Yamaha Aventage RX-3040a Atmos Receiver - Hands On Review

The trouble with building an over-the-top, no-holds-barred A/V receiver is that it's tough to follow up with something new the next year -- you basically have to stick a new number on the same black box. Yamaha's been in this pickle for a few years now with its premium Aventage line -- not much has changed in the A/V receiver world since we first reviewed the RX-A3010 back in 2011 (unless you count 4K pass-through). But now that Dolby Atmos surround is available for home theaters, Yamaha's Aventage line has some new bells and whistles to brag about. Feast your eyes (and ears) on the RX-A3040, Yamaha's flagship, Dolby Atmos-ready A/V receiver.

For the hearty price of $2000, the RX-A3040 delivers all of the audiophile components and build quality we've come to expect from the line, with the added ability to decode Atmos surround and drive Atmos speakers, be they in-ceiling speakers, or Atmos-enabled speakers like the Andrew Jones speaker package we're currently using here at Digital Trends.

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