Yamaha Aventage RX-A8A AV Receiver
$6,699.00
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The A8A is Yamaha’s most innovative model yet.
This AV receiver incorporates cutting-edge components and technology for home cinema unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Lose yourself in room-filling sound and crystal clear picture.
With Surround:AI™ technology that instantaneously analyses scenes by focusing on distinct sound elements such as dialogue, background music, ambient sounds and sound effects, and automatically optimizes the surround effect in real time.
For those without in-ceiling or upward firing speakers in their system, Dolby Atmos with Height Virtualization Technology simulates the Atmos experience with forward facing-drivers. Configure up to five speakers to replicate the effect of two in-ceiling speakers, or utilize all seven channels to simulate the powerful effect of four overhead speakers.
Feel every dimension in Dolby Atmos. Enjoy a 5.1 surround speaker system and two additional overhead speakers or two Dolby Atmos elevation speakers, delivering dramatic overhead effects for truly enveloping audio – including Dolby Surround upmixer for legacy content.
Compatible with wireless rear speakers, combine this AV receiver with the MusicCast 50 or MusicCast 20 wireless streaming speaker and enjoy the amazing convenience of creating a home theatre with wireless surround sound.
What’s more, you get stunningly realistic sound with a clean, clutter-free setup.
Easily turn your current living room into a special entertainment environment where you can fully enjoy movies and music.
**Yamaha Japan has released a firmware update for the RX-A8A AV receiver. Once you apply the update you’ll be able to pass a 4K/120 (up to 24Gbps) or a 8K/60 signal (up to 40Gbps) through the AVR. On top of this, there is now support for HDR10+ and more. See bottom of ‘description’ for instructions.**
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Description
- 11.2 channel powerful surround sound with Zone2/3/4
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and MusicCast multi-room audio
- AURO 3D via FW update
- Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X® with CINEMA DSP HD3
- Surround:AI automatically optimises the surround effect in real time
- HDMI™ 7 in/3 out, 8K/60Hz, 4K/120Hz
- Dedicated gaming function(ALLM,VRR,QMS,QFT) via FW update
- Dual ESS SABRE ES9026PRO Ultra DAC for the ultimate high performance conversion
- YPAO™-R.S.C. with 3D, multi-point measurement and precision EQ
- Voice control with Alexa and Google Assistant devices. *Availability varies by region
- Roon Tested: Yes
Amplifier
- Channel: 11.2
- Rated Output Power (1kHz, 1ch driven): 185 W (8 ohms, 0.9% THD)
- Rated Output Power (20Hz-20kHz, 2ch driven): 150 W (8 ohms, 0.06% THD)
- Maximum Effective Output Power (1kHz, 1ch driven): 220 W (8 ohms, 10% THD)
- High Slew Rate Amplifier: Yes
Surround Sound Processing
- Surround:AI: Yes
- CINEMA DSP: Yes (HD3)
- DSP Programs: 24
- Dialog Level Adjustment: Yes
- Virtual Presence Speaker: Yes
- Virtual Surround Back Speaker: Yes
- Dialogue Lift: Yes
- SILENT CINEMA / Virtual CINEMA DSP: Yes
- Dolby Atmos: Yes
- Dolby Atmos Height Virturalizer: Yes
- Dolby TrueHD: Yes
- Dolby Digital Plus: Yes
- Dolby Surround: Yes
- DTS:X: Yes
- DTS-HD Master Audio: Yes
- Auro 3D: Yes (via firmware update)
Audio Features
- File Format: MP3 / WMA / MPEG-4 AAC, ALAC: up to 96 kHz / 24-bit, FLAC: up to 384 kHz / 24-bit, WAV / AIFF: up to 384 kHz / 32-bit, DSD: up to 11.2 MHz
- Pure Direct: Yes
- Compressed Music Enhancer: Yes
- High-resolution Music Enhancer: Yes
- YPAO Multi-point Measurement: Yes with R.S.C. (Reflected Sound Control) , 3D, 64-bit High Precision EQ Calculation and Angle Measurement
- YPAO Volume: Yes
- Adaptive DRC (Dynamic Range Control): Yes
- Initial Volume & Maximum Volume Setting: Yes
- A.R.T. Wedge: Yes
- Bi-amp Capability: Yes
- Audio Delay: Yes (0-500 ms)
- DA Converter: 384 kHz / 32-bit ESS Hyperstream DAC ES9026PRO x2
Video Features
- HDMI eARC: Yes
- HDMI Audio Return Channel: Yes
- HDMI Pass-through: 8K60AB, 4K120AB (via future update)
- HDMI Up-scaling: Yes, up to 8K (via firmware update)
- HDMI Up-conversion: Yes (Analog to HDMI)
- Dolby Vision: Yes
- HDR 10+: Yes (via firmware update)
- VRR/ALLM/QMS/QFT: Yes (via firmware update)
- Video Adjustment: Yes
Connectivity
- MusicCast Surround: Yes
- HDMI Input/Output: 7 / 3 (HDMI2.1 / HDCP2.3)
- HDMI CEC: Yes
- USB Input: Yes
- Network Port: Yes
- WiFi: Yes (2.4 / 5 GHz)
- AirPlay 2: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes (SBC / AAC)
- Front AV Input: USB
- Digital Audio Input/Output Optical: 3 / 0
- Digital Audio Input/Output Coaxial: 2 / 0
- Analog Audio Input/Output: 6 / 0
- Phono Input: Yes
- XLR Terminal: Yes
- Component Video Input/Output: 1 / 0
- Composite Video Input/Output: 2 / 0
- Preout: 11.2-ch
- Headphone Output: 1
Tuner
- FM/AM Tuner: Yes (Availability varies by region.)
- DAB Tuner: Yes (Availability varies by region.)
User Interface
- On-screen Display: Graphical User Interface
- SCENE: SCENE PLUS (8 sets)
- App Control: Yes (iPhone / iPad / Android phone / tablet)
- Web Browser Control: Yes
- Remote Control Unit: Yes
Zone Control
- Zone 2 Audio Output: Preout / HDMI
- Zone 3 Audio Output: Preout
- Zone 4 Audio Output: HDMI
- Powered Zone: Zone 2 / 3
- Zone Video Output: HDMI
- Zone B Output: HDMI
- Zone GUI: Yes
- RS-232C Interface: N/A
- +12V Trigger Output: 2
- Remote (IR) Input/Output: 1 / 1
- Party Mode: Yes
General
- Standby Power Consumption (IR only): <0.4 W
- Auto Power Standby: Yes
- ECO Mode: Yes
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 435 x 192 x 477 mm
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 435 x 271 x 477 mm (with antenna up)
- Weight: 21.4 kg
Note
If you are running a 4K/120 or 8K/60 capable device with correctly spec’d HDMI cabling and a display that supports the 4K/120+8K/60 formats, you will need to make a change in the AVR settings in order to pass the signal through.
Simply navigate through the AVR menu and select ‘Video/HDMI’.
Then choose ‘HDMI Video Format’.
For the HDMI port(s) that the applicable sources are connected to, ensure the video format is changed to ‘8K Mode’.
