Yamaha Announces new 8K capable AV receivers for 2021

Yamaha has officially announced 3 new AV receivers with 8K support. The trio - belonging to the Aventage series, comprises of the RX - A4A , RX - A6A and the RX - A8A and are said to feature 8K 60fps passthrough support as well as 4K 120fps from output sources such as the PS5/XB Series X and Nvidia's 3000 series cards through HDMI 2.1

The trio are said to feature Yamaha's "Surround AI" for spatial audio as well as support for Auro 3D format. Other features include Cinema DSP , DTS-X VRR, QMS, QFT, ALLM and support for Smart assistants - Alexa and Google.

A8A - rear

The RX - A8A is set to cost (418,000 Yen which is about $3840), A6A at (275,000 Yen/ $2519) and the A4A at (132,000 Yen or $1209). These prices are directly converted from their respective JPY and thus when available in other markets, the pricing may be subject to change.

The new Yamaha Aventage series joins the growing new generation of Yamaha AV receivers, we hope that the newer AV receivers have addressed the HDMI 2.1 bug plaguing the 2020 models (Which Yamaha is yet to work on a fix) where the full 4K120 or 8K remains "disabled" due to issues with a commonly sourced microchip and has affected not only Yamaha - but also products by Denon and Marantz as well) Source - flatpanelshd, Yamahajp .

Model number		RX-A8A	RX-A6A	RX-A4A
Rated output	20Hz-20kHz, 2ch drive	150W / ch (8Ω, 0.06% THD)	150W / ch (8Ω, 0.06% THD)	110W / ch (8Ω, 0.06% THD)
Rated output	1kHz, 1ch drive	185W / ch (8Ω, 0.9% THD)	185W / ch (8Ω, 0.9% THD)	135W / ch (8Ω, 0.9% THD)
Practical maximum output (JEITA)	1kHz, 1ch drive	220W / ch (8Ω, 10% THD)	220W / ch (8Ω, 10% THD)	165W / ch (8Ω, 10% THD)
Number of built-in power amplifiers		11	9	7
Audio input terminal	analog	7 systems: RCA 6 (including PHONO 1), XLR balance 1 (1: ground, 2: HOT, 3: COLD)		4 systems: RCA 4 (including PHONO 1)
Audio input terminal	Digital	5 systems: optical 3, coaxial 2		3 systems: optical 2, coaxial 1
Audio input terminal (others)		2 systems: USB 1, network 1 (100Base-TX / 10Base-T)
Video input terminal		3 systems: Composite 2, Component 1		---
Audio output terminal	Speaker output	11ch (13 terminals) Front L / R, Center, Surround L / R, Surround Back L / R (EXTRA SP1) Front Presence / ZONE2 / ZONE3 (EXTRA SP2) Rear Presence / ZONE2 / ZONE3 (EXTRA SP3) ZONE2 / ZONE3 / BI-AMP	9ch (11 terminals) Front L / R, Center, Surround L / R, Surround Back L / R (EXTRA SP1) Front Presence / ZONE2 / ZONE3 (EXTRA SP2) Rear Presence / ZONE2 / ZONE3 / BI-AMP	7ch (9 terminals) Front L / R, Center, Surround L / R (EXTRA SP1) Front Presence / ZONE2 / BI-AMP (EXTRA SP2) Surround Back / ZONE2
	PRE OUT	11.2ch + 2ch (XLR balance) Front L / R, Center, Surround L / R, Surround Back L / R, Front Presence L / R, Rear Presence L / R, Subwoofer OUT 2 (STEREO, Front & Rear, MONO x 2) ), Front L / R (XLR balance), ZONE2 L / R, ZONE3 L / R		7.2ch Front L / R, Center, Surround L / R, Surround Back L / R, Subwoofer OUT 2 (MONO x 2), ZONE2 L / R
	Other	Headphones 1
HDMI terminal input		7 (Compatible with HDCP2.3)
HDMI terminal output		3 (Supports HDCP2.3, simultaneous output possible, ZONE2 / 4 output possible)		3 (Supports HDCP2.3, simultaneous output possible, ZONE2 output possible)
HDMI pass-through		8K60AB * 2 , 4K120AB * 2 , BT.2020, HDR (HDR10 Tasu * 2 , Dolby Vision ™, Hybrid Log-Gamma)
HDMI Other		Supports 4K upscaling and upconversion
Wifi		2.4GHz / 5GHz IEEE802.11 a / b / g / n / ac compliant * IEEE802.11ac has only 20MHz channel bandwidth
Supported audio formats		DSD 11.2MHz, Apple Lossless 96kHz / 24bit, WAV / AIFF 384kHz / 32bit (32bit-float files are not supported), FLAC 384kHz / 24bit, MP3 / WMA / MPEG4-AAC 48kHz / 24bit
Bluetooth playback method	version	Ver.4.2
	Corresponding profile	A2DP / AVRCP
	Supported codecs	SBC / AAC
power consumption		600W	500W	410W
Standby power consumption		0.4W (when HDMI control / standby through / network standby is OFF)
Standby power consumption		3.0W (HDMI control / standby through / network standby (Wi-Fi) / Bluetooth ® standby ON)
Dimensions (width x height x depth)		435W x 192H x 477D mm (Wi-Fi antenna standing upright: 435W x 271H x 477D mm)	435W x 192H x 442D mm (Wi-Fi antenna standing upright: 435W x 271H x 442D mm)	435W x 191H x 442D mm (Wi-Fi antenna standing upright: 435W x 270H x 442D mm)
mass		21.4kg	20.3kg	16.2kg
accessories		Remote control, AAA batteries (2), AM antenna, FM antenna, YPAO microphone, microphone base / pole for YPAO 3D measurement, power cord, startup guide

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