I've been out strafing stores recently and seen a few Yamaha amps..
However I've seen alternating models from the above two series, and about the same price and no differences (as far as the salesperson could tell and I could make out from the grill).
Now that i am at home, I compared the RX-v665 and the HTR-6130 and the only thing spec wise different I can see is that the RX-V model has HDMI audio pass-thru (by which I assume that the HTR would require a separate cable to carry audio - not sure how this is done.. so any tips would be helpful)
I've searched the forums on differences and it seems like they two are identical functionally more or less and just positioned diff for marketing reasons. So looking for confirmation.
Q#2 that I had was that there seems to be some talk of the RX-Vxx5 models being worse choices that the corresponding RX-Vxx3 counterparts. Is this true? I've never seen a Vxx3 model in stores.
Q#3 is pricing. The Yamaha.com pages list that the RX-V363 is cheaper RX-V663 by 300$. The rough conversion makes the v363 for around 12K INR. However the indian stores unanimously claim nothing under 23-24K for the v36x models and the v66x models for ~32K. I understand that the conversion is never linear for electronics - however the relative pricing looks a bit fishy. I'm eyeing a v36x model so I am asking for a (am I being taken for a ride) price verification... If there is some place I should be looking out for better deals on Yam 5.1 amps.
However I've seen alternating models from the above two series, and about the same price and no differences (as far as the salesperson could tell and I could make out from the grill).
Now that i am at home, I compared the RX-v665 and the HTR-6130 and the only thing spec wise different I can see is that the RX-V model has HDMI audio pass-thru (by which I assume that the HTR would require a separate cable to carry audio - not sure how this is done.. so any tips would be helpful)
I've searched the forums on differences and it seems like they two are identical functionally more or less and just positioned diff for marketing reasons. So looking for confirmation.
Q#2 that I had was that there seems to be some talk of the RX-Vxx5 models being worse choices that the corresponding RX-Vxx3 counterparts. Is this true? I've never seen a Vxx3 model in stores.
Q#3 is pricing. The Yamaha.com pages list that the RX-V363 is cheaper RX-V663 by 300$. The rough conversion makes the v363 for around 12K INR. However the indian stores unanimously claim nothing under 23-24K for the v36x models and the v66x models for ~32K. I understand that the conversion is never linear for electronics - however the relative pricing looks a bit fishy. I'm eyeing a v36x model so I am asking for a (am I being taken for a ride) price verification... If there is some place I should be looking out for better deals on Yam 5.1 amps.
