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Denon AVP-A1HDCI Surround Sound Processor and POA-A1HDCI Power Amplifier

Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.

Published on 27 October 2008

Denon AVP-A1HDCI SSP and POA-A1HDCI Amplifier

Denon's new AVP-A1HDCI sports 12 configurable XLR fully balanced output channels. It handles all the newest codecs, including DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD. Using its Denon Link, along with a DVD player that also has the Denon Link, you can play SACDs with the native DSD bitstream being sent to the processor for decoding (no conversion to PCM like most other systems do).

Rotel RSP-1069 7.1 Surround Sound Processor

Written by Jared Rachwalski

Published on 25 September 2008

Rotel made some interesting choices with their RSP-1069 7.1 SSP. There is an obvious attention to build quality, the processor is heavy, solid and uses quality components throughout. However it is missing some key features found on many processors today, most obvious is the lack of room correction.