In addition to being used in the main room, the AVR600 can be setup to control audio and video in a second zone, and audio-only in a third zone. Adjustments can be made to brightness, contrast, colour, picture mode, edge enhancement, and noise reduction for mosquito, block and other noise. The Pixelworks video processor allows various picture aspects to be adjusted for each of its video inputs. Running the auto setup calculates a room EQ, which can then be applied to each source independently. The AVR600 includes Arcam’s proprietary auto setup and room correction to ease the initial setup and reduce problems with room acoustics. The Dolby Volume feature helps to produce sound that’s true to the original recording, at any volume level, and maintains the same volume level across all content. Its audio decoders can handle all the latest audio formats found on Blu-ray discs including Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio. The AVR600’s designers opted for absolute quality over the highest possible quantity of output.Īside from the unique amp design, the AVR600 offers all essential technologies that you’d expect to find in a modern receiver. The benefit of this topology is the ability to get more voltage swing into 8 ohms without getting too hot. This helps to save energy since not all of the output devices need to be active at the same time. This unique design shifts the signal among output transistors that operate at different voltages – something called rail switching. Unlike most modern receivers that use digital or class D amps, this receiver utilizes a class G topology amp and a huge toroidal power transformer. The AVR600 delivers 120 watts of continuous power to each of it seven channels into 4 or 8 ohm loads, with all seven channels driven at 1 kHz. Although it’s a middle range model for Arcam, this receiver is clearly in the top echelon of the receiver market. The AVR600 is priced at $5999 and sits at the top of the company’s two receiver line-up. Earlier this winter, we asked Canadian distributor Erikson Consumer to send us the Arcam FMJ AVR600 AV receiver for evaluation. That’s because Arcam clearly prefers quality over quantity. In fact, the company has been rather slow to introduce new technologies and features into their line-up of receivers. Luckily Arcam didn’t get caught up in the “feature race”. As a result, somewhere along the line, audio – arguably the most important job of an AV receiver – may have gotten the short end of the stick. Manufacturers have been racing to be the first to introduce the latest and greatest features in their newest AV receivers. The introduction of the Blu-ray format and various versions of HDMI prompted manufacturers to release a plethora of new AV receiver models over the last few years, each new model trumping the feature list of the previous generation. Today’s AV receivers are available in a wild range of prices, from entry-level models starting at just a few hundred dollars to flagship models that retail for several thousand dollars. Admin T13:29:08+00:00 January 31st, 2011 | AV Receivers, Reviews | 1,736 CommentsĪ modern AV receiver is a marvelous piece of machinery that’s responsible for some of the key performance aspects in a home theatre, in both the audio and video domains.
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