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Review 3 of 8
Price Paid:
$1800.00
from Frank Prowse Hifi Summary: This thing is great if you need a unit that does both HT and music. If I was more orientated towards music, I may go for seperates, but the denon is no slouch in music.
It outperforms all sub $US600 integrated's I have ever heard, it may compete higher, but I haven't compared.
HT performance goes without saying. If you want HT for a sub $3k price point, dont even bother looking at seperates, they simply can not compete in both sound and features to a decent surround amp.
The denon outclassed the yamaha (DSP-A1 at the time, but also the RX-V1) easily, esp. in music. It also outperformed the marantz and onkyo units when I demoed them.
I only bought it as I could get a good price on it. $2800 is still a good price for this unit, but I would prefer to go seperates at the full price, as I am fairly music orientated and seps give that extra flexibility and upgradability.
Strengths: Stunning for HT, Can compete with almost all good integrated amps for music, can run 4ohm loads Weaknesses: Remote, manual, runs fairly hot, fan is audible Similar Products Used: The equivilant Onkyo, Marantz and Yamaha models, rotel seperates, MF seperates
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