Kenwood announced a new AV-receiver, the KRF-V930H-S.

New model provides a maximum output power of 130W x7 (6Ω) with a THD of 0.09%, a frequency response of 10 Hz - 100 kHz (+0dB～-3dB), a signal noise ratio of 105dB, supports most audio formats such as DTS-HD™ Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital EX…. Two HDMI inputs and one output. It also features an HDMI/DSP Module jointly product by Victor and Kenwood, 32 Floating Point DSPs, Pure Audio Mode Technology, Auto Room EQ, and iPod Control Function.

Available at the beginning of November, it will cost around 800$.

Sherwood Newcastle Is this the most advanced A/V receiver on the planet? Thanks to its Trinnov Optimizer Room Correction system, the Sherwood Newcastle R-972 just may be.

This flagship receiver in the high-performance Sherwood Newcastle line-up, winner of the Innovations 2008 award at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, delivers 100 watts RMS per channel to 7 channels, provides lossless audio decoding for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs via dual Ti 32-bit DSP chips and is HDMI 1.3 enabled with 1080p video scaling via its Silicon Optix Reon processor.