Daniel J SaitInvision has announced that the next generation of ultimate performance AVRs and AV processors from AudioControl are available to preorder now.
AudioControl’s new Concert Series of immersive audio/video receivers comprises three models: Concert XR-8, Concert XR-6 and Concert XR-4. Each model features advanced cinema technologies, such as Dirac room correction, in addition to popular surround formats.
The Concert XR-6 and Concert XR-8 also add Auro 3D.
Users will appreciate having six channels of user-configurable outputs, ideal for high-pass channels, additional subwoofers or height channels – enabling full optimisation of the movie experience.
The Concert Series AVRs feature 16-channels of output, integrated web-based configuration, intuitive app-based control, Google Cast, Airplay 2, aptX Bluetooth and Wi-Fi streaming connectivity.
The Concert XR-8 delivers 9.1.6-channels of HDMI 2.0b with 16-channels of output, and seven channels of high-current class H amplified output at 200W into 4 ohms. The Concert XR-6 delivers 9.1.6-channels of HDMI 2.0b with 16-channels of output, while seven channels of class AB amplified output at 100W per channel into 8 ohms, and the Concert XR-4 delivers 7.1-channels of HDMI 2.0b with 11-channels of output, seven channels of class AB amplified output at 60W per channel into 8 ohms.
AudioControl’s next generation of immersive audio preamp/processors are also available from Invision. The Maestro X9 and Maestro X7 support 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced, with 16-channels of balanced and unbalanced output. Both models offer a full complement of inputs for connection to the latest audio/video components, including sevenHDMI 2.0b inputs that fully support 4K UHD and HDR playback.
Housing the very latest in audio and video processing, the Maestro Series processors feature Dirac Live room correction with bass management to overcome acoustic anomalies in any space, ESS Sabre DACs that ensure unparalleled levels of detail and clarity, along with earth-shaking, authoritative bass response.
Installers and users should benefit from intuitive app-based control, Google Cast, Airplay 2, aptX Bluetooth and Wi-Fi streaming connectivity options as well as integrated web-based configuration.
AudioControl’s Maestro Series preamp/processors can be combined with the G4 Series amplifiers, including the seven-channel Savoy G4, five-channel Pantages G4 and highly versatile 4/3/2-channel fully bridgeable Avalon G4.