Description

Most Receivers Try To Impress You During The First Five Minutes

That’ what most receivers do. Blast the volume. Turn all the bass on. It’ s fun for a couple minutes until you actually watch a movie. Then your’e like “wait why does nobody’ s voice…” Voices get lost in effects. Action sequences are fatiguing rather than engaging. “Surround Sound” feels like a brick wall of noise rather than an actual place you exist in. This isn’t AudioControl CONCERT XR-8S trying to get your attention with a cheap thrill.

It’ aims to give you control. Control of a soundtrack that doesn’t pump you full of sound, but keeps the levels tight when a movie changes from soft dialogue to explosion city in two seconds flat.

Why Some Systems Sound Cinematic. While Others Just Sound LOUD

Remember the best theater you ever sat in? No, you don’ because it was “loud.” You remember because it just sounded effortless. Dialogue wasn’t muddled by music. Bass hit hard without assaulting your senses. Movements in sounds overhead and behind you didn’t’ draw attention to each individual speaker. The CONCERT XR-8S was designed to bring that home.

High-current amplification allows each speaker to “breathe” instead of being crushed and compact. Combined with formats like Dolby Atmos, DTS: X, and Auro-3D spread sound in a dimension that’ feels large and organic, not artificially pushed around your room.

A Receiver That Understands Your Room

Unlike most AV receivers out there, rooms don’ all sound the same. Dimensions, open floor plans, reflective surfaces and everything in between changes the way your audio should sound to be optimal.

AudioControl CONCERT XR-8S understands that with Dirac Live room correction. Now, instead of fighting your room’ think of it embracing your space and adjusting the system to sound and feel connected. Now add a home theater design tool with the expertise of Dreamedia+ and you’ got a system that works together as something larger than just the sum of its parts.

Key Features

16-channel immersive surround processing

Immersive audio formats including Dolby Atmos, DTS:XR, Auro-3D and IMAX Enhanced

High-current Class H amplification

Dirac Live room correction

ESS SABRE PRO DAC technology

4K UHD and HDR HDMI support