Onkyo Achieves Superb Audio Clarity With Wolfson Inside.

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Wolfson Microelectronics (LSE:WLF) today announced that Onkyo has selected the Wolfson WM8740 stereo DAC for use in its new range of high end CD players and AV receivers. Wolfson's high performance DAC provides Onkyo's customers with excellent audio performance in the C-777, DTX-10, TX-NA1000 and C-1VL systems.

"Our customers expect the best possible audio output from their AV equipment," commented Onkyo. "When designing this new range of products we needed a supplier that could achieve outstanding audio clarity. In our opinion, the Wolfson device delivers the best pure audio output available on the market today."

"The WM8740 is the ideal product for high end personal and professional AV equipment such as home theatre systems, CD and Hi-Fi," remarked Julian Hayes, VP of marketing at Wolfson. "This high performance stereo DAC uses Wolfson's unique multi-bit DAC architecture to deliver the performance benefits required by high end audio equipment."

In addition to 16 to 24-bit data input word lengths and 192kHz sampling rates, the WM8740 from Wolfson also features a serial interface port, digital interpolation filter, multi-bit sigma delta modulator and stereo DAC encapsulated in a small 28-pin SSOP package. Further, the WM8740 also includes a digitally controllable mute and attenuator function on each channel and the internal digital filter can be bypassed and used with an external digital filter.

About Onkyo

The Onkyo history reflects innovation at every stage. 1946 marked the establishment of Osaka Denki Onkyo K.K. (predecessor to Onkyo Corporation). The company's vision was to spread the joy and soothing qualities inherent in music to people anywhere. During the early phases of its corporate history, Onkyo grew as an innovator and fashioned itself into a force in audio, making the name Onkyo synonymous with sonic excellence and high-quality loudspeakers.

About Wolfson Microelectronics

Wolfson Microelectronics plc is a leading global provider of high performance, mixed-signal semiconductors for digital consumer electronics applications.

Renowned worldwide for its audio and imaging technologies, Wolfson devices can be found at the heart of many of the world's highest profile consumer products, including mobile phones, MP3 players, gaming consoles, DVD players, DVD-RW, LCD-TV and multi-function peripherals. If a digital product can capture an image or play a sound, Wolfson's vision is to supply a product that will allow it to perform these tasks better.

Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, Wolfson has sales and engineering offices in the USA, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. Wolfson Microelectronics plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:WLF).

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