The luxurious new crew consists of the Elite SC-07, SC-05, VSX-03TXH and VSX-01TXH,

• the whole lot handles internal decoding of DTS-HD Master Audio,


• DTS-HD High Resolution,


• Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus,


• 12-bit Deep Color and


• a Faroudja video scaler.


• The SC-07 has a Burr Brown Sampling Rate Converter (SRC) to upscale audio to 192 kHz 24-bit res, and dual HDMI outputs for multiroom output. The SC-07 and SC-05 also work with Pioneer's new Blu-ray player to activate the "Precision Quartz Locking System (PQLS) that synchronizes data between the Blu-ray Disc player and the receiver, providing listeners with the ultimate precision in CD playback."


• the SC-05 / SC-07 will land in August for $1,800 / $2,200, while the VSX-01TXH and VSX-03TXH will hit next month for $750 / $1,000.


• All four receivers do new lossless formats ("DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution, Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby® Digital Plus" ) and room tuning.