Denon AVR-1709 7.1-Channel Multi-Zone Home Theater Receiver

Great Deal Denon AVR-1709 7.1-Channel Multi-Zone Home Theater Receiver
	Rating : 3.5/5.0 Price : $449.00 Availability : N/A Best Deal @ Amazon Order Now !
Denon AVR-1709 7.1-Channel Multi-Zone Home Theater Receiver Features 80 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.08% THD Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Pro Logic IIx, and DTS Neo - 6 decoding Audyssey Laboratories' MultEQ six-point auto setup and room calibration system (microphone included) iPod integration (requires optional Denon ASD-11R, ASD-3N, or ASD-3W) Compressed Audio Restorer for better sound with MP3 files Denon AVR-1709 7.1-Channel Multi-Zone Home Theater Receiver Overviews Music around the home is now easier to realize than ever before. The AVR-1709 features a powerful seven channel amplifier section that can be easily configured for a 7.1 channel surround sound loudspeaker system, or to drive a 5.1 channel surround sound system in the main room, while at the same time able to drive a pair of stereo speakers in another room. Featuring tremendous video signal handling flexibility, the AVR-1709 features three latest specification v1.3a HDMI digital video inputs and one HDMI output that handles HD signals up to the highest 1080p resolution. As well, the AVR-1709 features on-board video up-conversion, along with three HD component video inputs for additional video signal handling flexibility. For optimum surround sound quality, the Audyssey MultEQ in-room acoustic measurement and optimization system measures the loudspeaker’s overall response (at up to six different measurement points) and tailors the audio signal for the smoothest, most natural-sounding tonal balance throughout the listening space. And, the AVR-1709 is one of the first to offer Audyssey’s Dynamic Volume leveling system, which eliminates jarring volume jumps between TV shows and commercials, as well as Audyssey Dynamic EQ to ensure rich bass and smooth tonal balance, even at low volume levels. Two remote controls are provided – one for the main room, and a second easy-to-use remote control for second zone audio control. Related Products Denon ASD-11R iPod Dock for Use with Compatible Denon Receivers Optical Cable 6 ft. Yamaha NS-SP1800BL 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker Package Polk Audio Atrium 45 All-Weather Speakers (Pair, White) HDMI TO HDMI 6 foot cable Customer Review Best Customer Review : The receiver does everything I wanted it to do. I like how it upconverts to component via the red/white/yellow rca's. I have many things hooked up to it and this is a great feature for me. I have HD cable/xbox 360/wii hooked up to the components and I have my Macbook/ipod/and video camera hooked up to the rca's. All of these go into the receiver and 1 component cable out to my Plasma. All works seemlessly! The price was great! Shipping on time as well. Customer Review 1 : POS - F. Lentine - I purchased the AVR-1709 in January of 2009. Got it, set it up, very happy with it for about 4 weeks. One night while watching tv, there's a deafening sound that actually blows the cover off 3 of my wall speakers. The receiver stops making sound the next day. I drive it 30 miles to a service center, wait 3 weeks, drive back to get it and find out that the HDMI board went out. I used it for about 3 more months and occasionally, you could hear a speaker "pop" a little. After a couple of weeks of this my wife and I went out one night and left my in-laws watching our kids. They're watching TV at around 10pm when BOOM! Speaker covers blow off, 4 little kids awake screaming, my inlaws calling us and 911 together, total mayhem. I return it again, am without it (as well as TV, video games, movies, etc. because it's remotely installed) for another month and finally get it back and they tell me not to plug the cable box HDMI into the unit, but to use the components. Ok... Four months go by, and kaboom, again, then it stops making sound at all. I called Denon and asked them about cross-shipping a replacement and their only answer was to take it to the repair facility. Now I've had it a year and been without it almost a quarter of the time, so I decided to call Amazon and see what their advice was. As usual, the whole exchange took about two minutes, they issued me an RMA (1 year later, I might add) and I'm off to buy a Yamaha! Never, ever, buy anything that might break, fail, or come damaged from anyone but Amazon. Customer Review 2 : Returned - A. Mead - CA USA We ordered this receiver and installed it with our existing surround sound system, replacing a Yamaha receiver that had died. Within 4 days, the receiver simply turned off. The next morning we were able to turn it on again but it only stayed on for about 5 minutes before it shut down again. It sounded fine while it worked but we packed it up and shipped it back. We are going to try something else.