Very natural and clean sound. Decodes Dolby Digital. Awesome DACs. Has 3 digital inputs.

Only 80 Watts/Channel--good for a small room, not enough for a big room. On screen display a little clunky.

Its a great receiver for the price. The controls are logically arranged, the remote is easy to use, and the display is easy to read. Almost anyone with a room on the smaller side would be satisfied with the sound quality and levels that this receiver is capable of. So far I have not had any trouble with it, and despite its somewhat clunky user interface, the on screen display has about every control one would ever want. Its expansion capabilites are also very welcome, especially if DTS ever gains any share in the movie industry. As far as audio quaility is concerned, CDs and DVDs connected via the digital input sound absolutely amazing. The 24/96 Burr Browns are extremely clean. Everything is, tuner, analog inputs, etc., are average to above average. Denon's done it again and put out another great receiver.

Just received my 2700 from Uncles Stereo for $550 last friday.It sounds much better than the garbage JVC it replaces(no offense to JVC owners;just a personal observation).Everything about the 2700 is more organized and much easier to use than my previous unit.In fact,the sound required a Paradigmspeaker purchase to complement the sound quality that was mediocre at best
before.Ironic how a new receiver can make you notice speaker quality.I am very
pleased with the price/quality ratio of this unit and would recommend this
receiver to anyone who has a budget and wants the most "bang for the buck".
Also,I initially had the lack of bass problem but it was corrected by changing
the default setting of subwoofer on to subwoofer off.Plenty of bass now.
Scores 5 stars.

I selected the AVR2700 over the Yamaha 795 and HK45. In the store, I could not hear any difference between the three units, so I selected the Denon over the yamaha because I really disliked the yamaha remote and I selected it over the HK for the on-screen programming. I replaced an HK490i and was suprised by the improved sound quality of this new Denon. It is hooked up to a pair of Polk RT12 and a MKV75 sub (the surrounds and center come next year). Smooth sound, natural-sounding bass (not at all boomy), and great fidelity. Since I do not yet have the surround speakers, I have not performed the entire system set up, but so far it has been fairly intuitave, and the onscreen display really simplified it.
My only question so far: I am not sure how to hook up the video through the reciever so that I can play a videotape with the reciever off. It only seems to pass the signal through to the TV if the reciever is on, which seems a waste of electricity when my kid is watching her Barney videotape. If any other owners have any ideas (other than not using the reciever's video connections), please email me.

I paid $600 on sale at a local electronics store. For the price, I am completely satisified.

O.k people, I've wanted this receiver for a long time now and have finally gotten it. It is everything I wanted. I have the Energy Take 5 speakers with the ES-8 sub and am amazed at the damn base! I wish the subwoofer channel setting wasn't at the end of the speaker channel cycle, because you have alway's got to turn the base down. Dolby Digital is all it's made out to be. I'm happy about that. I set the channel level up by ear, no decibal meter, so I'm not sure if there'll be any difference when all channels are set to 75db. Anybody got a comment about that, please email me and let me know. Maybe I could talk someone into mailing me there's for a small renter's fee. I'll never use the bi-wiring feature so that's useless. Everything else is great.

Auditioned Marantz, Yamaha, Sony ES, and HK before deciding on the Denon AVR 2700. I have owned a Denon PMA-520 amp for several years and really thought I would purchase another brand for my HT. But, after listening and trying others in the same price range went back to Denon. Good, solid, and reliable. The remote does everything it needs to without needing an engineering degree and the unit sounds good. Only thing I wish it would let me do is balance the channels with an external source without using the built-in tones. Very satisfied with quality to price ratio for this unit. Styling and design still suffers.

Incredibile clarity, great remote

not enough functions on the front panel of the receiver

I want to end this discussion right here and now about this receiver not having enough bass. I am currently running Cerwin Vega E712Bs for my front speakers. These speakes with this receiver give off tons of bass. If people want bass, don't think that you are going to get a good set of audiophile speakers with bass for under $800. If you want more bass, but CERWIN VEGA.

Onto the qualities of the receiver. It is excellent, especially in Dolby Digital, or running a CD from a digital CD player. I can run this receiver full tilt for hours, and it never overheats. Like they said in Stereo Review, "The best receiver money can buy."

I would have given the receiver 5 stars, but I cannot get over the lack of useful buttons on the front panel.

Like the 2700 quite a bit more than what I had.
Basically the DVD player I own sounds much better if allowing the 2700 to be the decoder. For that I'm happy. Don't like the remote. Don't think the unit as a whole is that easy to use. Somewhat miffed that you cannot plug both S-video and not s-video componnents together and send a single signal to my S-video capable TV. Had to buy extra cables to send the non S-Video VCR signal to a different set of video-in TV inputs. Other than that complaint and the remote I found the sound pretty good and excellent compared to the Sony ES and Onkyo offerings in this price point. Would give it 5 stars if I had bought it through Netmarket instead of the "Good" Guys and saved myself $200 or so.

I expect to replace this unit with a higher up NAD receiver when I have $. For the money though, I did not hear anything better than the 2700. Haven't heard Sherwood yet though.

Just got the AVR-2700 from soundpros.com last week and all I can say is AWSOME. I have a Panasonic A310 hooked up through the optical port. Listening to the bloodbath scene in "Blade" is spectacular.. I couldn't believe my ears. The channel seperation is outstanding. Even with my relatively inexpensve Cerwin-vega vs-80, it sounds soo much better then the 7+ year old Technics SA-GX330 that its replacing. Although the Technics put out a lot more bass( sometimes too much according to my neighbors hehe), I'm not complaining, and a Sub will surely fix that..
The 5 channel stereo is great too.. especially listening to some Vivaldi or Enigma..
Btw, can anyone recommend a speaker package.. I've been looking at the Energy Take5, Klipsh Quintet, and Infinity TheaterPac with CMS 2 speakers...

Thanks....

Just Finished to listen to a lot of different type of speakers , with the same machine , AVR-2700 .. have passed 1 week comparing other amp . My first idea was the onkyo 656 , there was also the yam 795.... but i walk away of the yam , cause of is intense high ( too clear ) . first , was looking for the 3200 , but the 2700 have the 5.1 input, that sounds great !!! Combine this with 4 monitor 7 , cc-350 and ps-1200 form paradigm , and youll get GREAT stuff for around 3000 $ can

This is a great unit.Originally, when i went shopping for DD receivers, I looked at the Denon AVR-3200, Sony 925, and then ended up with an Onkyo TX-DS656. This was, at the time the unit with the best features and sound for the money. However it had too many anoying features which made me take it back, and eventually swap it for the AVR-2700. U can see my review of the 656 on this site. The sound, in stereo, was a touch better in the imaging and channel separation then the Denon range, however, at the store, i only had limited time to compare them in DD mode. Now, having the Denon at home.

I can easily say, it is the best reciever you can buy for the money. It can be had for around $1200 in Australia, and competing (inferior) units are at least a $100 more.. The Denon has 24/96 Burr Brown DACs which are responsible for the high quality DD decoding. The amp section is not quite as good as the 3200, however it is still a fine sounding unit. Persoanlly, I will most likeyl end up using this unit as a rear channel amp only, the mains and centre will be powered by external amps. This feature was the first thing which lead me away from the Denon 3200 as it did not have rear pre-outs and the Onkyo did. Both have 5.1 in, if you feel the need for DTS, myself, with the limited range of movies, (i dont think I like one DTS DVD out) dont think its worth spending anymore money on.

The Denon is much superior in its ergonomics and usage then the Onkyo, you can feel the quality in all its operations. Good, useable surround modes, plenty of switching, a great remote (compared to the Onkyo anyway), with learning and Macro features (dont _need_ that RC2000MK2 now) and only one feature which is almost anoying, swicthing sound modes, on the remote, you have to cycle through all of them, a small price to pay for all the other excellent features and high quality sound. It has an excellet OSD system, which comes out of both composite and S-video monitor outputs. The 3 digital inputs are assignable to any input, and the dynamic range compression actually does something, (unlike the Onkyo).

Direct stereo mode is as good as i could as for, initially the lack of channel separation lead me to belive the Onk was the better unit here, but the tonality and overall imaging is much better in the Denon, esp when you setup your speakers better, by this i mean less toe-in. This way, the stage is wide and imaging becomes sharp.

Many people are now buying units such as the Sony 50ES, however i dont personally like Sony, (ive had too many Sony items fail) and will not buy a unit with _that_ remote on principal. In stereo id take the Denon over the sony anyday, Sony lacks any smoothness, which for me makes all the difference. The DACs on this unit are the same ones used in the new flag ship AVR-5700, in the Sony are they the same ones as the 9000? I dont think so.

SO there you have it, I can no listen to and enjoy straight CDs, something which with the Onkyo was not possible due to that FAN, and now listening too, starting, setting up and watching DVDs is a real pleasure, not a chore as it was with the Onkyo. Most definetly 5 stars. 6 if it had full 5.1 pre-outs.