THIS ONE GOES UP TO ELEVEN
Anyone buying Denon’s new 1700-watt home-cinema amplifier will need deep pockets and a strong shelf. The Behemoth, as it is known, costs a cool £4000 ($7200) and weighs 41 kilograms, mainly because of the huge transformers needed to power its 10 surround-sound channels, each delivering 170 watts. Some of the Behemoth’s weight comes from an advanced audio processor that compensates for the distortion caused by sound reflecting off the walls. Developed by Audyssey Laboratories, a spin-off of the University of Southern California based in Los Angeles, MultEQ ensures that up to eight positions around a room will receive exactly the…
