The AV-1 is Nakamichi’s most powerful audio/video receiver.
It contains an AM/FM digital frequency-synthesis tuner, a preamplifier, digital signal processing (DSP) circuits for simulating several acoustic environments, and five power amplifiers. The AV-1 has complete signal-switching facilities for selecting and controlling tuner, CD, and phono sources, two audio tape decks, and a DVD player, including inputs and outputs for both composite-video and S-video signals.
The front (main) power amplifiers are rated at 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, both channels driven, with less than 0.1 percent total harmonic distortion (THD). A switch on the rear of the receiver enables safe full-power operation into 4-ohm loads. The surround-channel amplifiers are rated at 30 watts apiece, and the center-channel amplifier is rated at 50 watts, all at 1 kHz into 8 ohms with no more than 0.1 percent THD.
