I bought the 2700 after auditioning receivers from Yamaha, Onkyo, Sony ES and Pioneer Elite. The Denon did not have the best construction but still offered the best overall package. No, it doesn't weigh 100 lbs but it doesn't buzz with every on-screen explosion, either. Sound quality for music is as good or better than other home theater receivers. SQ for theater material is great. Oh, my test bed is Paradigm 9SE-MK3's up front, CC-150 Center, P-Zeros in the back. Yes, you have to use the remote to access a lot of the most important functions. And yes, you have to hook this > receiver up to a monitor to set it up but if these are the cost of getting such a feature-laden machine for such a great price then the trade off is worth it. To all you guys (and gals) that aren't getting bass to the front speakers - for the love of God, go into the set up and turn the Subwoofer output off (unles you have one) and set the front speakers to "large." There, now wasn't that easy? In short I've never seen a receiver that offers all that this one does in terms of SQ and features for such a great price.

I've owned my AVR 2700 since July and think it to be an impressive system overall. However, there are a few key shortcomings that I've discovered through extended listening of various music and movie sources. There is definitely a lack of bass output. Turning the nob to its highest setting, I still does not satisfy. Also, with DTS gaining substantial momentum in the market, I've convinced myself to upgrade to an A/V reciever with proprietary decoding. (Outboard decoders will cost around $500 plus the cost of 6 separate high-grade interconnects -- another $200). Denon is releasing DTS versions of their 3600 and 5600's that should be showing up in stores next week. Yamaha is also releasing an entire line of DTS recievers in a couple months. I

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I have had the Denon AVR-2700 for 6 months now and I absolutely love it. Since it is being discontinued, I would suggest you guys that need a receiver jump all over this one. Even though it doesn't have the DTS decoder, you will quickly forget that when you crank the DD through some 5.1 speakers (I use the Energy take5 w/eS-8 sub - phenomenal). You should be able to pick this unit up for a steal now that the 2800 is out. Same unit except for the DTS. The 5 channel stereo that everyone is mentioning is a show stealer. Dolby Surround sucks for normal television signals, and the 5 channel creates a fantastic spatial realism. I am shocked that 5 channels of 85watt digital sound could be described as weak in these reviews. If you set your 2700 up correctly, I guarantee you that you can knock pictures off the wall if you are so inclined. I've done it. Test drove the Yamaha and Sony equivalents. I'm not an audiophile, but you don't have to be one to realize that the five channel puts the Denon head and shoulders over the rest for multi-purpose home theater use. I don't just use my Denon for the occasional DVD - I use it all the time for TV-DirecTV-DVD-VCR-Tuner-CD-PlayStation. Best thing I ever bought that requires electricity.

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.