http://www.soundwaveshifi.com High Quality Sound Equipment For Home Theater Systems Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:07:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the July issue of Home Theater Magazine you’ll find a great review of Yamaha’s RX-V863 A/V Receiver. The reviewer says that Yamaha is “making receivers easy. Well, easier”. He goes on to say that Yamaha is doing their best to make a full featured AV Receiver comprehensible and accessible ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/09/02/rx-v863-review/ Yamaha introduces the highest quality Blu-ray Disc Player. The new BD-S2900 offers industry-leading HD and virtual multimedia capabilities such as 1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI, 12-bit Deep Color, HD audio bitstream output, BONUSVIEW functions, including Picture-in-Picture, plus a comprehensive array of key custom installation features. BONUSVIEW Functions • Profile 1.0 Version 1.1 compatibility • Secondary Video/Audio for enhanced commentary ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/22/yamaha-introduces-the-highest-quality-blu-ray-disc-player/ One box speaker systems look similar. Most are called Soundbars but we also have a few models called Sound Projectors. What is the difference? Soundbars are designed to replicate virtual surround sound. Typically, they use up to 6 different drivers, permanently positioned at different angles to fire sound into the ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/21/sound-bar-or-projector/ YSP-4000 Review On June 1st, Audio Video Revolution presented another amazing review of Yamaha’s YSP-4000 flagship Digital Sound Projector. You can read  the entire review by clicking here. The reviewer takes us through the initial set-up (commenting on the great microphone stand and wondering why other manufacturers don’t do that), a number ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/20/ysp-4000-review/ Yamaha is very pleased to announce the latest in their line of Digital Sound Projectors. The brand new YSP-3050BL offers great new features, such as 1080p-compabible HDMI, analog video to HDMI digital video upconversion, XM Satellite Radio Ready, iPod compatibility and a wide variety of beam settings, including My Surround ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/10/new-ysp-3050bl/ Zone Sources What can they play?   The Yamaha receivers can all play different sources in another Zone starting with the RX-V563, but what sources can be played back? The easiest answer is that all sources can be played in a 2nd or 3rd Zone. Listen to AM, FM, XM, Sirius, an ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/08/608/ Pure Direct It's all about the music. The shorter the signal path, the better the music. Pure Direct is about as short a signal path as you can get. Pure Direct mode shuts down all unneccesary processing to give you the purest most accurate audio signal possible. Pure Direct can now be ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/04/pure-direct/ What is one thing that sets the RX-V3800 apart from the rest? Network capabilities. With an ethernet connection on the back and a USB port on the front, this receiver will be the center of your media world. Take a USB key, load it up with WMA, MP3 and WAV ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/08/01/center-of-your-world/ RX-V3800 Differences The RX-V1800 is a fantastic receiver but there are a few key differences that make the RX-V3800 really stand out. A Graphic User Interface makes controlling the 3800 a breeze with a color pictoral display instead of just text on a black background. You can hook up the RX-V3800 ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/07/30/rx-v3800-differences/ Some of you have already noticed Yamaha’s newly designed low profile subwoofer, the YST-FSW050. This subwoofer is so much more than just a new shape. It uses several of Yamaha’s latest technologies to offer a beautiful, low profile subwoofer with fantastic performance to boot. It employs the new Active YST ... http://www.soundwaveshifi.com/2008/07/28/there-is-a-subthing-under-the-bed/