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Yamaha introduces a new benchmark for receiver performance: the RX-Z9.This flagship model goes beyond the capabilities of previous high-end Yamaha models with High-Definition CINEMA DSP technology, the ability to automatically optimize the sound for the listening room, superior audio and video quality, and the operating ease that Yamaha is famous for. The RX-Z9 has all the features a dedicated audiophile could want, and then some! Naturally, you get all the benefits of Yamaha's industry-lead...
Yamaha introduces a new benchmark for receiver performance: the RX-Z9.This flagship model goes beyond the capabilities of previous high-end Yamaha models with High-Definition CINEMA DSP technology, the ability to automatically optimize the sound for the listening room, superior audio and video quality, and the operating ease that Yamaha is famous for. The RX-Z9 has all the features a dedicated audiophile could want, and then some! Naturally, you get all the benefits of Yamaha's industry-leading CINEMA DSP technology, available in a broad selection of 51 surround programs with 71 variations. SILENT CINEMA allows surround sound to be heard through headphones. The all-new YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) functions as a high-end parametric equalizer to automatically analyzer the room acoustics and optimize the sound output to match. A wide range of audio and video functions are provided, and the user-friendly GUI display offers an extensive choice of useful menus.
Although, the myriad of features on this critter can be intimidating, if one takes it one step at a time, the rewards are there. The auto set-up accurately identified all my speaker characteristics (and accurately alerted me to a reversed wiring set-...up) with the exception of the distance of the subs. Once set-up, the system is flawless. The remote is very easy to use, especially considering all of the features it controls, including universiality. The fire-wire link with my Denon DVD 3910 is phenomenol. I am consistently amazed that I am able to get such incredible Video and Audio! The System: Yamaha RX-Z9; Mits 52525 DLPTV; Denon DVD 3910; Fr. Spkrs: Paradigm Monitor 7; Rear Spkrs: Definitivie BP-8; Subs: (2) Paradigm PDR 10; Fr. Presence: Monitor Audio 45e's; R. Surround: Bose 161o's; Fr. Center: Boston Acoustice Ctr. Sat6; Remote: Sony Remote Commander RM-AV3000 Read more Less
A well-worn adage says that all things come to he who waits. Yamaha 's RX-Z9 receiver is so chock-full of features, it must have been waiting a long time. Yamaha goes as far as to claim, e"If this receiver doesne't have it, you dond't need it!e" You be the judge of that, but here are some highlights: it has all the expected 5.1-, 6.1-, and 7.1-channel movie decoding modes plus dozens of Yamaha ambience modes, many of them utilizing an auxiliary pair of left/right front Presence speakers, 175 watts x 7 plus 50 watts x 2 to power a nine-speaker array, automatic level balancing and equalization for all those speaker channels, bass management and speaker-distance compensation for all formats and media, and upconversion of all video inputs.
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