Digital SACD Vinyl sounding CDs Accurate sounding music and movies Plenty of features for "tweakers" Surprising amp that runs cool Amp has low "noise" floor

Too few direct access buttons on remote

I bought the 9000ES to go with the SCD-XA9000ES w/ i-link for digital SACD. I hadn't expected to use the receiver's amps, but this whole combination is first class and very homogenous. The trade-offs of receiver vs separates (separation, noise floor) are minimal and far outweighed by fabulous sounding music and movies. Instruments sound exactly correct and I hear more sound effects; e.g., in Master and Commander.

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