Denon S650H 5.2 Channel AV Receiver, 4K UHD Home Theater Surround Sound (2019) with Music Streaming, HEOS Built-in, eARC, Upgraded HDCP Review

I bought a Denon AVR-S650H (2019) from Revain and the unit was delivered on December 12th and I was struggling to set up the various functions of the units properly. including setting up remote controls, Bluetooth, HDMI/audio connections and installing various applications. It was a task. I can't access their website for installation and user manual. website error. Their website and support is "poor" at best. There are also no links to app stores. These are difficult people who are difficult to

This AVR-S650H is good but needs some work. I tried using it on a projector with a firestick and sending audio over bluetooth. Synchronization between audio and video was far away. The sync settings didn't help at all. I had to buy a very long HDMI cable, connect the Firestick to the AVR, and run the cable from the AVR to the projector to sync it. I also have an old Marantz stereo which is 50 watts per channel less than this but is louder at half volume than this AVR at 90% volume. The declared

I will give this very generous three stars. I will never buy a Denon again and had to send it back. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I can't get anyone to tell me why I don't have the bluetooth transmitter option in the setup menu, which the manual says I should have, and that the only reason was for this purchase. . I already had a receiver for which I had to buy an external Bluetooth transmitter. I still need to use it on this new one and I don't have to. The online customer…

I have had 4 high end Yamahas that were musically unmatched but seem to burn out/clip amps very easily (4 times in 3 years). Eventually I decided I'd be better off spending my time avoiding headaches and have always 'heard' that Denon makes great AVRs. I tried a Denon between all the Yamahas but didn't like the musical tone - not as bright and clean as the Yamaha. Decided to give the D another try and what you know for movies and home theater is the Denon outperforms the Yamaha. Surround sound…

The unit replaced a 20 year old Onkyo THX receiver that still works but didn't have HDMI switching and I was fed up with an external switcher with a cumbersome one remote control switch, so I bought the Denon unit. I couldn't be more disappointed with this product and the support from Denon. When setting up I couldn't figure out how to save the settings for each input, it saved my settings, then when I switched to a different input it didn't save, and when I switched back to the original input…

Like many people, I'm watching more and more streaming videos. At first it was short videos on youtube or netflix tv shows but when i started watching some movies i realized that there is no surround sound! After a bit of research, I found out that most streaming is in AAC format on DVD/BluRays as opposed to AC3 and dts audio formats. I uploaded some test videos and found that my 19 year old JVC AV amp played 6ch AAC as stereo, but when I converted them to AC3 they played as 5.1ch surround. (By

I bought this model as an outgoing model at a good price. The modern DAC was an instant improvement over my 10 year old receiver. I use 3.2 for movies and 2.2 for music. It has enough power for my listening room. The S650H pairs well with my respective Pioneer SP-FS51+ center channel speakers and can drive them well above noise levels for extended periods without tiring listening, with one caveat. Playing it loud will result in lower quality source material and you'll experience some listening…

Update: After the last review, I bought an Onkyo 2.1 receiver for my Bose bookshelf speakers. And I moved this one to the basement for a full 5.1 install. Polk speakers and LFE subwoofer connected. At a minimum, use banana plugs for the receiver. I ran out of forks and connected a pair with the included screw mechanism. But it was clumsy. Run the Audissey setup again. Surprisingly, everything calibrated, but the subwoofer stayed off in the receiver settings. I had to figure it out and turn it…

I have no idea why people were complaining about the Nintendo 90's style UI. Does that make a good receiver? In fact, I was happy to have an on-screen interface because I'm used to programming from the receivers' front screens, which display 15 characters in total. Thing is, I saw those reviews and thought they were stupid. However, one day I received an update notification from Denon. After the update, the user interface is more modern and has a higher resolution. The company listened and…