Good day all, its been a long time since I've posted (so long I can't remember my old account and had to make a new one no less as my "reset password" emails aren't showing up).
Anyways (and I do apologize if this is wordy). I have a Yamaha RX-V496 that has served me well for a decade and a half now that is finally starting to have an issue. Now when I turn it on it can take anywhere from 2-10 minutes for any audio to come from the right channel. I tried multiple sources and different cables to rule out anything other than the receiver.
The problem is that while preparing for the superbowl last night it took 2 hours and 15 minutes before the right channel woke up. Once its working, it never drops out. When its "waking up" there may be 5-15 seconds of sporadic sound, but after that no issues.
This leads me to wonder what I should do. One option is to purchase a new receiver, but this isn't as straightforward as I would like it to be after some research. What I've found is that even though this was something of a "entry level" unit at the time for Yamaha it isn't easy to find a unit that can do all the things I want. My 496 gives me solid sound, with a nice phono stage, and multi-channel inputs for my SA-CD player.
What I'm finding is that I really have to go far up the lineup of most companies to find units that still offer phono or multi-in....if they still offer such a unit at all. I route all my HDMI sources directly to the TV and connect them to the receiver with Coax or Optical, so there's not even a large advantage to be gained from the HDMI switching that seems to be all that current entry receivers seem to offer.
Phono is the real elusive beast and I suppose I could add an external phono preamp, but would prefer to keep things as simple and direct as I can. I'm even wondering if it would be worth my time to take a chance on a used unit from the era where phono and multichannel inputs were more common. I've seen several examples on eBay for $70-120 shipped (a V496 included).
The other option is to see about having the unit repaired. I don't know if this is a viable option and I know this isn't a flagship unit that in the past would be repaired vs replaced...but it is certainly something I'm considering.
I welcome any thoughts or suggestions, sorry again for the wall of text.
-S
Anyways (and I do apologize if this is wordy). I have a Yamaha RX-V496 that has served me well for a decade and a half now that is finally starting to have an issue. Now when I turn it on it can take anywhere from 2-10 minutes for any audio to come from the right channel. I tried multiple sources and different cables to rule out anything other than the receiver.
The problem is that while preparing for the superbowl last night it took 2 hours and 15 minutes before the right channel woke up. Once its working, it never drops out. When its "waking up" there may be 5-15 seconds of sporadic sound, but after that no issues.
This leads me to wonder what I should do. One option is to purchase a new receiver, but this isn't as straightforward as I would like it to be after some research. What I've found is that even though this was something of a "entry level" unit at the time for Yamaha it isn't easy to find a unit that can do all the things I want. My 496 gives me solid sound, with a nice phono stage, and multi-channel inputs for my SA-CD player.
What I'm finding is that I really have to go far up the lineup of most companies to find units that still offer phono or multi-in....if they still offer such a unit at all. I route all my HDMI sources directly to the TV and connect them to the receiver with Coax or Optical, so there's not even a large advantage to be gained from the HDMI switching that seems to be all that current entry receivers seem to offer.
Phono is the real elusive beast and I suppose I could add an external phono preamp, but would prefer to keep things as simple and direct as I can. I'm even wondering if it would be worth my time to take a chance on a used unit from the era where phono and multichannel inputs were more common. I've seen several examples on eBay for $70-120 shipped (a V496 included).
The other option is to see about having the unit repaired. I don't know if this is a viable option and I know this isn't a flagship unit that in the past would be repaired vs replaced...but it is certainly something I'm considering.
I welcome any thoughts or suggestions, sorry again for the wall of text.
-S