The heaviest AV receiver ever made
It’s not often that you hear technology companies actually bragging that they’ve produced the largest of something. That’s just what Denon is doing, however. The company’s AVC-A1XV (or The Behemoth, as it’s been affectionately nick-named) is a 10.2 AV and Multi-Room Receiver which, as the largest, heaviest and most powerful receiver available, apparently means it’s also the best one ever made. And with a target price of around £4000 it would have to be pretty damn special .
Denon
Details from the press release:
- 16 Channel Multi-Zone Audio & Video
- 10 x 170 rms watt power amps
- One full 9.1-channel surround sound system in a single room
- Two discrete 5.1-channel systems in different rooms
- A 7.1-channel system in the main zone, a 2.1-channel system in
a 2nd room and a mono system in a 3rd room - An audiophile-oriented ‘bi-amp’ mode, with two amplifiers
used for each front, left, right and centre speakers for a full
5-channel system, delivering maximum power and performance.
Astonishing new MultEQ system
Up to EIGHT! individual listening seats are simultaneously
corrected in real-time – all seats are good seats
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MultEQ XT room correction and calibration technology is the first
such technology capable of minimizing the effects of room acoustics
for multiple listeners. -
HDMI V1.1 and DVI switching and routing
- HDTV Switching
- HDMI inputs x 3 plus HDMI Monitor Out x 1
- DVI inputs x 1 plus DVI Monitor Out x
- Firewire Inputs x 2
- Denon Link 3
- RS 232 x 2 front and back panel
- Ethernet x 2
- 6 high-bandwidth (100 MHz) HDTV-compatible component inputs
- PC setup input – front panel
