Yamaha has announced the R-N803D, a lavishly equipped stereo network receiver built to the company's ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) concept. Fundamentally, this means the R-N803D has been designed with a symemetrical left/right circuit layout and the straightest, shortest signal paths possible.
In what the company says is a first in a two-channel receiver, the R-N803D features the Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimiser. Long utilised in Yamaha's multichannel equipment, YPAO measures the shape of your listening room, takes into account the material of the walls and positions of your speakers, then adjusts electronic parameters to create what ought to be the ideal sound for a given environment.
And there's plenty more going on. Under the bonnet the Yamaha includes a SABRE 9006AS 24bit/192kHz DAC, a custom-made power transformer and eight power transistors (four for each channel). Yamaha is claiming 145 watts per channel (at 8ohms) as maximum power.
Control is via a remote control handset or Yamaha's MusicCast app, so any MusicCast-enabled equipment can join in to create a multi-room system. And Alexa control is in the post as well.
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