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Review on 🎡 Denon AVR-X1600H 7.2 Channel AV Receiver, Black - Ultimate Sound Experience by Yagami Iori

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is really good, I'm glad I bought it.

After the Denon AVR-X250BT, this receiver pleases. The settings are just as badly made, but there are many more options and functions. The sound is better and it can be adjusted more flexibly. By design: It is not clear why the volume and source switching knobs on the Denon bass amplifier are made logically, that is, you can see in what position they are and where to turn, which is useful, but on Denon receivers they are generally for furniture. Just like buttons. On the amplifier, they perform useful functions for setting the sound, and on the receiver they can be safely removed. Well at least they were disguised. A small display, flush with the front wall of the case, and one volume knob would have looked much more solid. This is my second receiver in my life, so I can only compare with the Denon AVR-X250BT model. After the younger model, which I passed back to the store. This suits me, albeit with crutches, in the form of control from the phone. I give 4 stars for the stupid controls and settings screens.

Pros
  • Functionality! The receiver is just stuffed with all the modern options! You can create any channel configuration. There is Wi-Fi, Blutooth, USB, an additional external HDMI input, adjustment by a calibration microphone. There are not too many settings, but there are much more of them than in my first Denon AVR-X250BT receiver. I consider a radio with an antenna to be atavism, but even here it is better than in the past Denon. Tested out of curiosity. The last one caught one station on FM, this one about a dozen. But I don’t need it at all, that’s why I removed the antenna :) In the last receiver there were shameful Dishman wire clamps, screw terminals here. The sound is excellent of course. It's a Denon!
Cons
  • You can throw away the calibration microphone, do not even try the calibration function. As a result, you get darkness instead of sound. When you turn it on for the first time, after the settings, the choice of the mode of using the receiver opens in full screen. In the subsequent ones, there may be either a black screen, or a message stating that the receiver is connected, but there is no signal from it. Paradox. The settings menus and their style for such a brand are dumb. Could be confused at least a little at least with fonts. And it looks like hello from the Spectrum. The on-screen menus are very unstable. That is, it is not there and you have to look at the receiver's display. With Options and Info it's even more difficult. They appear on the screen at the moments of certain stellar activity and do not obey earthly logic. If you want to control this receiver properly, be sure to install the Denon AVR Remote app. ONLY THAT WAY you will be able to set everything up quickly without hemorrhoids. As in the previous receiver, if you connect a laptop or tablet to it, the picture on the TV will be filthy and with a terrible shim. If directly to the TV set, then everything is gorgeous. I thought that in a more expensive receiver this is better - no, exactly the same. But there are enough inputs in the TV set, so you can survive it. But given the presence of an HDMI input on the front panel, this is sad. However, the signal from the Blue Ray is going well.