quick question,I never put too much stock in power claims by manufacturers but I have power meters on the front channels and it does not take too much to push the front 2 channels to over 200wpc.
so obviously at least in stereo this receiver performs as advertised ,my question is with this unit being rated at 170wpc and total claimed power of 1,290W how can the Sony be 200wpc with total watts being only 600w ?
I know that they are not claiming to drive all channels to that level at the same time but is Yamaha being a bit more honest than Sony ? or is it because they have different amp designs ?
I would have got the Sony if I had found one and am quite sure it is a terrific receiver but after having the Z9 for a while I could not be happier
and I also got a chance to compare this with the RX-Z11 because that was what the original owner of the Z9 upgraded to and it is also very impressive although not quite the punch it seemed to me (and the original owner)of the Z9.
I have actually become friends with the gentleman that sold it to me and will be helping him build some cabinets for his kitchen and even though I may have bested him when I got the Yammy for $500 I think he did much better on the supercharged Grand Prix he sold to me a week later .LOL