Cambridge Audio unveils its finest sounding AVR to date

Cambridge Audio is launching late towards the end of this year, its new 650R AV receiver (SRP 1799 $) featuring full HDMI 1.3c reception and processing.

With 7 x 100 Watt audiophile grade discrete amplifier stages, this awesome AVR is claimed to reproduce the most demanding movie soundtracks and music with all the passion their creators intended.

Some Key features:

• Full HDMI 1.3c reception with 3 fully assignable HDMI inputs for Blu-ray/DVD players, HD satellite receivers and games consoles
• Latest generation Cirrus CS49700 chipset features twin 32-bit DSP cores for compatibility with the latest CODECs including Dolby Digital Plus, DTS- HD High Resolution and the Lossless Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio formats
• Full support for analogue or digital legacy formats – LPCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS, DTS ES Matrix, DTS ES Discrete, DTS 96/24, Neo:6, ProLogic II, ProLogic IIx, in 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 variants
• DTS Speaker re-mapping allows the playback of DTS-HD High Resolution or Master Audio formats with encoded height information on standard 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 speaker setups
• Fully supports multi-channel PCM over HDMI for DVD-A/SACD and other external audio formats
• 24/192kHz capable DACs for all channels
• 24 bit A/D conversion for digitally processed analogue modes
• Full post-processing of 2.0, 5.1 or 6.1 material is also possible with PLIIx or DTS Neo:6 to turn these formats into full 7.1
• Analogue to digital video transcoding (composite, S-video and component video to HDMI)
• True power output of 7 x 100 Watts rms per channel, 8 ohms all channels driven
• Analogue stereo direct mode for audiophile stereo sources (pure analogue, no DSP) – 120W output x 2
• Cambridge Audio Mic Controlled Auto Set-up (CAMCAS) with microphone supplied. (This system measures the listening environment and automatically sets the receiver for use dependent on room acoustic.)
• Adjustable LipSync delay feature.( LipSync audio delay means the user can simply adjust for processing delays in the source or TV.)
• FM/AM tuner with RDS
• Fully specified for custom install applications: Cambridge Audio Incognito Ready™ / A-BUS™ multi-room outputs and RS232 port, IR emitter In, Control Bus In/Out