and am thrilled with the purchase.
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