high-res-hifi on MANCAVE GLORY DAYSDimensions: 54’ × 36’ X large
Ceiling: 10’
Peerless in performance, configurability and sound quality, the Altitude32 remains the unchallenged reference processor for Immersive home theater systems. Nothing has been left to chance: high-channel count, huge processing power and exclusive patented technologies unleash the full potential of immersive sound, enabling all formats and the widest range of speaker layouts.
The hardware architecture of the Altitude32, unique among home theater processors, challenges the concept of obsolescence by enabling the integration of new technologies, new features, and product upgrades through a pure software implementation provided at no cost to Altitude owners. This is a truly sustainable product that gets better over time with the introduction of new features and a scalable, modular hardware design that enables easy system expansion up to the full channel counts of home Atmos and DTS:X and to a maximum of 64 outputs.
Its revolutionary hardware architecture runs not on the multiple sets of DSPs found on other processors but instead on a single multi-core Intel hardware platform and TrinnovOS operating system. This enables Trinnov to bring new technologies and features to market months and years ahead of competition.
Leave it to the guy who developed the recording industry's most respected digital converters to design a multichannel analogue preamplifier of equally stunning sonic merit.
Exploding a Myth
There are lots of myths in the audio world. One of them is that Pro gear isn't suitable for home use. Pro gear has high distortion or massive feedback lead to sound that isn't very good in the amplifiers. The speakers, well they're built to play loud, and they don't look attractive. The preamplifiers are not worth your time, they lack all the life, soul, and beauty that are required for the home market. These are the myths.
The fact is that there are plenty of Pro components that meet or beat the standards of consumer electronics. One of them is the unit under review, which is a multi-channel preamplifier. It is not a 5.1 decoder or surround sound processor. It is a preamp. We have had so many questions about whether or not multi-channel preamps even exist (for use with the 5.1 analog outputs on DVD-A and SACD players), we thought reviewing one would be in order.
Enter Ed Meitner, who has an extensive resume` in the audio business, for both consumer and professional markets. Among his associations over the years are Museatex and Melior, where his products were held in the highest regard of their era. Today, he has both analog mastery from yesteryear, and current digital skills. Ed's DSD Analog/Digital and Digital/Analog converters are regarded by many in the recording industry as the finest available at any price. So too were his Melior DACs in the past. Some of our readers are undoubtedly familiar with his BiDAT products.
It is from this heritage and background that the Switchman-3 multi-channel preamplifier arrived. It has a simple role which was originally intended for the professional market, which is to switch between multiple multi-channel sources to a common output. I first bumped into this product at CES 2001. It was being used in a multi-channel music demonstration by a speaker vendor, and I was intrigued by it to say the least. It took about 7 months after CES before our review sample became available.
Many reference SACDs were mastered using this very best preamp by renowned studios around the world!
For 2 channel or multi-channel applications, it is the most transparent / truest to-source unit available.
In addition to being a reference grade 2
channel preamplifier, this 5.1 channel preamplifier can support 4
different multichannel sources....great for extracting the best out of
your multi-channel SACD/DSD/Hi RES files/DVD/Bluray discs.....
