This is the standard of the performance they want, he even says it .
This is the standard of the performance they want, he even says it .
And those are very musical receivers, as he says. i.e. lots of harmonic distortion...This is the standard of the performance they want, he even says it .
Unless there's something wrong here with either the unit or the measurements (not likely), Arcam has clearly shown their are prone to deceit, lies and misguidance.
It's great that this revealed but also sad and puts part of the industry (reviewers included) in shame.
Why anyone might want to spend four and a half large when a much cheaper home theater receiver would do the trick for them is something I don't understand.
Not really because that would be so obvious on a test drive. It's more like selling a car with much worse fuel efficiency than advertised or allowed by law and that's poisoning us with exorbitant NOX outputs.Actually I was always skeptic on all those audio equipment costing a car, but since reading this forum I am more than shocked to see so many renowned brands selling all this bloody expensive gears with such results, what are they remotely thinking of? It’s like selling sports car which can’t accelerate as fast as a Toyota Corolla
Not really because that would be so obvious on a test drive. It's more like selling a car with much worse fuel efficiency than advertised or allowed by law and that's poisoning us with exorbitant NOX outputs.
Performance
Our first test was to find out how good the new DAC’s were inside the AV40 so we connected it up in a very revealing system normally reserved for audiophile listening experiences.
As you can see, the AV40 is a groundbreaking product, with its UK engineered heritage of great sound, coupled with more features than we have ever seen in a surround sound processor. While $4,500 is not cheap, it should be considered an amazing value.
Linearity, IMD, ... I am shocked! Unbelievable how awfully broken such products are and how they can dare ask much more money for them than not so terrible products!
Yet another disappointing example of an AV processor. They continue to show they are some of the worst values out there. Relatively poor performance for their cost and no amplification. They continue to hang their hat on Dirac. People have assumed excellent performance because of cost and marketing. It is amazing how a mid line receiver like the X3600 easily beats it in performance and includes good quality amplification.
Also, in some cases such as this, brand reputation.People have assumed excellent performance because of cost and marketing.
Clearly, Amir is doing it all wrong. This is how reviews should be done: https://www.audioadvice.com/videos-reviews/arcam-av40-surround-sound-processor-review/
Because from a practical standpoint do you want to drop four and a half thousand dollars on this sort of overall performance? That's why it matters. If this was a four hundred dollar AV receiver it'd be a good argument because you don't expect much, and are willing to overlook a lot at that price point.I can see from the graph linearity is poor, but in practical sense, why would it matter if it is bad at lower than -80 dBFS? Just curious,
Well, Arcam is part of Harman, which is part of Samsung. So there's resources somewhere in that supply chain. I think they just don't care.I am beginning to think that the logical explanation is, D+M and Yamaha have unlimited resources relatively speaking,...