Yamaha RX-V471 Tests (Receiver und Verstärker)

The Yamaha RX-V471 is a well-appointed, highly musical AV receiver that punches above its budget price tag. It's well built, sounds great, and even throws in USB playback. After a couple of years out of sync, Yamaha is back in the groove.

Refined, well-rounded audio performance ; High-quality digital-signal processing modes ; Supremely easy to use ; USB music playback

No Ethernet networking ; Not massively dynamic ; No album art support outside of iOS devices

The Yamaha RX-V471 is a terrific-sounding, well-engineered AV receiver for the 3D generation. Features such as USB media playback, auto calibration, and HDMI standby pass-through help to nudge it ahead of much of the competition, and its DSP modes are...

Richard Stevenson is bowled over by the entry-level model of Yamaha's 25th anniversary amp line-up. How far does it punch beyond its price point?

Class-leading sound; useful features; fabulously easy to use

No networking or zone 2 output, little manual control of RoomEQ

While more affluent receivers offer more power, greater resolution and additional features, I can’t remember a time when a budget AVR impressed me so much. It is stylish on the shelf, amazingly easy to use, offers a useful set of features and tops it...