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Yamahaluver; I hear ya. I don't mind the extra work involved in working for yourself and the many hats to have to wear to be successful in it. It beats sitting in a Dilbert cube doing work you hate and answering to someone you would rather have no affiliations with whatsoever. I love working...

I just spoke to an Engineer at Sonic Frontiers (Anthem), very nice and knowledgeable. His responses regarding i.Link support were a little vague but I gathered they plan on eventually supporting SACD via i.link but converting it to PCM (again not necessarily a bad thing). I set forth a series...

John; I too am perplexed for the moment about this and I will try to call Anthem and AKM today to resolve. Kris Deering has already sent us a private and cordial email about this but I do prefer a direct answer from Athem or AKM. If Anthem is converting DSD to PCM, they are a lone wolf in...

Yes the DSP will handle DSD, but the DAC has to be able to properly interface with it, along with the proper filtering. According to the AKM DAC’s data sheet for the 4385, they do not appear to support out of band noise filtering via an internal analog FIR filter for DSD. I also don’t see how...

That is great news. We will definitely post an update when the information becomes available. As for SACD, usually the DSD is handled by a true DSD DAC and then converted to PCM for BM and Time Alignment. I don't see anything in the AKM data sheet that states it supports DSD. Perhaps AKM...

Where did you get info about the Denon AVR-4803 being current limiting? Other publications that did all channels driven tests showed the 5803 did infact deliver more power than even the AVR507. Note I am not saying more is better or one sounds better than the other, just curious about your...

Ricky; You just caught me about in the middle of logging off so I will answer real quick. If you don't plan on using the video circuity of the Z9 or its amps, there may be little reason for you to do the upgrade other than: 1) PLIIx 2) Component Video Upconversion 3) THX Processing 4)...

Folks; Thanks for all your great feedback and appreciate for my efforts in this review. As I mentioned before I realize I may not have covered all aspects of the product. There is just too much to the Z9 I suppose. Next time I do a review on a product like this, I will start writing it the...

Alas I am done! This one killed me folks. With all of this anticipation, I hope nobody is disappointed. Yamaha RX-Z9 Review!

CD has been given a bad rap mostly by audio elitist (usually the same people that dig cable voodoo). There is a reason why some LP's sound better than CD's and it has nothing to do with the format. We will be posting an article about this shortly. Stay tuned... In the meantime, take a...

Or you work 8hrs/day for someone else and 16hrs/day for yourself at the same time. I am hoping to eliminate the prior very soon! I don't mind working around the clock for myself, especially since I love doing this :)

It's not the wine thats getting to me, its sleep deprivation. Damn I need a vacation or more hired help :eek:

No idea on that. I can only assume Z9 means 9 channels? BTW I confirmed Z9 does NOT do 1080i for 480i DVD signals.

I redirected the bodbuilding stuff here so that the Z9 thread will stay on topic.

Man how did we get off track here :rolleyes: Asking a bodybuilder how much he benches is like asking an audiophile how many watts his amp is. I was never a powerlifter and bench was always one of my weakest exercises, but the best I did back when my joints didn't hurt was 375lbs (almost 6...

O'Shag; Yes according to Yamaha even if you set to 1080i the Z9 is giving you 480p for your 480i DVD output. I still have a call into them for more info on this, and stay tuned for my review where I do go into more details here. I was never a big fan of Mr. Mentzer's training principles...

O'Shag; According to Yamaha, the Z9 limits the 480i signal of your DVD player to 480p due to copyright issues. More on this when I post my review. Jaycan; regarding DSP processing, you got that right!

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OK so did you have the interconnects cross wired? Did that help? I suspect the high sensitivity of your speakers are allowing you to hear the elevated noise floor more easily, especially if you are within close proximity of the speakers. Was the hiss coming from your tweeters or the bass...

HopJohn; Thanks for the very informative assessment. We will contact NAD shortly to begin reviewing their gear.