An AV receiver combines source switching, audio (and sometimes video) processing, speaker amplification, and volume control in one box. Think of it as the traffic cop of your audio-video system ...

With more options than we’ve seen in years, here are our picks for Editors’ Choice Awards for AV receivers in 2024. While soundbars have come a long way over the years, nothing beats a good ...

To the untrained eye, an AV receiver may just look like a big black box that a bunch of TV and speaker wires run in and out of. Far more than a junction box for your go-to components like ...

A modem receiver is a sophisticated device which fulfills two roles -- it acts as a TV video switch between components like a streaming box or gaming console, and it decodes and amplifies audio ...

The SDR part of this receiver is an audio DSP, but it’s one that might ... Hear it in action in the video below the break. Meanwhile if the operation of a receiver such as this one is a mystery ...

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Learn more› by Dennis Burger and Adrienne Maxwell The Denon AVR-X1800H is an easy-to-use AV receiver that sounds ... music, and video-gaming needs. by Lee Neikirk We’ve spent hundreds of ...

An audio amplifier and switching device for a stereo system. The receiver contains inputs for all the audio sources and outputs to one or more sets of speakers. It may also include an AM/FM tuner.

Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers, turning them into audio/video (A/V) receivers. Today, most home entertainment hardware vendors make A/V equipment for both ...