Hello,I have for sale a vintage Yamaha RX-V592 5.1 AV Receiver in great condition, its 100 fully functional.This is part of my fathers vintage audio collection he is a huge audiophile and has been collecting audio equipment for the last 35 years.Due to the vintage nature of these items, they are sold AS-IS however the equipment is fully functional and personally tested, we would be happy to test and demo it if youre local or provide a video.He recently retired last year and would like to downsize his collection to make more room at his home.We are asking $150 for this receiver and would be open to reasonable offers, I can help deliver within 15-20 miles of Anaheim.DescriptionThe Yamaha RX-V592 because not only is it inexpensive, but it has a full set of 5.1 pre-in jacks and pre-out jacks so that users can connect decoded 5.1 signals, such as DD and DTS. The 592 has 75 watts each to the front leftcenterright and 35 watts each to the rear leftright. Although this is fine for a starter system, the pre-out jacks are immediately available for connection to an outboard five-channel power lifier.One nice feature here, is that the 5.1 inputs include a subwoofer input that is the 0.1 channel or LFE Low Frequency Effects channel input missing from previous receivers.The rear of the 592 has the 5.1 pre-ins and pre-outs nicely arranged by themselves in the photo, they are the six jacks on the upper left and upper mid-right of the rear panel. It is almost as if Yamaha expects you to use them right away, and that is exactly what we did. Besides the ubiquitous phono pre inputs, there are audio inputs for CD, tape with loop, DVDLD, TVDBS, and VCR.Video inputs coaxial only, no S-Video include DVDLD, TVDBS, and VCR. There is a monitor out jack and VCR out jack coaxial. The speaker terminals consist of binding posts for the front left and right, while for the center and rear leftright, spring clips are used. These spring clips are too small for banana plugs, but bare wire or small spades will fit.An impedance selector allows using 4 or 8 Ohm speakers, and the 4 Ohm selection limits voltage so the lifier wont go into orbit. Two switched AC outlets are useful for turning on small components, and we used one of them to trigger an AC Power Conditioner that turns on a power lifier and subwoofer on a timed basis.The FMAM tuner has 24 presets for the FM section, and 16 for the AM section. It performs modestly, and is fine for a small system. There is a test tone function, for setting the volume of the various channels.A bass extension button on the front provides 6 dB at 50 Hz, and the treble and bass controls give 10 dB at 20 kHz and 50 Hz, respectively. Although the front channel lifiers are rated at 75 watts rms, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.04 THD, the center channel is rated at 75 watts rms, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.07 THD, and the rear leftright are 35 watts rms, 1 kHz, 0.3 THD. Thus, the center has slightly less performance than the front leftright, even though they are 75 watts, and the rear is not rated at full spectrum, and so, probably delivers about 25 watts, 20 Hz - 20 Kz. Again however, this is an entry level system.The front panel display is uncomplicated, and indicates basic information, such as shown below. For use with 5.1 inputs, you have to select the DVDLD input and then switch to the 6 channel mode 5.1 is actually 6 channels, including the LFE or subwoofer. None of the DSP sound fields are available with 5.1, and only the volume control is active tone controls active to front channels, but many of the DVD players emerging now have the ability to adjust several facets of DD sound, and that should be sufficient in a small system. When using a VCR and Pro Logic, the display shows the input and the fact that Pro Logic is the decoding method.In summary, the Yamaha RX-V592 is an attractive receiver for those consumers who want to get into home theater, and who want to be able to upgrade to digital surround later, without setting aside what they already have. The 5.1 pre-ins and 5.1 pre-outs allow connecting any outboard digital decoder as well as any five channel outboard power lifier for a complete and up-to-date digital surround sound system. It is an uncomplicated, easy to use, and nicely featured unit that is well worth a look.SpecificationsTuning range FM, MWPower output 75 watts per channel into 8 stereoSurround output 75W front, 75W center, 35W rearFrequency response 20Hz to 20kHzTotal harmonic distortion 0.025Ding factor 80Input sensitivity 2.5mV MM, 150mV lineSignal to noise ratio 82dB MM, 85dB lineChannel separation 50dB MM, 45dB lineOutput 150mV line, 2.2V Pre outVideo Connections compositeDimensions 435 x 151 x 379.5mmWeight 11kgAccessories remote controlYear 1997
