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No, Onkyo’s TX-NR1000 receiver ($4,000) is not housed in an ugly beige tower case. It looks like a normal receiver but has some computerlike structural elements. Nine card-cage slots on the back house interchangeable modules that contain the system’s input and output connections. These allow users to up grade or to swap out various mod ules as their needs change or new standards arise. Granted, it may be some time before users would need or even think to make any modifications. The receiv er comes completely equipped with the latest Dolby Digital and DTS surround-sound processing techniques; includes THX Ultra2 certification; and offers numerous state-of-the-art connection options. For example, two iLink (aka FireWire or IEEE 1394) ports create pure digital links to multichannel high-resolution Super Audio CD (SACD) and DVD-Audio players, while two High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) inputs and one output route digital video and audio signals from advanced HDTV tuners and DVD players (like Onkyo’s new DV-SP1000 universal DVD player, $2,000) to a digital TV. The receiver even utilizes Onkyo’s Net-Tune function and an Ethernet network connection to access MP3 or Windows Media Audio (WMA) compressed audio files from a networked computer. Future modules for new digital radio technology and video interfaces are scheduled for release in the fall.

Onkyo USA
www.onkyousa.com
800.229.1687