980W - Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, DTS-ES Matrix, DTS-ES Discrete, DTS Neo:6, DTS 96/24, Dolby Digital Plus - MPN: RXZ7BL
The Yamaha RX-Z7 is a high-end 7.1 channel a/v receiver released in October 2008 joining the Z series of receivers. It was released with an MSRP of $2699.95 along with the RX-V3900 ($1900) and RX-V1900 ($1400), and fits in below the previously released top-of-the-line Yamaha RX-Z11 ($5500) and the, now discontinued, Yamaha RX-Z9. It features 140 Watts / channel of power and it is powered by a...
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Yamaha is looking to expand their top end of their receiver line with the addition of the RX-X7 - a $2700 behemoth that is touting, among many other features, near unlimited connectivity and five HDMI inputs. At 140 watts x 7, the RX-Z7 uses Vista compatible DNLA support to stream files off your computer (WAV, Mp3, WMA, AAC) and Internet radio streams (Mp3, WMA). It supports Sirius Internet...
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A great system form HD and Music
Strengths: HD radio, Net radio, Rhapsody, XM/Sirus. New HD movie formats DD-DTS, HDMI 1.3a, Network-DLNA, powerful, quality build.
Weakness: Setup takes a while, manual could be written a little better. Firmware needed to fix a few bugs.
This AV is a beast! Great power and loads of features. I did a lot of research and it was between this and the Denon 4208ci. The Yamaha sound is very good and there are plenty of DSP modes or listen pure.
There is a ton of options for music (HD-Net), if you have an internet connection a world of Net stations are open to you and they sound great.
Overall I would recommend the Yamaha Z7...it is a quality device and once you get it setup correctly it will provide you with many many hours of music/movie enjoyment.
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