Yamaha RX-V681BL 7.2-Channel MusicCast AV Receiver with Bluetooth

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Product Specifications

Music Cast Wireless Multiroom Audio
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Airplay and Spotify Connect, Pandora, Rhapsody, SiriusXM Internet radio and vTuner
Dolby Atmos and DTS:X surround sound processing (5.1.2-ch)
YPAO Reflected Sound Control (R.S.C.) sound optimization
Phono input

Product Description

Style:Receiver Only For audio purists, take advantage of the phono input on the back panel. Share all your content throughout the house with Music Cast wireless whole home audio or for convenient access to your favorite music, wirelessly pair with Bluetooth on smartphones and tablets. Utilize the Wi-Fi connection to enjoy music streaming services and high-resolution audio files. This 7.2-channel network AV receiver features Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object based surround sound and is paired with the latest in 4K Ultra HD video technologies.

Product Reviews

I’m 90% satisfied.

This unit is OK. It has a jillion features, many I’ll never use. I could list all the features I use that work as expected but, you’re interested in surpises not detailed in the manufacturer’s specs.This unit is designed to link video equipment and output their associated audio. It’s not designed for serious or even dedicated music listening. The unit offers a number of pre-configured sound-modifying selections, each adding fixed amounts of reverb along with slight fixed tonal adjustments to enhance your movie viewing or gaming experience. When you play music, if you’re happy with whatever sound comes out, you’ll be satisfied with this model. But if you’re the type that tweaks controls to get the best sound out of each recording, then you might be in for disappointment. I was very surprised to discover (especially from a company known for music) to find only bass, treble and sub-woofer tonal adjustments. The controls offer only (+-)6 db of adjustment and are accessible only through menus. My old, free Winamp app included a 10 channel equalizer with (+-)12 db adjustment, with choice of visualizers to boot. Yamaha devoted a lot of hardware and firmware to decoders, special spatial effects and multi-room networking but left out the most important audio adjustments.As advertised, this unit does have internet radio capability. But you cannot listen to a streaming source by entering its url. You can listen only to stations offered through vTuner.com. And the manual adds, “This service may be discontinued without notice.” The list of available stations are poorly organized, a pain to browse and some have location restrictions. If Yamaha discontinues its arrangement with vTuner.com, will they provide a firmware update to allow direct entry of url’s?

Great receive, love it and price is

Great receive , love it and price is reasonable

Yamaha Quality!

Very nice ATMOS unit. Even clearer the my vaulted v765.

A ton of options

Love this thing. Yuge improvement over my previous surround sound. The only draw back was having to teach everyone how to use it

Five Stars

EXCELLENT price, EXCELLENT features = one EXCELLENT receiver. The smartphone app, again EXCELLENT!!!

Love it!

Upgraded from an older Yamaha receiver for my theatre room, and the HDMI inputs make this purchase well worth it. Fixed my whole house audio as well.

I lost the ability to play sacd discs thru the …

I lost the ability to play sacd discs thru the multi channel speaker hook up - its not there anymore. Boo Ho I wish I had known?

Fantastic receiver, very easy to set up and the …

Fantastic receiver, very easy to set up and the music cast app is very intuitive . Sound quality is typical Yamaha excellence

Five Stars

Excellent

The receiver seems to be high enough quality in terms …

The receiver seems to be high enough quality in terms of amplification.However the Bluetooth and air play features seem to drop connection often( evey hour or so)

HDMI inputs failed after 2 months

Had high hopes for this after using Onkyo receivers for over a decade. Worked well for a couple months before all the HDMI inputs failed.

Down the drain

I purchased a piece of equipment from you for over $370 dollars that was used less than 8 times total because it’s in my family room that gets used by my kids and because I’m at…

think twice

disappointing. underpowered. ponderous programming/equalization. doesn’t sound as good as my 20 year old pioneer (which has replaced this as my primary along with a device known…