Isn't it time for audiophile type companies to offer quality Home Theater receivers/pre-pros

16 minutes ago, steveoat said:

Given the increasing using of multichannel formats (Dolby Atmos, multichannel dsf, blu-ray audio) I wish that quality audio companies would start to offer higher audio quality devices.  I have a Denon 4800H, and while is it OK, it does not have the audio quality of even cheaper components like those made by Schiit Audio.   I hope these companies reconsider.

 

Another feature I hope companies that make streamers consider.   I have a zidoo UHD8000 and it has an audio only HDMI output that outputs high quality multichannel flac and dsf streams.  I hope that companies like Lumin, Auralic and even NAD consider this.

Some solutions are coming. 

I happen to think that Anthem AVRs and separates sound fantastic. My Anthem certainly sounds better than my older Marantz by a good margin.

McIntosh makes some home theater equipment.

This is an interesting topic.

As examples, premium D'Agostino or Esoteric multichannel systems might shake things up for the reviewers, in a positive way.

As a poor Brit I’ve been looking at setting up a mch/immersive system on a budget.

What seems to be lacking is a 10 + channel processor/dac/pre that can handle native DSD mch and  decode ATMOS, with accent on  SQ over features and a sub £2k price tag.  Power amps to be added to taste, although there is still limited budget audiophile choice there too.

On 9/23/2024 at 5:49 AM, Norton said:

As a poor Brit I’ve been looking at setting up a mch/immersive system on a budget.

 

What seems to be lacking is a 10 + channel processor/dac/pre that can handle native DSD mch and  decode ATMOS, with accent on  SQ over features and a sub £2k price tag.  Power amps to be added to taste, although there is still limited budget audiophile choice there too.

This is very true.  We really need a quality pre processor that sounds good (under $2500) and meets the specs you describe.  Power amps are not the issue.  

2 hours ago, AcousticTheory said:

Home theater receivers and pre-pros are actually incredibly expensive to develop, and complex. Emotiva has been more transparent about this than most companies; rapidly changing standards for things such as HDMI, HDCP, HDR, etc. have resulted in multiple revisions to internal modules; Emotiva's modular design has enabled them to keep up with this but it is still a treadmill that most pragmatic manufacturers of hi-fi gear would prefer not to even set foot upon, for that reason alone.

This is right on the money. 
 

Nearly all HiFi manufacturers who’ve tried this have lost money. Most would rather license it all from someone else (McIntosh using Lyngdorf as an example).