PRODUCT REVOLUTION
July/August 2019 | Residential Tech Today 67
New custom A2V Powered Subwoofers and All-
Weather Outdoor Loudspeakers are now available
nationwide from the PowerHouse Alliance. The
front-firing, in-room, A2V Powered Subwoofers are
a high-quality, cost-conscious option built to suit a
variety of audio and home theater installations.
Dealers can select from three subwoofer models:
8-inch (A2V8SWB), 10-inch (A2V10SWB), and
12-inch (A2V12SWB), with acousticallytransparent
grilles wrapped in a proprietary mesh.
The A2V525OD outdoor model features a 1-inch
aluminum dome tweeter and 5.25-inch
polypropylene woofer. The A2V650D features a
1-inch aluminum dome tweeter and 6.5-inch
polypropylene woofer.
Torus Power is now shipping its PowerBlock PB 5
toroidal isolation transformer, which is designed to power
and protect TVs, projectors, receivers, and source
components in compact AV systems. Surge suppression
and noise filtering through proprietary narrow bandwidth
technology (NBT) allow sophisticated audio-visual
components to deliver a lower noise floor, better
dynamics, imaging and bass, and video that is notably
crisper with brighter colors, deeper blacks, and a more
compelling overall image.
The TX-NR797 9.2-channel AV receiver ($699 USD) and
TX-NR696 7.2-channel network AV receiver ($599 USD)
from Onkyo USA are THX Certified Select and support
immersive Dolby Atmos and DTS:X sound formats, 3D
sound virtualization technologies, simplified audio
distribution, 4K HDR support, and new proprietary functions,
all of which underscore their price-to-performance
advantage.The TX-NR797 is the first Onkyo product to be
released under the IMAX Enhanced program, which
features DTS:X immersive audio decoding that is optimized
to properly reproduce the full dynamic range of IMAX
theatrical sound mixes available in digitally re-mastered
IMAX Enhanced content.
Intended for dedicated home theaters or living rooms, the BenQ
CinePrime HT5550 projector combines the company’s HDRPRO
and CinematicColor DCI-P3 technologies to achieve all the
clarity and depth of HDR content and 100-percent coverage of
Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI)’s DCI-P3 wide color gamut
standard to deliver the picture just as the director intended. It is
designed to deliver true 4K performance with 3840x2160
resolution and 8.3 million distinct pixels for each frame.