Yamaha HTR-6240BL 525-Watt 5-Channel Home Theater Receiver

5 Responses to Yamaha HTR-6240BL 525-Watt 5-Channel Home Theater Receiver

1. Bobby J. Truong says:

   May 8, 2010 at 12:28 am

   I purchased the Yamaha RX-V465BL 525 along with the Klipsche HD500 for $700 bundle. Let me say that my old $300 Sony mini system sounds way better. I had blindly purchased this bundle without doing some homework or testing at the stores. I don’t really know if its really the receiver or speakers but they’re both worthless.

   First the Yamaha Receiver doesn’t have too many options as far as equilizer (you get just the Treble and Bass). And the 17 different Cinema settings doesn’t sound too great. It sounds muttered.

   Next the Klipsche speaker system…am not too much a fan of it either. The subwoofer makes a thumping bass that is annoying rather than music to the ears. It overwhelms the main music without working with it.

   Definitely am looking for another system.
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. D. Carter says:

   May 8, 2010 at 2:06 am

   I had owned a Yamaha AV receiver (which had to be repaired twice in the three years I owned it before it crashed and burned completely), but–sucker that I am–I decided I had just been unfortunate enough to get a lemon. I would give Yamaha one more shot because I liked the features, at least as they were described in various reviews, CNET,

   And then I sat down and began reading the manual. My first thought was: could this have been written in Japanese, translated into Sanskrit and then into English (with a mechanical google translation)? My second thought was: no, it was written by a 19 year old techno-geek who has nothing but contempt for the readers. In the interest of keeping this within a reasonable limit, I will not go into the specifics. (Is there some reason why they love to talk about AV 6 into AV output four unless you have to sneeze, then use AV4 into AV 7, etc. but refuse to mention in 70 odd pages, words like “Cable/Sat” or “DVD” or “CD”, etc. I’m no AV geek, but I built my first amplifier in the 1960s and I’ve been hooking up stereo and (later) AV equipment since then. This is the worst; the absolute worst I’ve ever read. If you buy it, be prepared for a long winter’s night.

   I finally deciphered it, hooked it up–sound, but no picture. I went through hours trying to figure out what was wrong–decided it must be my flat screen tv, before I borrowed a neighor’s ONKYO unit–hooked it up (in 20 minutes) and found that the tv was fine. Tried to call Yamaha–got put on hold for 35 minutes. Gave up, emailed and (according to the web site), would receive a response in 24-48 hours.

   Four days later I gave up, returned the unit and brought an Onkyo TX-SR507. Manual was clear and concise with excellent illustrations and easily hooked up in 40 minutes. Worked perfectly. Seven days after my email, I received a one-sentence response from Yamaha that didn’t even answer the question I had asked.

   For all you 19 year old techno-geeks and sado-masochists, I strongly recommend this and all Yamaha products.

   Smoky Mountain Carpenter

   Rating: 1 / 5
3. Donald Vining says:

   May 8, 2010 at 3:28 am

   I originally decided to get an AV/R because my current setup, which consists of an inexpensive mixer/console driving a pair of powered studio monitor speakers, lacked a remote control capability and didn’t particularly look very good in my living room. Also I recently added a Panasonic BD player and was very impressed with the audio quality over the HDMI connection to the TV compared to that of my old, pre-HDMI DVD player. So I decided to get a system intended for use with HDMI and which could be used in stereo with an old pair of Boston Acoustic A-100s that I had.

   When the unit arrived it was evident it had been dropped, but I accepted it anyhow. The Styrofoam inside the box was broken but the unit appeared to be undamaged. I hooked up my BD player via HDMI and immediately noticed the resulting TV picture was dramatically lacking in quality when compared to the picture delivered by the BD player when connected directly to the TV via the same HDMI cables. Since no reviewer has commented about that (I sure hope you all have done similar comparisons) I assumed this was the result of the unit actually having been damaged. My next attempt was to connect my PC via the DVI/HDMI cable. That worked, but I was unable to figured out how to get the sound working at the same time with the audio cable from the PC’s Sound Blaster card. This is a good example of how bad the instructions really are and the main reason why I gave it only 3 stars. The final test I made was to connect the Comcast RNG150 STB via HDMI. When I powered it up the STB banner screen displayed, but flashed in sequence to a blinking on the AV/R display. That went on for a few minutes before it died completely so I was unable to compare the picture quality from another HDMI source. Naturally I returned the unit to Amazon for a refund as it apparently would not meet my needs even if it wasn’t damaged. Oh yes, I should say I was also unimpressed by the sound that 105W/channel produced with my A-100s. It wasn’t nearly as good as my 35 year old SAE R6 receiver with only 60W/channel, so I’m sticking with the studio monitor speakers and mixer and taking up aerobics.

   As an aside, personally I think Amazon could do a much better job describing a units capabilities. I’m tired of having to go to the manufacturer’s web site to get specs which can also be quite misleading. They should at least provide a link like Crutchfield does so you can download the manual. In the case of this Yamaha, I don’t think it would have done any good, but still… And if Yamaha would like to see an example of good documentation, they should take a look at the manual for my mixer, a Yamaha MG10/2.
   
   Rating: 3 / 5
4. AFM 1990 says:

   May 8, 2010 at 5:52 am

   This receiver is easy to set-up. It sounds absolutetly great. I hooked up 4 Infinity SM-122′s. At medium-loud sound level (0 dB according to receiver) the receiver got too hot and turned itself off after listening to the music for about an hour. Two speakers isn’t a problem for extended periods. I love yamaha products, but at the sound level I was listening to, it should not be a problem for a receiver if it has a hook-up for 4 speakers. I will buy another Yamaha receiver, but it will be a 7.1 with more power per channel.
   Rating: 1 / 5
5. G. Stanfill says:

   May 8, 2010 at 7:31 am

   The product is a decent low end AV receiver, with one significant flaw. This is that the turn on code is apparently different than the turn off code, so you can’t really use another remote (like FIOS, etc.) to fully control it. A significant annoyance. I was aware of this problem in older units, so I carefully made sure that the remote had only one on/off button, unlike older units. Surprise, this new unit still has the flaw.

   But that pales with the way Yamaha treats their customers. If you want ANY product information, you have to join their “club” and get spammed to death. If you want to register your new product, the same. In other works, their marketing department puts collecting sales leads far, far above taking care of their existing customers. #$^%@*(

   I really regret not buying another brand.
   Rating: 2 / 5