Yamaha AX 9

Advantages: quality low noise reliabilty power appearance amazing clarity high end performance
Disadvantages: none for a classic amp

...Its an amp that changes the face of your listening entirely if you have been using lesser equipment..no matter what it cost. The AX 500 makes a high fidelity sound way above its considerable cost when released by yamaha..and puts all of its contemporaries in the shade. Its an imposing box, though like all of the natural sound range pulls that off with elegance. The sleek lines are very dark hi-fi and blends in nicely anywhere.Its hansome, heavyweight and shakes the foundations. How yamaha achieve such cleaness of sound,musicality and such fabulous signal to noise ratio is said to be down to the sheer precision of thier manufacturing. Their products are incredibly long lived delivering all of the original performance. They achieve this with hi-fi, much of which is now getting on over 60 years old and has cult collectable status... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use and very loud
Disadvantages: does not have Digital or optical inputs

...Hi there I am glad to say that I am a proud owner of the Yamaha AX500/u Amplifier. Mine has been in storage nearly all of its life as it was hardly used by my friend so I bought it 6 months ago. And it really looks like it just came from the shop. Probably best condition one I ever seen. Well to get straight to the point. The Yamaha AX 500 is an amplifier that is made for Extreme Clarity and loudness for music; I would not recommend this amplifier for watching films everyday as i say it would be a waste of Amplifier , Although it may still sound clear this amp does not have the features to make your home cinema effect. But I will guarantee that once you heard this mean machine it will be music to your ears in the sweetest way. Features: ALA (Absolute Linear Amplification) is circuitry that gives high end sound and gives you... Read review

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Advantages: good dynamics,great suround sound procesing,
Disadvantages: only 2 hdmi inputs a bit low for todays standarts

...This is one off the best budget amplifier out there,the performance is incredible,you get a setup mic and the yapo automatic soun setup,will take care of everything for you,but many will say ,its better to setup manualy for the best performance,and i have to agre with that,after i did automatic setup te sound was bright and the bass was lacking,so i had to reset it to deafoult and set uo manualy,and after that wow,thats alli can say,great sound with both music and mainly movies.i bought some wharfadale 9hcp with this amp sounds great,but you have to set up correctly,playng with eq and otherr functions,the hdmi pass thru is great no loss of picture quality and since is hdmi ver 1.3 it can decode the audio including the newest formats(dolby truehd,dtshd master audio ),for this amount of money you can't get better,trust me.unless something... Read review

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