View offers AV receiver | £2299 | whf.cm/RX-A6A
For manufacturers trying to keep up with technology trends, the feeling of constantly playing catch-up must be acute. No sooner does a company release its latest and greatest piece of home entertainment kit than a new feature comes along and suddenly obsolescence beckons. When it comes to products such as AV receivers that have to link multiple devices, all with their own raft of constantly evolving specifications, things are even trickier.
As the hub of any home cinema, an AVR must be able to keep up with the ever-changing demands of video, sound, streaming and gaming technology – not to mention the NeverEnding Story-like tome of HDMI 2.1 protocols that provide the basis for their interface.
When Yamaha first announced its current Aventage range, in which the RX-A6A sits one notch below the flagship model, it was notable both for its benchmark-setting support of HDMI 2.1 with up to 40Gbps of bandwidth across all inputs and outputs, and for the number of asterisks attached to its specifications, indicating technology that
