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The power that this receiver puts out is amazing. I have this pushing 2 Monitor Audio RS8, and the combination of the 2 is truly amazing! I am not a tech person but really enjoy having very nice stuff. When setting this receiver up everything seemed very confusing even something as simple as changing the radio station. The touch screen remote and owners manual are no help either. I would suggest to Denon that they make their products more user friendly. Over all I am satisfied but am wondering if a Martanz would have been easier to set up.

This is my 10th amp and the best I've ever bought. It works as advertised and allows you to consolidate all your video inputs into one HDMI output (great for driving that flat panel TV mounted on the wall).

Some reviewers claim this amp doesn't work with Sony TVs - this has not been my experience. The amp works fine with my Sony Bravia LCD and drives it at 1080p.

i love this receiver. it works very well with my components to make a wonderful home theater. i have only scratched the surface of this receivers capabilities but intend to continue scratching.

This is one awesome unit for the money! You cannot beat the amount of features and sound quality for the price. Did I mention the sound quality? The automatic speaker setup makes this thing easy to setup. Be sure to get the new "feature upgrade" on denon's website. There are some great additional features (five of them) that improve the unit even more. One awesome addition is Rhapsody music through the unit via a network connection. That's over a million songs, at your finger tips, through the denon unit... Another cool feature is the ability to control every setting of the unit from my laptop. This makes setup even easier. I can also use my wifi PSP to control the unit(even Rhapsody!)!

Pros: sound quality, features, networking, XM or Sirius, Rhapsody, upgradable

Cons: Video upscaler (480i to 1080p) not so good(video quality not much better)

Summary: I waited for some time to be able to purchase this unit, and I do not regret it at all! If you are shopping for a superb mid-range receiver...look no further.

Overall, I've been very happy with this receiver - the sound quality is superb, and the audio and video processing features are very sophisticated. I love the multi-zone feature, the Internet radio tuner, and the web interface (which permits me to use my iPhone as a remote anywhere in the house). The number of options is mind-boggling.

However, if you don't know a fair bit about audio/video equipment (I do), get it installed by a professional or enlist the help of a tech-savvy friend. When I first set it up, the complexity of the universal main remote (it comes with another one for the other zones) and the on-screen menus drove me crazy. Once you figure it out, the main remote is pretty logical and convenient.

The manual requires careful study as there are some oddities - for example, on-screen and web menus for Internet radio channel surfing don't work if it is in Pure Direct mode, and this is buried in the manual.

I have the Denon connected to a Pioneer DV-656A DVD player via coax, S-video and component video; a Panasonic VCR/DVR with HDMI, component video and optical audio; an Apple AirPort Express modem - which connects the Denon to my LAN via Ethernet, and high quality iTunes audio is passed optically via the mini-Toslink/Sony minature audio out jack on the AirPort Express; and a Toshiba Regza TV using HDMI and optical audio. The only incompatibility is that the Denon won't recognize the optical audio signal from the TV, even when both are set to PCM, regardless of the various relevant setting options in both products.