What is your favorite piece of gear ?,it can be vintage ,new or in between
Right now the item I own that gets used every day and never ceases to impress me is my Yamaha Rx-Z9 Receiver .
it is a few years old and that is why I was able to pick it up,
the original price was a tad under $5000 so it was way out of my reach until they started showing up on the used market
In the sub $1000 price range .
it is better than all but a very few of the vintage Receivers I have owned and I have had most of the totl 70s and 80s models from marantz,pioneer,sansui ,kenwood ,rotel ,luxman etc.
The dynamic power this provides to my very difficult to drive 4ohm speakers is 340 watts into a 4 ohm load , I still use an external amp for my main speakers just because I like having 600 watts at the ready if scaring the neighbors becomes necessary,but this receiver is capable of driving all 9 speakers to fantastic levels all on its own .
here are a few pics of an RX-Z9 but not mine (my camera sucks )
if you can overlook the inconvenience of not having Hdmi support and want the most bang for the buck I would suggest this Receiver to anyone ,the previous owner upgraded to the newer Yamaha RX-Z11 and he regrets it
Right now the item I own that gets used every day and never ceases to impress me is my Yamaha Rx-Z9 Receiver .
it is a few years old and that is why I was able to pick it up,
the original price was a tad under $5000 so it was way out of my reach until they started showing up on the used market
In the sub $1000 price range .
it is better than all but a very few of the vintage Receivers I have owned and I have had most of the totl 70s and 80s models from marantz,pioneer,sansui ,kenwood ,rotel ,luxman etc.
The dynamic power this provides to my very difficult to drive 4ohm speakers is 340 watts into a 4 ohm load , I still use an external amp for my main speakers just because I like having 600 watts at the ready if scaring the neighbors becomes necessary,but this receiver is capable of driving all 9 speakers to fantastic levels all on its own .
here are a few pics of an RX-Z9 but not mine (my camera sucks )
if you can overlook the inconvenience of not having Hdmi support and want the most bang for the buck I would suggest this Receiver to anyone ,the previous owner upgraded to the newer Yamaha RX-Z11 and he regrets it
. Love the 19 kilos weight of this monster , but takes lot of space too 
Probably will "move" it at the end 
