Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater The Yamaha RX-V1500 (basically the new 1400)

The phrase brings another phrase to mind: "lift... and separate..."

It's the Wonder Center!

Two things - the 750 has the video upconversion. It doesn't make your s-video look any better, but it certainly eases the convenience factor, requiring only one connection to the tv from the receiver. It's not like a line doubler on an HDTV that will give you 720p upconversion.

About the "dialogue lift" feature. This is not done with equalization or other acoustical magic tricks. Rather, Yamaha is a proponent of "presence" speakers, which are placed above and behind the front speakers, giving the front soundstage more depth and more airiness. I tried it for a bit, but found the speakers were ugly to look at and that it muddied the sound, rather than making the soundfield more dense. Dialogue lift is done by placing some of the dialogue normally contained in the front soundstage and actually "lifting" it up into the presence speakers. Then, the dialouge actually comes from a point higher in the front soundfield. I don't know if I fully understand why you'd want to do this, but, go figure... It's not, though, a DSP that makes the center channel louder, or produces a "bump" in the voice frequencies.

so I'm assuming from that post that you have not noticed any degradation in video quality with your 750 Capn? That's good news, I've been looking seriously at this option because it would greatly facilitate the audio/video switching in my setup.

Yes, real80sman, I have a H/K 630. I do like it. But I'm selling it primarily because it's the only receiver I've even owned or listened to my Axioms on...so I want to experiment. Try something different. I currently have it up for auction on Ebay, but if anyone is interested in purchasing it send me PM and I can close out the auction.

Yes...this is the beginning of a sickness I feel. I plan on starting a hobby or receiver swapping. I think the Yamaha will be next endevor...if only for that fact that "I just want to". Which is a very hard thing for wives to understand sometimes.

Sid - no degradation in video during switching at all. It definitely makes life easier as far as hookups from the receiver to the tv goes - one connection, and voila!

That's great news. I was concerned that it would cause problems, but good to hear it doesn't.

I'll pitch in my vote for upconversion. It is definitely a key feature to look for in a new receiver, YMMV.

I have the RX-V2200; it does not have upconversion. I sure wish it did, specifically upconversion to component. It sure reduces the hassle with multiple video sources.

Joe

No diggity...

I have my cd player's video input (composite), my vcr's video input (composite), the cable's S-video and teh DVD player's component all going into the receiver. Out come three cables, all neatly tucked behind the TV. It especially helps b/c my wife never has to wory about what "video" selection the TV has to be on. It is the same for everything.