Marantz SR6400 Dolby Digital Home Theater Receiver

"The SR6400 is a high-performance A/V receiver that delivers exceptional surround sound quality and home theater control. Featuring a high power amplifier section, speakers ""A"" and ""B"" and a host of analog, digital and video inputs/outputs, including component switching, the SR6400 can easily support even the most sophisticated home theater. The SR6400 provides 100 watts x 6 channels--serious power--enough for the largest rooms, and finest speaker systems. By incorporating 192 kHz/24-bit DACs with DTS-ES 6.1 discrete Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic II and Circle Surround 6.1 DSP technology, youll experience the dynamic impact of movie and music soundtracks. There are a lot of 6.1 receivers available these days, but not all feature 6.1 channel power. Some 6.1 receivers offer all the speaker outputs needed, but dont include a built-in amplifier for the new rear center channel. That means you may need a second mono amplifier to run the new channel. Not a problem with the 6400. It provides 100 watts to 6 channels. And Marantz receivers offer ""high current"" power, which is more powerful, and will ultimately sound better than cheaper receivers that have the same or higher power rating. Dolby Pro Logic II processing is a great feature for people with large libraries of movies on video tape. Pro Logic II takes movies with an original Pro Logic four-channel surround and up converts it to 5 channels, by taking the mono rear channel and splitting it into a two-channel stereo mix. Dolby Digital and 5.1 channel surround are on board as well, the surround format found on DVD movie discs. Controlling this power is simple with the included programmable, learning remote control. Features: 100 x 6 (into 8 ohms) All discrete ""Current Feedback"" amplifier stages 192kHz/24-bit DACS for all 6 channels 32-bit custom DSP chipset Dolby Digital EX, DTS ES (Discrete, 96/24, Neo:6.),