Arcam AVR5 packs in Atmos, Roon Ready and Dirac Live support

Arcam has unveiled its entry-level AVR5 receiver, aiming to bring the visitor's AVR skills to a lower price bespeak.

The AVR5 joins its Class AB AV receivers, the AVR10 and AVR20, and the range-topping G Grade AVR30 in the line-upwards, with a price of £1999 in the UK.

And what'south included for all that moolah? The AVR5 can natively decode 12 channels of immersive Dolby Atmos sound (with upwardly-mixing from Dolby Surround) and DTS:X (with up-mixing from DTS Neural:X), delivering "a musical and cinema-similar feel" from a seven.1.iv speaker set up-upward.

More than audio goodness arrives in the course of wireless streaming with AirPlay 2, Bluetooth aptX-Hd, built-in Google Chromecast and Spotify Connect. Too on the list is the updated 2021 version of the Harman MusicLife UPnP app, which enables playback and control on Android and iOS devices. You lot also get access to cyberspace radio, music streaming and podcasts.

MQA is fully supported, then Tidal HiFi subscribers tin experience the best audio quality from the service's library of Master recordings. The Arcam is also Roon Ready, assuasive Roon subscribers to waltz through Qobuz and Tidal libraries via a unified interface, as well as see what's available on locally stored music libraries. And with Roon onboard, the AVR5 can be integrated into a multi-room arrangement.

On the video side in that location'southward compatibility with Dolby Vision and HLG HDR, opening it upward for utilise with a wide range of apps and devices, such every bit Netflix and the Xbox Series X/South consoles.

The AVR5 supports eARC via HDMI, and tin be upgraded to HDMI two.1 back up for uncompressed 8K video on all inputs and outputs (7x HDMI in/2x HDMI out).

And on a concluding note for the characteristic fix, the Arcam AVR5 works with the Dirac Alive room correction system. Information technology's described as an optional extra, so owners would have to choose whether they want to activate it or not. For a express fourth dimension AVR5 owners tin can do good from a fifty% discount for Dirac Alive if they go to the Arcam website.

The Arcam AVR5 volition become on sale towards the end of the year (Q4 2021), priced at £1999 / €2199 / $2000.