Spider27 Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) Further information: Selling my beloved Yamaha RX-Z1 which was top of the line Yamaha Receiver lineup and it is a Beast. I used this as an integrated amplifier for my stereo setup and worked superb. It has Phono Input and surprisingly sounded good with my TT setup. This still beats most of modern stereo receivers and just lack HDMI connection. Looks very modern muscular looking and sounds great and built like a real tank. It weighs over 28kg. Never runs hot but warm and runs whispering quiet. Original Remote comes with it. Cosmetic condition is very good except one spot on front side of top panel that has slight white swirl mark(refer the photo shows top panel). Not very noticeable. Other than that, there is no major scratch and excellent condition. [NOTE] One downside is that digital input (Optical/Coaxial) section somehow does not seem to work lately. I have always used this as stereo amp with external DAC so it was always sounded better with external DAC so recommend this path to new owner. If you have space for it, then this would be a great integrated amplifier and beat a lot of hifi stereo amplifier under $1K. SHIPPING is possible and it would cost about $40 to most of metro regions with tracking. Again, this is bloody heavy beast so cost a bit more to ship than usual integrated amplifier. Specifications Tuning range: FM, MW Power output: 130 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo) Surround output: 130W (front), 130W (center), 130W (rear) Frequency response: 10Hz to 100kHz Total harmonic distortion: 0.015% Damping factor: 200 Input sensitivity: 2.5mV (MM), 150mV (line) Signal to noise ratio: 100dB (line) Channel separation: 60dB (line) Output: 150mV (line), 1V (Pre out) Speaker load impedance: 6Ω (minimum) Digital inputs: coaxial, optical Video Connections: component, composite, SVHS Dimensions: 435 x 211 x 473mm Weight: 28kg Manual and further spec can be found here, https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/yamaha/rx-z1.shtml Thank you for reading.. Photos: Edited September 15, 2020 by Spider27 4
Spider27 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Posted September 12, 2020 Just got me curious why this receiver is so heavy so just opened the lid to see what's inside. (Refer updated photos) The tranny is HUGE. It is almost half of depth and full height of this large receiver. No wonder why this thing is so heavy. Caps seem all Nichicon Gold series caps.
Spider27 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Posted September 12, 2020 Just now, Tubularbells said: Remote included? Yep. You can see the remote from 3rd photo from the top.
Spider27 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Posted September 15, 2020 Price dropped $280. Hope it goes to a good home. 1
Guest Old Man Rubber Posted September 15, 2020 Posted September 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Spider27 said: Price dropped $280. Hope it goes to a good home. Oh dammit that thing has an ac3 rf inout for getting dolby digital off laserdiscs yeah? Cheap alternative to trying to find a working apd-1. Must... resist...
Spider27 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Posted September 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Old Man Rubber said: Oh dammit that thing has an ac3 rf inout for getting dolby digital off laserdiscs yeah? Cheap alternative to trying to find a working apd-1. Must... resist... I never used laserdisc in my life so not sure.
Guest Old Man Rubber Posted September 15, 2020 Posted September 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Spider27 said: I never used laserdisc in my life so not sure. Looking at the picture of the back panel, it's the black RCA input in the digital block, just above the orange RF inputs. Wondering if I could use my nasty little Denon as a pre-amp and feed all the HDMI based audio down to this for amplification, will have to look at the back panel of that to see if it has 6 channel output...
Spider27 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Posted September 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Old Man Rubber said: Looking at the picture of the back panel, it's the black RCA input in the digital block, just above the orange RF inputs. Wondering if I could use my nasty little Denon as a pre-amp and feed all the HDMI based audio down to this for amplification, will have to look at the back panel of that to see if it has 6 channel output... No worries. I uploaded larger photo of back panel for reference. Hope it helps.
Guest Old Man Rubber Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, Spider27 said: No worries. I uploaded larger photo of back panel for reference. Hope it helps. Thanks for that - it's definitely what is required for getting dolby digital off a laserdisc. Will do a bit of measuring. Not sure exactly how I would hide 27kg of Yamaha in my lounge since we've been on a serious downsizing of the audio in that room. Would be a shame to hook it up to the garbage speakers in there as well.
Spider27 Posted September 16, 2020 Author Posted September 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Old Man Rubber said: Thanks for that - it's definitely what is required for getting dolby digital off a laserdisc. Will do a bit of measuring. Not sure exactly how I would hide 27kg of Yamaha in my lounge since we've been on a serious downsizing of the audio in that room. Would be a shame to hook it up to the garbage speakers in there as well. If you need it to be hidden then this might not be ideal. This is LARGE so hard to be hidden.. It is actually sleek modern looking with full metal body with separate solid side panels. so it may be better to be exposed than hidden.
Guest Old Man Rubber Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Spider27 said: If you need it to be hidden then this might not be ideal. This is LARGE so hard to be hidden.. It is actually sleek modern looking with full metal body with separate solid side panels. so it may be better to be exposed than hidden. Yeah I get that. More interested in hiding it from the decor police long enough to be able to say "oh that old thing, I've had it for ages" ha ha
scuzzii Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Old Man Rubber said: Yeah I get that. More interested in hiding it from the decor police long enough to be able to say "oh that old thing, I've had it for ages" ha ha classic.
Wilco Posted September 17, 2020 Posted September 17, 2020 I would have bought this but I need min 4 ohms impendance = (
Spider27 Posted September 17, 2020 Author Posted September 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Wilco said: I would have bought this but I need min 4 ohms impendance = ( Here is the back panel with impedance setting just for reference.
Wilco Posted September 17, 2020 Posted September 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Spider27 said: Here is the back panel with impedance setting just for reference. LOL PM COMING YOUR WAY
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