| Yamaha RX-V667 7.1-Channel Audio/Video Receiver (Black) | 
| Brand: Yamaha
List Price: $599.95
Buy New: $549.90
as of 9/10/2010 03:58 CDT details
You Save: $50.05 (8%)
Seller: Stereo Advantage
Rating:  4 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 27.6
Dimensions (in): 17.5 x 21 x 8.9
MPN: RX-V667BL
Model: RX-V667BL
UPC: 027108936109
EAN: 0027108936109
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 6 HDMI inputs (including 1 front input) and the latest HDMI 1.4 specification for true 1080p video upscaling | | • | Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, and DTS-HD high-definition audio decoding | | • | Multizone support (2 zones) with intelligent power amp assignment | | • | Full color GUI and iPod album art support | | • | SIRIUS Satellite Radio ready and yAired compatibility |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Yamaha RX-V667 Receiver: A New World of Functionality and Connectivity
Enjoy the latest in true high-definition entertainment with the Yamaha RX-V667 Audio/Video Receiver. In addition to full compatibility with the latest hi-def audio and video codecs, the RX-V667 offers true 1080p upscaling, plenty of HDMI inputs for all your devices, multizone support, and more--all along with the custom features you'd expect from a Yamaha receiver, such as SCENE setup, YPAO sound optimization, and Virtual CINEMA DSP.
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| Customer Reviews:
easy setup, easy to use August 30, 2010
Douglas Larson (Saratoga, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very simple to setup. Auto speaker recognition, microphone provided to level the sound.
Very easy to use.
Love the easy buttons to make all the connections for DVR, DVD, xbox. So easy for the entire family to use.
Sounds great too.
Been using the unit for 2 months.
 Not compatible with Mitsubishi 3DC-1000 3D TV Adapter August 9, 2010
C. Miles (Fairfax, VA USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Purchased this Yamaha RX-V667 AVR and was disappointed that it would not pass though the HDMI 1.4 correctly. It seems that it is swapping something in the signal so the 3D auto-selection in my Mitsubishi 3DC-1000 3D Adapter would not work. I have a Mitsubishi WD-73C8 and a DirecTV HR21 Satellite DVR. The DirecTV 3D images keep coming up as side-by-side images instead of checker-box. Although you can manually select it and get it to work, it is a pain and shouldn't require that (it automatically finds the correct format when hooked up directly). Hopefully this is something that Yamaha can fix in firmware.
Other than that the received sounded great. I don't like that it does not display the surround codec that is being used on the front of the unit, but it is shown on the on-screen information menu although you have to go two layers deep to find it. The on-screen menus are going to take a while to work out how to efficiently get to what you need.
I returned the Yamaha and purchased a Denon AVR-791. It worked great and passed the DirecTV 3D signals without any issues.
 Great receiver. August 5, 2010
JJCFC
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best receiver i have ever owned.Sounds great.I am 78 years old and it was easy to set up.I was disipointed that i cannot use my Bose 901 spks as a seperate connection when i do not want to use my Bose acousmass 6 surround system.
Great upgrade from my previous Yamaha July 12, 2010
K. C Wilson (Sacramento, CA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I own a rx-v663 and upgraded this past weekend to the RX-V667.
Skipping the 665 model was a good thing.
This one has a great on screen GUI for changing the settings.
It's an overlay, so you don't lose the video in the background when changing settings.
It pops out from the left side and then you scroll up and down to pick the setting
to change. Then those options are popped up from the bottom of the screen and you scroll
right and left.
6 HDMI is more than enough for me, in fact I have 3 left over after changing out things.
Biggest advantage is I am now able to plug in everything in to the receiver and able to change
the label that shows up on the receiver and the tv screen when changing sources.
My components running into the receiver are as follows
Oppo BDP-83
PS3
Computer with HDMI interface
(radeon 5770 so I get sound and audio)
These next two are connected via Component video (R,G,B)
Xbox 360 (optical out for audio)
Wii
To run all these the Remote has 5 HDMI buttons and 6 AV buttons.
I can actually choose each source independently with one button, kind of nice.
I also have the YDS11 Ipod dock, it works great with the new receiver. Interface is greatly improved
with album art being shown to the left of the song title on the screen and browsing capabilty. This really looks a lot better than it did on the RX-V663 and is another overlay screen. Now they just need a good screen saver to go with it.
This would all be worthless if the sound quality did not match up with the 663.
Big one for me was continued support of DSD across HDMI. The Oppo BDP-83 plays SACD disks and so does
my PS3. The 667 has a signal information selection and from the PS3 it reports PCM as it should since
the PS3 converts it to PCM before sending the signal to the receiver. The Oppo using the same disk reports
DSD back on the receiver.
and yes the sound quality equals the 663.
Sidenote: There is an audible difference in the sound when switching to Pure Direct Mode.
I played John Hiatt's "Master of Disaster" which is a Hybrid SACD and switched between
straight and Pure Direct. Pure direct seemed to have less bass, the straight mode was obviously
making adjustments to the bass in the background. Honestly though this could be due to my
speaker setup as I do not have a sub-woofer. IT's a 5.0 setup on mine. Try Pure Direct Mode and see if
it makes a difference with your DSD/SACD disks. I thought the clarity was better.
Setup was easy, hardest part was undoing everything I had done to get everything to work on the 663.
YPAO mic setup for sound, seemed to have not changed from the last time I did it, so don't expect anything
new here.
I have not tried setting up the remote to control any other components. This did help in the end
as it cut out 2 remotes and I am down to 3 now due to eliminating a switch box I no longer needed
and the HDMI switch I bought that also acts as a fan for my PS3.
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