Official Denon Owners Thread

[evoll]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

I have all speakers set to 'small'. Crossovers are 80Hz for all speakers except for front height speakers which are set at 120.
I use Dynamyc EQ on and off depending on content. It seems that for regular TV programs everything set to 'off" sound less chaotic, but with movies I might use MultiEQ. Sometimes when I deal with content that sounds too low I even engage Dynamic Volume, or when wife is making noise in the kitchen, or when they are mowing the loan outside.
I sit about 11 or 12 feet from front speakers.
Speakers distances and db levels are left as established by Audyssey calibration, but I like to run front heights a little hotter when playing something in Dolby Atmos

Your setup sounds good and you know how to adjust settings to your liking

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by evoll

Your setup sounds good and you know how to adjust settings to your liking

Wow, thank you. Coming from an experienced audiophilic, that means a lot to me

[evoll]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Wow, thank you. Coming from an experienced audiophilic, that means a lot to me

Thanks for the compliment but I am still learning as I go but I try to pass any info/help to people since we all pay good money for our tvs/receivers and speakers. At the end of the day when we come home and want to relax we want the best our setups can offer to enjoy what we have paid for and people have helped me so the little I know gets passed back out.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by evoll

Thanks for the compliment but I am still learning as I go but I try to pass any info/help to people since we all pay good money for our tvs/receivers and speakers. At the end of the day when we come home and want to relax we want the best our setups can offer to enjoy what we have paid for and people have helped me so the little I know gets passed back out.

Definetely...Problem is that when I watch something at my parents house now my eyes and ears hurt...I have grown spoiled hehehe

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[evoll]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Definetely...Problem is that when I watch something at my parents house now my eyes and ears hurt...I have grown spoiled hehehe

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320A using Tapatalk

Yes I have that problem as well, we went over to my sisters and they got a new 4k tv from Samsung and its not calibrated which looks to over blown with colors washing out details and everything looking to blue but I would never rain on their parade since they like it.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by evoll

Yes I have that problem as well, we went over to my sisters and they got a new 4k tv from Samsung and its not calibrated which looks to over blown with colors washing out details and everything looking to blue but I would never rain on their parade since they like it.

Never felt compelled to grab their remote and have at it? Who knows, they might even thank you afterward

[evoll]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Never felt compelled to grab their remote and have at it? Who knows, they might even thank you afterward

I had a friend who payed a well known pro calibrator to come set up his tv and after a day or two I stopped in to check it out and he had set everything back to standard out of the box settings. He said he liked the brighter colors etc and the calibrated look was not for him. I told him when the tv is calibrated its how the director intended it to look so he says well this is how I intend it to look and he isn't watching it at my house lol.I was surprised but some people I guess are used to seeing things a certain way and don't like the natural look a calibrated set gives them.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by evoll

I had a friend who payed a well known pro calibrator to come set up his tv and after a day or two I stopped in to check it out and he had set everything back to standard out of the box settings. He said he liked the brighter colors etc and the calibrated look was not for him. I told him when the tv is calibrated its how the director intended it to look so he says well this is how I intend it to look and he isn't watching it at my house lol.I was surprised but some people I guess are used to seeing things a certain way and don't like the natural look a calibrated set gives them.

the human eye is naturally attracted by vivd bright colors pushing blue
I must admit, when I first got into this hobby I too was thrown off by how a picture should really look in terms of brightness and colors, eve ncolor temperature. But now tha tis the only way I can watch anything
But back to Denon-related topics now, hehehe

[evoll]

Couple of days I hope we get the Denon update for upmixer cross over where we can choose whichever one we want without changing anything.

[oldgame]

I have a new Denon x6200w receiver. Anyone else own one, and any thoughts would be helpful. I love Atmos and the new dts decodings. New update tomorrow.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by oldgame

I have a new Denon x6200w receiver. Anyone else own one, and any thoughts would be helpful. I love Atmos and the new dts decodings. New update tomorrow.

but you own it, how about your thoughts on it. the only one connected to your gear in your place is yours. do you have any initial impressions on your new receiver and congrats on your new gear!

I'd love to hear what you have to say about it as well as the thoughts of others.

how are Buddy and Kasey?

[oldgame]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

but you own it, how about your thoughts on it. the only one connected to your gear in your place is yours. do you have any initial impressions on your new receiver and congrats on your new gear!

I'd love to hear what you have to say about it as well as the thoughts of others.

how are Buddy and Kasey?

Truthfully at first, I thought that it didn't sound as good as my Integra. Then I messed around with the Audyssey settings and it sounds alot better. I'm amazed at how different Audyssey sounds on two different receivers. I watched Terminator Genesis with Atmos and it sounds incredible. Can't wait to listen to other Atmos disc's. The Last Witch Hunter is the only DTSX disc I own. I hope more come out soon. Nuraul X sounds alot better then Neo:x also.
Buddy and Kasey are doing fine, and we have one more new dog. I'll need to update my gallery in the near future. Especially since I just bought the CMV Evil Dead edition to add to my collection.

[vjo81]

Originally Posted by evoll

Couple of days I hope we get the Denon update for upmixer cross over where we can choose whichever one we want without changing anything.

The firmware update that includes the upmixer crossover and the Pandora login fix came through last night. I got it on my X4200 at around 6:30 PM Pacific time. The upgrade took around 15 minutes and it does indeed enable the crossover and I can finally get into Pandora again. I didn't get to play around much yet but did while I was watching Westworld on HBO. I did notice that Neural:X had a bit of an increased high end than DSU so that dialogue was a tad sharper but OTOH, DSU seemed to have slightly more "oomph" to it. I suspect that which of the upmixers you choose to use will vary according to the source material. It is nice to have the option.

[boredandlazy]

I'm planning on upgrading my 2313 to either a 2300W or a 3300W with the dual HDMI outputs being a point of contention. What I would like to do is run both outputs from the receiver to separate inputs on the same TV. I'll have one input configured for my movie settings and one for my game settings. I tried this on my 2313 but had HDCP handshaking issues.

Would this still be an issue with the 2300 which apparently just outputs the same signal over outputs 1 and 2?

The 3300W has 2 discrete HDMI outputs capable of sending separate signals, however I'm not sure if they would be capable of doing what I want. Anyone able to enlighten me?

[evoll]

Since the upmixer update and being curious to see if anyone is using the diff. upmixers for movies and which do you like better? Dts x neural or dolby surround?

[oldgame]

Originally Posted by evoll

Since the upmixer update and being curious to see if anyone is using the diff. upmixers for movies and which do you like better? Dts x neural or dolby surround?

I like the neural x. What is happening when it says true hd+dolby surround. Is it like PLIIZ? or an upgade of it? I'm running 9.2 with heights.

[evoll]

Originally Posted by oldgame

I like the neural x. What is happening when it says true hd+dolby surround. Is it like PLIIZ? or an upgade of it? I'm running 9.2 with heights.

Dolby surround is the upmixer for dolby which uses your height channels/speakers.

[srinivas1015]

I'm thinking of moving to a Denon from my Onkyo. I'm not a fan of the bright sound of the Onkyo when coupled with polk speakers.

Do Denon receivers sound warmer?

[oldgame]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

I'm thinking of moving to a Denon from my Onkyo. I'm not a fan of the bright sound of the Onkyo when coupled with polk speakers.

Do Denon receivers sound warmer?

My Denon has several settings that deal with the bright sounds.You just have to find the one you like.

[srinivas1015]

Originally Posted by oldgame

My Denon has several settings that deal with the bright sounds.You just have to find the one you like.

But do different AVRs have different sound signatures? I've heard that Yamaha and Onkyo sound bright while Denon sounds warm?

I'm thinking of going for the Denon X-1300w. It's rated at 80 watts per channel when driving two channels at 8 ohms, and 120 watts per channel when driving the same at 6 ohms.

My current Onkyo is rated at 100 watts per channel when driving two speakers at 8 ohms.

I have a 7.1 setup with the Polk TSI300, which are rated at 20-150 watts per channel.

Would the Denon 1300w underpower the speakers?