NuForce AVP-16 User Manual download pdf

Chris

Martens

AUDIO REVIEW

NuForce AVP-16

Multichannel Controller

The Gift of Simplicity

latest and greatest video processing op-

tions, or with elaborate custom installa-

tion-oriented features. On the contrary,

this controller turns back-to-basics

engineering into some-

thing of an art form.

Keeping It Simple

The AVP-16 provides

simple and effective

pass-through switching

for composite, S-video

and component video signals but pro-

vides no video upconversion or format

transcoding features of any kind. This

means all incoming video signals remain

in their original formats as they pass

through the controller. When using the

AVP-16 with source components that

output video signals in multiple formats

at once, the game plan is to select the

source component first, and then to use

the AVP-16’s video input switches to

choose which sets of video input you

want to use. You might think this sort of

manual switching would be a pain, but

in fact it is literally child’s play. My kids

had the AVP-16’s operational protocols

figured out in a matter of minutes with

zero instruction from dad. Works for me.

On the audio side, the AVP-16 is a

straightforward solid-state 7.1-channel

analog preamp, with single-ended (RCA

jack-equipped) outputs for all channels

and a set of balanced (XLR-type) outputs

here’s an old hymn that

proclaims “’Tis a gift

to be simple” and that

line fits the personality

of NuForce’s AVP-16 7.1-channel

A/V controller to a “T.” Where many

controllers tout auto-this, micropro-

cessor-controlled that, and HDMI-

equipped everything, the afford-

able AVP-16 is headed in the other

direction with one main objective

in mind: namely, achieving superb

sound quality—especially for high-

resolution multichannel music—for

the least amount of money. To grasp

what the $995 AVP-16 is about,

picture it as a high-performance

7.1-channel analog audio preampli-

fier that provides just enough basic

surround sound decoding and video-

switching functionality to serve as a

solid A/V controller. What the AVP-

16 is not is a features-rich controller

equipped (or, depending upon your

point of view, burdened) with the

Solid-state preamps sometimes have a cold, sterile

quality that distances listeners from the music, but the

AVP-16 does not. Instead, it offers a delightful combi-

nation of clarity and natural, organic warmth.

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TPV | March 2007

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speciﬁcally for the left, center, right, and subwoofer channels. This design touch acknowledges the fact that some audio-philes already own ampliﬁers

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