Now that didn’t take long. Yamaha’s do-everything RX-Z9 home theatre receiver has just fallen in price here in Australia, from $AUS11,999 to $9,999. Perhaps the strong Australian dollar has something to do with it. Or is it getting cheaper overseas as well? Anyone out there want to let me know?<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/strong> (Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 11:29 pm)<\/span>: Reader Tom (yes, the same one as below<\/a>) writes:<\/p>\n As a regular visitor to avsforum (US), avforum (UK) and beisammen.de (Germany) I think I would have heard something about a price drop. Also checked the Yamaha websites and the RRPs are still the same. It’s clearly a case of mis-marketing here in Australia (what were they thinking!) and even A$10.000 is still way too much.<\/p>\n Current Yamaha RRPs are The prices in square brackets on that list are the approximate values in Australian dollars, inserted by me. Hmm, I think Tom has a point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that didn’t take long. Yamaha’s do-everything RX-Z9 home theatre receiver has just fallen in price here in Australia, from $AUS11,999 to $9,999. Perhaps the strong Australian dollar has something to do with it. Or is it getting cheaper overseas … Continue reading
\nUS 4499 [$5,700]
\nEuro 4799 [$7,900]
\nPounds 3299.95 [$8,000]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n