Yamaha now properly supports 1.0 sound

Last year I whinged a bit about Yamaha because if would not handle 1.0 audio properly. Its receivers insisted on turning it into 2.0, apparently because Japanese TV had a disconcerting habit of switching between 2.0 and 1.0 for advertisements and whatever, resulting in a disconcerting experience for viewers.

I’ve just been looking at a new Yamaha receiver, which is due for release here very soon. The RX-V767, I’m happy to report, now outputs 1.0 sound from the centre channel speaker alone. Just select the ‘Straight’ processing — or, rather, non-processing — sound mode.