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£7300
The Synthesis SDR-38 is a follow-up to the Award-winning SDR-35 home cinema amplifier, complete with a handful of meaningful, but admittedly limited, updates. In fact, JBL has hinted to us that this is practically the same AVR, just with a new HDMI board; meaning it should sound the same.
One thing that hasn’t remained from last year is the price. A steep increase for a board upgrade isn’t something we are often receptive to, and this AVR is a lot more expensive than the model it replaces at £7300, up on the price of the outgoing model, which we reviewed at £6000.
The spending doesn’t end there unfortunately, as if you want to hook up surround back speakers and Dolby Atmos channels at the same time, you will have to invest in an additional power amplifier. JBL makes
