One of the most popular home theater receivers we’ve ever featured on this channel is Sony’s STR-DN1080. Despite its 2017 release, the DN1080 was a go-to choice for budget-conscious home theater enthusiasts, including myself. Now, with Sony’s latest receiver, the STR-AM1000, we’re curious to see if it lives up to the DN1080’s reputation. Let’s read … Read more
FOR AT least two decades now, designers have been managing to deliver more and more features, power, and audio/video finesse, for fewer and fewer dollars—or at least, no more—with every passing model year. Denon’s latest lineup ably illustrates the trend and the one in the spotlight here, the $ AVR-X3800H, is going to hit a lot of budget sweetspots. It’s the least costly model in … Read more
Onkyo’s second-from-the-top AVR is a nine-channel movie-lover with a healthy selection of bonus features, says Mark Craven. Read our ONKYO TX-RZ50 Review. 1. Buttons on the right of the fascia, above the volume rotary, handle input selection Onkyo’s TX-RZ50 continues the brand’s ethos of taking the basic notion of an AV receiver and adding a … Read more
Pioneer returns from a four-year absence with a midrange AV receiver that reminds Steve Withers why he’s missed the brand. Read our Pioneer vsx-lx305 Review. 1. The VSX-LX305 gets Pioneer’s brushed metal finish in black or silver Back with a bang Pioneer’s history has been turbulent of late. The brand’s AV wing disappeared from the … Read more
Stocked with features and an impressive multichannel performer, this AV receiver has plenty of appeal, believes Mark Craven. Read our ONKYO TX-NR6100 Review. The TX-NR6100 has a feature list that appears designed to cover every base anyone buying a £ AV receiver could wish for, from Dolby Atmos and DTS:X decoding through to an MM … Read more
Marantz’s compact AV receiver returns with a new look and boosted features – Jamie Biesemans slips it into his AV rig. Read our MARANTZ CINEMA 70S Review. Short and sweet 1. The Cinema 70s gets Marantz’s new styling, with front-panel info now on a central ‘porthole’ display The Cinema 70s is Marantz’s entry-level AVR for … Read more
This high-grade five-channel amplifier tops the Canadian maker’s lineup, and shows Steve Withers the true meaning of dynamic range. Read our ANTHEM MCA 525 GEN 2 Review. Av Info Product Premium five-channel Class A/B power amplifier Position Anthem’s highest-spec power amp Peers NAD M28; Primare A35.8; Emotiva XPA-11 ANTHEM’S NEW LINEUP of power amplifiers has … Read more
The aesthetic is familiar, but this two-channel amp is cut from a different cloth than many of its stablemates. Mark Craven gets to grips with McIntosh’s custom install contender. Read our McIntosh MI502 Review. AMERICAN MANUFACTURER MCINTOSH is known for its hi-fi hardware, including some premium, gorgeously styled tube amps, but as the launch of its MHT300 … Read more
Richard Stevenson salutes the no-stone-unturned approach of this monster 15.4-channel AV amplifier. Read our DENON AVC-A1H Review. Denon’s blast from the past Japan’s Denon has a rich history of wheeling out truly referenceclass AV amplifiers and, spoiler alert, it has done it again. The AVC-A1H is its latest feature- and performance-heavy flagship multichannel machine that … Read more
Marantz rings the changes with this new-look home cinema amplifier. Steve May gets all emotional. Read our MARANTZ CINEMA 50 Review. What better way to put this Marantz high-end home cinema amplifier through its paces than with some high-brow music. Specifically, Winter, from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (or, as I like to call it, Le … Read more
Mark Craven wrestles this beefy multichannel amplifier into place, and then gets drunk on power. Read our MUSICAL FIDELITY M6x 250.7 Review. Here’s something I wasn’t expecting. Musical Fidelity, the audio brand known for its high-end hi-fi products, and association with turntable maker Pro-Ject, which acquired the company in 2018, has launched a seven-channel power … Read more
Mark Craven samples the expansive sound – and specification – of an upper-tier nine-channel AV receiver. Read our YAMAHA RX-A6A Review. As part of Yamaha’s flagship Aventage receiver lineup, the RX-A6A promises to put everything the storied audio brand knows about movie sound into one, feature-packed box. Priced £, this is a big brooding beast … Read more