Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080 vs Sony STR-ZA2100ES

AVENTAGE RX-A3080 vs STR-ZA2100ES comparison chart

Overall
Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080
8.7
Sony STR-ZA2100ES
6.5
9
7
10
8
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080

Dec 13, 2019

In the summer of 2018, the Yamaha Aventage home theater receiver series received not only new indexes in model names, but also several unique features. One of them is Surround AI, i.e. Surround Artif...

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Product

Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080
Sony STR-ZA2100ES

Model

AVENTAGE RX-A3080
STR-ZA2100ES

Brand

Yamaha
Sony

Reviews

72
7

Amplifier

Channels

9.2
7.2

Stereo power (RMS), W/Ohm

150/8, 230/4
75/8, 95/6

Output impedance, Ohm

8, 4
8, 6

Frequency response

10Hz-100KHz
10Hz-100KHz

THD in stereo, %

0.06
0.09

Audio features

Digital to analog converter (DAC)

ESS SABRE 384 KHz/32-bit

Bi-amping

Pure direct (straight)

Auto speaker calibration

YPAO
DCAC EX

Speaker A/B switching

Other audio features

CINEMA DSP, Compressed Music Enhancer, Virtual CINEMA FRONT
Digital Legato Linear, Sound Optimizer

Connectivity

Wi-Fi

2.4/5GHz

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
1 (USB 2.0)

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
1

DLNA

MHL

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay, AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, Sirius XM, Napster, Qobuz
has not

Extensive connection

HDMI input/output

7/3
6/2

HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel)

HDMI eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel)

HDMI CEC

Digital content protection (HDCP)

HDCP 2.3
HDCP 2.2

Subwoofer output (LFE)

2
2

Headphone output

1 x 6.3
0

Optical digital input

3
2

Coaxial digital input

3
1

Composite input

4
2

Component input/output

2/0
2/0

Phono (MM) input

Front panel connectors

USB, phones, setup mic, AUX
USB, HDMI, setup mic

Multi channel preamp output

Video features

HDR (High Dynamic Range)

HDR10
HDR10

4K signal pass-through

4K/60Hz
4K/60Hz

8K signal pass-through

HDMI signal pass-through

3D signal pass-through

HDMI pass-through in standby mode

Video conversion

Analog to HDMI scaling

HDMI to HDMI scaling

Dolby Vision

Other video features

DeepColor, x.v.Color, BT.2020, HLG
HLG

Additional features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android
iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android

Display

colour OSD
colour OSD

Tuner

AM, FM
AM, FM

Sleep timer

Auto power off

ECO mode

Graphical user interface (GUI)

Setup assistant

Firmware update

network, USB
network, USB

Other additional features

has not
has not

Multi-room

Multi-room zones

3
2

Zone audio output

speaker, preout
speaker, preout

Zone HDMI output

Multi-room control

MusicCast
has not

RS-232

1
1

Remote control input/output (IR)

1/1
1/2

DC trigger output (12V)

2
3

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby TrueHD

Dolby Surround

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus

DTS:X

DTS HD Master

DTS Virtual:X

DTS Neural:X

DTS (other)

DTS 96/24, DTS-HD, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-Surround
DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-HD

Auro-3D

IMAX Enhanced

Multichannel stereo

Audio file formats

MP3

WMA

AAC

WAV

FLAC

ALAC

Other audio file formats

AIFF
has not

Power

Operational power consumption, W

490
290

Standby consumption, W

0.1
0.3

Removable power cord

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size W x H x D, cm/inches

43.5 x 19.2 x 47.4/17 x 7.5 x 18.5
43 x 17.6 x 41/17 x 6.8 x 16.1

Weight, kg/lbs

19.6/43.2
12.2/27.1

Other

Release year

2018
2017
Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080
Sony STR-ZA2100ES
Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A3080
Sony STR-ZA2100ES

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