For the final
few years Denon receivers have been on the high of our listing for brand new releases of
ALL merchandise on the CEDIA Expo. In 2020, Denon launched the $2,500 AVR-X6700H,
the world’s first 8K receiver. It gave you 11 channels of amplification, 13
channels of processing, and all the most recent HDMI performance for the time. In 2022,
Denon launched a slew of 8k A/V receivers, together with their 9.4 channel AVR-X4800H
that got here with 4 unbiased subwoofer outs! The opposite huge characteristic we noticed in
the X4800 was the inclusion of Dirac Dwell upgradability. To say we had been
astounded by the quantity of know-how in a $1,700 receiver is an
understatement.
We had been
anticipating nice issues from Denon once more this 12 months and their current announcement of their
AVR-X6800H A/V receiver on the 2023 CEDIA installers present in Denver, Colorado
didn’t disappoint. The X6800H takes all
the very best options from their 2020 X6700H mannequin and provides the brand new options from
their 2022 X fashions. We a
The X6800H
comes with 11.4 channels of amplification and 13.4 of processing for those who add a
two channel amp. This lets you construct a large 7.4.6 or 9.4.4 residence theater speaker structure for the last word cinematic expertise.
This new X6800H receiver from Denon additionally comes with the newest suite
of audio and video applied sciences. Help for 3D sound codecs resembling Dolby
Atmos, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced and Auro 3D are included out of the field together with Dolby
Encompass, DTS Neural:X and Auro-Matic upmixer to optimize legacy content material. On the video aspect the X6800H helps 8K video on ALL seven
HDMI inputs and two HDMI outputs. It additionally comes with HLG, HDR, Dolby Imaginative and prescient,
HDR10+ and Dynamic HDR pass-through.
Denon makes use of HEOS as for sharing content material all through your property
with different HEOS enabled merchandise and for distributing streaming music providers.
I’ve been fairly pleased with the HEOS platform, the connections between merchandise
have been surprisingly steady and the provision of HEOS merchandise permits you
versatility to determine what sort of sound methods you need by way of out your
home and extra importantly at what value.
The
new Denon has 4 sub outs to help their directional bass and hopefully future
Dirac Bass Management and ART. This receiver has 13.4CH of processing for those who add a
2CH amp. Fairly superior and one thing extraordinary at this degree of product a couple of
years in the past.
–Gene DellaSala – President, Audioholics
Comparability to the AVR-X6700H
From what we are able to inform by the data at present obtainable, the X6800H mannequin is constructed on a a lot improved HDMI platform with full 8K HDMI 2.1 help for ALL 7 inputs versus simply 1 enter on the X6700H. The X6800H, just like the beastly 15.4CH AVR-A1H flagshiphas 4 unbiased subwoofer outputs with their proprietary directional bass characteristic. The X6800H additionally provides Dirac Dwell help with future improve to Dirac Bass Management and we’re hoping finally Dirac ART. Denon, and sister firm Marantz, are the ONLY producers providing simultaneous help of Dirac and Audyssey on their vary of merchandise giving customers the selection to determine their favourite room correction by instantly evaluating each calibrations saved within the AVR.
Denon snuck in a brand new processing characteristic referred to as 360 Actuality Audio which makes use of Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound know-how which is claimed to position particular person sounds resembling voices and devices in a 360 diploma spherical sound discipline. We heard a demo of this in motion on the Sony Demo room throughout the Audio Recommendation Dwell present and walked away impressed!
All of those updates come at a slight value enhance because the MSRP of the AVR-X6800H is $3,500, which is $500 greater than the X6700H mannequin it replaces. Denon says the brand new AVR-X6800H shall be obtainable for buy on the
starting of 2024 from licensed retailers like our channel companion Audio Recommendation.
Examine again quickly as we are going to share extra info on this new thrilling Denon receiver at CEDIA 2023.
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