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Its not an issue of quality. Even the Denon AVP has the same issue and thats one of the best A/V processors out there. It has to do with the enormous processes these things have to do now such as room correction, THX post processing, DPLIIx, TrueHD, etc and the VC companies simply haven't...

Macrovision issue? Attention all Z7 owners; If you can do me a favor and set your DVD player to 480i via HDMI and let your Z7 doing the scaling to 1080p, let me know if you occasionally get no picture when you first put a DVD into your player and try to navigate the DVD setup menu or when...

I don't have all of the part#s that are affected by this but I do know that the latest generation Denon, Pioneer and Onkyo receivers have this issue. Check out my Denon AVP Review where I go into great detail about it. Manufacturers haven't been forthcoming to me about it but I did make Denon...

My comments were mostly pertaining to 2CH sources played back in PLIIX Music/Movie mode. In that case the sub crossover is based on whatever the main speakers are set to. Thus if the mains are set to 60Hz and the rears to 100Hz than the bass crossed over from 60-100Hz of the rears wont be...

I can't find this for the life of me. Please point out the page and area please. I am sick of re-reading my own review :eek: LOL

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The test data seems pretty comparible with the Z7 being more powerful in 8 ohms and 2700 more powerful in 4 ohms. This is likely due to test and product variances. 20 watt difference represents about 0.3dB difference in loudness. No operational issues that I observed. Try it as is for now...

Hmm when I spoke to my contact at Yamaha he said the Z7 was the first Z receiver not manufacturered in Japan. I guess we could both be wrong. I will try to inquire and update the review accordingly. Those are nice speakers you got. If you don't plan on adding external amplification, I'd...

You should be fine since its open on all sides. Worst case you can add some forced cooling from a company called Cool Components. Good luck.

Guys; Yamaha just called me and said the FW fix for the HDMI issue will be on their site at the beginning of March. This will also include another upgrade feature to be announced then. They also told me I could access the other zones remotely via my laptop so I will be testing that and...

You guys are killing me. MY review is already over 9k words. You want me to top out at 10k LOL. I will make more mention of the manual next time around though I try to give users setup tips within my reviews which is why they can sometimes be excessively long.

hmm I probably should though I am the type that files the user manual for future reference and just figure out the product as I go along. I know its not the smart thing to do but I figure if I can't operate most of the functions the product offers without it, then something is wrong with the...

B/c unlike many other companies, Emotiva manufacturers their own amps as well as manufacturing amps for many of the more prestigious brands. That's a huge advantage when you've got the means to do so. In addition, their margins are less than most as they are more of a volume seller than the...

There is nothing inherently special about Emotiva amplifier designs when compared to high output amps from their competitors. In fact, I am not a fan of series-parallel caps in the power supply that they do in many of their amps but I understand why they do it and they do execute very well...

re-read first sentence of post 217 Nope so right now I am the only one in the country with the fix :) They are off today but I will be following up during the week to see when this firmware passes their QC and gets posted.

Cut and paste error fixed. Thanks. I spent extensive time sonically comparing the Z7 with the SC-07. I much preferred the Z7 b/c the amps sounded far more composed and unstrained at high listening levels with my 4 ohm speakers. The SC-07 subjectively had a bit more punch in the bass but...

My review is Posted!! http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/receivers/rx-z7-7.1 No more whining about it being late. :p

There are many other sites that review Emotiva gear. Its just collectively none of them get the traffic and visibility of Audioholics. If you spend time reading out reviews you will note we clearly point out the good with the bad and also do extensive measurements which some of the time don't...

Honestly any Burr Brown DAC 1791 or higher is so damn good that I stopped caring about the model #s :) Denon has a history of using the very best DAC's in their flagship products and implementing them correctly to get the most out of them. I just wish they would stop BSing everyone with...

I am happy to report after extensive testing this weekend that the Beta firmware has resolved the HDMI processing issue that I found. Yamaha will be releasing this firmware on their website after it goes through their QC department. My review will be posted this Monday, likely towards the...