Arcam AVR 600

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Arcam AVR 600

The AVR600’s discrete styling hides a huge 7 channel, 120wpc power amp along with some of the most advanced AV processing in a high performance AV receiver.
Arcam has built a world-class reputation for in-depth meticulous engineering and the AVR600 AV receiver represents a tour-de-force of Arcam’s design skill.

The BIG picture. - The EXIT route. - The First Outing - Dolby Volume? - Arcam and Dolby

While most receivers are designed to provide an overwhelming list of specifications but are short on outright performance, the AVR600 is focused on the complete experience. Never before has an AV receiver delivered such a fine balance of state of the art sound and video processing backed up by an all encompassing technical specification.

With well over 100 input, output and control connections from simple analogue I/O to high speed HDMI, the AVR600 is fully equipped to deal with the most demanding of home cinema systems or custom installations. Sources such as DVD, Blu-Ray, set-top boxes, iPods® and games machines are all accommodated with ease. Fully equipped for the high definition world, the AVR600 decodes the very latest Dolby Digital+, DolbyTrueHD, DTS High Resolution Audio and DTS HD Master Audio streams with phenomenal precision.

Detail

Analogue Audio
• 120WPC continuous power output into 4 or 8 ohms loads (all 7 channels driven at 1kHz)
• Huge toroidal power supply with high efficiency class G amplifier
• In 5.1 speaker setups channels 6 & 7 are assignable to bi-amplify front left and right
• Multi-channel 7.1 analogue input for DVD-A or SACD sources
• Stereo direct mode bypasses and disables all digital processing
• 9 stereo analogue inputs (including one MM phono input & front 3.5mm AUX input)
• Independent source and volume for Zone 2 stereo audio, from analogue inputs.
• Independent volume for Zone 3 stereo audio, from analogue inputs.
• DAB/FM/AM or FM/AM stereo tuner with 50 presets
• Support for iPod via Arcam rLead / rDock (independent of RS232 connection)

Digital Audio
• State of the art Analog Devices for Dolby Digital and DTS decoding
• 24bit 192kHz DACs,stereo ADC and precision electronic volume controls
• DolbyTrueHD, Dolby Digital+, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS HD Master Audio, DTS High Resolution Audio, DTS-ES Discrete, DTS-ES Matrix, DTS96/24, DTS Neo:6
• DolbyVolume processing for balancing of program material gain and tonal balance
• Adjustable crossover switching 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz
• 8 digital inputs 4 rear optical, 3 co-axial, 1 front 3.5mm optical AUX input
• Global audio delay, adjustable from 0-1000 milliseconds, to compensate for video processing delays in digital displays and sources

Video
• 5 HDMI inputs (up to 1080p, Deep Colour)
• 2 HDMI outputs (up to 1080p, Deep Colour)
• 5 Component inputs, one monitor output (up to 1080i)
• 5 S-video inputs, one monitor output, 2 tape outputs
• 5 Composite video inputs, one monitor output, 2 tape outputs
• Full video up/down conversion & frame rate conversion of all inputs where technically allowed
• Video enhancements: Edge enhancement, Mosquito noise reduction, Random noise reduction

Custom Install Features
• Independent Zone 2 (audio & video), with fixed/variable volume
• Zone 3 audio with fixed/variable volume
• RC-5 remote input jacks for all three zones
• IR pass through for source components
• Full suite of discrete IR RC-5 codes, including separate on / off etc
• 12Volt triggers, on / off for zones 1, 2 and 3
• Full duplex RS232 control input for more complex control systems
• Optional network card

Using 6 layer PCBs and ultra high precision digital audio and video circuits, the internal design of the AVR600 is the culmination of thousands of man-hours of research and development work by Arcam’s design team and represents the largest project ever completed by the company.

Arcam AVR600 available Now - Price £3675 (inc VAT)
Colours Silver/Black- On demonstration and available for audition now.