Yamaha AVENTAGE AV Receiver RX-A2A

With its powerful design, the A2A was made to deliver rock-solid, superior sound. This impressive AV receiver will completely transform your home cinema with professional-quality audio and video.

Description

 

Make every night movie night. In fact, feel like you’ve entered the story. The Yamaha approach to tonal balance delivers incredibly detailed and accurate timbre in each voicing. Dynamism is found in the emotive contrast between the stillness and motion in the movie. The urgency and suspense between action scenes is palpable through the sound field that is created.

 

 

For those without in-ceiling or upward firing speakers in their system, Dolby Atmos® with Height Virtualization Technology simulates the Atmos experience with forward facing-drivers. Configure up to five speakers to replicate the effect of two in-ceiling speakers, or utilize all seven channels to simulate the powerful effect of four overhead speakers.

Feel every dimension in Dolby Atmos®. Enjoy a 5.1 surround speaker system and two additional overhead speakers or two Dolby Atmos® elevation speakers, delivering dramatic overhead effects for truly enveloping audio – including Dolby Surround upmixer for legacy content.

 

 

DTS:X immersive audio formatting places sound where it would naturally occur in space, creating life-like, multi-dimensional audio. The included spatial remapping engine of DTS Neural:X™ offers improved immersion and heightened realism in all your favorite movies.

 

 

This unique Yamaha proprietary sound field creation technology, was created by combining measured sound field data with digital signal processing. Yamaha collected sound field data from famous concert halls and music clubs around the world, utilizing its wealth of experience in the fields of concert hall design, public address and mixing. By digitizing this vast trove of information and incorporating it into dedicated LSI devices, it effectively reproduces the spaces of concert halls and music clubs in your home. Immerse yourself in the astounding realism of your movies, and enter a world of profound theater sound.

 

 

When music is encoded into a digitally compressed format like MP3, the frequency response suffers. Yamaha’s Compressed Music Enhancer employs sophisticated digital signal processing using exclusive algorithms to restore what was lost, so the music always sounds the way it should.

 

 

It would contribute a precise signal transmission, especially suitable for high resolution audio signal. Generally high slew rate amplifier causes unstable signal transmission, Yamaha’s newly design circuit achieves high slew rate with stable signal transmission.

 

 

The Anti Resonance Technology (A.R.T.) Wedge is a fifth foot in the center of the chassis unit base. It dampens vibrations from the power transformer, power transistors and heat sinks, as well as vibrations that might be caused by the sound from the speakers — providing dynamic sound and focused, accurate reproduction.

 

 

HDR10+ signals not only dynamic range (the ratio of light to dark) of video content on a scene-by-scene (or even frame-by-frame) basis, it also provides, in a small amount of metadata, the scene characteristics between bright and dark so that important detail can remain. This enables displays to reproduce images more realistically, adhering to the creator’s intent.

 

 

4K/120Hz enables ultra-fast motion UHD images to be crisp and razor sharp; allowing high-performance gaming, sport and action movies to benefit significantly.

 

Enhanced gaming and media features ensure an added level of smooth and seamless motion and transitions for gaming, movies and video. They include: Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) allows enables the ideal latency setting to automatically be set allowing for smooth, lag-free and uninterrupted viewing and interactivity. Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) reduces or eliminates lag, stutter and frame tearing for more fluid and detailed gameplay.

*YAMAHA initially intended to support QMS (Quick Media Switching) within the HDMI 2.1 specification. However, YAMAHA later discovered that these models cannot be updated to support QMS via firmware. This is due to an unforeseen hardware limitation caused by QMS specification change in HDMI 2.1a. This hardware limitation affects current AV receivers, including Yamaha. (Information corrected in May 2023)

 

 

YPAO™-R.S.C. (Reflected Sound Control) analyses the room acoustics with the included YPAO™ microphone to tune your system for the ultimate sound in your specific room. It employs R.S.C. to correct early reflections for studio-quality surround sound.

 

 

Combine this AV receiver with the MusicCast 50 or MusicCast 20 wireless streaming speaker and enjoy the amazing convenience of creating a home theatre with wireless surround sound. What’s more, you get stunningly realistic sound with a clean, clutter-free setup. Easily turn your current living room into a special entertainment environment where you can fully enjoy movies and music.

 

Use your smartphone or tablet together with the MusicCast CONTROLLER app to operate the AVR and change settings quickly and easily. The same Controller app functions as a remote control for all your MusicCast-compatible devices as well as full multi-room audio controls.

 

Touch or voice control – the choice is yours. Intuitively control a single MusicCast product or an entire whole-of-home system with ease using Alexa or Google Assistant and hear your home come alive.

*Availability of voice command control via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant varies by region.

*A third party device is required to initiate voice commands.

 

No worries, no confusion. Use this special app to receive expert set up assistance for your AV receiver and source devices. It even guides you through various other settings such as speaker connections, TV and source device connections and power amplifier assignments.

 

Explore a world of music with music streaming services* built-in. Synchronizing your playlists and tracks from your smart phone or computer to the AV receiver, music streaming services make it impossibly easy to either listen to your favorites or discover new music.

*Music streaming service availability varies by region.

 

Unlock the full potential of your 4K content. Enhanced Audio Return Channel (also known as eARC) is the next generation of ARC – available in the industry-leading AV receivers from Yamaha.

eARC delivers full-resolution, multi-channel audio formats such as Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD® through your existing HDMI connection, giving you the most realistic surround sound experience for immersing yourself in your favorite movies and moments.

Amplifier SectionChannel7.2
Rated Output Power (1kHz, 1ch driven)125 W (8 ohms, 0.9% THD)
Rated Output Power (20Hz-20kHz, 2ch driven)100 W (8 ohms, 0.06% THD)
Maximum Effective Output Power (1kHz, 1ch driven)150 W (8 ohms, 10% THD)
High Slew Rate AmplifierYes
Surround Sound ProcessingSurround:AIN/A
CINEMA DSPYes
DSP Programs17
Dialog Level AdjustmentYes
Virtual Presence SpeakerYes
Virtual Surround Back SpeakerYes
Dialogue LiftYes
SILENT CINEMA / Virtual CINEMA DSPYes
Dolby AtmosYes
Dolby Atmos Height VirtualizerYes
Dolby TrueHDYes
Dolby Digital PlusYes
Dolby SurroundYes
DTS:XYes
DTS-HD Master AudioYes
Audio FeaturesFile FormatMP3 / WMA / MPEG-4 AAC: up to 48 kHz / 16-bit, ALAC: up to 96 kHz / 24-bit, FLAC: up to 384 kHz / 24-bit, WAV / AIFF: up to 384 kHz / 32-bit, DSD: up to 11.2 MHz
Pure DirectYes
Compressed Music EnhancerYes
High-resolution Music EnhancerN/A
YPAO multi-point measurementYes
YPAO VolumeYes
Adaptive DRC (Dynamic Range Control)Yes
Initial Volume & Maximum Volume SettingYes
A.R.T. WedgeYes
Bi-amp capabilityYes
Audio DelayYes (0-500 ms)
DA Converter384 kHz / 32-bit BB PCM5102A
Video FeaturesHDMI eARCYes
HDMI Audio Return ChannelYes
HDMI Pass-through8K60B, 4K120AB, 24GBPS *HDMI1-3
HDMI Up-scalingYes up to 4K
HDMI Up-conversionN/A
Dolby VisionYes
HDR 10+Yes
VRR/ALLM/QMS/QFTYes (via future update)
Video adjustmentN/A
ConnectivityMusicCast SurroundYes
HDMI Input/Output7 / 1
HDMI CECYes
USB InputYes
Network PortYes
Wi-FiYes (2.4 / 5 GHz)
AirPlay 2Yes
BluetoothYes (SBC / AAC)
Front AV InputUSB
Digital Audio Input/Output: Optical1 / 0
Digital Audio Input/Output: Coaxial1 / 0
Analog Audio Input/Output4 / 0
Phono InputYes
XLR TerminalN/A
Component Video Input/OutputN/A
Composite Video Input/OutputN/A
Preout2.2-ch
Headphone Output1
Tuner SectionFM/AM TunerYes (Availability varies by region.)
DAB TunerYes (Availability varies by region.)
User InterfaceOn-screen displayGraphical User Interface
SCENEYes (8 sets)
App ControlYes (iPhone / iPad / Android phone / tablet)
Web Browser ControlYes
Remote Control UnitYes
Zone ControlZone 2 Audio OutputPreout
Zone 3 Audio OutputN/A
Zone 4 Audio OutputN/A
Powered ZoneZone 2
Zone Video OutputN/A
Zone B OutputN/A
Zone GUIN/A
RS-232C InterfaceN/A
+12V Trigger Output1
Remote (IR) Input/Output1 / 1
Party ModeYes
GeneralStandby Power Consumption (IR only)0.1 W
Auto Power StandbyYes
ECO modeYes
Dimensions (W x H x D)435 W x 171 H x 372 D mm (with antenna up:435 W x 245 H x 372 D mm)17-1/8″W x 6-3/4″H x 14-5/8″D (with antenna up:17-1/8″W x 9-5/8″H x 14-5/8″D)
Weight10.2 kg; 22.5 lbs.