Specs:

Yamaha RX-A6ABL | AVENTAGE 9.2 Ch AV Receiver with Music Cast

Amplifier Section

• Channels: 9.2
  
• Rated Output Power (20Hz-20kHz, 2ch driven): 150 W (8 ohms, 0.06% THD)
  
• High Slew Rate Amplifier: Yes
  
  Surround Sound Processing
  
• Surround:AI: Yes
  
• Cinema DSP: Yes (HD3)
  
• DSP Programs: 24
  
• Dialog Level Adjustment: Yes
  
• Virtual Presence Speaker: Yes
  
• Virtual Surround Back Speaker: Yes
  
• Dialogue Lift: Yes
  
• SILENT Cinema / Virtual Cinema DSP: Yes
  
• Dolby Atmos: Yes
  
• Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization: Yes
  
• Dolby True HD: Yes
  
• Dolby Digital Plus: Yes
  
• Dolby Surround: Yes
  
• DTS:XDTS-HD Master Audio: Yes
  
• Auro 3D: Yes (via firmware update)
  
  Audio Features
  
• File Format: MP3 / WMA / MPEG-4 AAC, ALAC: up to 96 kHz / 24-bit, FLAC: up to 384 kHz / 24-bit, WAV / AIFF: up to 384 kHz / 32-bit, DSD: up to 11.2 MHz
  
• Pure Direct: Yes
  
• Compressed Music Enhancer: Yes
  
• High-resolution Music Enhancer: Yes with R.S.C. (Reflected Sound Control), 3D, 64-bit High Precision EQ Calculation, Low Frequency mode and Angle Measurement
  
• YPAO Volume: Yes
  
• Adaptive DRC (Dynamic Range Control): Yes
  
• Initial Volume and Maximum Volume Setting: Yes
  
• A.R.T. Wedge: Yes
  
• Bi-amp Capability: Yes
  
• Audio Delay: Yes (0-500 ms)
  
• DA Converter: 384 kHz / 32-bit ESS Hyperstream DAC ES9026PRO x1 ES9007S x1
  
  Video Features
  
• HDMI eARC: Yes
  
• HDMI Audio Return Channel: Yes
  
• HDMI Pass-through: 4K120AB*, 8K60AB* and 4K60 (*via future update)
  
• HDMI Upscaling: Yes, up to 8K (via firmware update)
  
• HDMI Up-conversion: Yes (Analog to HDMI)
  
• Dolby Vision: Yes
  
• HDR 10+: Yes (via firmware update)
  
• VRR/ALLM/QMS/QFT: Yes (via firmware update)
  
• Video Adjustment: N/A
  
  Connectivity
  
• MusicCast Surround: Yes
  
• Wi-Fi: Yes (2.4 / 5 GHz)
  
• AirPlay 2: Yes
  
• Bluetooth: Yes (SBC / AAC)
  
• Phono Input: Yes
  
• XLR Terminal: Yes
  
• Component Video Input/Output: 1/0
  
  Extensive Connections
  
• HDMI Input/Output: 7 / 3 (HDMI 2.1 / HDCP 2.3)
  
• HDMI CECUSB Input: Yes
  
• Network Port: Yes
  
• Front AV Input: USB
  
• Digital Audio Input / Output: Optical: 3/0
  
• Digital Audio Input / Output: Coaxial: 2/0
  
• Analog Audio Input / Output: 6/0
  
• Composite Video Input / Output: 2/0
  
• Preout: 11.2
  
• Headphone Output: 1
  
  Tuner Section
  
• FM / AM Tuner: Yes
  
  User Interface
  
• On-Screen Display: Graphical User Interface
  
• SCENE: SCENE PLUS (8 sets)
  
• App Control: Yes (iPhone / iPad / Android phone / tablet)
  
• Web Browser Control: Yes
  
• Remote Control Unit: Yes
  
  Zone Control
  
• Zone 2 Audio Output: Preout / HDMI
  
• Zone 3 Audio Output: Preout
  
• Zone 4 Audio Output: HDMI
  
• Powered Zone: Zone 2/3
  
• Zone Video Output: HDMI
  
• Zone B Output: HDMI
  
• Zone GUI: N/A
  
• RS-232C Interface: N/A
  
• +12V Trigger Output: 2
  
• Remote (IR) Input/Output: 1/1
  
• Party Mode: Yes
  
  General
  
• Standby Power Consumption (IR only): <0.4 W
  
• Auto Power Standby: Yes
  
• ECO Mode: Yes
  
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 17-1/8" x 7-1/2" x 17-3/8" (with antenna up:17-1/8" x 10-5/8" x 17-3/8")
  
• Weight: 41.2 lbs.
  

Features:

• 9.2-channel (with 11.2-channel processing) 150-Watt surround sound with Zone 2/3/4
  
• 4K120 and 8K60 HDMI and HDR10+ (with future update) with HDCP 2.3 and eARC (7 in/3 out)
  
• Dolby Atmos® with Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization and DTS:X® with CINEMA DSP HD3
  
• ESS SABRE ES9007S Premier Audio DAC for high performance conversion
  
• YPAO™- R.S.C. with 3D, multipoint measurement, precision EQ and low frequency mode
  
• Surround:AI™ technology automatically optimizes the sound and effects in real-time
  
• ALLM, VRR, QFT, QMS (with future update) and Dolby Vision™, Hybrid-Log Gamma and BT.2020
  
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, MusicCast multi-room audio, AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect
  
• Voice control with Amazon Alexa, Siri® (via AirPlay 2) and Google Assistant
  
• Pandora®, Spotify, Napster, SiriusXM, TIDAL, Deezer, Qobuz, Amazon Music HD
  
• 3rd-party control driver-capable, easy IP set-up and remote IP control
  
• Phono input
  

Overview:

Feel your walls melt away. The A4A delivers realistic sound and video that transports you out of your home and into your favorite movie. Whether you’re watching, listening or gaming, you’ll feel completely immersed.

AVENTAGE AV receivers are the reference standard to which all others are compared. Passionate engineering and meticulous attention to detail produce the Yamaha hallmark of True Sound. You can feel the quality in the design and fabrication – from every electrical path, component and piece of material. Each element was scrutinized with intense detail to produce the finest, first-class performance. The AVENTAGE AV receiver is a work of visual and acoustic art.

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