YAMAHA RX- V485 5.1-Ch. Home Theater Receiver With Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and MusicCast 230 W AV Power Receiver  (Black)

A sound investment We've always been impressed by the value that yamaha packs into their home theater receivers. With 5.1 channels of powerful surround sound and full support for 4k video, the rx-v485 is no exception. This receiver offers playback of several different high-resolution audio formats through its front-panel usb port or a networked computer. And an impressive array of wireless streaming options lets you access all your favorite tunes and explore new music effortlessly. A world of wireless listening options Built-in support for streaming services like spotify®, tidal, and pandora® lets you play and control your favorite music directly through the receiver. Apple® airplay® lets you stream from a compatible ios® device, and bluetooth adds even more streaming flexibility. Musiccast lets you listen the way you want Yamaha's musiccast technology makes it easier than ever to set up a whole-home wireless music system. You can add audio playback in up to nine additional rooms with compatible yamaha wireless speakers and sound bars. Musiccast lets you stream music from your personal collection, internet radio, and streaming services. You can also play bluetooth sources, sound from your tv, and even cds and vinyl. The free musiccast controller app makes it easy to access your music and control what you have playing in different rooms. Wireless surround sound? Yes, please Want fewer wires in your life? Add musiccast 20 or musiccast 50 wireless streaming speakers. This receiver allows them to be connected as wireless surround speakers in a 5.1 home theater system with traditional wired front and center channel speakers. "Alexa, turn up the volume" Alexa voice control integration means you only have to ask when you want to play music, control volume, or turn the receiver on and off. Alexa can even help you link or unlink rooms in your multi-room musiccast system. Audio section High quality parts & design: the yamaha rx-v485 av receiver features fully discrete power amplifiers to minimize distortion and adopts independent pure power supplies for the analog and digital circuitry. The rx-v485's five-channel amplifier section is rated at 80 watts (into 8?, at 20-20khz, with 0.09% thd, driving 2 channels). The receiver also houses three ultra-high performance 384khz/32-bit burr-brown dacs with independent power supplies. These high-quality dacs support in reproducing audio for high resolution sound sources without noise. Moreover, a new high sound quality ic is employed for volume control and large heat sinks suppress vibration. Down to every detail, the yamaha av receiver is designed with full emphasis on the highest possible sound quality. Amplifier assignment: the yamaha rx-v485 allows you to assign its five amplifier channels for surround speakers, bi-amped front speakers, or zone b speakers. Surround (5.1ch): five speakers are powered in the main room; including front left/right, center, & surround left/right. Bi-amp (3.1ch): three speakers are powered in the main room (front left/right & center) with the surround amplifier channels reassigned to bi-amp the front speakers. A bi-amplification connection uses two amplifiers for one speaker. One amplifier is connected to the woofer section of a loudspeaker while the other is connected to the combined midrange and tweeter section. With this arrangement, each amplifier operates over a limited frequency range, making its job easier. Zone b (3.1ch): zone b allows the av receiver to send 2-channel stereo audio to speakers in a second room. The main zone will be limited to 3-channel output, while the same source is played back in 2ch stereo in a another room. Zone b always mirrors the audio output in the main zone. You can choose for the main zone & zone b to share the same volume setting or have independent volume control. Multichannel sources are mixed down to 2-channels and output to the second listening area.