| Brand | Yamaha |
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| Manufacturer | Yamaha |
| Place of Business | Toronto, ON M1S 3R1, CA |
| Model Name | RX-V4A |
| Tuner Technology | Internet Radio |
| Special features | Music Streaming, Built, Built In Wi Fi |
| Mounting Hardware | Receiver, Remote |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Speaker surround sound channel configuration | 5.2 Channel |
| Speaker connectivity | Wi-Fi, HDMI |
| Output Wattage | 80 Watts |
| Batteries included | Yes |
| Batteries Required | No |
| Battery Cell Composition | Alkaline |
| Connector Type | Wireless, Bluetooth, USB, Ethernet |
| Does it contain liquid? | No |
| Includes rechargable battery | No |
| Includes Remote | Yes |
| Manufacturer | Yamaha |
| Parcel Dimensions | 53 x 46 x 26 cm; 8.8 kg |
| ASIN | B08G8Y8PMS |
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Enter the world of home theatre with the RX-V4A 5.2-channel with MusicCast
Bring the cinema home. This 5.2-channel AV receiver creates a powerful and advanced home theatre experience with the latest in video processing, including future support for 4K/120Hz and the latest HDMI standards, along with Dolby Vision, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, wireless streaming, and more.
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HDR10+HDR10+ signals not only dynamic range (the ratio of light to dark) of video content on a scene-by-scene basis, it also provides the scene characteristics between light and dark to maintain important detail for a more realistic viewing experience. *Available via a future update. |
Enhanced Gaming FunctionalityEnhance your favorite games with features that include: Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Quick Media Switching (QMS), and Quick Frame Transport (QFT). *Available via a future update. |
4K Ultra HD, 8K UpgradableGet future-ready with this 8K AV receiver with 4 HDMI inputs, 4K/120AB, 8K/60B, and support for the latest HDMI standards via a future update. |
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Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and AirPlay 2Use Wi-Fi for MusicCast multi-room audio, Bluetooth to stream in or out to headphones, and AirPlay 2 to stream from iOS devices to your receiver. |
Speak UpJust say the word and it's yours. Intuitively control a single MusicCast product or an entire whole-home system with ease using Alexa or Google Assistant voice control devices and hear your home come alive. |
YPAO Room CalibrationYPAO (Yamaha Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer) analyzes the room acoustics, then precisely adjusts audio to provide the best sound for your room. |
Wireless Rear Speakers
With MusicCast Surround you can combine this AV receiver with the MusicCast 50 or MusicCast 20 wireless streaming speaker and enjoy the amazing convenience of creating a home theater with wireless surround sound. What’s more, you get a 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.
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| Channels | 7.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Rated Output Power | 100W (6 ohms, 0.06% THD) | 80W (6 ohms, 0.06% THD) | 70W (8 ohms, 0.09% THD) |
| HDMI in/out | 7/1 | 4/1 | 4/1 |
| Dolby Atmos /DTS:X | ✓ | ||
| YPAO | R.S.C./Multi-point | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice Control | Alexa, Google Assistant | Alexa, Google Assistant | |
| Wireless Rear Speakers | ✓ | ✓ | |
| eARC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zone Control | Zone 2 | Zone B | |
| Phono | ✓ |
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| Sold by | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | ELECTRONIQUE HI-FI INC |
| number of channels | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| connectivity tech | Wireless, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB | Wireless, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB | Bluetooth | HDMI, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HDMI | — |
| control method | application | application | remote, voice | application | — | remote |
| controller type | Voice Control | Amazon Alexa | Amazon Alexa | Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant | Google Assistant | — |
| supported services | TIDAL, Spotify, Deezer | TIDAL, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer | TIDAL, Pandora, Spotify | Spotify Connect, Amazon Music, Internet Radio, Tidal, Deezer | Spotify | Spotify |
| HDMI ports | 5 | 8 | — | 8 | — | — |
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Amazing functionality!!!
Purchased this for my dad as a gift and he loves it. It is hooked up in our garage and is used to control our outdoor speakers. The ability to connect to the amp via WiFi/airplay, Bluetooth is great as it allows us to move around while having the music going. TV connectivity is also straight forward.Yes, it is expensive, but it is a Yamaha. The quality and ease of use is second to none. Would definitely grab.
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Purchased this for my dad as a gift and he loves it. It is hooked up in our garage and is used to control our outdoor speakers. The ability to connect to the amp via WiFi/airplay, Bluetooth is great as it allows us to move around while having the music going. TV connectivity is also straight forward.
Yes, it is expensive, but it is a Yamaha. The quality and ease of use is second to none. Would definitely grab.
Yes, it is expensive, but it is a Yamaha. The quality and ease of use is second to none. Would definitely grab.
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Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2023
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Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2021
Only draw back to buying this now is firmware updates. Many of the features I listed earlier are not available at the time of writing this review. The latest firmware is version 1.31 which included "stability improvements for HDMI ARC", and there are a bunch of updates coming over the next few months. Yamaha promises this receiver (and it's 7.1 brother the RX-V6A) will have most of these features in place by the end of the summer, but being a software developer I'd say more likely by end of year. Someone on an audio forum posted a schedule for these releases which Yamaha shared with them, which I'll include here:
Here's the proposed Firmware update schedule as of some time in December 2020
4K120A - Firmware update April-June 2021
VRR(Variable Refresh Rate) - Firmware update March 2021
ALLM(Auto Low Latency Mode) - Firmware update April 2021
QMS(Quick Media Switching) - Firmware update April 2021
HDR10+(Dynamic HDR) - Firmware update April 2021
QFT(Quick Frame Transport) - Firmware update April 2021
8K60B & 4K120B - Firmware update September 2021
Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization – Firmware update April 2021
So my setup is an LG C9 OLED with an Xbox Series X and PS5, which means this receiver is made for someone like me. The LG C9 supports 120hz (for 120fps gaming via HDMI 2.1) and things like Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) on the Series X. Unfortunately, until the firmware is updated I will not have access to these things... unless I do the same ARC work around I was using on the older 4k/60hz Pioneer before this switch. Mildly disappointing, but I knew this going into my purchase.
Sound wise, the receiver is very good, I played back some 5.1 album mixes from bands like Pink Floyd and this receiver really pulls the best out of my speakers, the sound field sounds large and has some height to it which was lacking on my last receiver... much more nuanced overall. 3D sound placement is pretty much spot on! Games sound amazing and pull you into the action, movies are the same deal... great surround sound and versatile enough to get what works for you out of it.
The receiver's interface and menus can be a little bit slow at times, and switching between devices can take a few seconds but it's all laid out decently well, once you get the hang of the features it's all pretty easy to deal with. The display on the receiver is a good size and displays large text when altering anything via the remote. It's default view is also easy to read and looks good. The receiver also looks very nice and modern.
Overall I'm happy with this purchase and look forward to Yamaha getting this thing updated to the promised specs. Not sure you can get a better receiver with these (potential) specs for the price... so it's the way to go if you have a similar setup. Due to the missing features at launch I'd remove half a star and give it 4.5/5 if I could, but if Yamaha delivers what they say they will via updates, and I believe they will... this will easily be a 5/5 product.
TL;DR If you want a 5.1 receiver with modern/future forward specs and don't want to blow the bank, this is the one to buy!
Update May 2021 - I think it's worth noting that Yamaha has not released any of the promised deeper firmware updates yet, I'm dropping my review down to a 4 at this point, pretty disappointing overall.
Update December 2021 - So after many months version 1.48 of the firmware was released a few weeks ago and seems to have stabilized things a bit, as well as added a few of the features from that main list to the receiver. The biggest news is that if you plan on using your receiver for 4k/120hz on Xbox Series X (which I do) or an NVIDIA RTX30 video graphic card device at 4K/120Hz or 8K/60, you need to send your device into a repair facility for a hardware update, with turnaround times estimated to be 8-10 business days. Inconvenient? Sure, but at least they're doing something about it. I should also note, I've read that newer versions of the receiver should already include this update, though I'm not sure how they convey that info to customers etc. The link to start this process is:
https://usa.yamaha.com/news_events/2020/2020_avr-hdmi-caution.html
Update February 2022 - This will likely be my final update for this receiver. After filling out the RMA form at the link above, I was contacted by a local Yamaha repair center late December and put on a list for replacing the HDMI board. Because I had tossed my original box, Yamaha sent out a new box with foam via Purolator and included a return label inside it in late January. I sent this out on a Wednesday and received it back the following Tuesday... which is a pretty swift turn around. This receiver is now updated and working great. Yamaha has proven themselves to me through this process, though I'll be sticking with my 4 star review due to having to deal with all this stuff. ;)
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Great receiver out of the box with some really great potential down the road!
Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2021
This is a very nice low-mid tier receiver, big bang for your buck to be honest... it has a bunch of options, modern and future forward specs (HDMI 2.1, 4k/120hz, 8k/60hz, VRR and other gaming specific things) plus it looks great. I had a set of 100 watt 5.1 Polk speakers in place from my last Pioneer 4k receiver, literally just swapped out the old one and added this Yamaha... no issues at all, set up was decently easy, sounded great right away and after about a week of playing with various settings I was at a point where I had everything set up the way I wanted it and I understand how to get to where I need to go within settings etc.Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2021
Only draw back to buying this now is firmware updates. Many of the features I listed earlier are not available at the time of writing this review. The latest firmware is version 1.31 which included "stability improvements for HDMI ARC", and there are a bunch of updates coming over the next few months. Yamaha promises this receiver (and it's 7.1 brother the RX-V6A) will have most of these features in place by the end of the summer, but being a software developer I'd say more likely by end of year. Someone on an audio forum posted a schedule for these releases which Yamaha shared with them, which I'll include here:
Here's the proposed Firmware update schedule as of some time in December 2020
4K120A - Firmware update April-June 2021
VRR(Variable Refresh Rate) - Firmware update March 2021
ALLM(Auto Low Latency Mode) - Firmware update April 2021
QMS(Quick Media Switching) - Firmware update April 2021
HDR10+(Dynamic HDR) - Firmware update April 2021
QFT(Quick Frame Transport) - Firmware update April 2021
8K60B & 4K120B - Firmware update September 2021
Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization – Firmware update April 2021
So my setup is an LG C9 OLED with an Xbox Series X and PS5, which means this receiver is made for someone like me. The LG C9 supports 120hz (for 120fps gaming via HDMI 2.1) and things like Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) on the Series X. Unfortunately, until the firmware is updated I will not have access to these things... unless I do the same ARC work around I was using on the older 4k/60hz Pioneer before this switch. Mildly disappointing, but I knew this going into my purchase.
Sound wise, the receiver is very good, I played back some 5.1 album mixes from bands like Pink Floyd and this receiver really pulls the best out of my speakers, the sound field sounds large and has some height to it which was lacking on my last receiver... much more nuanced overall. 3D sound placement is pretty much spot on! Games sound amazing and pull you into the action, movies are the same deal... great surround sound and versatile enough to get what works for you out of it.
The receiver's interface and menus can be a little bit slow at times, and switching between devices can take a few seconds but it's all laid out decently well, once you get the hang of the features it's all pretty easy to deal with. The display on the receiver is a good size and displays large text when altering anything via the remote. It's default view is also easy to read and looks good. The receiver also looks very nice and modern.
Overall I'm happy with this purchase and look forward to Yamaha getting this thing updated to the promised specs. Not sure you can get a better receiver with these (potential) specs for the price... so it's the way to go if you have a similar setup. Due to the missing features at launch I'd remove half a star and give it 4.5/5 if I could, but if Yamaha delivers what they say they will via updates, and I believe they will... this will easily be a 5/5 product.
TL;DR If you want a 5.1 receiver with modern/future forward specs and don't want to blow the bank, this is the one to buy!
Update May 2021 - I think it's worth noting that Yamaha has not released any of the promised deeper firmware updates yet, I'm dropping my review down to a 4 at this point, pretty disappointing overall.
Update December 2021 - So after many months version 1.48 of the firmware was released a few weeks ago and seems to have stabilized things a bit, as well as added a few of the features from that main list to the receiver. The biggest news is that if you plan on using your receiver for 4k/120hz on Xbox Series X (which I do) or an NVIDIA RTX30 video graphic card device at 4K/120Hz or 8K/60, you need to send your device into a repair facility for a hardware update, with turnaround times estimated to be 8-10 business days. Inconvenient? Sure, but at least they're doing something about it. I should also note, I've read that newer versions of the receiver should already include this update, though I'm not sure how they convey that info to customers etc. The link to start this process is:
https://usa.yamaha.com/news_events/2020/2020_avr-hdmi-caution.html
Update February 2022 - This will likely be my final update for this receiver. After filling out the RMA form at the link above, I was contacted by a local Yamaha repair center late December and put on a list for replacing the HDMI board. Because I had tossed my original box, Yamaha sent out a new box with foam via Purolator and included a return label inside it in late January. I sent this out on a Wednesday and received it back the following Tuesday... which is a pretty swift turn around. This receiver is now updated and working great. Yamaha has proven themselves to me through this process, though I'll be sticking with my 4 star review due to having to deal with all this stuff. ;)
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