Excellent looking unit
Excellent sound
rack mountable
excellent build quality inside and out
Inexpensive with better sound and features compared to most manufacturers
Plenty of connects - 2 optical in/1coxial in/1 coaxial out
Looks quite simlar to Marantz receivers
Am I the only one that likes the remote?
24bit/96kHz converters

TEAC products are extremely rare in North America
Tone controls only work for left/right
Sold only at Costco and other wholesalers

The AG-D8900 is a excellent reciever. It looks amazing and the faceplate in rack mountable. Its built like a tank and the inside is very cleanly designed. 100 Watts RMS x 5 can easily handle my speakers with ease. DTS/DD all sound excellent as well as traditional old Dolby Pro Logic which TEAC has provided better sepearation and frequency range for older tapes and TV broadcasts. 96kHz stereo is amazing! If you can find one of these DVD's plug in the optical from a 96kHz DVD player to the optical in on the reciever and "96kHz STEREO" will appear on the display. Excellent sound! Regular CD playback is also amazing from an optical connection from the TEAC PD-D2750. The only problem is that the tone controls only work for the 2 fronts so some fiddling has to be done to match the center and surrounds with the fronts. I find the remote the easiest I've ever used. Sure it's huge and thin but the buttons are clearly labelled and spaced out properly. I find it's much better then those dinky units from Pioneer, Technics, JVC etc. The faceplate in symmetrical which is nice for a change and the display is easily readable from across the room. The only thing is that I wish the DTS light was red instead of blue because eveything is blue except for the DD logo. S-Video switching is a plus but wish it had component for when I upgrade my TV but I guess that's what the TEAC 9320 is for. The volume control is speed sensitive which is nice. A slight turn will lower the volume slowly while a fast quick turn will almost lower the volume to nothing! Has no Loudness function but any serious audio listener knows that function will alter the sound and emphansize the bass to much. The amplifier channels are discrete which is nice to see at this price. I compared this unit to a Kenwood, Sony, Pioneer and JVC. None had all the features this unit has until you get into the 400-500 range. The Sony had no coax but 1 optical, and 1 S-video and 80 Watts per channel. I wish TEAC was a more household name because it deserves it. It's well known outside of N. America like Europe, Japan and Australia.

Similar Products Used:

Philips FR951 which the above replaced
JVC DD Receiver - piece of crap

Inexpensive, great sound, lots of features for the price

Display, remote, plastic front.

I've had the TEAC AG-D8900 for about 3-4 months now. I have no legitimate complaints about the unit. The power output and the sound is very impressive.

I originally was planning to buy a Sony or a Pioneer unit but I saw the TEAC at BJs and figured that I could buy a cheap unit just for now and then replace it. Well after listening to it for a few months, I have no plans to replace it anymore. Dolby Digital and DTS sound phenomenal. Very good unit.

If i have any complaint, it's that the display and user-interface is a little complicated to figure out. But that's not that big a deal. Just keep the manual around until you get familiar with it.

I enthusiastically recommend the unit if you can find it.

Similar Products Used:

Sony Receivers

Power, Sound quality, S-Video switching, DTS decoder, Price

Unified Remote(not a major problem though), No Binding post for speakers(what more you can expect for this price)

I surveyed and compared many receivers for their cost and features and which will fit in my narrow budget. I was considering Pioneer 509S, JVC 6500 or 7000, but then I opted for TEAC AG-D8900 considering the jam packed features of all those high cost receivers for an much lesser cost. I am not repenting at all. The performance of this box is phenominal.
Guys don't even think, if you do not have problems with the above weaknesses,just go for it. I am using the KLH HT-809 speaker package with it. I just experienced the MI-2 and totally impressed with this package which costed me just $350.

Similar Products Used:

None

I think the best thing about this receiver is the DTS and Dolby Digital decoder for this price range

I would have to agree with the people on this page... the remote!!

I recently bought this receiver for a very cheap price I must say, and the performance is excellent, it features DTS and Dolby Digital Surround Sound. I use it with the RCA SP9978 speakers and it sound just awesome. I'd really recommend it to everyone if you're trying to find a great receiver for a very good price.

Similar Products Used:

Teac AG-V8520

price feature

still on shipping

I just wan to let you guy know that AG-D8900 is equivalent to AG-D9260. I got this imforation from TEAC Customer service guy a few moments ago. AG-D8900 is built for COSTCO only.

I ordered a AG-D9260 from REX for 149.00. I think it is a good deal. I am waiting for my baby to arrive from EAST.

Good luck.

Everything! 500 watts of power, binding posts, Dobly Digital, Looks great.

None yet.

This receiver is awesome! 100 Watts per channel in surround, Dobly Digital, Surround, DTS. I got this on sale before Christmas for $129, everywhere on the net is selling it for $200-$250! I was going to buy it thinking it had regular speaker connectors. To my delight, it had binding posts to go along with everything else. Buy this even at $175, it is awesome and sounds great!! This is the 9260 by the way.

Similar Products Used:

Teac receiver, Yamaha receiver, Boston Acoustic Speakers, etc.

Great Sound, awesome price, high quality.

Remote (same reasons as everyone else). No Graphic equilizer!!!!!

When I started looking for a home theatre system, I didn't want to spend more than 400 dollars on audio. At first I thought this price range would force me into a "home theatre in a box" which isnt all bad, but I wanted to pick my own speakers. So when I saw this receiver for 200 bux I bought it up fast. When I first hooked it up I had a set of 7 year old 120 watt Pioneer speakers with a 6 ohm impedance. Even thoug it is an 8 ohm receiver, it sounded excellent. I will soon be purchasing a Yamaha 200 dollar budget speaker set to go with it. So I haven't heard it in surround sound yet. But in stereo, it sounds great. It sounds just as good as my old Pioneer receiver, which was the best stereo receiver for its time. The receiver also looks really nice, and even thought the controler isnt good, it is better than nothing. A nice change from my old system where I had to get up to change the volume.
Overall this looks like a great value, a heck of a lot better than the 190 dollar Aiwa receiver I was looking at down at BestBuy.
It is receiving only a four due to lack of a 5 or 10 band graphic equilizer, and the remote. And the fact that their is no analog sound out, except for the headphone jack. I run my cable through my vcr, and then throuh the receiver. Because the receiver has no audio out, I had to listen to everything through the stereo, and not through the tv. Untill I bought some RCA line splitters. Which by the way were VERY hard to find! Try radioshack, they sometimes have them, if you are looking for some.

Similar Products Used:

350 dollar yamaha receiver, 300 dollar Sony Reveiver.

Excellent features and great price.

Very minor complaint about the spring loaded speaker wire clips, but it really is a minor one.

I have sold all my high end equipment three of years ago since we had our first child. I have picked TEAC AG-D8900 as a cheap replacement to play DVD and CD on a set of budget speakers. I had no high expectation, but I was plesantly surprised how good the sound quality was on this unit and it is loaded all of the modern features you expect from a more high end equipment.

I have looked at a number of competitively priced receiver,for example JVC RX6020. I would recommend TEAC AG-D8900 over the JVC. It sounds better and it has S-Video switching. This is an excellent receiver and price is absolutely amazing.

Similar Products Used:

Kendwood, Denon, NAD, Proton, Marantz, Bryston and Rotel

$500 in features in a $170 case

at the price, none.

To find another AV receiver with 2 optical ins, 1 coax in, 1 coax out, 2 S-videos and 5 x 100 watts for under $200 would indeed be a challenge, if not impossible. The remote is admittedly a little clunky, but nothing that can't be dealt with.

It's a little tough to get bigger gauge speaker wires into the spring retainers, but all of the other connections are crisp. Set-up is easy and straightforward. The unit is really very user friendly, and with bonuses like sound-source switching (so if you plugged the optical into the wrong port on the back, you can switch the input from the front, and not drag everything out into the open again).

Bottom Line: If you're at all like me (a features-freak) you'll probably spend more on cables than you did on the unit. Between Monster S-video, Toslink, and 12ga speaker wire, I actually do have more invested in wire than receiver. But it does sound nice.

Similar Products Used:

Sony, Philips

Excellent power and sound quality. Looks and feels well built.

TEAC products can be hard to find.

It's truly amazing how closed minded people are about this stuff! I used to retail home and car audio and went back to school to learn something else. TEAC makes excellent equipment across the board. This reciever is no exception. Is there better? Sure. Is there better for under $400? Highly unlikely. S-video, Dolby Digital, DTS, two optical ins, one coaxial in, one coaxial out, and 100 watts x five channels. TEAC's amplifiers quite often exeed their specifications as well. Your friends probably haven't heard of it. You might not have heard of it. That means YOU aren't paying for advertising overhead that the POPULAR, everyone has them brands incorporate into their prices. That means you're paying to hear about those brands. A few brands still have the phlosophy of letting the quality and the reputation they have with educated, non-trendy consumers sell the product. This is the age of assembly line products for assembly line people. Just look at Best Buy and Circuit city and then think about what was said here.

Similar Products Used:

Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sony, Kenwood, H/K