Arcam AVR600 - Page 2

How is that applicable here?

1. It is not applicable here. The person you responded to was expressing his disappointment at the lack of Audyssey. You decide to tell him that for hundreds (perhaps thousands) more, he can do better than Audyssey??!?!

Umm no kidding, why shouldnt he expect it in a $4000 AVR?

2. How does your system have any relevance at all to someone who would like an option like Audyssey in an AVR? It's like telling him "you don't need that feature included, because if you spend EXTRA money you can get better performance!"

3. Where did he say that this unit sucks now because it doesn't have Audyssey? He was simply expressing his disappointment. (which is completely valid IMO) Can an Arcam AVR function as a solid pre amp? Of course. What does that have to do with Audyssey??

4. A "truly world class audio system" quarterbacked by an Arcam AVR? Gotcha. Oh and once again, what does that have to do with Audyssey?

You are all over the map.

Here's an article on the new AVR600 just FYI.


Arcam unleashes £2300 HD receiver
YESTERDAY
Due to be unveiled at the 2008 CEDIA Expo, which opens tomorrow morning in the States, this monster is Arcam's AVR600. It'll hit the shops in November, at a price expected to be in the region of £2300.

The receiver is the company's most ambitious yet, and as well as decoding all the latest high-definition audio codecs, it has video upscaling and upconversion, five HDMI inputs and two outputs and 7x120W of power amplification.

It also has one of the first implementations of Dolby Volume, designed to equalise the levels of different broadcast media - so no more shouting ads! - while also giving volume-dependant tonal adjustment, making low-level listening much more involving

It's claimed that "By waiting for HD technology and chip sets to mature Arcam have been able to use latest generation technology silicon to deliver higher quality than competitors. Video Scaling and Processing for all sources is remarkable bringing even standard definition input close to HD quality.

"The new DTS-HD Master, DTS High Resolution, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus decoding standards are all supported."

The receiver is said to use a massive toroidal transformer and Class G amplification, enabling it to deliver 7x120W while still running "relatively cool". It has also been designed to transform into a high-quality stereo amp at the push of a button.

The AVR600 also offers three-zone operation and extensive control flexibility for custom installation, and for those of use preferring to keep out equipment on display has been designed with a cosmetic treatment deliberately at odds with the button-packed AV receiver norm.

Very well put.

Frank

Thank you.

Wonder will this unit handle bitstream or lpcm only?

Did you read the pdf at the top of the page?? it will bitsream everything.

Seems like a great unit but $5000 CDN is too rich for me, even though I am a big fan of arcam AV products.

Guess I will have to wait and see if they announce something in the AVR-350 price range over the next six months. Upper limit is $3000 CDN for me.

Always liked the AVR-350 when I owned it and will probably scoop up one again as people begin to sell theirs off in anticipation of the AVR600.

AVR-350's are only 1300 dollars new in the UK at the moment

If you liked it enough to buy it again, why don't you have it any more?

I switched to Naim separates, specifically with the Naim AV pre pro and a series of amps. The Naim set up was better than the Arcam for music but not so for movies (approx. equal).

I eventually sold all that gear to move to tubes and currently run the Emotiva DMR-1 (Sunfire Ultimate Receiver clone) and while it sounds good, still miss the performance of the Arcam.

I would really consider this AVR at that price point just well made and it looks so good too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't agree more!!

Picture from CEDIA

It looks sweet!!! Now I definitely want it in black

Finally an Arcam receiver with a reasonable number of HDMI inputs. I'm glad I held off buying a new AVR for an extra year longer than I planned.

Given the price, though, I think I might hold off another year until the stock market improves enough to give me the spare cash for one.

The layout of the back panel on this receiver is one of the cleanest, most logical designs I have seen.

Anyone have any idea what scaling chip is used in this beast?

+1.

They have actually thought about this! Notice how the power cable is furthest away from the speaker connections. The HDMI cables are at the bottom so they don't have to cross any other signal wires. Very nice of Arcam. Hope other manufacturers take this on board.

~hemster

I have this baby on pre-order already. This is definitely going to kick the assess of every receiver in the market.

I loved my AVR 300 but got the hdmi/audio format itch and jumped to an Integra 9.8...

This piece of gear is really making me think of another switch....

Do we know for certain what the U.S. retail price is for the AVR-600?

Yes. $5,000.00 MSRP. Thank you GWB for screwing up the economy
Apparently there were suppose to be 2 versions, one with ethernet port with custom CI(5K) and another without(4.5K) but Arcam decided otherwise

It retains at £2750 in uk not sure now i think i'll wait for the reveiws before making my mind up

I'm surprised it's that much considering how the Pound (and Euro) has been dropping against the Euro.

No one know's about the scaling chip?

Looking at the specs and trying to determine whether there is audio HDMI on the AVR600...

Yes.

Does any one actually own the AVR600 yet? If you do could you please post your experiences so far?

And what is the MSRP? Couldn't be 5k. The 350 was under 3k (CDN$).