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Arrow Yamaha RX-Z11 HDMI 1.3a 11.2 Channel A/V Receiver Review
The Yamaha RX-Z11 represents the pinnacle of technology in a flagship receiver. It’s ability to transform your listening space into a concert venue or mega Cineplex is unrivaled thanks to the powerful arsenal of DSP processing and multi speaker configuration capabilities and robust well designed amplifier section. With its very clever power amp assignability and music mode distribution, it proved to be the ultimate multi channel / multi zone receiver capable of whole house entertainment. The RX-Z11 is a very complex sophisticated piece of A/V hardware and is NOT a product for someone looking for simplicity and ease of setup but instead looking for state of the art performance that does all of the latest in HD audio and video decoding and treats music, multi-channel music and movies with equal measure. The RX-Z11 has earned the crown of flagship status and is a worthy successor to the venerable RX-Z9.




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Wow, the iron core power transformer was not expected. It looks like it means business. A few of Yamaha's passed flagship receivers featured massive iron core transformers. They aren't typically pretty, but that one sure is.
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Way…WAY out of my league but interesting review.

One sentence/word you may want to look at on the Bass Management page is “Yamaha also providsions for subwoofer output…”

Thanks for your reviews and looking forward to your thoughts on the Emotiva XPA-5.
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Having 2 HDMI outputs is great. Many people use a projector and a tv in the same room. Or you can run the second HDMI output to another room. This should be standard on all receivers.
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is it possible to ake out a 20yr mortage on this? I want one!!
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Now that is a very excellent and thorough review!

That's what I expect from a $5K receiver!

I have just one question though. I noticed the crosstalk measurement is for the AMP section, but what about the PREAMP section?

So is the crosstalk just for the amp section, or is it for the ENTIRE unit (pream + amp)?
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They can take $14,000 and cram it, they are not worth the price. Even if the combo where $10,000 I would still feel it was overpriced.
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So is the crosstalk just for the amp section, or is it for the ENTIRE unit (pream + amp)?
Yes since I was feeding the signals into the preamp. Its the entire chain of the receiver. This is an excellent measurement and usually typical of mono block amp designs not 11CH receivers!
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