What's a good/cheap mail-order place to order the Denon 2700? Thanks,

I bought the unit about 3months ago (upgrading from a Pro-Logic Denon AVR-610).I have been very happy with the performance on both stereo and D.D. playback. It definitely rocks on movies. I find the cinema eq mode very nice for taming hiss on some movies and TV. I also use the 5 channel stereo very regularly when I have guests over and we are sitting around chatting, and note sitting in the "sweet spot" (the surrounds are now giving me pretty good focus in the 5-channel mode). Great flexibility and a very quiet (no hiss) performer for the money. I am thrilled. I do not like the way one must switch from different sound modes on the remote (by cycling through them all), or the lack of A/B switching. Otherwise, I think this one has all that you would need.

Based on the price you can now find this receiver for (got mine from Netmarket for $580), why would you want anything else? Dolby Digital AC3 ready, optical and coax digital jacks, along with all the sources you could possibly ever want. The remote seems pretty decent to me (even though some reviews have knocked it). The options with the on-screendisplay are setup pretty decently, and I am getting great bass from my Paradigm sub. Others have knocked the bi-wiring capability but I like it. Hopefully the higs are higher and the lows are lower with bi-wire (or perhaps it's just the placebo effect I'm hearing!). I find it hard to give any receiver 5 stars but with the Denon quality and the features this thing has, I find it hard to find anything better in it's price range. Period.

Wow. I have been using the 2700 with Klipsch KLF-20's and it is amazing. I have not had trouble with bass , mid-range, or hi-frequency. I auditioned 7 receivers and this beat them all (Sony, Yamaha, etc.). Actually, my wife picked between my two choices (women really can generally hear better). The netmarket price is unbeatable (see other reviews here).
I appreciate the chip set used to dirve and maintain the receiver. If you want the same control, you must step (way) up to Rotel.

This performs well for my uses (music and home theater). I was very satisfied with it's features.

There are some oddities that need to be understood with the 2700:

1) S-Video is documented, but it is in small print and unusual. S-Video dictates a full S-Video wiring. There is no jumping between S-Video and RCA based.

2) Some of the surround modes are gimickly. Rock arena, and the like add nothing. Actually, I find these features rather worthless.

3) 5 channel stereo is a sales point. It is cute, but you will tire of it. It really adds nothing in the long run.

Overall, I am very pleased with this receiver at this price point. To go to the next level, you really have to pay the price. This receiver is fantastic. If you are hearing problems, try better speakers. This is down and dirty a fantastic receiver for under $600. It needs a 5 "star" rating for the quality, performance, and value!

This reciever sounds very, very good! My only complaint is i cant seem to get the on screen menus to work. In fact, I can't get it to display at all on my sony 27v70 tv. I connected the MONITOR OUT from the unit to the video in on the tv. I don't get it. I even used the s-video cable out to the tv as well. I hit the enter button and get no display. CAn anyone help. I am glad that I picked this one up over the RXV-795 though.

I purchased my Denon AVR2700 two months ago and after using it every day since then, I now feel I know enough about it that I can submit my review. First off I can't give any advice to those that are experiencing lack of bass output. I use the line-level out of the Denon with my active Velodyne subwoofer, the CT-100, with all speakers set to small. I am worried that I am going to blow my tweeters rather than not have enough power. I own a pair of PSB 300i speakers which are 6 ohms / 80 watts RMS. I also agree that switching modes via remote is annoying. I only use direct and Dolby-digital/pro-logic. I don't care for 5-channel stereo or those other reverb modes. One other annoying thing I found is that the s-video and RCA-video jacks are not coupled - the user manual does note this by the way, but it is in small print if you know what I mean. So, if you have a DVD connected via s-video and a VCR through RCA, you need to run both s-video and RCA cables to your television from the Denon. I don't know how other receivers handle this, but it only caused me a problem when I couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting a signal from my VCR and just my DVD. Another thing ... Why did Denon allow for biwiring? The cost of running extra good quality speaker wire to three speakers (left, right, and center) isn't really justified. I would much rather spend the money on a better receiver or on better speakers. Wouldn't you? Finally although I have really brought out the negatives about this receiver I do enjoy it, especially considering that my alternative would have been to spend at least $300 more for the Marantz-780. Here is a good feature. Some of the remote buttons glow in the dark. Don't laugh ... it helps. The wormhole seen in Contact sounds convincing, so is the explosions in Face Off. It really is a great receiver for the money. I wouldn't' want any other receiver ...
... unless it were free.

I just purchased a Denon AVR-2700 along with Polk Audio's RT 600 fronts and Polk RT fx surrond speakers. I love the 5 channel stereo, but the highs do not sound very natural.
I just hooked up a Panasonic A110 DVD player and so far I am not very impressed with the sound. Again, the sound is not very natural. Another thing, there does not appear to be enough bass while watching moveis. I've watched T2, which is supposed to be an excellent Dolby Digital Movie. I've tried everything to get the low rumbling noises and special effect I was hoping for.

Does anyone have any recommendations. I'm thinking about returning the receiver and picking up either the Harman Kardon AVR 65 or the Yamaha 995.

Please give me any advice you may have.

Finally, should I buy a receiver with DTS? How important is it?

Overall I have to rate the Denon 3 speakers.

This receiver is great! I agree that cycling throught the modes is annoying, but the 5 channel stereo is very cool!

I just bought this receiver for $525 total from Uncle's Stereo. I have ordered an entire Klipsch system from Shop4.com (KSF 10.5, KSF-C5, KSF-S5, KSW-200). I will submit another review then. But, for now, I have it hooked to a pair of Polk RT7. For music it sounds pretty good. I am upgrading from a cheapo Kenwood Stereo receiver. This one rocks especially for the price I paid for it. I find that it has enough bass to feed my RT7s.

I am not a pro with Digital Receivers and don't even own one, but it seems like this one will end up in my system. There are a few points I'd like to make about it and two other receivers. I don't know if you can assign coaxial or optical digital connections for any source you like on the Yamaha 795 or HK-65 (These three seem to compete with each other), but you can on this one. You have complete control over which input is used and for what source uses it. Everone will have to agree that we all have different components and will hook them up differently. Yes, it has only 3 digital inputs, but that's more than the HK-65 and as much as the Yamaha 795 (if you can't designate what input controls what). Also, I didn't spend more money for speakers with quality binding posts, just to buy a receiver with cheap spring clip speaker terminals. That in itself is enough to deter me from the Yamaha. Not saying that Yamaha makes inferior products either. In fact, I would probably lean toward the 795 if it had all binding posts, because it has DTS Decoding and I would like to have that onboard. But, the 6 Channel input makes the 2700 safe for the future. I wish it had DTS, but these releases(?) will probably have the Dolby Digital soundtrack too. DVD Audio and Super Audio CD will be great to hear and a player that combines them both would be perfect for the 6 channel input. If the 2700 had DTS onboard, it would be the perfect receiver in it's price range. People can say they like the sound of this receiver over that one, but Denon is right there on the "Quality Ladder", for lack of a better discription. My mind is made up, now the money to buy it would be handy. A definite Four star A/V Receiver.