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James H.
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from Date Reviewed: July 4, 2011
Bottom Line: I bought this new in about 1997. Early in its life it had a warrany repair job performed after failure of the protection circuitry that caused damage to the pre-amp electronics. This was repaired by a Denon technician and it has never missed a beat since. I don't think I have ever been game enough to drive this amp to clip. Other amps yes, no problem clipping them, surround sound recievers, a small Cambridge power amp, I think I've even clipped a rack mounted PA amp, but this Denon just pours more and more current into whatever you have connected up untill it gets scary. I've had smoke coming out of Pioneer car subwoofers and many many angry neighbors over the years, and lots of things falling off shelves, looking forward to continuing the tradition haha.
This is a true high current, low distortion, clean amplifier that does not colour the sound in any way. To outdo this amp you really have to move into the serious realm of specialist audio equipment. About the only area lacking is the damping factor, everything else is faultless.
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AllenL
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from Date Reviewed: May 31, 2004
Strengths: As the volume increases, the sound becomes bigger, not louder. It never sounded 'loud', even at high volume levels. Smooth, if a bit bass heavy.Weaknesses: Extremely unreliable. The lights in my house dimmed at power up, which I thought was cool until its fireworks display!
Disappointing, and phantom customer support from Denon.Bottom Line: My Denon PMA-700V integrated amplifier was my first venture into foo foo audio. It is the only amp, before or since, that is rated 100W per channel. The selling points I was attracted was its toroidal transformer high current direct coupled design.
But over time, this PMA-700V has proven unreliable- like a fickle rare high performance high maintenance sports car.
Mine spent its life far longer in non operation than in use. Less than a year following its third visit to the repair shop, it produced a fireworks show blowing out the entire right channel output transistors.
It sounded great- when it was working!
Price Paid:
$450.00
Purchased At: Federated (closed)
Similar Products Used: Used Sansui AU-717 superior to Denon PMA-700V
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Thomas Ankerlund
a Audio Enthusiast
from DenmarkDate Reviewed: June 6, 2002
Strengths: Simply everything.Weaknesses: Simply nothing.Bottom Line: I have owned this amp PMA 1315R since 1996, and it is the best amp i have ever heard. I use it with a Denon DCD 725 and a pair of Cerwin Vega VS-15. This combination can rock your heart out and at the same time play easy listening music with the cleanest and purest sound i have ever heard. Play it with the Dire Straits "Brothers in arms" album and you will fall in love with this amp.
Price Paid:
$571.00
Purchased At: 1996
Similar Products Used: An NAD at the same priceclass, but the sound and power was never near the Denon..
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Nic Brooke
a Audio Enthusiast
from Auckland, NZDate Reviewed: December 19, 2000
Strengths: Plenty of power, nice dynamic range, much better than my old ampWeaknesses: Temptation to blow the roof off...Bottom Line: In my view this amp is outstanding. As noted I moved up from a smaller, older Denon amp, and the difference is immense. The bigger amp has reserves of power and clarity undreamed of by its ancestor. With the old amp I was running the tone controls bass at 3 oclock, treble about 11 to try and get the balance I wanted. The bigger amp runs flat and sounds beautiful. Both ran Cerwin Vega VS120's. The only big problem I now have is excess treble at low volume (speakers, not amp) and worries aobut future hearing loss at about 50% of the amps power.
In comparison to the similar price range amps I tried, the Denon was far superior. The NAD, while slightly more powerful at 8 ohm sounded harsh, having noe of the smoothness present in the Denon. More tellingly, while listening to the NAD I was hearing specific frequencies etc, rather than just the music.
The Rotel combo was very nice sounding, with the promise of adding another power amp later, but apparently Rotel don't recommend using 4 ohm speakers with their amps while bridged. The same problem arose with the Onkyo. The consensus seemed to indicate that this combo sounded fine with some speakers, not with others, especially 4 ohm ones (like mine).
I have a suspicion that the comparison was not very fair at all. The indication given to me was that the 1315 was both more powerful and of a higher class than the PMA-2000. This sounded about right to my ear - the 2000 sounding worse in a soundroom than the 1315 does at home. I suspect from comments other salespeople made that the NZ retail for the 1315 may be substantially more than the $1600 I payed.
In summary, this amp seems about the pick of the reasonably priced bunch and should last for years.
Price Paid:
$640.00
Purchased At: Audiovision
Similar Products Used: demoed NAD 319, Rotel RC/RB 971 combo, Onkyo P301/M501 combo, Denon PMA-2000
Replaced Denon PMA-320
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David
a Audio Enthusiast
from Presque Isle, MaineDate Reviewed: October 1, 2000
Strengths: Since our purchase of the PMA-1325R. There has not been a dull moment in our listening pleasure. The Denon put out clean, present, clear and robust power. Paired with a good set of large floor standing older Altec 14 monitors it really shines. The Denon makes music come alive! However it helped a great deal when we changed from Denon's 460 CD player to NAD's 523. This helped attenuate the high end brightness and carry the low end which Denon sometimes seems to overpower with it's clarity and brightness.Weaknesses: Wish the bass control boosted at 50Hz instead of 100Hz, that would help. Requires speakers which can produce good solid low end. The Denon 1315R has good solid low end but needs a bit of help.Bottom Line: Excellent Integrated Amp if you have good low end speakers, or powered speakers. The rest of the music spectrum is covered superbly!
Highly recommend!
Price Paid:
$625.00
Purchased At: Discount Warehouse
Similar Products Used: Older Sansui 990, Dynaco 40, and Yamaha
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