Trinnov Audio Altitude32-816

Reference Immersive Audio Processor

The Trinnov Audio Altitude32-816 is designed for customers building a truly reference-level private cinema—one where loudspeaker placement, bass integration, room acoustics and immersive surround processing are treated as one complete system rather than a collection of individual components.

Trinnov has become one of the most respected names in high-performance cinema processing because the Altitude platform approaches home theater differently.

Instead of relying on a conventional fixed DSP architecture, the Altitude32 uses a powerful software-based processing platform capable of sophisticated loudspeaker remapping, room optimization, bass management, active crossovers and immersive audio decoding.

The result is extraordinary flexibility for the system designer and, when properly calibrated, an immersive cinema presentation with exceptional coherence, localization, dynamics and control.

The Altitude32-816 Configuration

The Altitude32-816 provides a highly capable foundation for sophisticated home theaters.

This configuration supports up to 20 processed output channels, utilizing its 16 primary analog channels with the ability to expand the system through additional digital outputs.

It is particularly appropriate for cinemas incorporating combinations such as:

• Multiple front L/C/R channels

• Side and rear surround loudspeakers

• Multiple Dolby Atmos height channels

• Multiple independently optimized subwoofers

• Advanced bass-management configurations

• Active multi-way loudspeaker systems

And because it is built upon the scalable Altitude32 platform, the system can evolve as the cinema grows.

Trinnov Optimizer

At the heart of the Altitude32 is the celebrated Trinnov Optimizer.

Using Trinnov's proprietary three-dimensional measurement technology, the Optimizer analyzes not simply frequency response, but the acoustic behavior and physical position of every loudspeaker within the room.

This gives the processor an unusually complete understanding of the cinema.

The Optimizer can address:

• Frequency response

• Phase response

• Impulse response

• Loudspeaker distance

• Level matching

• Time alignment

• Bass integration

• Crossover optimization

• Loudspeaker placement irregularities

The goal is not simply to make a measurement graph look flat.

The goal is to allow every loudspeaker and subwoofer in the theater to operate together as a coherent acoustic system.

Trinnov 3D Loudspeaker Remapping

One of Trinnov's most distinctive technologies is 3D Remapping.

In a real-world cinema, loudspeakers cannot always be installed precisely where a Dolby, DTS or Auro specification would ideally place them.

Architectural constraints, doors, seating locations, ceiling structures, screens and interior design can all affect speaker placement.

Using measurements from Trinnov's proprietary 3D microphone, the Altitude processor can determine the actual three-dimensional location of the loudspeakers and compensate for discrepancies between their physical positions and their intended locations.

For sophisticated private cinemas, this capability can be extraordinarily valuable.

Reference-Level Immersive Audio

The Altitude32 supports today's major immersive cinema formats including:

Dolby Atmos

Native Dolby Atmos decoding and Dolby Surround upmixing with support for highly sophisticated loudspeaker layouts.

DTS Pro

Native DTS Pro decoding and Neural upmixing for large-channel-count immersive systems.

Auro-3D

Native Auro-3D playback together with the sophisticated Auro-Matic upmixer.

IMAX Enhanced

Support for IMAX Enhanced content and systems.

The Altitude32 platform does not force the designer into a handful of predefined speaker arrangements. Its flexibility allows extremely sophisticated cinemas to be constructed around the actual room and system requirements.

Advanced Bass Management

In a reference cinema, subwoofers should not simply produce more bass.

They must integrate properly with the main loudspeakers and with each other.

The Altitude32 provides extremely sophisticated bass-management capabilities and allows multiple subwoofers to be treated as individually addressable channels.

This allows an experienced calibrator to optimize:

• Subwoofer levels

• Delay

• Phase

• Crossover behavior

• Interaction with the main loudspeakers

• Seating-area consistency

• Low-frequency distribution throughout the room

For cinemas using several large subwoofers, this level of control can transform the performance of the entire system.

Active Crossovers

The Altitude32 can also support sophisticated multi-way active loudspeaker configurations.

This means the processor may be used to perform crossover functions normally handled inside a passive loudspeaker crossover or separate external electronic crossover.

For highly specialized cinema installations, this provides the designer extraordinary control over loudspeaker integration.

64-Bit Floating-Point Processing

Trinnov uses 64-bit floating-point audio processing, providing enormous computational precision for its Optimizer filters, bass management, crossover functions and immersive decoding.

The Altitude platform is effectively a purpose-built high-performance audio computer engineered specifically for reference cinema processing.

HDMI 2.1 — Built for Today's Video Systems

Current Altitude32 systems feature Trinnov's HDMI 2.1 platform with:

• 8 HDMI inputs

• 2 HDMI outputs

• Up to 40Gbps bandwidth

• Up to 4K/120Hz

• Up to 8K/60Hz

• HDCP 2.3

• HDR10

• HDR10+

• HLG

• Dolby Vision

• ARC / eARC support

This makes the Altitude32 an excellent centerpiece for systems incorporating premium movie servers, disc players, streaming devices and modern gaming platforms.

Extensive Analog & Digital Connectivity

The Altitude32 platform offers exceptional flexibility for system integration.

Depending upon configuration, connectivity includes:

Analog Inputs

• Balanced stereo XLR inputs

• Stereo RCA inputs

• Multichannel analog input

Analog Outputs

• Balanced analog outputs

• DB25 multichannel analog connectivity

• Stereo RCA output

Digital Inputs

• S/PDIF coaxial

• Optical Toslink

• AES/EBU

• Multichannel AES connectivity

Digital Outputs

• AES/EBU

• S/PDIF coaxial

• Toslink optical

• Multichannel AES

This connectivity makes the Altitude32 suitable for systems incorporating both conventional home theater equipment and extremely sophisticated professional-grade cinema electronics.

Roon Ready

For customers who want their cinema system to perform as an exceptional two-channel or multichannel music system as well, the Altitude32 also supports Roon.

That allows a properly designed cinema to become a very sophisticated music playback environment as well as a movie theater.

One Processor — Multiple System Presets

The Altitude32 provides extensive preset capability.

A cinema can therefore be configured differently for different listening situations.

For example:

Cinema Reference

Optimized for the primary theater seating position.

Family Movie Night

Optimized across a larger seating area.

Two-Channel Music

Configured specifically for left and right loudspeaker playback.

Concert / Multichannel Music

A separate configuration for immersive music reproduction.

Late-Night Listening

A customized configuration designed around reduced playback levels.

The system designer can create these presets around the customer's actual room and listening habits.

Designed to Evolve

One of the most compelling characteristics of the Altitude platform is its longevity.

Trinnov deliberately designed the Altitude architecture so that significant capabilities can be introduced through software rather than requiring customers to replace their entire processor.

Trinnov has continually developed the platform with new immersive formats, processing capabilities and software features, while hardware elements such as the HDMI platform can also be upgraded.

For a component positioned at the heart of an expensive reference cinema, that philosophy is extremely important.

The Sunny's Approach to Trinnov

At Sunny's Audio Video, we believe a processor of this caliber should never simply be removed from a box, connected and left running with a basic automated calibration.

A Trinnov system deserves to be engineered.

The processor, amplifiers, loudspeakers, subwoofers, room dimensions, screen, seating positions and acoustic treatment all interact with one another.

Our approach begins by considering the complete cinema.

We determine:

• Correct speaker quantities

• Proper speaker locations

• Amplifier requirements

• Subwoofer configuration

• Equipment-rack design

• Screen and projector integration

• Room acoustics

• Wiring architecture

• Control requirements

• System calibration

Only then can a processor such as the Altitude32 demonstrate what it is truly capable of.

Ideal System Applications

The Trinnov Altitude32-816 is particularly well suited for:

• Dedicated private cinemas

• Dolby Atmos theaters

• DTS Pro theaters

• Auro-3D installations

• Multiple-subwoofer cinemas

• Active loudspeaker installations

• High-output architectural cinema systems

• Reference projector and video-wall theaters

• Hybrid music and cinema rooms

It can serve as the command center for an extraordinary theater using loudspeakers and amplification from the world's finest specialist manufacturers.

Why Trinnov?

There are many surround processors capable of decoding Dolby Atmos.

That alone does not make them equivalent to a Trinnov.

The Altitude platform combines immersive decoding with exceptionally powerful tools for understanding and correcting the relationship between the room, loudspeakers, subwoofers and listener.

In a carefully engineered theater, that capability can produce something very special:

Dialogue that remains precisely anchored to the screen.

Effects that move seamlessly throughout the room.

Atmos channels that become part of one continuous three-dimensional soundfield rather than individual speakers calling attention to themselves.

Subwoofers that deliver enormous impact while remaining controlled and integrated.

And music reproduction that retains the tonal quality and naturalness expected from a true high-performance audio system.

That is where the Trinnov Altitude32 becomes far more than a surround processor.

It becomes the acoustic foundation of the entire private cinema.

Trinnov Altitude32-816 Highlights

• Reference immersive audio/video processor

• Up to 20 processed outputs in 8-16 configuration

• Trinnov Optimizer room correction

• Proprietary 3D loudspeaker measurement

• Trinnov 3D Remapping

• Advanced multi-subwoofer bass management

• Active multi-way crossover capability

• Dolby Atmos

• DTS Pro

• Auro-3D

• IMAX Enhanced

• Roon support

• 64-bit floating-point processing

• 8 HDMI 2.1 inputs

• 2 HDMI 2.1 outputs

• Up to 40Gbps HDMI bandwidth

• Up to 4K/120Hz video

• Up to 8K/60Hz video

• Dolby Vision

• HDR10 / HDR10+

• HLG

• ARC / eARC

• Extensive balanced analog connectivity

• Professional AES digital connectivity

• Multiple configuration presets

• Software-upgradable Altitude platform

• Expandable architecture for sophisticated private cinemas

Sunny's Audio Video — Private Cinema Design

A reference theater begins long before the equipment is installed.

Sunny's Audio Video can design the complete cinema around the Trinnov Altitude platform, including loudspeakers, amplification, subwoofers, projection or video wall, screen design, equipment racks, power management, cabling, acoustic considerations and final system calibration.

For customers planning a serious private cinema, we encourage you to contact us before construction or pre-wire begins.

A few hours of proper planning at the beginning of a project can make an enormous difference to the performance of the finished theater.

Contact Sunny's Audio Video for Trinnov system design, consultation, installation and calibration.