Pioneer will be releasing two new 7.1 AV amplifiers fat the end of June known as the VSA-LX51, and VSA-1018AH. Both amps support HDMI 1.3 (3 input / 1 out), Dolby NR TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby digital plus, and DTS EXPRESS. They also come with an USB port to play MP3, WMA, AAC files and the LX51 (only) has an additional video upscaler to upscale an image to 720p and 1080p. You’ll pay about 925 € for VSA -LX51 and 700 € for the VSA-1018AH

Denon launched a new home entertainment system with an amplifier (RCD-M37) and two speakers (SC-M37) that give an output power of 30Wx2, a frequency response of 45Hz-45,000Hz, a pressure level of 86dB, and an impedance of 6Ω. The M37 can also read CD/CD-R/W, MP3 files, has a USB port and an AM/FM tuner. Now you can connect an iPod dock as well as control your iPod with the remote control. The amplifier costs 275€ while it’s about 115€ for the speakers.