Pioneer's four new high-end AV receivers include the SC-07 and SC-05, featuring Neural-THX surround sound functionality.
The Elite SC-07, SC-05, VSX-O3TXH and VSX-01TXH A/V receivers delivers HD audio and video experiences for emerging home theaters, and should work seamlessly with Pioneer's 2008 KURO displays and Blu-ray disc players.
The SC-07 and SC-05 were designed from the ground up to produce 3D sound, and incorporates Direct Energy HD Amplifier with ICEpower analog class D amplification technology, to produce a better level of multi-channel power output, fidelity and efficiency. Entertainment enthusiasts can take advantage of internal decoding of new advanced lossless surround sound formats, including DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus.
Pioneer SC-07 Neural-THX A/V receiver
Pioneer employs its room tuning feature in all four new Elite receivers, and advanced MCACC aims to deliver high-quality surround sound regardless of the room configuration. This feature makes subtle adjustments to optimize the audio experience. In addition, Pioneer's Elite SC-07, SC-05 and VSX-94TXH incorporate the proprietary Full Band Phase Control, which should eliminate "phase lag" or group delay between all speakers in a home theater system. All models include new symmetric equalization (EQ) for precise speaker calibration.
The SC-07, SC-05 and VSX-94TXH also include Neural-THX, allowing for encoded content to be delivered in a two-channel stereo format and decoded for dispersion among up to 7.1 channel surround sound. In addition, the full line of Elite receivers includes dialogue enhancements, a wide range of listening modes, Mid-night Listening and Lip-Sync A/V synchronization. For improved digital signal processing, all Elite receivers utilize anti-jitter technologies. The SC-07 is equipped with a professional level Burr Brown Sampling Rate Converter (SRC) to scale all digital audio signals up to 192 kHz 24-bit resolution.
Pioneer has also incorporated HDMI 1.3a with full support of 12-bit Deep Color to deliver better picture from connected sources with an improved range of hues and shades. A Pioneer digital video converter and Faroudja video scaler chip ensures up to full 1080p resolutions to best match the incoming video signal to the native resolution of a connected display.
The SC-07 and SC-05 also support Pioneer's Home Media Gallery feature, a networking feature that enables users to select and playback digital content from a PC or USB. Furthermore, the SC-07 has dual HDMI video output and second zone component video output for zone 2 HD video capabilities.
The Pioneer VSX-01TXH and VSX-03TXH will be available in June for a suggested price of $750 and $1,000, respectively. The Pioneer SC-05 and SC-07 will be available in August for a suggested price of $1,800 and $2,200, respectively.
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