Digital Home Theater Receiver Comparison

 

RX-Z9

RX-V2500

RX-V1500

RX-V757

RX-V657

RX-V557

RX-V457

RX-SL100

Channels

9

7

7

7

7

6

6

6

RMS Power (8 ohms, 20Hz–20 kHz)

170W x 7 + 50W x 2

130W x 7

120W x 7

100W x 7

95W x 7

90W x 6

85W x 6

100W x 6 (Max)

Amp Configuration

Discrete

Discrete

Discrete

Discrete

Discrete

Discrete

Discrete

Digital

Digital ToP-ART

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

High Current Amplification

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Accurate Touch Volume Control

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

High Dynamic Power

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Linear Damping

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Analog Mixdown

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Rotary Input Selector

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

High Definition CINEMA DSP

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Pro Logic IIx

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

DTS 96/24

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

DTS Neo:6

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

192kHz/24-Bit DACs

For all channels

For all channels

For all channels

For all channels

For all channels

For all channels

For all channels

 

Tone Controls

Digital (L/C/R)

Digital (L/C/R/Pr/Sw)

Digital (L/C/R/Pr/Sw)

Digital

Digital

￿

￿

 

Pure Direct

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

Direct Stereo

 

 

￿

 

 

￿

￿

 

2-Channel Stereo

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Straight / Effect Switch

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Audio Delay

￿ (0–240 ms)

￿ (0–240 ms)

￿ (0–240 ms)

￿ (0–160 ms)

￿ (0–160 ms)

￿ (0–160 ms)

￿ (0–160 ms)

 

YPAO with Optimizer Microphone

￿

￿ (with 6 memories)

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

Set Menu

Auto/Manual

Auto/Manual

Auto/Manual

Auto/Manual

Auto/Manual

Basic/Manual

Basic/Manual

 

Surround Program

39

19

16

14

14

14

14

14

THX Processing

Ultra2

Select

Select

 

 

 

 

 

i.LINK Digital Audio Interface

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILENT CINEMA

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

Virtual CINEMA DSP

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

Night Listening Enhancer

 

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Selectable Subwoofer Crossover

9-band

9-band

9-band

9-band

9-band

9-band

9-band

 

Subwoofer Phase Select

 

￿

 

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

9-Channel Speaker Outputs

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

Dialogue Lift

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

Multi-Channel External Decoder Input

8ch

8ch

8ch

8ch

8ch

6ch

6ch

 

Pre-Main Couplers

2 front and 1 center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preout Terminals

6 (2S/2SB/2Pre)

7 (2F/C/2S/2SB)

7 (2F/C/2S/2SB)

7 (2F/C/2S/2SB)

7 (2F/C/2S/2SB)

 

 

 

Subwoofer Out

2 (front/rear)

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

On-Screen Display

￿ (with GUI)

￿ (with GUI)

￿

￿

￿

 

 

￿ (with GUI)

Component Video Inputs/Outputs

6/2

3/1

2/1

2/1

2/1

2/1

2/1

 

Video (S-Video) Inputs

8 (8)

6 (6)

7 (7)

5 (5)

5 (5)

4 (3)

4 (3)

 

Component Video Up Conversion

Digital, up/down

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

Progressive Scan Processing

DCDi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignable Power-Amp

 

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

RS-232C Interface

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

Zone 2 Out

￿ (with coaxial)

￿ (with S-Video)

￿ (audio only)

￿ (audio only)

￿ (audio only)

￿ (audio only)

 

 

Zone 3 Out

 

￿ (audio only)

￿ (audio only)

 

 

 

 

 

Zone 3 Volume

 

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

Main/Zone2 Direct On/Off Switch

 

￿

 

￿

￿

 

 

 

+12V Trigger Outputs

￿ (x 2)

￿ (x 2)

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

IR Ports

￿ (x 2)

￿ (x 2)

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

Speaker A, B or A+B Selection (Via remote)

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Digital Inputs (Optical/Coaxial)

12 (8/4*)

8 (5/3)

8 (5/3)

6 (4/2)

6 (4/2)

4 (3/1)

3 (2/1)

4 (3/1)

Front Panel Video Aux Terminals

With optical/S-Video

With optical/S-Video

With optical/S-Video

With optical/S-Video

With optical/S-Video

￿

￿

With optical

Phono Input

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

Sleep Timer

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

￿

 

Remote Control

Direct access

Direct access

Direct access

Learning-capable

Preset

Preset

Preset

Preset

Front Panel

Aluminum

Aluminum

Aluminum

Aluminum

Aluminum

Aluminum

Plastic

Aluminum

Volume Knob

Aluminum

Aluminum

Aluminum

Aluminum

Plastic

Plastic

Plastic

Plastic

Dynamic Power/Channel (8/6/4/2 ohms)

210/260/340/580 W

165/205/260/340 W

155/195/250/330 W

135/170/200/245 W

130/165/195/240 W

120/155/190/235 W

115/150/185/230 W

 

Damping Factor (8 ohms, 20 Hz–20 kHz)

200 (front/center)

140 (front, speaker A)

140 (front, speaker A)

120 (front, speaker A)

120 (front, speaker A)

120 (front, speaker A)

120 (front, speaker A)

 

Frequency Response

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

10Hz–100kHz +0, -3dB

20Hz–50kHz +0, -3 dB

Total Harmonic Distortion (20 Hz–20 kHz, CD)

0.005% (85W/8ohms)

0.04% (65W/8ohms)

0.04% (60W/8ohms)

0.06% (50W/8ohms)

0.06% (50W/8ohms)

0.06% (40W/8ohms)

0.06% (40W/8ohms)

0.04% (35W/6ohms)

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (CD, 250 mV)

100dB

100dB

100dB

100dB

100dB

100dB

100dB

98dB

Component Video Monitor Out Frequency Response

5Hz–100MHz -3 dB

5 Hz–60 MHz -3 dB

5 Hz–60 MHz -3 dB

5 Hz–60 MHz -3 dB

5 Hz–60 MHz -3 dB

5 Hz–60 MHz -3 dB

5 Hz–60 MHz -3 dB

 

Dimensions (W x H x D)

171/8” x 85/16” x 189/16”

171/8” x 63/4” x 171/16”

171/8” x 63/4” x 171/16”

171/8” x 63/4” x 169/16”

171/8” x 63/4” x 169/16”

171/8” x 63/4” x 163/8”

171/8” x 65/16” x 163/8”

171/8” x 23/16” x 13”

Weight

66.1 lbs.

34.2 lbs.

34.2 lbs.

27.6 lbs.

27.6 lbs.

24.2 lbs.

24.2 lbs.

14.1 lbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Including AC-3 (LD): fixed and assignable to coaxial digital input

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