11-CHANNEL AV RECEIVER WITH HEOS MARANTZ SR8012

In Australia for the past few years, Marantz has gone up to ‘SR70xx’ in model numbers for its integrated AV receivers. But no longer, for here we now have an even higher model. Why? Because the SR8012 goes to a full 11 channels, making it capable of delivering 7.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos or DTS:X sound.

EQUIPMENT

And they are 11 very respectable channels. Each is rated at 140W, full audio bandwidth into eight ohms at just 0.05% THD, two channels driven. All channels also support four-ohm loudspeakers. There’s a special set-up function for setting the load impedance to four or six ohms rather than the default eight. For ultimate output levels, if you want to call it that, the amplifiers are rated at 175W into six ohms at 1kHz with 0.7% THD.

All those amplifiers mean that you need no additional amplifiers to drive the maximum number of speakers in any Atmos or