Japanese specialist Onkyo, acquired by PAC in 2021, has this week introduced a brand new flagship AV receiver. The TX-RZ70 is an 11.2 AVR promising 140wpc of Class A/B drive (into 8 Ohms) from every of its eleven foremost channels, 4 of that are peak channels for Dolby Atmos content material. These eleven foremost channels are augmented by two independently-driven subwoofer outputs. So prepare for a whopping 13 pairs of loudspeaker binding posts while noting that six of them could be deployed as three separate stereo zones.
The TX-RZ70 helps 8K and 4K resolutions by way of HDMI 2.1 with 40GPS throughput speeds with “full bandwidth performance for the quickest refresh to maintain up with the most recent gaming consoles.” Additionally on the menu is Dirac Reside room correction – the total bandwidth model – with the choice to improve to Dirac Reside Bass Management which, in keeping with the press launch, “makes use of machine studying and AI to shortly decide supreme settings for any format”. The interior D/A conversion comes from “32bit ESS chips” however the press launch doesn’t say what number of and of which mannequin.
On streaming, the TX-RZ70 provides us entry to Spotify Join, Apple Music by way of AirPlay 2 plus Tidal, Amazon Music, Pandora and Deezer (all by way of DTS-PlayFi) with Roon Readiness because of be added by an over-the-air firmware replace touchdown in September. Sonos system integration can also be on the streaming characteristic checklist.
An aptX Bluetooth transmitter can ahead content material arriving on the Onkyo receiver to a pair of Bluetooth headphones. And rounding out the TX-RZ70’s characteristic set is THX Certification, IMAX® Enhanced, DTS:X, Auro-3D and Klipsch Optimised Mode which guarantees higher integration of PAC sister model Klipsch’s Reference Premier loudspeakers.
Voice management comes by way of Alexa Constructed-in, Google Assistant or Siri.
Pricing? £3099 or €3299. Transport begins in June.
Additional info: Onkyo
