YPAO vs Audyssey

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Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

If I may say: Yamaha receivers are great receivers, in particular their newer Aventage line. They may not have Audyssey but their YPAO implementation is not bad; some people like to tweak manually (if they know what they're doing though), and Yamaha basic sound quality is in my opinion one of the very best! Detailed, affirmed, strong presence, good depth, tight bass with natural punch, and just simply NATURAL.

Personally I prefer the basic sound quality of Yamaha receivers (higher model ones though) over Denons, Onkyos, Marantzs and Pioneers.

For two-channel Stereo listening without any DSP or Auto EQ; just direct Stereo, they are the very best!
And for Movies too they are excellent, very clean, clear, and precise!
Plus their DSPs are theee very best out there, period!

* It all boils down to PREFERENCE!
Me I really like what Audyssey does for my Subs! With Movies.
For Music, I NEVER use Audyssey. I'd rather use my Yamaha receiver of yesteryear for that duty.

See, it ain't that easy after all! You have to know your priorities and also listen to different ones to find out which one is the right for you.
Then you live with it till it is obsolete in the technologies department!

And there are people that use two or more system setups (like me) and that is the best way I think.
But most people use only one system, and some use it 50/50 for both Movies & Music, and others more for Movies (lots of people here I believe), and few for the emphasis on Music (but these people usually choose a High-End receiver, like a Lexicon one, or an Anthem one, or an Arcam one, or a Rotel one, or a McIntosh one, or ...a Yamaha RX-Z11, or a Denon AVR-5308CI, or a Pioneer Elite SC-09TX, or a Sony ES STR-DA5600ES,
or an HK AVR 7550HD, or a NAD T785, or an Integra DTR-80.2, or an Onkyo TX-NR5008, or they simply go for separates).

Bob you bring up some good points. I do love the sound of my Yamaha but was thinking I could gain more using Audyssey. It's a tough choice and I do like the new aventage line. Maybe YPAO isn't that bad I'm all movies and not music.