Yamaha HTR-5760 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver

by Yamaha

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• Product Dimensions: 23 x 23 x 13 inches ; 32 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 31 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0001Q2592
• Item model number: HTR5760
• Batteries: 4 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,342 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

For incredible quality and setup flexibility at an amazingly affordable price, it's hard to top Yamaha's high-current HTR-5760 audio/video receiver. With the HTR-5760 you get the convenience of DVD-Audio/SACD-ready eight-channel analog inputs alongside the latest 6.1- and 7.1-channel surround processing, multiroom control, and premium Yamaha sound technologies.

When hooked up with the digital-audio output from a DVD-Video player or digital satellite receiver, the 95-watts-per-channel HTR-5760 handles 5.1-channel surround decoding for both major formats, Dolby Digital and DTS. In addition, the receiver processes Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS Neo:6, and DTS 96/24. The extended-surround formats create even more expansive soundfields through a center-rear surround channel, for which THX suggests using two separate speakers. The result is seven discrete full-range channels in addition to the LFE (low-frequency effects) channel: front left/right, surround left/right, front center channel, and a pair of rear-center channels.

A key benefit from a Yamaha receiver, of course, is Yamaha's proprietary signal processing, including Cinema DSP (digital soundfield processing), which creates aural "imaging" that not only makes your home sound like a theater, but also sounds better than most movie theaters. Based on a wealth of measured data in real studios and halls, Cinema DSP is designed to bring out the full potential of movie sound mixes, reproducing them the way directors and sound engineers intended.

And, when you're listening to multichannel presentations late at night, you'll appreciate Silent Cinema, which simulates 5.1-channel listening through a pair of ordinary 2-channel headphones (not included). Silent Cinema uses unique parameters for each soundfield to ensure accurate headphone representations of each soundfield.

The receiver comes with YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) and a dedicated microphone to help you establish the best possible sound at your primary listening position. The optimizer uses the microphone to "listen" to the sound from the speakers and determine, based on its test-signals, how best to equalize the sound for your room. Corrections include speaker/subwoofer phase relationships, speaker/subwoofer distance measurements (corrects for differences down to 5 cm), frequency response (measures and optimizes each speaker's response using a parametric equalizer), and speaker level (measures and aligns the relative volume levels of all speakers).

Then there's the eight-channel DVD-Audio/SACD-ready inputs mentioned above. Due to anti-piracy measures, DVD-Audio and SACD players perform their own digital-to-analog conversion, passing high-resolution analog signals on to your amplifier. (And analog, after all, is what your amp feeds your speakers.)

DVD-Audio and SACD can each deliver up to six channels of discrete, full-frequency sound at greater-than-CD resolution (in the case of DVD-A, that means 24 bits, 96 kHz sampling rate versus 16 bits, 44.1 kHz for CD). In stereo or surround, the sound from DVD-Audio and SACD is packed with detail, yet smoother and sweeter from than the sound from even the best standard CD players. The HTR-5760 accommodates decoded DVD-A/SACD signals and routes them to the appropriate speakers in your surround system.

The receiver offers five audio/video input connections (all with composite-/S-video, two with component-video), eight fixed and assignable digital-audio inputs (great for DSS, CD, laserdisc, gaming consoles, or minidisc), and front-panel input connections with digital-audio jacks for your camcorder or other spontaneous hookup. The receiver's video circuitry is high-definition ready, too (60 MHz bandwidth), and it will upconvert composite-video to an S-video signal to simplify TV hookup.

Last, but certainly not least, the HTR-5760 benefits from Yamaha's Digital ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) build philosophy. The culmination of the best digital engineering and design possible, it brings together several key elements to create the best-sounding, easiest-to-use A/V components available.

What's in the Box
Receiver, remote control, four AAA batteries, microphone for YPAO, an AM loop antenna, an indoor FM antenna, a warranty card, and a user's manual.

Product Description

Amplification: Discrete 7-Channel amplification for high sound quality 110 Watts x 7 ohms,(8ohms, 1kHz) 95 Watts x 7 (8 ohms, 20Hz to 20kHz) Digital ToP-ART and high current amplification Sound Processing: Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, Dolby Pro Logic IIx and DTS Neo:6 192 kHZ/ 24 bit DAC’s for all channels Night Listening Enchancer YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) Video Connections: S-Video up-Conversion (Composite <-> S-Video) 5 Video inputs and 2 outputs 2 Component video inputs, 1 output (HDTV 720p/1080i compatible) Front panel A/V inputs with digital input Audio Connections: 3 Audio inputs and 1output Digital inputs (4 optical/1 coax), 1 Digital output Subwoofer pre-outs with 9-band selectable crossover 8-Channel input A/B Speaker Selector Other Notable Features: Presence channel speaker terminals New Easy Menu Setup Preset Remote Control

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very affordable, May 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Yamaha HTR-5760 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver (Electronics)

Oh Boy ! Prices have come down on quality receivers. Not only do you get more ... but you pay less than the previous version. This one has everything a picky home theater enthusiast is look for:
1 - 7.1 ch amplification
2 - 7.1 preouts (to connect a robust poweramp)
3 - Dolby ProLogic IIx (don't watch movies without it)
4 - Microphone Calibration (not parametric as the name suggests) ... better than an SPL since this measures spkr delays etc.
5 - Adjustable SUB Crossover (down to 40hz)
5 - Construction and overall quality

For Home Theater and Movies ? 5 STARS (Audio in a movie disc is not audiophile grade, so this receiver is just fine for that)

As an audiophile 2-channel receiver ? 3 STARS (get a external good quality poweramp for this)

Suggestions to Yamaha:
1 - Upgrade firmware to allow receiver to use a specific setting as te default for all signals. For instance, if you have a 7 speaker setup ... you should be able to make the player default to Dolby Prologic IIx for any and all signals.

2 - Remove the TUNER and reduce the cost. If you want to listen to the radio ... use that clock radio ! or go out for a drive in your car.

3 - Give us a lighted remote. Any Home Theater component ought to have a lighted remote. I am sure you know why. Right ?

Overall a very good receiver. Good work Yamaha. Bye Bye overpriced Denon.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why buy Denon?, July 26, 2004

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D. Leas "Audio Guru" (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha HTR-5760 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver (Electronics)

I just purchased this reciever for my apartment and future home, and I can honestly say that noone could ever need anything more than this unless it is for a professional application. With the 7.1 capability, I won't be falling behind in technology anytime in the near future, and the different audio modes really bring the music I love to life. I highly recommend this reciever to anyone (especially college students like myself) who knows they want top sound but doesnt have the g's to spend on a denon or top end RX.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My birthday present - yipee!!, November 23, 2004

By 

linlu (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha HTR-5760 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver (Electronics)

Sound:
I asked for this along with JBL E80s E10s & E150P... We're not audiophiles and we could only really compare the speakers at the local best buy. In the past I have been able to compare Yamaha versus other brands, and I always liked Yamaha's std 2-channel stereo. Our favorite sound field setting is the 7-channel stereo. This receiver when combined with high quality floor speakers (e.g. jbls) has rich warm tones with depth and clarity in 7-channel mode. Even at low volume the depth of the 7-channel (from 2-channel source) sound field is still audible and inviting.

Picture:
The picture quality is better using this receiver between the TV & cable box than when the TV was hooked up directly to the Cable box using the same style of cables. Granted I bought monster cables to hook up the tv/cable box to this receiver. But I still think the receiver enhances the video signal, seems to clean it up.

Why four stars?
When you hook up a DVD player using a digital optical cable, you are shut out of choosing between DTS & Dolby I or Dolby II. Instead the DVD sets the sound field for you. On Dolby discs, as long as you don't fiddle with the choices, it defaults to Dolby Prologic II:Movie, but if you try to choose say Dolby Prologic II:Music, you cannot as long as the DVD player is hooked up with a optical cable -- instead the unit switches to Dolby Prologic I. When we had the audio hooked in using standard RCA style cable (left/right - red/white) we could bounce between all the possible Dolby or DTS modes, but the effects of the back channels weren't as faithfully reproduced. Now with the optical cable, the effects in the back channel are just like a movie theater, however we can't choose between the 3 Dolby Prologic II modes. We can hear the difference between Dolby I & Dolby II - Dolby II is much better.

Another reason for four stars is the unlit remote.

Finally, if you have a Mini disc player and a cassette deck, vcr, dvd player & cable box you will find yourself getting creative in how you hook up the components because only the 3 a/v inputs allow for optical inputs and our cable box must use one of those three in order for the remote to properly operate the cable box (despite the fact our cable box has no digital optical output). I believe we ended up hooking up the cassette deck to the vcr2 input, a kludge. If we ever get a Tivo, something will have to be sacrificed (not hooked up) and it will probably be the cassette deck.