Yamaha RXZ-9 User Manual

HIGH-PERFORMANCE THEATER REVIEW

Cordero Studios

Inside
Cheap Thrills:

• Paradigm Cinema 70 v.2
Speaker System

• Panasonic PT-AE500U
LCD Projector

Inside Gear Guide:

• Dali Suite 2.8 Speaker
System

• Marantz DV6400 Universal
Disc Player

Inside
High-Performance
Theater:

• Yamaha RX-Z9
A/V Receiver

• Artison Portrait Speaker
System, Velodyne DD-12
Subwoofer, and Fujitsu
P55XHA30WS
Plasma HD Monitor

2www.hometheatermag.com • Home Theater / June 2004

Like mostred-blooded,

testosterone-motivated American males, I have

a thing for Swiss Army Knives. Years ago, I

had one of Victorinox’s big honkers. With that

magnificent machine, I could—with equal

ease, mind you—crochet a lace doily, gut a

bear, or fell a towering redwood (not to men-

tion the attractive bulge it created in my

pocket). Then a coworker “borrowed” that

glorious device, and the dirty slob has yet to

return it. Today I’m lusting after a model with

an alarm clock; it’ll come in handy during my

continual quest to annoy Geoffrey Morrison,

our fearless video editor, when Maureen

(Editor and Surrogate Mom) Jenson forces

the two of us to room together during

Make way

for the

Yamaha RX-Z9.

by Darryl Wilkinson

Make way

for the

Yamaha RX-Z9.

by Darryl Wilkinson