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Audiocontrol Hyperion Processor

Oddball said:
It truly is - but then there was a world before Blades as well. Some of the speakers you favorably reviewed 20 years ago are still available as new, and probably represent a great value. Time is a relative thing, and we should embrace it as such till
Kal Rubinson said:
Funny how we enjoyed any sound before Dirac. :rolleyes:
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For me the question is whether the APR16 without ART will outperform my Denon 4800h with ART. I’m not inclined to take the time to switch them out to try to find out. If pressed I will bet on the Denon in this contest.

Hyperion has been good keeping me informed. They confirmed that “Dirac has not given us a timeline yet”. That said, this is disappointing given the expectations set by them by at shows and on their website.
 
I for sure know it will not outperform my AV10 as I have more channels that I need, so not the same class at all. But within its limitations, we do need to wait and see what it does. If they implement the ART without the filter limitations, I can see that this will be viewed as "Storm" class - whatever it actually matters or means.

Seems like the debable with Dirac is a bit of a pickle. Definitively not looking like love at first sight.
 
PGAMiami said:
I shipped my unit today to Amir. Looking forward to seeing his review. Best use of the time waiting on Dirac to approve.
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Thanks for TOFTT and letting your unit go for a bit! Hope Amir can get to it soon as do I also hope Audiocontrol can get their Dirac approval/authorization ASAP. Anxious to see how this tests.
 
PGAMiami said:
I shipped my unit today to Amir. Looking forward to seeing his review. Best use of the time waiting on Dirac to approve.
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Really great and admirable move. Many thanks and this is a great way to introduce a new AVP and for sure will provide us with more info that we would care to process.
 
PGAMiami said:
I shipped my unit today to Amir. Looking forward to seeing his review. Best use of the time waiting on Dirac to approve.
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What a selfless hero!
I hope it doesn't take too long.

EDIT : Here's a thought - can you try to persuade him to test with both regular HDMI inputs, and HDMI eARC as well. It would be instructive to see the difference.
 
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Though I did not understand the technical details most of the 29-page thread, as an AudioControl dealer I also eagerly await Hyperion APR-16 review.
Truly appreciate the time, effort and expertise everyone here invests to share such valuable knowledge.
 
HTST said:
Though I did not understand the technical details most of the 29-page thread, as an AudioControl dealer I also eagerly await Hyperion APR-16 review.
Truly appreciate the time, effort and expertise everyone here invests to share such valuable knowledge.
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It would be most helpful if you post news you may receive from Audio Control regarding the availability of Dirac.
 
I attended webinar late April and this was asked. We were told “currently our (AC and Dirac) are working in tandem to finalize the testing suite with Dirac.” He was unwilling to commit to a specific date, but did share , as known here, that despite original trade show that Dirac would be included (like the AudioControl Concert XR Xrs lines) , that it now requires a separate license purchase for Room Correction, Bass Control, and ART

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Of lesser importance to this community, but largely for my company 8.2.6 showroom where the Concert XR stays locked on Auro 3D which is the most immersive for overhead Atmos demos,I was dismayed that Auro 3D was not listed on the spec sheet. I was assured that it is in fact coming in future firmware software update which was all I needed to hear.

I believe I saw you ordered yours around Christmas and received recently.there is a 60-day expected wait at the moment and I don’t have a delivery timeline on my APR-16 but have never been as excited for any product in my 29 years in the industry.

Do you have an expected date for the ASR review now that he has yours in his possession?
 
not audio related, but there was a lot of buzz around the full bandwidth 48 Gbps HDMI, on all 7 inputs and output
  • Studio-Grade HDMI - Pixel-accurate video with
  • advanced EDID/HDCP management for ISF-certified signal paths
This product has immense versatility, custom installers dream in my humble opinion.
  • 16 channels of both RCA (unbalanced) AND XLR (balanced) outputs for 32 total physical outputs
  • Every output is fully matrix-assignable, supporting layouts from 2.0 all the way up to 9.1.6
  • 6 Band PEQ and Low/High Shelt per Channel
  • Up to +/- 60dB of independent Bass, Treble, Gain, and Trim, per Input.
  • Per Input storage of Two-Channel and Multi-Channel
    Sound Modes.
  • Multiple subwoofer outputs are easily configured.
    Run 4, 6, or even 8 subs if the project calls for it

the software UI/UX interfaces were shown but I’m not sure I’m at liberty to share screenshots, nothing they haven’t shown at trade shows though. The remote software looks fantastic to me, light years beyond other control software I’ve interacted with in the past, including the AC AVR / XR series that is already modern in its own right. The excitement and enthusiasm of the presenters seemed obvious that they believe we are now Storm / Trinnov competitive, and many ways superior.

But like with most things AV, I am trying to temper my expectations, as there are sure to be some things to be later perfected.
 
TimoJ said:
I still don't understand this. I do like bass, but +60dB bass/treble range...?
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I'm pretty sure it's only 6dB. If i had a unit on my network like I did last week I'd confirm it. But all ours have gone out at present.

The online user manual was updated at the end of April and reflects this.

avproglobal.egnyte.com

Manual on Egnyte

Folder Manual shared using Egnyte
avproglobal.egnyte.com avproglobal.egnyte.com
 
W2APS said:
Dirac is now available for the APR-16.


I don't have a unit on hand to update etc and try at the moment unfortunately and I think the next stock/demo batch isn't due for another month or so.
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Mine has been with Amir for a couple weeks now. Looking forward to reading his review and finally installing it. I had no use for it without Dirac.
 
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Calibration | Dirac | HAA | Hyperion

Precision tuned cinematic experience. Hyperion surround processors utilize Dirac’s advanced computational algorithms to model and correct complex acoustic artifacts resulting from loudspeaker-listening environment interactions.
www.hyperionprofessional.com www.hyperionprofessional.com

I’m not familiar with HAA Link, but I understand it’s a desirable feature for professional integrators. Seems it’s a powerful, user friendly DSP suite with measurement capabilities, parametric EQ and time alignment. For now, I’ll be sticking with Dirac ART.

I suppose we will know in a few weeks how well it measures. Also how powerful the Dirac version is on an ARM processor.
 
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