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From: bobs10	1/16/2007 1:58:28 PM
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Anyone see why AMD Live can't incorporate the functions of an AV receiver in the box? Maybe the best way of looking at this is to describe what functions an AV Receiver performs? Perhaps the most important function of a receiver is to deliver clean power for driving the speakers. To do this the receiver needs to have a fairly powerful Amp. I don't know what kind of equipment your guys/gals have but my main receiver is capable of raising the dead on a full moon night. On my main system I have never turned the volume control past about half way and at that level dogs were barking and the house was about to come down. Yet this receiver uses no fans, so perhaps my biggest concern, heat generated by the amp, isn't such a concern? Secondly, receivers are now switching centers for a plethora of AV devises and their connectors. Everything from S-video to component to composite to that old 8-track system with its still great Barry Manilow anthology needs to attach to the receiver. Not to mention newer access products such as DVI, HDMI 1.0 and soon 1.3 as well as SPDF and optical connections. And then there's the speakers. A 7.1 speaker system needs to accommodate 8 pairs of speaker wire connections. Tasks such as switching in general are fodder for a PC so except for the clutter on the back of the AMD Live box this shouldn't be much of a problem. Maybe eventually the speakers could accept a wireless signal from the AMD Live box, but the speakers would still need to be powered. Third, a lot of receivers now incorporate a built in SPL function to help position your speakers correctly. The idea is to create a cocoon of sound around the sweet spot by adjusting the volume and time delay of the sound wave so that everything reaches the ear at the correct volume and time. This is accomplished through the use of a microphone placed at ear level in the sweet spot. The receiver then initiates sound patterns that are feed to the speakers and read by the microphone. This function seems like one a PC would have no problem doing. Fourth, receivers now provide a huge range of possible colors that can be used to create various listening effects. These effects are often described as live, acoustic, Dolby, theater hall etc. Again it seems like a PC should have no problems performing these tasks. I've probably left some things out but that's the receiver functionally I see being needed in an AMD Live box to eliminate the need for the receiver in a PC oriented AV system. Considering that a high end receiver can easily cost more than a high end PC and that the AMD Live Box and the receiver will occupy roughly the same space in most systems why not incorporate the two together. To me computers and receivers seem as redundant as game machines and PCs especially when you consider that a terabyte of storage in PCs is becoming common and you can put a device in your PC that is capable of reading every (well almost) digital signal ever recorded on a CD sized disk.

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