When the first AV8 rolls off the production line in June, it will have cost Arcam just over one million dollars in parts, tooling, licensing fees, and research & development. Built by a talented team of 23 Arcam analog, digital, software, and broadcast video engineers, the AV8 represents Arcam’s view of the ultimate home entertainment processor.

Bob Carver’s Sunfire is proud to announce the new Theater Grand Processor III. This cutting-edge preamp processor has a new all-digital implementation of Bob Carver’s legendary Holographic Imaging, as well as a multi-source second zone, full 7.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS-ES and DTS Neo:6 decoding, an incredible new preprogrammed-learning LCD remote with “soft keys,” and additional inputs and outputs to suit every possible need. The broadcast quality component video section switches three inputs and has two buffered outputs rated at 100Mhz – handling all high-definition formats with bandwidth to spare.

Sutherland Engineering, long known for their dedicated ultra high performance audio equipment, has designed a unique component for those who are looking to get the most out of their downloaded music collection. While most MP3 solutions are storage based, the new $1,600 Sutherland 12dAX12 is actually a tube preamp and DAC.

Anthem, little brother of Sonic Frontiers and owned by Canadian loudspeaker company Paradigm, had released its newest preamp, processor and Tuner - the ANTHEM Audio Video Master 20 - AVM 20.

Adcom's new GTP-830 is the latest in their series of outstanding home theater tuner/preamps and their first to feature 7.1 channel capability. And at a MSRP of $1199.95, the GTP-830 is an unparalleled value for its level of flexibility and performance.