Atmos in Oz
2 July 2014
Hot on the heels of last weeks announcement from Dolby that Atmos would soon be released in home theatres, comes today’s announcement from Amber Technology.
Amber Technology is set to release the first of the Onkyo system in Australia any day now. The ‘official’ press release states “early July” as when the units will be available for sale. You can read all about the latest Atmost-enabled systems from our earlier article (here).
Select units will be available for purchase very soon with more releases later in the year.
The line up from Onkyo are the TX-NR1030 and TX-NR3030 AV receivers, flagship PR-SC5530 network AV controller, HT-S7705 and HT-S9705THX home cinema in a box systems, and SKS-HT678 and SKH-410 speaker packages will all offer Dolby Atmos sound. The company will also release a firmware update, due in September, enabling Dolby Atmos on its midrange TX-NR636, TX-NR737 and TX-NR838 network AV amps. Onkyo says it’s dual 32-bit DSP Engines will “decode, scale and calibrate Dolby Atmos to suit individual home theatre configurations”.
For more information on the new Onkyo Dolby Atmos®-ready AV receivers, visit www.onkyodolbyatmos.com.
For stockist enquiries contact distributor Amber Technology: 1800 251 367, www.ambertech.com.au.
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