Sherbourn is a Boson based company that is well known in the specialist Hi-Fi world for proposing high quality productions at (almost) affordable prices. Its legendary 2.1kW, model 7/2100A amplifier can be complemented by the brand new PT-7010A Pre/Pro/Tuner. This device accepts an nice array of decoding modes: Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic 2, Dolby Pro Logic 2X, DTS ES and DTS NEO.
Features and specifications: Sherbourn PT-7010A PRE/PRO/TUNER
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24-bit, Crystal Semiconductor® analog-to-digital converter and 24-bit,
192 KHz Analog Devices® digital-to-analog converters
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32-bit, 20 Mhz control processor
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24-bit, 150 MIPS Motorola Sympony™ DSP processor
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Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic 2, Dolby Pro Logic 2X, DTS ES and
DTS NEO: 6 decoding modes
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Support for all digital sampling rates to 96 Khz
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Digital Domain treble and bass control as well as bass management function
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DSP “simulated” surround mode for enhancement of two-channel source
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Direct two-channel analog bypass mode
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Gold-plated input and output connectors and balanced XLR outputs and
unbalanced RCA outputs
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Six A/V inputs, each with audio, S-video and composite video with three A/V
outputs, each with audio, S-video and composite video
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Eight-channel analog input with separate RCA connectors for DVD-audio format
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Three component video inputs and two component video outputs
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Automatic video transcoding: up converts composite and S-video source-to-
component video
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Six coaxial and four digital inputs and coaxial and optical digital outputs,
including from analog and down mixed 5.1 sources
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AM/FM tuner with 40 presets
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Three audio only inputs including MM phono stage
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Two tape outputs
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Record outputs feature down-mixed two-channel output from a 5.1 digital source
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Four sub-woofer outputs
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7.1 channel outputs plus stereo side outputs for a total of 9.1 channels
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Party mode for two-channel playback through all speakers
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Zone two can play sources independent of the main zone
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Trigger outputs for both zones
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IR control of both zones with rear IR ports and discrete codes
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On-screen display OSD
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RS-232 control port with discrete codes
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Flash memory upgradable through RS-232 port
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IEEE 1394 Firewire port for future expansion
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IEC standard two-prong removable power cord
Price: about EUROS 3200 (in France)
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