Yamaha's new RX-Z9

Grimster74
Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
edited August 2003 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Check this out, found it at another forum. After seeing something like this often makes one wonder if seperates are the way to go.

Today Yamaha representatives presented their 2004 product line to their dealers in Florida. They introduced a handful of very powerful and interesting products, one of which was the successor to the RX-Z1 the RX-Z9.

The RX-Z9 is the new statement recevier from Yamaha designed to surpass the current title holders from B&K, Denon, Marantz and McIntosh (interesting how the last three are actually the same company!).

The Z9 is a 9.1 channel receiver (remember Yamaha does the whole front-effect thing that Onkyo gave up a few years ago.) which also allows you to run a full 7.1 system in tandem with a powered zone 2.

The unit is rated at 170W for the first 7 and 50Wx2 for the effect or "presence" channels.

Here's a pic of the front...

It also includes a feature (YPAO) that is an evolution of Pioneer's MCACC and Infinity's RABOS. It performs a full acoustical evaluation of the room and applies 10 band (1 per octave) parametric equalization to all channels. It also determines speaker distances, actual frequency response, phase and level adjustments with the included microphone.

There's alot more....

It has an INTERNAL faroudja DCDi scaler/de-interlacer that outputs either 480i, 480p, 720p or 1080i from any NTSC source.

This also allows for full video transcoding and inclusion of the OSD through the Component outputs. (There are 6 Component Inputs).

Hmmm....what else? Oh yeah, 2 IEEE 1394 in/outs, Full bass management (which Yamaha spelled "Base" in their literature), 232 (of course) 3 12v assignable triggers, THX Ultra 2 (not that that really matters), Zone 2 Digital Out, Audio-Video Sync compensation and probably a lot more that I forgot.

Oh, one more thing...the chassis allows for more isolation between different stages than any receiver I've ever seen.

SRP? 4,499$ coming out in Nov.
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited August 2003
    here's a pic of the front
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited August 2003
    let's try this again....
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited August 2003
    Sorry fella's, won't let me attach the file, says its too large. So let's try a link.

    http://mail.nexnet.net.au/av/DSP-Z9.1st.JPG

    http://mail.nexnet.net.au/av/DSP-Z9.2nd.JPG
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited August 2003
    Yamaha............THX..........huh..
    well It will be the very first THX supported piece from Yamaha.I feel they feel the time is right as they have been getting dusted by all others in total sales.Yamaha over the last 2 years really fell off.Now they want a startling comeback......this should be intresting.
    DCDi now this..........

    Funny how the rxv1 was suppost to be THX back in the day,then it came out and no THX anywhere.Then the mighty no seller rxz1.......
    Dan
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2003
    Originally posted by mantis
    Funny how the rxv1 was suppost to be THX back in the day,then it came out and no THX anywhere........

    So what happened, they forgot to put the little sticker on the front?

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    That or they realized the vast majority of folks couldn't give a sheeat.

    BDT
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited August 2003
    If you anything about THX,you would plainly see Yamaha didn't support.The Sticker ........................ whatever
    Dan
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    I may lose some sleep over this.....

    BDT
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2003
    Dan, you giving us a peek inside your bag?

    ;)

    Cheers
    Russ
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited August 2003
    The Bag.......well if you want to look inside.....feel free I know you want to be the very first to see inside my bag.......aren't you:eek:
    Dan
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited August 2003
    Yamaha's new $799 and $999 models will sport THX Select, as well. And each will have the YPAO room eq thing. The $999 RXV2400 will have powered zone 2, plus preouts for zone 2 and zone 3.
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  • hamzahsh
    hamzahsh Posts: 439
    edited August 2003
    I would be more interested in knowing the DACs per channel how many and what kind. If the DACs are Burr-Brown like Denon then it would be something!

    Also what DSP this model has, Yamaha used their own 44 bit LSI for RX-Z1.

    Finally Yamaha decided to have the THX flag. Good to know!
    Panasonic TH-50PX80U Plasma HDTV
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    Polk Audio F/X1000 (side surrounds)
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited August 2003
    Found some more info on this monster. The link is below.

    http://www.hifi-regler.de/pdfdata/dsp-z9.pdf
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  • Fastmerc
    Fastmerc Posts: 99
    edited August 2003
    I know the RX Z1..which I have uses Burr Brown DACs so im sure the next gen does as well.
    Mains: RT20Ps
    Center: CS350LS
    R. Surround: RT16s
    R. Center: CS350LS
    F. Effects: LS/FX
    Sub: Titanic 15
    Reciever: Yamaha RX-Z1
    TV: 55 LED LCD
    Interconnects:AR, RSF, MC
    Speaker Cable:MC
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    Thanks for the added link Grimster. Nice read, some impressive components, but also a fair amount of marketing hype.

    I especially loved the soundfield comparison drawings. In addition to not knowing I should put my rears beside my chair, I now also know that my poor system can never blend together.

    Don't know whether this beast will bring Yammie back. Funny how I used to love them so. Two decades ago they seemed to be one of the few audio companies that could compete for every piece in my system. And I still remember being dazzled by their original DSP. Don't think anyone ever did that better.
    More later,
    Tour...
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