Customer Reviews

JVC RXF10S 6.1 Channel Surround Sound A/V Receiver

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You can go to AudioCircles.com, which is an audiophile site, and see thousands of comments on the RX-F10. Most agree that this unit, after a long breakin, beats most multi-thousand dollar receivers. As a matter of fact it beats most separates. I use it for an upstairs bedroom system. My downstairs system is a highly customized high end audio system. Soon, I will move it downstairs and compare it to my modified amp and preamp. Summarizing, I don't that that you find a better bargain. In addition, you can spend thousands and it likely not be as good as the RX-F10, which is outstanding, even when driving complicated loads like a Magnepan, Apogee or an electrostatic.

I heard this at a friend's house, he had them running a pair of Ascend Acoustics CMT-340s and I was VERY impressed especially given the JVC's ridiculously low price point. Sure it's not as warm as some receivers like his Marantz 7400 but the clarity and definition was pretty amazing.

Here's hoping that in a couple of years this digital-direct technology will become more established, right now only JVC and Panasonic seem to have it in the three-digit price range, and they don't include simple standard features like binding posts.

This JVC receiver delivers great performance for not much cash,full rich sound and snappy styling.
Proper set-up is important with this unit ,take your time and read the manual carefully,you'll be rewarded.

I bought this receiver on the advice of some audiophile discussion groups. This receiver is highly sought after in these groups. I am extremely happy with the surround and two channel sound right out of the box. The unit looks great, only runs slightly warm and is easy to use. The NEO6 processing sounds great with older stereo recordings. The only complaint I would have about this receiver would be the spring terminals for the speaker wires. It would have been much nicer to have binding posts or banana jacks. All in all with what I paid for this receiver ($169 on sale at Amazon) I cannot complain. I have since reccomended this receiver to several folks at work.

Hello,

Avoid the JVC RXF10S for music listening (stereo-sound) purposes.

This was supposed to replace my old 50-watt RCA brand theatre receiver and simply drive two Infiniti 100-watt 8ohm wall-mounted speakers - and no subwoofer. My old RCA makes the speakers sound great in this scenario, but it's just a big, black, ugly receiver. I thought this JVC would look nicer.

This JVC is small and somewhat interesting looking, but it makes common tasks very difficult to accomplish, like adjusting bass/treble or switching radio stations. For example: You would think if you press "tuner" and then simply turn the adjacent knob, you could easily adjust the radio station frequency, but NO. The knob does nothing. You have to go and find the remote, and point it close to the receiver, and press up-up-up or down-down-down on the remote repeatedly. It's very annoying.

This JVC slim receiver refuses to sound right, either. In fact, no matter what EQ or bass-boost settings were tried (and it wasn't easy to navigate), bass frequencies became almost non-existent out of my speakers. Hook back up my old RCA and walla! great sound returns to my speakers!

JVC offers no explanation for the missing bass frequencies. Of course, they lazily suggest a subwoofer. "No thanks, JVC. I am not going to buy a subwoofer to accomodate your products design flaws." Besides, my old RCA sounds great without one, and I don't want some subwoofer hogging up floor space in dining-room.
I simply need a slim receiver that can produce decent full-range stereo sound on one pair of full-range 100w 8ohm speakers. This JVC isn't it.