8 Advantages of Using an HDMI Audio Receiver

An HDMI audio receiver offers benefits that are not available in even the best analog receiver. HDMI receivers can transfer uncompressed digital audio in a manner that ensures the highest and crispest sound and video. HDMI or High Definition Multimedia Interface is the next big thing in audio/visual cabling. It is in fact simply a complete digital connector that is able to transmit different audio digital channels and video signals on just one cable.

Single Cable

With HDMI audio receivers, a single cable enables the receiver to transmit HD content from the source receiver to an HD display device such as an LCD, plasma or even front projector.

Higher Sound Quality

An HDMI audio receiver delivers perfect sound and does not lose any quality even when converting or compressing an audio signal. The sound output is always taut and very crisp and there is no distortion to spoil the audio experience. Best of all, since only one cable needs to be used, HDMI connectivity ensures that there are no messy cables to deal with.

Multiple Audio Formats

HDMI audio receives are able to support a variety of audio formats including regular stereo as well as multi-channel surround sound. With HDMI, it is also easy to combine multi-channel audio with video in just one cable. This in turn means less complexity, less cost as well as less confusion in dealing with multiple cables.

Inbuilt Smarts

HDMI offers a number of smarts. For example, it allows users to control different devices (connected through HDMI) with the help of just a single remote. Also, HDMI connectivity works two ways and allows for universal virtual remote-like functions which makes it easy to switch on a component (connected via HDMI) at a pre-designated time.

DTS HD Master Audio

Using DTS HD Master Audio (lossless audio codec made by Digital Theater System) and/or Dolby True HD, it is possible to transmit audio without loss of quality and in the case of video it ensures 1080p quality images.

Surround Sound

Most analog audio receivers can only provide stereophonic sound and even despite the benefits of Dolby Digital surround sound; audio receivers that do not make use of HDMI are unable to offer perfect sound quality. An HDMI AV receiver is able to produce discreet surround sound. This means that each of the five channels each gets its own unique audio information. Based on this data, the receiver can produce more precise sounds.

Powerful Computers

A modern HDMI AV receiver is a powerful computer with the capability to produce perfect sound. It can, for example, take standard audio input such as a stereophonic CD and expand its sound into matrix surround sound. Matrix surround sound is a way of encoding different audio channels into two analog audio channels.

Room Correction Equalizers

The best thing that can be said about these HDMI enabled audio receivers is their ability to offer room correction equalization. With the help of internal processing, these receivers are able to, with a basic microphone, equalize sound from the AV receiver. This means overcoming anomalies of room size and other acoustic challenges.

HDMI has overtaken analog cabling. In fact, the HDMI audio receiver has now become the heart and soul of every modern home theater system. These receivers comprise a pre-amplifier and can support 7 channels, have satellite and terrestrial radios and can also connect to the Internet.