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RX-V1 Delivers Highest Audio Resolution Ever Available to Consumers

``The RX-V1 is the most advanced, most captivating home theater receiver ever made,'' said Steve Caldero, vice president, Yamaha Electronics Corp. ``It is capable of delivering frequency response of more than 100kHz, thereby offering the highest audio resolution ever available to consumers. The RX-V1 brings amazingly lifelike sound detail to any home theater experience and represents a bold new direction in home entertainment.''

The new receiver is an expression of Yamaha's Digital ToP-ART Design -- an engineering, performance and quality standard for the new era of digital electronics. The RX-V1 incorporates a pair of newly designed LSIs which deliver High Density Cinema DSP. Other new digital features include the use of Burr-Brown PCM 1704 -- 96 kHz, 24-bit -- DACs for all 10 channels and a wide-range, precise digitally controlled analog volume control.

The RX-V1 is an 8-channel receiver which maintains Yamaha's flagship tradition of adding two front-effects speakers to the conventional surround array. The new receiver delivers 110 watts to the six full-range channels required by the latest DTS and Dolby surround formats, and 35 watts each to the two front effects channels. Total power for the 8-channel amplifier is more than 700 watts RMS. For future external decoders, the RX-V1 is also equipped with 6-channel analog inputs.

In addition to increased performance, the RX-V1 provides more surround programs and options than its predecessor, the DSP-A1. With the inclusion of a combined Dolby Digital 6.1 Matrix and DTS-ES, the total number of available programs has increased from 42 to 54 in the new receiver. The RX-V1 also features ``Silent Cinema,'' which delivers a believable multiple channel surround sound experience through conventional headphones. Finally, the receiver provides Virtual Cinema DSP, which allows listeners to enjoy much of the effect of multiple-speaker surround without need for rear speakers.

The RX-V1 comes with a sophisticated new remote control capable of learning up to 150 commands for Yamaha components. The new remote is pre-encoded with commands for most major brands of audio/video components, but can also learn the commands for and operate other brands' components.

The RX-V1 is available in a black finish and has a suggested retail price of $3,199. The receiver is also available in an amber/champagne finish (RX-V1GL) and has a suggested retail price of $3,299.

Yamaha Electronics Corporation introduced the world's first reality-based digital sound field processing for surround in its DSP-1 in 1986. The company followed that feat with a series of groundbreaking A/V processors and receivers. The flagship RX-V1, the first-ever DTS-Extended Surround home theater receiver, is the latest in the company's revolutionary consumer electronics. For more information on other Yamaha products, visit the Yamaha web site at http://www.yamaha.com.

SOURCE: Yamaha Electronics Corporation