The winner
Yamaha DSP-Z11
First Reviewed: HCC #153
This £5,000 11.2 channel über-amp ticks all the boxes: 170W power for each of its seven main channels, four additional 50W channels, four-zone multi-room function, networking, Full HD video and audio processing, and THX Ultra2 Plus certification. If you’re not drooling you must be daffy. The combination of features, design and performance took four years to develop. We say it’s ‘the most flexible, feature-laden and future-proof’ AV amp we’ve seen, and we’re confident it will remain a class-leader for some time to come. Awesome!
Also nominated…
Denon AVR-4308
First Reviewed: HCC #153
AVRs don’t come much more exciting than this £2,000 beauty. With HDMI v1.3, decoding for every format imaginable, and a built-in DAB radio tuner, it’s a peach.
Yamaha RX-V3800
First Reviewed: HCC #152
At around £1,400, this seven-channel, 140W, three-zone, networking receiver is unlikely to disappoint. It’ll handle anything with confidence.
