Arcam AVR10, 20 and 30 are MQA enabled as is the NAD T778.Is this the first MQA enabled AV Reciever?
£2000 and Dirac is a pay optional extra
It’s on the Dirac website, also options for the bass module, Arcam AVR-5 – DiracIndeed. No price for the Dirac addition on the Arcam site either.
Ok product, probably.
The NAD T758 is still available at only £1300 and will probably sound about as good once you have Dirac sorted. bit short on HDMIs though and no 2.1. This is for my money the sweet spot in AVRs right now.
The 778 might be better than the AVR5 but is it £500 better? Then again the AVR5 puts a bit of price pressure on its own siblings…
People are getting proper mugged off paying those Dirac prices.
So what EQ system does it come with, i.e. if you don't pay for the DIRAC upgrade?
Interesting, from the review, "A custom designed in-house linear supply provides power and is capable of sustaining a total power consumption of 1.5kW." Which aligns with the data in the user manual.
Firstly, I think it's great the the specs section in the user manual quotes the simultaneous power delivery to seven channels.
But the slightly confusing thing is that the AVR5 quotes 60w but the AVR30 quotes 100w, yet they both quote the same maximum power consumption.
I know this seems like a geeky observation but (a) are they mis-selling something here, I don't want fellow members to be ripped off and (b) being a geek is allowed, we're on an AV forum
@Mr Wolf do you understand this, you're a amp power wizard?
1500w is the size of the PSU feeding the amp, 60w & 100w is the power the amps inside it produce. All amps produce heat and waste power in what they do, some will have more or less powerful amp / transistor modules to produce more or less watts seperate to the PSU feeding them. Also the AVR30 is a class G design so is more efficient, i.e. converts more power into speaker watts and wastes less as heat.But the slightly confusing thing is that the AVR5 quotes 60w but the AVR30 quotes 100w, yet they both quote the same maximum power consumption.
Class G efficiency in the 30?Interesting, from the news article, "A custom designed in-house linear supply provides power and is capable of sustaining a total power consumption of 1.5kW." Which aligns with the data in the user manual.
Firstly, I think it's great the the specs section in the user manual quotes the simultaneous power delivery to seven channels.
But the slightly confusing thing is that the AVR5 quotes 60w but the AVR30 quotes 100w, yet they both quote the same maximum power consumption.
I know this seems like a geeky observation but (a) are they mis-selling something here, I don't want fellow members to be ripped off and (b) being a geek is allowed, we're on an AV forum
@Mr Wolf do you understand this, you're a amp power wizard?
I think class G (Arcam) & H (Emotiva) are not official classes but just a variation on class AB with fancy voltage rails that switch or modulate to higher voltages as required for more efficiency / power.It should be noted that there's technically no such thing as Class G. Class G is something Arcam themselves come up with and it is their own inhouse hybrif amplification. Arvam's Class G is however more effecient that more conventional Class AB amplification.
Arcam only incorporate Class G in their Flagship AV receivers. Only the AVR30 includes it. All models below it are Class AB.
I saw 'entry level' and was expecting a price of £499 or £599, which is still a lot of money for bottom of the range entry level,.
I quickly ignored the review when I saw the £2k plus price tag.