The Yamaha RX-V585 is close to being a really good home cinema amp, but its coarseness makes for a tiring listen It's a shame, because there's much to like about this Yamaha. In fact, we like most things about it, but we simply couldn't see ourselves being able to live with its overbearing...
Spacious soundstage; Plenty of muscle; Times well with decent detail; Plenty of features and multi-room
Sonic hardness undoes most of its good work; Only four HDMI inputs