Home Theater Receiver Gaffney SC

Features

• Next Generation Audio decoding
• 7-channel 630W surround sound (90W x 7)
• 1080p-Compatible HDMI 1.3
• Analog video up-conversion to component video
• Bluetooth music streaming using Yamaha YBA-10 Bluetooth Audio Receiver
• Connect an iPod using Yamaha YDS-10SL Universal iPod Dock

Initial Impressions

The receiver is lighter than most receivers were used to. Noticeably lighter! We also noticed that the heat sinks are smaller which means the amplifiers are smaller and require less power. Also, there is no AC power outlet on the back of the unit so if you have something to plug into it you may want to consider a bigger power strip. The speaker wire jacks use spring clips on all but the mains. We're not criticizing its just economics. To get all this stuff into the unit Yamaha had to cut someplace. S-Video is gone too. But seriously, how many of you are actually connecting something to your HDTV via S-Video? On the front the only real change we saw is the color of the LEDs, they have gone to white instead of the amber that their previous receivers used. None of this matters if the receiver sounds good. More of that later.

Setup

Setup was pretty easy. Everything but the Xbox 360 was routed using HDMI. The 565 has 4 HDMI in and one out. To be honest, Yamaha did that right. Looking ahead you will have less use for all those legacy connections so if they cut some out to make it possible to have four in and one out we are good with that. The 565 does not have the ability to assign digital inputs. If you use component you have two inputs available to you. One input has optical audio and the other has coax. Again, for us, not a big deal since we are almost exclusively HDMI. Just keep that in mind if you are interested in this receiver.

Once all the connections were made we ran the auto calibration for the money seat. By the way, the receiver can store up to six different settings so you can dial it in to where you are sitting. The calibration was pretty accurate but since we like the s...