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- Dirac Live Room Correction
- HDMI 2.1
- Ultimate 4K Gaming Experience
- Imax Enhanced
- Discrete HDMI Zone 2 Switching
- 100 Watts per channel (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, THD 0.08 %, 2-channel driven )
- Subwoofer 2 Pre Out
- Bi-directional Bluetooth with aptX HD
- Built-in music streaming including Spotify and Tidal
- Works with Sonos Certified
- Immersive sound from your TV apps
- Advanced MCACC
- Roon Tested
- DTS Play-Fi
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Unfortunately, no.
No not even the RZ50 doesn't.
Closest(with current models) is the Denon 3800, you do get many more features on top of that though.
In fact other than Dirac Live you get pretty much what the new RZ70 offers(& a tad more).
Dirac Live isn't included but an option.
With Denon's(& Marantz) new directional sub integration and or A1 script you may easily find you don't need it.
Regardless, if you know what you're doing, XT32 + Editor App is very comparable Dirac Live especially since DL doesn't offer their bass management imo.
https://www.audioscienc
"I am a retired Electrical Engineer, I confirmed the time based amplifier limiting as described by Amir.
I selected stereo pure direct mode with 8 ohm loads and applied a 1Khz sinusoidal waveform at the CD inputs.. Power output was set to about 25 watts RMS and monitored with Oscope. After about 30 seconds I heard an internal relay click and observed slight clipping on both channels. After power off for a few minutes and restarting the unit, I observed a clean 115 W RMS output, and once again the click and waveform clipping..The fan never came on! Musical signal at hi level will also activate the clipping after a few minutes. Totally unacceptable! Pioneer Elite? Say What?"
"I am a retired Electrical Engineer, I confirmed the time based amplifier limiting as described by Amir.
I selected stereo pure direct mode with 8 ohm loads and applied a 1Khz sinusoidal waveform at the CD inputs.. Power output was set to about 25 watts RMS and monitored with Oscope. After about 30 seconds I heard an internal relay click and observed slight clipping on both channels. After power off for a few minutes and restarting the unit, I observed a clean 115 W RMS output, and once again the click and waveform clipping..The fan never came on! Musical signal at hi level will also activate the clipping after a few minutes. Totally unacceptable! Pioneer Elite? Say What?"
To be fair, most people that own those in here say they don't hear a difference 🤷🏻 ♂️
Keep in mind It's said that the Onkyo models(7100 & RZ50) fall under the same scrutiny.
Sorry for the newbie question. But do you pay for dirac? Or is it included in the avr?
Keep in mind It's said that the Onkyo models(7100 & RZ50) fall under the same scrutiny.
Think I've seen a couple folks claim the 505's been fixed with a running change, and Pioneer/Onkyo definitely do those. They put binding posts on a couple models that had pin holes (stupid!) as a running change in this model group. So, I guess it's possible that a new unit will perform to spec, but I wouldn't buy a 305 or 505 and trust it to give constant power under load until Pioneer acknowledges the problem and clarifies which serial numbers are impacted.
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Dirac offers their proprietary Room Correction differently than others.
They have Dirac Live & Dirac Live Bass Control.
Dirac Live is for your loudspeakers and they offer limited and full bandwidth options.
Dirac Live Bass Control is that, it's their RC for bass management which includes sub(s).
It offers it for a single sub and mult subs
This only includes Dirac Live full bandwidth and does not offer their bass management options.
Think I've seen a couple folks claim the 505's been fixed with a running change, and Pioneer/Onkyo definitely do those. They put binding posts on a couple models that had pin holes (stupid!) as a running change in this model group. So, I guess it's possible that a new unit will perform to spec, but I wouldn't buy a 305 or 505 and trust it to give constant power under load until Pioneer acknowledges the problem and clarifies which serial numbers are impacted.
You can read Amir's review and can read his conclusion here:
https://www.audioscienc
https://www.audioscienc
what amir said in his rz50 review was this, but that was back in 2022?: "Clearly there is some monitoring going on internally causing the amplifier to go into ECO/power limiting mode. With 8 ohm load, I didn't see this problem:"
at any rate, all of these amps have lousy ratings on asr.
what amir said in his rz50 review was this, but that was back in 2022?: "Clearly there is some monitoring going on internally causing the amplifier to go into ECO/power limiting mode. With 8 ohm load, I didn't see this problem:"
at any rate, all of these amps have lousy ratings on asr.
Not sure why those links always do that!
In his conclusion he says:
"The amplifier has serious power limiting "feature" and even without it, it is not competitive with other products out there".
To your point if your speakers are 8ohm you're probably safe.
If not it may be a problem even with external amps since you can't turn internals off.
I agree most of these receivers don't measure well but as you can see many find them to work well for them anyways.