Take
the hugely popular, massively successful Onkyo 605, feed
it on a diet of steroids for a week and you'd get a
TX-SR705. Without sacrificing any of the 605s many
charms (HDMI 1.3 , up-conversion, iPod connectivityetc) the 705 additionally benefits from 20 watts more
power per channel, an extra HDMI input, and THX
Select 2 certification. The result is a kind of turbo
charged 605, with a blend of performance and facilities
that will suit many people's requirements absolutely
perfectly.
The only negative thing that could be said
about this unit is that it costs £200 more than the 605,
which puts it within spitting distance of its big
brother the 805. It has to be said that the 805 is
hugely better again, being built on Onkyo's 'big'
chassis, rather than the 'small' chassis used on the
505E, 605 and 705. If you want a succinct illustration
of the differences between the 705 and the 805,
look at their weights - the 805 weighs TWICE as
much as the 705! My advice to anyone thinking of a 705,
is to try to stretch to an 805, but if that’s absolutely
out of the question, then the 705 is the best
sounding amp in its class.
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Higher speed: Although all previous versions of HDMI have had more than enough bandwidth to support all current HDTV formats, HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) to support the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Color and high frame rates. In addition, built into the HDMI 1.3 specification is the technical foundation that will let future versions of HDMI reach significantly higher speeds.
Deep Color: HDMI 1.3 supports 10-bit, 12-bit and 16-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths, up from the 8-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification, for stunning rendering of over one billion colors in unprecedented detail.
Broader color space: HDMI 1.3 adds support for “x.v.Color™” (which is the consumer name describing the IEC 61966-2-4 xvYCC color standard), which removes current color space limitations and enables the display of any color viewable by the human eye.
New mini connector: With small portable devices such as HD camcorders and still cameras demanding seamless connectivity to HDTVs, HDMI 1.3 offers a new, smaller form factor connector option.
Lip Sync: Because consumer electronics devices are using increasingly complex digital signal processing to enhance the clarity and detail of the content, synchronization of video and audio in user devices has become a greater challenge and could potentially require complex end-user adjustments. HDMI 1.3 incorporates automatic audio synching capabilities that allows devices to perform this synchronization automatically with total accuracy.
New HD lossless audio formats: In addition to HDMI’s current ability to support high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby® Digital and DTS®), HDMI 1.3 adds additional support for new lossless compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™.
