Why Real Power Isn’t About Wattage or Price When people talk about value in amplification, the conversation almost always drifts toward specs and price tags. How many watts? How many inputs? How much does it cost compared to something bigger? But experienced listeners know better. Real performance in an integrated amplifier is about control, voicing, current delivery, and how convincingly an amp holds music together over time. An amplifier that truly punches above its price doesn’t just sound...

Stunning! Looks 10/10 Looking further ahead, Onkyo teased  next-generation TX and RZ Series home theater concepts . The proposed architecture supports up to 15-channel processing with 11 channels of onboard amplification—clearly aimed at high-end, multi-room, and immersive installations. Planned technologies include  THX Certified Dominus, Dirac Live with Dirac ART support, and Auracast , reinforcing Onkyo’s commitment to both cinematic scale and room-correction sophistication. These concepts...

Lets run through the 11.4 Pioneer AVR and see if it is any good... Pioneer’s beefy, feature-packed amp is anything but subtle! This is is from What Hifi and I tend to agree! " Pros + Processing and power for 7.2.4 Atmos systems + Grand and muscular sound + Excellent feature set" We’d have to seriously nitpick to find faults in the Pioneer’s feature set. The VSA-LX805 offers 150W of Class A/B amplification across its 11.2 channels, with a maximum configuration of 7.2.4; that’s an impressive...