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Is Trinnov Optimizer in AVRs pretty much dead?

post #1 of 6
3/4/13 at 1:01pm
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As the title says.. is Trinnov Optimizer technology pretty much dead in the AVR space? It seems the last and the only AVR to have implemented this technology is the Sherwood R-972, which seems to now be discontinued. For a technology that was lauded as so spectacularly effective, I am wondering why no other manufacturers licensed the technology.

Any thoughts?
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post #2 of 6
3/29/13 at 11:37am
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Originally Posted by raaj View Post

As the title says.. is Trinnov Optimizer technology pretty much dead in the AVR space? It seems the last and the only AVR to have implemented this technology is the Sherwood R-972, which seems to now be discontinued. For a technology that was lauded as so spectacularly effective, I am wondering why no other manufacturers licensed the technology.

Any thoughts?

Good question! I have always wondered that too. The Sherwood 972 has been around for 2-3 years and that is the only model that has Trinnov on board. By know Sherwood would have other models with it or even other avr manufacturers. I emailed Curt with Trinnov asking him if they were ever going to incorporate it on other avr brands and his reply was.. “Ever” is an infinite amount of time. No news to announce presently.
To me he sounds like on the defensive side.
Edited by asere - 3/29/13 at 11:51am
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post #3 of 6
3/29/13 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by raaj View Post

As the title says.. is Trinnov Optimizer technology pretty much dead in the AVR space? It seems the last and the only AVR to have implemented this technology is the Sherwood R-972, which seems to now be discontinued. For a technology that was lauded as so spectacularly effective, I am wondering why no other manufacturers licensed the technology.

Any thoughts?

Never say never..
But not likely...
The 972 used TI DA710 processors (2) but the technical challenge is the supporting software..
The 💰 burden for creating, debugging and validating the software is simply too expensive...
If the unit sales qtys were higher and spread over more models than it become more feasible from a financial return viewpoint...


Just my $0.02... 👍😉
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post #4 of 6
3/29/13 at 1:33pm
In new AVRs quite possibly yes. However I picked up a R-972 about a month ago and I must tell it is the best bang for buck that I've spent in my HT to date. So you can have it if you want it. Just hope it doesn't drive you crazy. wink.gif
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post #5 of 6
3/29/13 at 2:43pm
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In new AVRs quite possibly yes. However I picked up a R-972 about a month ago and I must tell it is the best bang for buck that I've spent in my HT to date. So you can have it if you want it. Just hope it doesn't drive you crazy. wink.gif

Have you had any issues with the receiver? The reviews mention buggy video performance, and about the only redeeming feature of the receiver is that it has Trinnov. I really wish I could buy a receiver (other than Sherwood) with Trinnov, given the peculiar orientation of my room (asymmetries galore!).
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post #6 of 6
3/29/13 at 4:03pm
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Have you had any issues with the receiver? The reviews mention buggy video performance, and about the only redeeming feature of the receiver is that it has Trinnov. I really wish I could buy a receiver (other than Sherwood) with Trinnov, given the peculiar orientation of my room (asymmetries galore!).

I don't scale video, set for pass-through, there is a 5 to 10 second delay when audio codecs switch, commercials and previews, and the remote sucks, I use a universal remote. That's about it. The sound with BDs is well worth it in my room.
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