Home > Consumer Reviews > Denon DRA-397 AM/FM Multi Source/Zone Stereo Receiver w/ 80X2 Audiophile Power

I have been an audiophile for over 40 years. I think I know my stuff, and I KNOW I can tell a low distortion signal when I hear it.

This receiver is awesome. The THD (.008%) is so low I can hardly hear any imperfection in music, even at high volumes. I am driving a pair of old Advents, and they sound terrific. (The fact that this receiver is stable with 4 ohm speakers is a big plus for me.)

Rise time is fast (quick pulses of bass sound great), and high frequency response is awesome.

I do not find it difficult to use at all. It has every input/output I want. It has lots of flexibility for routing signals, too.

Can't say enough good things about this receiver. Glad I chose it.

I was very pleased with the quality of the product and how fast it came. I thought I had needed new speakers
too, but the receiver sound so good that I'll wait for a while. Some reviews mentioned it was more complicated than what us older folks are used to so I let my son set it up and it's really quite easy to use. I'm back into the music in my house and on my deck.
It works well with my Zen MP3.

I needed a replacement for my broken receiver. I ordered this denon and it works great. I would highly recommend this!

The sound was very good but for some reason when I put my record player to the phono input it sounded horrible. When I switched it to another input it was great though. It is a simple devise as long as you only have simple requests, but the more complicated obviously you'll need to get help from the instruction manual. This unit stopped working on me (i think overheated) so It is now being fixed under warrantly since DakDepot is an authorized distributor... thank god. So in general, sounds good, read to manual for help, wierd phono reception, and if buying refurbished make sure to purchase from an authrorized dealer.

I agree with the previous reviewer. The quality of sound coming out of this receiver is absolutely amazing. The only reason why Im not giving it 5 stars is that the remote is not user friendly. But that is minor. Enjoy the sound!