Yamaha RX-V561 receiver, front panel with the red display lit, large volume dial at the right and the input controls below.

Rear panel of the Yamaha RX-V561 — HDMI inputs, colour-coded multichannel RCA jacks, aerial terminals and five pairs of speaker binding posts.

Yamaha RX-V561 5.1 AVR 500W — 2x HDMI, 3 Digital In, Remote

Name: Yamaha RX-V561 5.1 AVR 500W — 2x HDMI, 3 Digital In, Remote
Brand: Yamaha
SKU: 17101
Price: 145.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$145.00

Consignment piece. We sell it on behalf of its owner, and it's covered exactly like everything else we sell: inspected and serviced as required, and backed by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. The one difference: it isn't eligible for Cue It Up layaway.

100 watts minimum RMS on every one of the five channels into 8 ohms, and dynamic power that climbs to 110, 130, 160 and 180 watts into 8, 6, 4 and 2 ohms — a receiver that keeps increasing output as the load gets harder has a supply with something in reserve. Where it earns its keep is bass management: a crossover selectable across nine points from 40 Hz to 200 Hz with a 12 dB per octave high-pass on front, centre and surround. Two HDMI inputs, three digital, remote included. Very good condition.

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Yamaha RX-V561 5.1 Home Theatre Receiver — 100 Watts a Channel, Two HDMI Inputs, Remote Included

A 500-watt five-channel Yamaha home theatre receiver with HDMI video switching, a properly adjustable subwoofer crossover and 100 watts on every channel, in very good condition and ready to anchor a system today.

Power and Amplification

Yamaha rates the RX-V561 at 100 watts minimum RMS per channel into 8 ohms across front, centre and surround, which is a full 500 watts of system power, and 135 watts per channel at the JEITA maximum. Dynamic power climbs to 110, 130, 160 and 180 watts into 8, 6, 4 and 2 ohms respectively. Those descending-impedance figures are the ones worth reading: a receiver that keeps increasing output as the load gets harder has a power supply with something in reserve, which is what keeps a system composed when a film soundtrack asks for everything at once.

Setup and Room Correction

Where this receiver earns its keep for anyone running a subwoofer is the bass management. The crossover is selectable across nine points from 40 Hz to 200 Hz, with a 12 dB per octave high-pass on the front, centre and surround channels and a 24 dB per octave low-pass on the subwoofer output. That is a genuine, adjustable crossover rather than a single fixed 80 Hz setting, and it means the handoff between speakers and subwoofer can be tuned to the speakers actually in the room instead of the ones the designer imagined.

Connections

Two HDMI inputs and one HDMI output handle video switching to the display. Audio arrives over the three digital inputs, two optical and one coaxial, which is how sources of this generation were normally connected and takes one additional cable from the same player. All three accept PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS bitstreams at sampling rates up to 96 kHz. For anyone bringing legacy high-resolution discs to the system, the multi-channel analogue input accepts a full discrete feed from an SACD or DVD-Audio player, and there is a dedicated subwoofer pre-out alongside it.

Radique’s Take

The rest is the substantial Yamaha engineering of the period. Frequency response runs from 10 Hz to 100 kHz within 3 dB, total harmonic distortion is quoted at 0.06 percent or less at 50 watts into 8 ohms, and signal to noise measures 98 dB or better at 200 mV with the effects off, rising to 100 dB at 250 mV. Channel separation is 60 dB at 1 kHz. Bass and treble each adjust plus or minus 10 dB. A compatible Yamaha remote control is included, tested and confirmed to operate all primary functions. AM and FM tuning are on board.

A capable and well-specified five-channel receiver from Yamaha’s strongest run of home theatre products, with the power supply and the bass management to build a real system around. Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.

Yamaha RX-V561 5.1 Home Theatre Receiver Specifications

Channels: 5.1
Minimum RMS output power: 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms, 1 kHz, 0.9% THD, front, centre and surround
Maximum power (JEITA): 135 watts per channel, 1 kHz, 10% THD, 8 ohms
Dynamic power: 110 / 130 / 160 / 180 watts into 8 / 6 / 4 / 2 ohms
Dynamic headroom: 0.41 dB into 8 ohms
Frequency response: 10 Hz – 100 kHz, -3 dB
Total harmonic distortion: 0.06% or less, 1 kHz, 50 watts, 8 ohms
Signal to noise ratio: 98 dB at 200 mV, 100 dB at 250 mV, effects off
Residual noise: 150 microvolts or less
Channel separation: 60 dB at 1 kHz, 45 dB at 10 kHz
Tone controls: bass plus or minus 10 dB at 100 Hz, treble plus or minus 10 dB at 20 kHz
Speaker load impedance: 6 ohms minimum
Input sensitivity: 200 mV / 47 kilohms
Subwoofer output: 4 V / 1.2 kilohms
Crossover: selectable 40, 60, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 160, 200 Hz; 12 dB/octave high-pass, 24 dB/octave low-pass
Digital inputs: three, two optical and one coaxial; PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS up to 96 kHz
Analogue inputs: multi-channel input, plus line level sources
HDMI: two inputs, one output
Video: component, S-video and composite; NTSC
Tuner: AM and FM
Remote: compatible Yamaha remote, all primary functions confirmed
Power supply: 120 V AC, 60 Hz
Power consumption: 240 W
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 17.1 x 5.9 x 12.5 inches (435 x 151 x 318 mm)
Weight: 17.9 lbs (8.1 kg)

⚠️ Important Information for International Buyers

This unit is configured for North American 110/120V power. Buyers outside North America will require a step-down transformer and appropriate plug adapter.

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Weight	19.9 lbs
Dimensions	16.5 × 21.1 × 9.9 in

About brand

Yamaha at Radique

We service Yamaha, too. Bring us your own Yamaha receivers, amplifiers, CD players, cassette decks, speakers and subwoofers for repair, servicing or restoration, with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

Yamaha began as an organ maker in Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1887. It made gramophones from the 1920s and began hi-fi with the 1954 HiFi Player. We carry Yamaha AV receivers, vintage stereo receivers, CD players, subwoofers and speakers. We've had more than 280 Yamaha listings so far, covering nearly 200 different models. Every used Yamaha here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Every AV receiver we list is tested input by input on our bench: each HDMI input and output, the analog, optical and coaxial inputs, the subwoofer outputs and the wireless features where it has them. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Yamaha models we've sold most often: the SW-3 subwoofer, the NX-E270 surrounds, and the RX-V1400, RX-V850 and RX-V800 AV receivers.

The Yamaha hi-fi story

Torakusu Yamaha built his first reed organ in Hamamatsu in 1887 and founded Nippon Gakki in 1897; the company was renamed Yamaha Corporation in 1987. Yamaha calls the 1954 HiFi Player its first audio product, and dates its first Natural Sound (NS) speakers to 1967.

1970s hi-fi. The CA-700 and CA-500 of 1972 were Yamaha's first integrated amplifiers, and the CA-1000 of 1973 could switch its output stage between Class A and Class A/B. The NS-1000 and NS-1000M speakers of 1974 used beryllium dome drivers, and the NS-10M of 1978, sold for home use, became a studio monitor.

CD and surround. The CD-1 of 1982 was Yamaha's first CD player. The DSP-1 of 1986 was a Digital Sound Field Processor, and in 1993 the RX-V870 became the first Yamaha receiver with CINEMA DSP. The RX-V992 of 1997 added built-in Dolby Digital decoding.

AVENTAGE. The AVENTAGE (RX-A) receiver line launched in 2010, above the RX-V range.

Which Yamaha is which?

CA integrated amplifiers (1972 to about 1979): the CA-500, CA-700, CA-1000 and CA-2000, followed by the A-series.

CR receivers (mid-1970s to about 1980): the CR-1000, then the CR-620 to CR-2020 generation of 1977 to 1979.

NS speakers: from the NS-690 and the beryllium NS-1000 to the NS-10M bookshelf speaker, made from 1978 to 2001.

CD players: from the CD-1 of 1982 to the CDX and GT-CD models.

RX-V AV receivers (from at least 1991): such as the RX-V800, RX-V850 and RX-V1400 we sell often. Built-in Dolby Digital arrived in 1997, YPAO room calibration in 2003 and HDMI in the mid-2000s.

RX-A AVENTAGE (from 2010): the step-up AV receivers. The RX-Z models were the flagships until 2007.

Buying used Yamaha: what to check

Formats. On an AV receiver, check what it decodes and connects to: Dolby Digital from 1997, room calibration from 2003, HDMI from the mid-2000s.

HDMI boards. On modern AV receivers, HDMI is usually the first thing to fail. We test every HDMI input and output before listing.

CR receivers. Owners suggest asking whether service bulletins were done on a CR-2020, and expect scratchy controls and burnt-out dial lamps on any unserviced unit.

NS speakers. Check that the tweeters on an NS-10M are original and both work, and inspect the beryllium domes on an NS-1000, since Yamaha stopped making beryllium diaphragms in 1997.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.