This article is about the new AV-receiver Sherwood R-807. Before proceeding to the analysis and detailed study of the capabilities of this model, I would like to digress a little and tell you about such a class of devices as AV-receivers.
Since these devices are not aimed at a wide group of consumers, but are intended for people who want to join the world of home theaters, not everyone knows about these devices. AV receivers are a group of devices that play a key role in building a home theater. Simply put, you connect all your equipment to the receiver: Blu-ray player, game console, TV set-top box, CD player, even Grandma's gramophone can be connected to an AV receiver. Only fantasy can limit you; Sherwood R-807 has plenty of connectors. In addition to audio sources, all video sources are connected to the AV receiver. In the role of such sources can be gaming consoles, satellite tuners, Blu-ray player or any other video source. After you have connected all your multimedia to the receiver, it will do the most important for you, process the signal from all these sources, bring it into the proper form (that is, if we are talking about video, it will upscale to FullHD, if it requires poor quality of the source or, if we are talking about sound, it will process the audio signal, enhance it or improve the quality if necessary and, in general, bring it to perfection, so to speak).
So, after all these manipulations with the signal, the receiver is able to bring it to your TV or projector and speakers. Thus, it turns out that you connected all your devices to the TV with one cable that goes from the receiver to the TV. Such a system will allow you to get rid of the headache associated with the fact that you do not remember which port or connector you connected to the dvd-player, and to which console or that your TV does not have enough ports to connect any new device. As a result, everything is conveniently systematized, and the signal, which comes from different sources, is processed and brought into the highest-quality form.
Perhaps the most interesting features that AV receivers can offer are related to audio signal processing, as mentioned above, the receiver works very well with sound, and even if the input signal was of poor quality or recorded in stereo, so what’s stereo, even in mono format, and you want to listen to this recording on your incredibly awesome 7 + 1 sound system, do not worry, the receiver is created just for this, it will decompose the sound into notes and make your monophonic record from all eight speakers. Let's just say: you can't do without an AV receiver when building a serious home multimedia system.
The modern market of AV-receivers has been formed for a long time. And one of the generally accepted leaders of this market is the American company Sherwood. Sherwood has proven itself at its best. Sherwood produces very high quality and modern devices. The company timed its release of the model R-807 to its 60th anniversary. This model can be considered as special, as it is the first AV receiver in the world that supports work with modern mobile devices based on iOS and Android. The interaction is that owners of devices on iOS and Android have the opportunity to broadcast content from their device to the receiver, and that in turn sends this content to your home multimedia system. Thus, thanks to the Sherwood R-807 AV receiver, you can view and listen to content from your smartphone or tablet without additional wires or any difficulties. The receiver interacts with smartphones or tablets through an application that you can download for free from Google Play or the App Store. The Sherwood Remote application allows the user to broadcast photos or videos from the device’s gallery to the TV screen and listen to the music on the speakers connected to the receiver. All interaction takes place over Wi-Fi and requires minimal settings.
The Sherwood R-807 receiver supports WiFi-Direct technology, it allows you to transmit images and sound directly from your smartphone or tablet without special access points. In addition to all these newfangled possibilities, the Sherwood R-807 receiver is able to offer the user a set of the widest possibilities and high-quality components that have already become the hallmark of Sherwood. For example, all the output stages of a 7-channel amplifier are made using proprietary technology based on discrete transistor elements providing high power in multichannel and stereo modes (7x100 W, 20–20000 Hz, 6 Ohm, SOI 1% and 2x75 W, 20–20000 Hz, 6 Ohm, SOI 0.1%). In addition, the amplifier channels are reassigned for different configurations, this feature will be useful for organizing the distribution of sound in two independent zones. Picky users will appreciate the fact that all channels have a 192 kHz / 24-bit DAC resolution, while surround decoders support modern HD Audio formats (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, etc.). Naturally, the Sherwood R-807 receiver supports automatic tuning using a special tuning microphone. Following the latest trends in AV receivers, the Sherwood R-807 is equipped with a USB input for playing MP3 / WMA / ACC music files and an HDMI repeater, and no headphones output. In addition to modern network technologies such as LAN, Internet Radio, Media Server, the Sherwood R-807 receiver is equipped with support for technologies that will soon replace the current one. We are talking about support for the transmission of digital video streams in 4K resolution.
Summing up, I would like to note that Sherwood did a good job and was able to demonstrate an excellent solution for those who want to get a modern and high-quality device with the support of the vast majority of audio and video formats and excellent quality performance. And no other Sherwood competitor has wireless support for iOS and Android devices. At the time of this writing, the average price for Sherwood R-807 in , is 18,999 rubles, which is very good for this class of equipment.
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