Black Friday appears to have began early at Richer Sounds and Sevenoaks, as there are AV offers galore scattered throughout the web site which have caught our eye; corresponding to this stellar Denon deal which implies it can save you £300 off an Award-winning AVR.
At the moment, the Denon AVR-X2800H house cinema receiver is all the way down to £569, a stellar value contemplating we initially reviewed it at £869.
Denon has constructed an enormous title for itself within the many a long time it has been creating house cinema audio tools. That is actually evident with the AVR-X2800H, Denon’s present five-star mid-range mannequin and 2022 What Hello-Fi? Award winner. It is an amplifier we now have really helpful many instances earlier than and, with value cuts like this, it is one we will definitely proceed to endorse.
Denon has been dominating the AV receiver marketplace for a while now, so we weren’t vastly stunned when the amp launched in September 2022 and proceeded to set a brand new benchmark for efficiency. Its preliminary launch value was £869, or £899 for the model with a DAB module. The Denon is a seven-channel AVR with 95W per channel (two channels pushed, 8 Ohms 20Hz-20kHz).
In our Denon AVR-X2800H overview, we praised its “mature and authoritative sound” and “well-spread soundstage”. Dialogue is vigorous and fascinating, whereas its dynamic potential offers films a improbable sense of environment. It is a musical performer too, and soundtracks are communicated with minimal effort.
As you’d anticipate from a Denon AVR, you’re handled to a wide array of connectivity choices, together with six HDMI inputs and two outputs. Three of the inputs are HDMI 2.1 ports and in consequence, play properly with 8K@60Hz or 4K@120Hz indicators. Numerous HDR codecs, together with HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) are all supported, whereas players may be protected within the information in addition they have VRR, QFT, ALLM and FRL (Body Fee Hyperlink) at their disposal.
There may be additionally hi-res audio assist and streaming smarts to benefit from with Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Join, Roon and HEOS, Denon’s multi-room software program. Bluetooth can also be there in case you merely wish to stream some tunes from a smartphone.
The 2800 additionally encompasses a redesigned consumer interface which we described as “smart-looking and informative”. Set-up is carried out by the built-in Audyssey MultEQ XT calibration software program, and naturally, you need to use the Denon to drive a Dolby Atmos or DTS:X system must you want.
The Denon has come up towards some powerful competitors this 12 months, however at £300 off the same old asking value, this deal affirms that it is nonetheless a formidable house cinema receiver.
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