Denon AVR1906 Home Theater Receiver REFURBISHED Review

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(More customer reviews)After you've obligatory discarded manual's usual messy setup blah-blah and diagrams, time to welcome the true boons that in this machine are:
1. Real 24-bar adjustable level on front speakers.
2. Same freedom of input source sensitivity adjustment.
3. No meaningless and nasal "special cinema modes" - and hence, well-controlled well-behaved DSP and generally unclustered DD/DTS decoder.
4. Choice of 5 to 7-channel stereo which is exactly the mode to call for anyway anytime.
5. Last not least, Denon's audiophile grade, heavy duty transformer which only prooves the industry's 10-year long infatuation with toroidal design a fad, to say least.
4. Mundane bass/treble - entailing wider and natural curve unlike no naggy 7-way graphic equalizer.
5. Mechanical switchbutton on mains PLUS standby one.
That takes care of the sheer sound quality and dismisses whatever speculation about "digital chip technology limitations" and "quantization errors" - to justify analog hi-end. In passing this Denon does credit to brands' very singular studio presence (being confirmed pro's N1 last year for sturdiness and service-free reliability) as well as literally bogging technicality. Luckily, the latter never cloggs the control domain - on the contrary, controls are piece of cake in use and logical as anything. User is strongly recommended to leave delays and room size alone (i.e. at minimal readings) and select all speakers as LARGE, no matter what. That'll furnish subwoofer with CORRECT frequencies (and depress the wrong) opening up for widerange vibrant and transparent sound quality that's immediately reminiscent of studio Denons. Speakers to select - anything receptive to the same (strongly suggest ProAc's as most tube-tuned I ever encountered)... What's not so good? Smallish caps in power supply which in no way justify the 80 watt per channel rating (told you to discard manual, haven't I?). Output stage could be larger, too (were it descreete - I didn't notice). No phono input - though no fault of Denon's, this. Still under 12 kg net weight - as BCAC factor (Buyer's Critical Appreciation Criteria) starts from 16 upward. 7 channels are okay for even 5-channel encoded program,but in real life it's the width of audioband that counts - and here, the less channels we have, the wider audioband gets. Splitting everything in tiny portions will stay the ploy for industry for quite some time, and consumer should know better that playing in. Me, I gave up balancing the rear surround to center channel, and ended up leaving off RS altogether. The set understands this move well, offering number of RS mixing options. Oh, and I was forgetting: if your system's cabling direction and mains plug phasing are correct (reverse those that are not), you'll get fantastic quality on Audio Direct mode.

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Product Description:
The AVR-1906 not only delivers great home theater sound, but also offers plenty of convenience features to make your entertainment system easy-to-use and enjoy. The high-current amplification drives up to 7 home theater speakers with power and precision. And thanks to a wealth of built-in surround decoding options, you can enjoy high-impact surround sound from virtually all of your movies, music, TV shows, and video games. The AVR-1906 is dedicated to giving you great sound quality with its 24 bit, 96kHz DACs. It even has a 6 channel external input for DVD-Audio and SACD with wideband (100kHz) frequency response. All surround processing is carried out at an impressive 96 kHz, including Dolby PLIIx and Enhanced DTS Neo:6 to help deliver clearer sound. Multiple inputs have also been added (the most notable being three HDTV-ready component video sockets) to give greater flexibility and digital circuits and power supply have been upgraded to boost sound quality.The AVR-1906 boasts the latest 32-bit DSP, 7x115-watt amplifiers and now includes Fast Auto Setup and full On-Screen Displays to make it a snap to optimize your systemas performance based on your specific room and speakers. Just plug in the included microphone and the AVR-1906 will automatically calibrate itself to adjust the level and delay settings for every speaker in your system.