Yamaha RX-V890 (circa 1996)
Little is documented about the Yamaha RX-V890. What the record shows comes from period advertising and a single new-product note. No full test report, service manual, or complete specification sheet has surfaced.
The period ads identify the RX-V890 as Yamaha's 5-channel A/V home theater receiver, rated at 100 watts for each of the left, center, and right channels. Audio (April 1996, p.26) ran the listing alongside the larger RX-V2090, a 7-channel receiver with its own surround-effects channels. That confirms the RX-V890 sat beneath the V2090 in Yamaha's home theater line. A HiFI-Stereo item (November 1996, p.18) later described the incoming RX-V990 as eclipsing its predecessor, the RX-V890, by adding five rear RCA inputs for upgrading to 5.1. That implies the RX-V890 lacked a discrete 5.1 upgrade path.
The rear-channel power rating, dimensions, weight, original price, and production years remain untraced.
- Type: 5-channel A/V home theater receiver
- Power: 100 W per channel, L/C/R
- Line position: below the RX-V2090; succeeded by the RX-V990
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