What Hi Fi Sound and Vision 23 SEP 2008

Yamaha DSP-AX863SE

£ 600 5
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An expertly tuned AV amplifier that, sonically, is a cut above the other machines in this line-up

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Channels/power(w)

7x105

Pro-Logic II

Yes

Pro-Logic IIx

Yes

Dolby Digital EX

Yes

DTS Neo:6

Yes

DTS-ES

Yes

DTS 96/24

Yes

Dolby Digital Plus

Yes

DTS HD

Yes

Dolby TrueHD

Yes

DTS Master Audio

Yes

THX

No

Tuner Presets

0

DAB

No

FM

No

MW

No

LW

No

SW

No

Internet

No

Auto set-up

Yes

Room EQ

Yes

Video upconversion

Yes

Video scaling

1080p

HDMI 1.3a

Yes

HD audio via HDMI

Yes

Learning remote

Yes

Multiroom

No

Network capable

No

HDMI Audio in

3

Coaxial digital in

2

Optical digital in

4

FireWire in

0

USB Audio in

0

Analogue audio in

9

Phono in

mm

Multichannel analogue in

8ch

Ethernet audio

0

HDMI Video in

3

Component in

3

S-Video in

5

Composite in

5

USB Video

0

Ethernet video

0

HDMI Audio out

1

Coaxial digital out

0

Optical digital out

1

Analogue audio out

2

Preouts

9

HDMI Video out

1

Component out

1

S-Video out

1

Composite out

1

Dimensions (hwd, cm)

17x43x39

Weight (kg)

12

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