![]() ![]() The XM tuner integration is nicely done with song/channel info available on your TV's screen. The RX-V1800 is both XM-ready and iPod-compatible, which means you'll need to purchase an XM Mini-tuner and Home Dock as well as a Yamaha YDS-10 Universal Dock to make those features fully functional. It's also the least expensive Yamaha AVR with onboard Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding. In addition, there are three component video inputs plus six S-video/composite inputs – not to mention a boatload of optical digital audio inputs and outputs. With four HDMI 1.3a HDMI inputs (and one output), this AVR is more equipped than a lot of current high-end pre/pros. One of the things you get when you spend a little more on an AVR is inputs, and the RX-V1800 is not shy in that category. It turns out that the RX-V1800 has plenty of things going for it, and maybe a few that are not so hot. ![]() That makes it pretty tough for a receiver to establish a reason for existence in that low four-figure price range. And lately, there's been some pretty hard-to-beat AVRs on the market for well under $1,000. Even though it's obviously not the most expensive AVR Yamaha manufactures, at $1,299 it's not the least expensive on the list, either. In light of all this AV receiver high-endness, it might be hard for an AVR that sits more toward the middle of the price range, as does the new Yamaha RX-V1800, to get some attention. While Yamaha is not really a "high-end" company mentioned in the same breath with the likes of, say, Krell, Classe, or Lexicon, it certainly pioneered the behemoth, all-in-one-piece- hernia-inducing monster AV receiver starting with the $4,499 RX-Z9 several years ago (Yamaha's latest, biggest, and baddest, the 11.2-channel RX-Z11, will appear in November for $5,499). The T-1 is solid, solid, solid all the way, in every respect.For as long as I can remember (although the time scale is questionable nowadays), Yamaha has been a strong player in the AV receiver game. One brilliant tuner!! I know it is a cliche to say they don't make them like this anymore, but it is true. What the T-1 offers in spades, is great performance, very good construction and a really cool look. They are really not that much better than the Yamaha, if at all. The vintage analogue tuner market is full of hype.There is no need to spend megabucks on a Kenwood, Pioneer, Sansui or any of the other fancied tuners. It is a very sensitive tuner and pulls in low powered stations very well. I'm using the T-1 in Sydney, Australia where the FM stations are not that close together, so selectivity is not that big an issue. OK, it's got no presets, I like presets so I miss them on the T-1 but you can spin the tuning knob across the dial easily, no problem. As you hit a station, the dial indicator gets brighter, then a quick touchup on the tuner meter and you're right there. Controls are smooth to operate, particularly the tuning knob. It has an extremely good ergonomic layout. Perhaps the best way to characterize it is that you don't notice that you are listening to an FM broadcast, all you are aware of is the music. The T-1 is a very sweet sounding tuner, no harshness at all at any point in the soundscape. This is a superb tuner (made 1979) and a bargain too at current ebay prices. ![]()
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