Denon Launches ‘Baby Death Star’ Home Cinema Amp April 16, 2008

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Not so long ago, Denon launched a monster home cinema amp it described - oddly - as the ‘Imperial Death Star’ of home cinema rigs for a planet-destroying £10,000. Today, for a far more reasonable £3,700, you can get your mitts on Son Of Death Star, the Denon AVC-A1HD amp.

This is an all-singing, all-dancing home cinema mega-amp, designed to take your video pictures and audio and turn them into something much prettier and a hell of a lot louder. It’s a 7:1 integrated amp capable of delivering 7 x 170Watts of power into 6ohms, while the video processing is handled by the excellent REALTA sxT2 HQV processor, which will upscale all your regular DVDs to ‘near HD quality’ and even VHS video gets a clean-up.

There are 8 HDMI 1.3a ports, 6 in and 2 out for hooking up just about all the Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and consoles you own. There’s Wi-Fi and Ethernet for streaming content, a dedicated iPod interface, Internet radio with up to 11,000 stations, USB ports front and back, and an in-built Web browser for set-up and control.

Like a big fat spider, the AVC-A1HD can also power entertainment systems in up to four rooms around the home.

Get a friend to help you though as this Baby Death Star weighs in at a whopping 29Kg.-Martin Lynch

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