Tag archive: Yamaha

Last year, Yamaha introduced its fourth line of A/V receivers, which it dubbed Aventage (pronounced Ah-Vehn-Taj). According to Yamaha, the line distinguishes itself from the RX-V and HTR series by placing an emphasis on premium audio and video reproduction through upgraded parts and better build quality. Think of it as similar to Sony's ES or Pioneer's Elite lines. We recently learned that Yamaha plans to debut five refreshed… Read More

The unit also features dual USB (front/rear) inputs for a wide-array of audio and video sources. The BD-A1000 is Yamaha's first universal Blu-ray player, and adds a new dimension to home entertainment with a few new internet-related, interactive features such as BD-Live and BonusView, which provide secondary video/audio for enhanced commentary and information, as well as features for existing and future entertainment options via USB… Read More

Yamaha has released another update for its Digital Sound Projector YSP. This latest installment is the YSP-5100, an update of the recently released YSP-4100—but we’re not complaining—because every generation just keeps getting better. The YSP-5100 offers better bass quality and a better virtual

Step away from the Hayabusa, hotshot. While most would-be motorcyclists are lured over to the two-wheeled dream by bikes from the MotoGP circuit, Easy Rider or the pages of Motorcyclist, reality must intervene. Piloting those beasts will take some experience. We would no sooner advise a novice rider to hop on a CBR1000RR than we would advise a teenage driver to hop in a Ferrari. But nobody wants to look like a dork tooling around on a decrepit… Read More

A couple years ago, Yamaha turned heads with its Tenori-on, a new type of electronic musical device intending to provide a new type of interface to interacting with electronic instruments…and anything else those instruments can control, including things like computers and lights. The Tenori-on has proven a hit with musicians and performance artists who favor the device's unique interface…however, it's high price tag… Read More

Last week I was at the IFA press event in Malta. It’s pretty much the European version of CES, but unlike that show, it actually comes at a time when folks are interesting in buying cool new toys. One of the interesting aspects of this press event is that they showcase some of the products and trends that will be topical in the fourth quarter. This year had a lot to do with the fact that most of the TVs currently in the market were about to be… Read More

The Land of the Rising Sun isn’t just the home of sushi, Sony, and Super Mario, it’s also host to more bizarre gadgets, strange toys, and Hello-Kitty-branded items than you can even fathom.  Here are a few of our most bizarre finds from that land across the Pacific, proving that technology can be used for good, for evil, and sometimes, for just plain nonsense. Face Bank, $23+ Never have we seen a stronger deterrent to saving money – or closing… Read More

Electronic musicians, ready your fingers: Yamaha’s futuristic Tenori-On electronic instrument is coming to the United States. Yamaha will swing by Brooklyn and San Francisco later this month to introduce U.S. audiences to the Lite-Brite-like musical contraption. The product of Japanese media artist Tosio Iwai, the Tenori-On uses an interface of 256 LED lights arranged in a grid to produce music from touch. Yamaha’s YouTube… Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Yamaha today issued a recall on around 4,300 in-ceiling and in-wall speakers after reported incidents of the speakers falling out of their mounts. 14 reports have been filed by consumers thus far with no reported cases of injuries. The impacted Yamaha products are select serial numbers of the In-Ceiling Speaker NS-IW360C and In-Wall Speaker NS-IW660. Both models have a white rim and… Read More

The first Yamaha XM-Ready receivers will be available at retail in early April. Through this new technology, consumers simply plug an XM Connect-and-Play home antenna (MSRP $49.99) into the XM-Ready Yamaha AV receiver and activate the service to receive XM's 150-plus digital radio channels. No additional accessories or installation are required. Using XM's industry-leading chipset technology as well as a new proprietary chip and… Read More

With these introductions, all receivers in Yamaha's 2004 line automatically delay a video program's audio to match the video delay caused by video processors, said national training manager Phil Shea. At the $499- and $599-suggested price points, the company for the first time will offer an automatic setup process for selecting speaker size, delay, level and phase settings. That feature was previously available at prices… Read More