Yamaha RXV-1 Brochure

RX-V1

DSP-AX1

Digital Digital

Home Theater Home Ci nema

Receiver Amplifier

Unrivaled Digital Performance with Yamaha’s Newest Design Concept — Digital ToP-ART

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At Yamaha, we’ve declared the millennium to be a new era of cinema sound.

We’ll be releasing new technologies and products that will give you a more exciting, realistic experience no matter how you watch movies: on a home theater system,

Digital Cinema for the 21st Century

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in a movie theater, or on a computer.

One of the first of these is the RX-V1.

Yamaha is already the leader in home theater sound, having established our position with our extraordinary CINEMA DSP technology and products like the hugely successful DSP-A1.

The RX-V1 introduces a new design concept, new technologies and new features that make it a truly exciting “breakthrough” product.

Home theater was born in the 20th century. Now in the 21st century, starting with the RX-V1, it’s coming of age.

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Why a new species? Because the RX-V1 exhibits a combination of intelligence, capabilities and audio performance far beyond any previous or current receiver.

By intelligence we mean four different application-specific LSIs that handle all the decoding and digital signal processing. Designed by Yamaha, manufactured by Yamaha, these microcomputers are the most sophisticated in the industry. They put more processing capacity in the RX-V1 than in any other

The R X-V1:A n all-new species in the evolution of the receiver.

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audio component.

By capabilities we mean 54 different sound field programs that let you change the perceived shape and acoustics of your home theater room to match every audio and video source. The ability to “fine-tune” 14 parameters for every program. An onscreen menu with 18 items that you can control at will. New modes like SILENT CINEMA for headphones and Virtual CINEMA DSP for use without rear speakers. And much more.

By audio performance we mean the ability to realize the full potential of any source you choose to listen to. Thanks to a design philosophy that puts audio quality before any other consideration. And more than enough power to handle the entire dynamic range of DVD discs, as well as deep bass from the rear center channel, with virtually no distortion even at high volumes.

You’ll love the control, you’ll thrill to the power, but in the final analysis, it’s the incredible sound quality that makes this receiver so captivating. The RX-V1 is evolution at its best.

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Digital ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) is the name Yamaha has given to a design philosophy whose goal is to maximize digital quality while minimizing analog circuitry. The culmination of the best digital engineering and design possible today, it brings together several key elements to create the bestsounding, easiest-to-use A/V components available. In the RX-V1, Digital ToP-ART can be divided into three categories.

High Performance Digital Circuitry with Burr-Brown 24-bit BiCMOS Sign-

Magnitude DACs for all 10 output channels, a Digitally Regulated Volume Control with 99dB range and a Processor Direct Switch.

High Density CINEMA DSP Circuitry with the world’s first 44-bit DSP LSIs

(two YSS-910s) and two decoding LSIs (YSS-918 and YSS-908).

The Digital ToP-A RT Concept

From digital input, through digital processing,

to amplification, maximum signal quality is maintained

every step of the way.

High Quality, Wide Range Power Amplifier with low-impedance design,

superior power transistors, gigantic heat sinks and many other advantages.

44-Bit High-Density Cinema DSP Circuit

High Performance Digital Circuit

High Quality, Wide-Range Power Amplifier

Decoders

Digital Input

6-Ch Input

YSS-918/ YSS-908

44-Bit DSP LSIs (YSS-910x 2)

Minimal Analog Processing

Multi-Bit DAC (96 kHz/ 24-Bit) for 10 Channels

Input 6-Ch

Digital Volume (0—-99dB,

0.5 dB Step)

Processor Direct Switch

8-Ch High Output Power

• Main L

• Main R

• Center

• Rear Effect L

• Rear Effect R

• Rear Center

• Front Effect L

• Front Effect R

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Digital ToP-ART

Positioned between the DSP circuitry and the power amplifier stage, the High Performance Digital Circuit makes a large contribution to the RX-V1’s outstanding audio performance. It exemplifies the Digital ToP-ART concept of maximizing the quality of the digital circuitry while minimizing analog circuitry, and also adheres to the ToP-ART philosophy of logical, straight-line circuit layout for optimum signal purity. Yamaha’s superior LSI technology as well as our long experience in designing both home and professional audio circuit boards are responsible for the high performance and reliability of this circuit. It is composed of a DAC block, a volume control block and the Processor Direct circuitry.

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High Per formance

Digital Circuit

Superior Digital-to-Analog Converters

For the important digital-to-analog converters, Yamaha has chosen the PCM1704 manufactured by the highend audio expert, Burr-Brown. The RX-V1 uses 10 of these DACs, for the eight main channels and the two subwoofer outputs. The PCM1704 is a high-performance, precision 24-bit BiCMOS Sign-Magnitude DAC with ultra-low distortion of only 0.0008% (K-

High Sound Quality Multi-Function Processing Board

grade THD + N) and S/N ratio of 120dB. It offers superior low level linearity, with excellent full-scale performance under

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High-Quality Digital Volume Devices96 kHz/24 bit PCM1704 DACs

varying operating conditions. Its major benefit is performing accurate sound field reproduction for high quality multichannel reproduction such as Dolby Digital and DTS. For two-channel stereo, the PCM1704 provides outstanding separation and accurate musical delineation. An additional advantage is its 96kHz/24-bit decoding capability, making it compatible with the latest (and future) high resolution digital audio sources.

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