The Most Advanced A/V Receiver on the Planet: Sherwood Newcastles R-972
since our companys inception in 1953. We developed the worlds first digital-read-out tuner, the first all-silicon solid-state receiver, the worlds first computer controlled tuner, the first receiver with DTS and more. Many of our products have been hailed for their performance. When one of our now departed audiophile publications reviewed our Micro CPU digital tuner, they needed to revamp the scale on their charts just to document its performance. Tom Norton and company at UltimateAVMag.com named our Newcastle R-965 receiver one of the worlds dozen best for the last two years. Even Mr. Analog once called our R-945 receiver the finest hed ever had in his home. As deserving of superlatives as these components were, with our new R-972 receiver weve erupted onto new ground. Never before has Sherwood, or any other brand, shoehorned a $13,000 Professional Room Equalization system into an audio/video receiver. R-972 is only part of the story. The 972 maintains the Newcastle brands reputation for exceptional audio performance and adds contemporary creature com- Trinnov Audios Optimizer is a professional digital forts like: full support for HDMI 1.3b; an Advanced Graphical User Interface room correction system. Pricing starts at $13,000. (GUI) for user setup and control; a multi-brand, preprogrammed and learning remote control that communicates with the 972 via IR or RF and can operate the entire associated system from anywhere in your home; scaling and deinterlacing of all incoming video to any of several High Definition resolutions including 1080p; support for the lossless audio tracks now available on selected BluRay and HD-DVD titles; XM Radio Connectivity; USB capability; RS-232 two-way communications port; advanced multi-zone capability and more. One can even add piano black end caps for a more Uptown appearance or rack adapters to properly fit the receiver to a professional equipment rack.
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Sherwood Newcastle R-972

Get the basics right; Make it easy to use
Our Newcastle engineers have been tasked with simple but exacting goals. Get the basic performance right. Make the receiver easy-touse. For the audio path, they insisted on the same circuit topology that earned our 65 series audio components rave reviews worldwide. With 100 Watts RMS per channel from 20 Hz to 20kHz with no more than 0.02% THD they succeeded admirably. Noise levels are exceedingly low. S/N is rated at 105 dB. HDMIs latest 1.3b standard is fully accommodated. Video from the R-972s 11 inputs (4 HDMI, 3 component, 4 composite/S-video) can Dr. David Rich, Technical Editor, Sensible Sound, called Newcastles be scaled by Silicon Optix Reon video processor to user selected stanadvanced amplifier circuit topology unique and state of the art. dards including 1080p. The R-972s dual 32-Bit TI audio DSP chips provide complete audio control including native decoding for Dolby and DTS latest lossless formats. With a 4-gang FM tuner and XM Radio connectivity, over the air broadcasts are fully supported. The R-972 even has a front panel USB input for use with appropriate hand-held devices.

Powerful capability

The R-972s ease-of-use fully achieved our engineers objectives. The receivers advanced Graphical User Interface makes system setup a breeze. For typical operation, the 972 uses Newcastles The R-972s advanced GUI is available by HDMI or analog video. unique Dual-Mode preprogrammed and learning remote control. With the remote in the RF mode, the R-972 can be operated from anywhere within the typical home and translation circuitry built into the receiver outputs IR commands for complete system operation. Control via the R-972s rear-panel RS-232 port is also available. The R-972 also supports such advanced features as: Input renaming; Adjustable audio/video synch delay by input; automatic digital/analog signal polling; front panel convenience input pack including USB, optical digital plus analog andio and video; automatic set-up; headphone output; Cinema EQ; installer custom memory; and more. Dual Mode

RF+IR remote.

Stellar Video Performance Silicon Optix Reon processor scales and deinterlaces all incoming video to High Def resolutions and sends it to your display over HDMI.
Matchless Audio Hear exactly what the artist intended. The R-972 decodes and plays the lossless audio formats found on select BluRay and HD-DVD titles.
Multizone capable The R-972 can send independent material to each of 3 different zones. It even switches from 7.1 in the main room to 5.1 plus stereo as necessary to power Zone 2.
The R-972 is fully equipped for whole-house audio/video. It supports 3-Zone operation with independent preamp level audio and video available for Zone 2 with audio, only, available in Zone 3. Like many current receivers, the R972 can use the rear-center surround amplifiers to fully power the speakers for Zone 2 or it can be configured in Room 2 Automatic mode. When in Automatic, the receiver changes from 7.1 operation to 5.1 plus stereo (for Zone 2) when required preserving the complete presentation in the main room. The R-972 has already received the Innovations 2008 award from the Consumer Electronics Show. One can predict that the Innovations award will be the first of many.
The Trinnov Optimizer: The $13,000 professional system comes home! Until now, advanced room correction systems attempted to compensate for deficiencies and errors in loudspeaker frequency response on a speaker-by-speaker basis. While somewhat effective, these methods made no effort to recreate the original performance. Their intent was to smooth in-room speaker response. The advanced mathematicians and acousticians who developed the Trinnov Optimizer took a larger view. They set out to recreate the 3-dimensional soundfield of the original performance. In this endeavor, accurate channel-by-channel frequency response is only a starting point. Trinnovs task also required the ability to accurately measure and then relocate the apparent sound source until it was identical to the original. To accurately identify speaker response, placement and room modes, the Optimizer uses a 4-capsule Acoustic Probe to measure the room and speaker system in three dimensions, reports the results, calculates appropriate playback filters and uses the calculated digital IIR and FIR filters to optimize both speaker response and speaker placement. The Optimizer can raise or lower the sonic location of an out of plane speaker or shift the entire sound stage without relocating even a single speaker. With Trinnov and Newcastle you can put the loudspeakers where they fit, use the Optimizer to overcome the shortcomings of speaker placement, speaker response and room interaction and still receive virtually perfect imaging. Performance graphs: System measurements made by the R-972 can be saved to a USB drive. When that data is uploaded to Trinnovs site, detailed performance graphs can be viewed, evaluated and printed. There is no limit to the number of times an R-972 owner can use this features. Target Curves: Every room correction system must work to a target. On Acoustic Probe the R-972, the original performance targets include: Laboratory flat, Audiophile, Accurate and Front. When the filters to achieve these targets have been implemented, the user can select to remap his speakers so they conform to either the ITU Standard for Surround Music or the SMPTE Cinema Standard. These choices can even be stored by input making it easy to assign the Audiophile target with ITU remapping for the CD input and to use the The R-972s owners can use the receivers USB capa- Accurate target with SMPTE Cinema remapping for DVDs.

bility and the internet to verify the Optimizers performance in their system.
Advanced AVR with RF Control, HDMI 1.3, video scaling to 1080p and the Trinnov Optimizer.

Key Features

HDMI 1.3 with Deep Color Support Lossless Audio: DTS Master Audio HD; Dolby TruHD DTS 96/24; Neo 6 Cinema & Music Dolby: Dolby Digital +, ProLogic IIx; Virtual Speaker; Headphone PCM: 96 kHz Multichannel; 192 kHz Stereo Converts analog video to HDMI Silicon Optix Reon scales all video to 480p; 576p; 720p;1080i;1080p Universal Video Transcodes Composite & S-Video to component XM Radio Connect and Play with Neural Surround Advanced GUI On Screen Display Upgradeable Firmware Bi-Directional RS-232 Serial jack/USB Input and output Direct Analog input (number of channels) 24-bit A to D and D to A converters Optical/Coaxial digital inputs Optical Digital Output Independent Room 2 A/V Output Independent Room 3 Audio output On-Screen Display from HDMI and analog video outputs Dual Mode RF + IR Preprogrammed and Learning Remote Control A/V Synch Delay by input (0 to 200 mS) / / / / / / / / / 11
Specifications Amplifier/Preamplifier Section
Power Output, Stereo (20 Hz-20 kHz) 8 THD @ Rated Output IM Distortion @ Rated Output Power Output, Srrnd Mode, L/C/R; 1 kHz; 8 Power Output Rear; 1 kHz, 8 Input Sensitivity/Impedance Line (CD, Tape, Video @ 47 k ) Signal-to-Noise Ratio Line (CD, Tape, Video) Tone Controls Bass Left & Right Front (100 Hz) Treble Left & Right Front (10 kHz) Cinema EQ (-1.8 dB @ 1 kHz, -4.5 dB @ 10 kHz) Frequency Response Line (CD. Tape, Video) -3 dB Subwoofer Crossover Frequency, Hz. (selectable) Slope (High Pass/Low Pass) Output Level (Tape Rec) Level/Imp. 100 Watts x 2 0.02 % 0.02 % 100 Watts x Watts x mV 105 dB L, R 10 dB L, R 10 dB Yes 10 Hz-100 kHz 40,60,80,100,120 4th order/2nd order 180 mV, 2.2k

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Trinnov Optimizer
Includes 4 microphone capsule Acoustic Probe Measures speaker location & response in 3 dimensions Uses FIR and IIR filters to flatten speaker response Re-Maps loudspeakers acoustic position to recreate original soundfield Supports ITU Surround Music and SMPTE Cinema Standards Writes before/after curves to USB output for Internet analysis USB input allows user to upload new target curves 11 11

Video Section

Input Sensitivity/Impedance Output Level/Impedance Frequency Response 2 dB Composite/S-Video Component Video Crosstalk @ 1 MHz S/N Ratio
1V p-p/ 75 1V p-p/ Hz-10 MHz DC-100 MHz 50 dB 50 dB

Audio/Video Features

Dual TI 32-bit DSP processors DSP Modes Digitally Re-Master PCM to 96 kHz/24-Bit 12-Volt Trigger Pre-amp Outputs, L,C,R,LS,2 CS,RS, Sub Rear Panel A/V Inputs/Outputs HDMI Input and Output Component Video In/Out Audio Inputs/out (including tuner) Front Panel A/V Input /with toslink Front Panel Audio Input for portable, etc. Automatic Room 2 (7.1 to 5.1 + stereo) operation Quadruple Independent Crossovers Built-in Biamp Capability Installer Custom Memory Converts Remote RF commands to IR output to operate associated units IR in / out Programmable Video Input Labeling Cinema EQ

FM Tuner Section

Tuner Features
4-Gang Quartz PLL Synthesized Tuning XM Connect & Play with 30 presets 30 Station Presets (Random) with Preset Scan All copyrights are the property of their respective copyright holder.
DA710/DA111 4//1 3/1 8/2 / / 11 11
Usable Sensitivity (Mono) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity (Mono/Stereo) Signal-to-Noise Ratio @65 dBf, Mono/Stereo % THD @ 65 dBf, 1 kHz, Mono/Stereo Frequency Response (30 Hz-15 kHz) Stereo Separation (1kHz) Capture Ration AM Suppression Selectivity, Alternate (@98 MHz, 400 Hz) Image Rejection Ratio IF Rejection Ratio Spurious Rejection Ratio
11.2 dBf 14.2 dBf/38 dBf 72 dB/68 dB 0.1/0.3 1.0 dB 45 dB 1.0 dB 60 dB 65 dB 80 dB 120 dB 75 dB 522-1611 kHz 500 V/m 40 dB <1 % 30dB/33dB 80 Hz-2.3 kHz
Tuning Range Usable Sensitivity Signal-to-Noise Ratio Total Harmonic Distortion Selectivity/Image Rejection Frequency Response (+0, -6 dB)

AM Tuner Section

General Section
Dimensions (H x W x D) (Inches) Weight

7 5/8 x 17 3/8 x lbs.

For purpose of improvement all specifications are subject to change without notice. 13101 Moore Street Tel: (800) 962-3203 Cerritos, CA 90703 Fax: (562) 741-0968 www.sherwoodusa.com