Yamaha CX-A5000 vs RX-A3060, any help from the A/V experts?

I've owned 8 or 9 Yamaha 2080, 2085s. They are my favorite ill-fated receivers. After 18 months, or 2 years, or 3 months, or 4 NEW OUT OF THE BOX UNITS have had NO SUBWOOFER SIGNAL OUT. Other than that, I love them. The remote is the BEST. The features are the BEST. I own 3 Yamaha smaller units without pre-amplifier outputs and each is waiting to go back for repair of the subwoofer output signal electronics.

From that description it sounds like we all should be steering clear of Yamaha units.

Thanks

RAJBCPA said:

I've owned 8 or 9 Yamaha 2080, 2085s. They are my favorite ill-fated receivers. After 18 months, or 2 years, or 3 months, or 4 NEW OUT OF THE BOX UNITS have had NO SUBWOOFER SIGNAL OUT. Other than that, I love them. The remote is the BEST. The features are the BEST. I own 3 Yamaha smaller units without pre-amplifier outputs and each is waiting to go back for repair of the subwoofer output signal electronics.

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EricMCI said:

From that description it sounds like we all should be steering clear of Yamaha units.

Thanks

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My RX-A2000 just gave up on me due to the TI-DSP issue that plagued other manufacturers as well. I called a repair shop to inquire about fixing it and he recommended that I replace it because the cost of repair would be prohibitive and would likely not last a very long time. I asked for a brand recommendation, and he said stick with the high end Yamahas. He said that he sees every other manufacturer far more than Yamahas and when he repairs them, the Yamaha issues are typically from abuse or some random part failure, but the repairs on other units tend to be the result of poor manufacturing, poor quality control, or cheap parts.