McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released
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The latest high end home theater A/V processor offering from McIntosh is the MX180, supporting 9.1.6 surround and 8K on all seven HDMI ports.
This beast of a processor offers 16 balanced audio outputs for 15.1 or 9.1.6 surround sound speaker configurations making it fully compatible with Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Pro, and Auro-3D and comes with RoomPerfect room correction technology to measure and adjust the audio output to compensate for room acoustics.
All seven HDMI connections, 5 input and 2 output, support HDMI 2.1 and HDCP 2.3 at 8K/60 Hz and 4K/120 Hz. With the following additional features:
- 4:4:4 color
- Rec. 2020
- Dynamic Lip-sync
- 3D Video pass-through
- Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)
- Quick Frame Transport (QFT)
- Quick Media Switching (QMS)
- Variable Refresh Rate (VRR)
- Audio Return Channel (ARC) and enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC) functionality (one port only)
Besides the two HDMI outputs being capable of simultaneously outputting source material to two separate screens or output different content from two sources to two separate screens, there is a two channel Zone B output to send audio to a second location. Depending on your speaker arrangement, 4 of the outputs can be used for bi-amping some of your speakers or to drive additional subwoofers.
Other connectivity includes:
- Digital inputs (24-bit/192kHz):
- 4 optical
- 3 coaxial
- 1 USB
- 1 AES/EBU
- Analog inputs:
- 2 balanced
- 4 unbalanced
- 1 MM phono input (no MC)
- 7.1 unbalanced output
- 1 Network
- 1 RS-232
As would be expected, the MX180 supports current high dynamic range formats, including HDR (static HDR), Dynamic HDR, HDR10+, HLG, and Dolby Vision. Together with current Hi-Res and 3D audio formats to include; Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, DTS:X Pro, Auro-3D, DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD.
Availability: February 2022 (United States and Canada) other countries a little later.
MSRP: USA $17,000.00, UK £21,995.00
See the McIntosh web site for more information.
