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with nine channels of discrete amplification at 200W per channel.
Only 9 channels of amplification again? In 2017. Surely for a range topper, that supports Dolby Atmos, it should have the four powered height channels instead of only two overhead channels.
It wouldn't have cost much to add another two of the tiny amp modules that's inside these for the full 11 channels... or are they waiting for a future year (SR7015?) for this incremental improvement...
Manufacturers can add all the "bells and whistles" they like but until they get the basics of a 2017 Atmos surround receiver correct they are all pointless IMO
aking the SR7012 a step higher, the Marantz SR8012 is a high-speed output amplifier that is said to offer exceptional audio and video quality through its 11.2 channel, full 4K Ultra HD AV surround receiver with HEOS integration and the complete immersive audio formats including Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Auro-3D. Importantly, the SR8012 features high grade, carefully selected audio components, including three codecs capable of driving height and overhead speakers and the receiver's 11 high quality amplifier stages with 140W of power per output. These power ratings enable the SR8012 to drive a full 7.1.4 home cinema setup without the need of additional external amplifiers. The whole internal circuit further enhances audio quality by delicately handling all signals via Marantz’s own HDAMs (Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Module) in Current Feedback topology before passing them on to the power stage to fire up the connected speakers.
Really? How did they arrive at this figure. Their own specifications for the SR7012 say it only has 110 watts available (8 ohm, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.08%) with just 2 channels driven?????
Marantz have announced that they'll be launching a new 11 chanel flagship AV receiver early next year (maybe December?). The new model will be the SR8012. It will be comparable to the Denon AVRX6400.
Marantz Unveils SR7012, SR8012 AV Receivers and AV7704 Processor with Alexa Skill
It should also be noted that Marantz and Denon are for all intense purpose the one and the same concern. Denon will be introducing a 13 channel flagship model next year and already include the 11 channel AVRX6400 in their line up.
I guess you also have to ask yourself why anyone without the space to accommodate more speakers would waste their money buying a receiver that has more channels of internal amplification? Why should they be taxed in order to fulfil the requirements of what is basically a minority share of the market? Very few people have the space to accommodate a setup with more than 7 speakers let alone 11 or more.There's also the arguement that suggests that packing lots of smaller amps into a box results in poorer performance and less power.
Marantz have announced that they'll be launching a new 11 Chanel flagship AV receiver early next year (maybe December?). The new model will be the SR8012. It will be comparable to the Denon AVRX6400.
Marantz Unveils SR7012, SR8012 AV Receivers and AV7704 Processor with Alexa Skill
It should also be noted that Marantz and Denon are for all intense purpose the one and the same concern. Denon will be introducing a 13 channel flagship model next year and already include the 11 channel AVRX6400 in their line up.
I guess you also have to ask yourself why anyone without the space to accommodate more speakers would waste their money buying a receiver that has more channels of internal amplification? Why should they be taxed in order to fulfil the requirements of what is basically a minority share of the market? Very few people have the space to accommodate a setup with more than 7 speakers let alone 11 or more.There's also the arguement that suggests that packing lots of smaller amps into a box results in poorer performance and less power.
Nobody is forcing anyone to buy a receiver with more channels than they can accommodate - people can always buy one of the lower models if you only want less channels.]
13 channels? What's the two extra channels for?
Crikey, 15 watts less than the SR7011.Really? How did they arrive at this figure. Their own specifications for the SR7012 say it only has 110 watts available (8 ohm, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.08%) with just 2 channels driven?????
The SR7012 is in fact able to process 11 channels. You'd not need a standalone AV processor just 2 channels of external amplification if wanting an 11 channel 7.1.4 setup.
So the lower tier models with fewer channels also include the same DACs and components incorporated into the higher tier models?
It isn't quite as simple as you make it out to be.
An Atmos 9.1.4 setup utilising width speakers.
The full potential for Atmos in the home is actually a total of 34 speakers plus an LFE channel. The only thing limiting this is the availability of receivers with enough channels of processing and amplification. The full potential is a 24.1.10 setup.
Crikey, 15 watts less than the SR7011.
Power Output (8 ohm, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.05% 2ch Drive) 125W
Oh right. Two extra speakers on sides so you can have two side surrounds on each side instead of just the one side surround on each side. Makes sense.
So looks like manufacturers now have a nice upgrade path every year - adding another 2 channels per year up to 24 in the end (and I know the Trinnov and other can do it now)
They are not surrounds and are front width speakers.
9.1.4 Dolby Atmos Enabled Speaker Setup
I think the big issue with having them is that Dolby Surround upmixing doesn't currently cater for them so a setup with the width speakers would leave the two extra speakers dormant unless the audio (metadata) was actually Atmos in nature and includes objects that would need them. The mixing of the home varient of Atmos doesn't often engage the widths while the theatre mixes do.
Oh that's just naming convention... they are exactly where I thought they were and can just as easily be called "side surround 2" as "front width" or as I said "Two extra speakers on sides so you can have two side surrounds on each side".
Why not rename the surround "not at the fronts 1" and the back speakers "not at the fronts 2" or maybe just use the terminology and naming conventions everyone recognises and the industry as a whole uses?
Everyone recognises? OK. Everyone is supposed to know the correct name for the 2 extra speakers in a 13 speaker Atmos setup. I doubt even 5% of avforums members would have known that, never mind general public. You also ventured into "reductio ad absurdum" with the other speaker renaming. The standard 5.1 naming is well known for years. It's well known that cinemas use many side surround speakers - the one at the front of each side is just another side surround. So that's what I called it, given I never heard of Dolby's not very well known naming for it. Anyway I'm not going to argue any more about it.
I'll call you Bill from now on if that is Okay?
Is that another snide remark / attack? Nobody on this forum allowed speak unless they get everything exactly right? Do you enjoy antagonizing people? I'd like to tell you where to go with yourself.
I believe that you are the one being agressive and antagonistic. You can go away and call your speakers whatever you want.
Happy now.
It is still a gact however that no one will know what the hell you are on about if you refer to the width speakers using the term suround sides 2.
As already suggested. Maybe post in the speakers forum and ask for clarification on the correct terminology.
You're the one who asked me what was meant by 9.1.2 and I gave you the correct terminology given to the speakers used. I cannot help it if you refuse to accept the correct answer.
Tell me exactly where I said I was going to continue to call them side surrounds after you told me the correct term for them?
Oh that's just naming convention... they are exactly where I thought they were and can just as easily be called "side surround 2" as "front width" or as I said "Two extra speakers on sides so you can have two side surrounds on each side".