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Can someone educate me on the value proposition for recent AV receivers? They seem to focus on apps, passing/processing video and the latest codecs for 15 speakers or whatever. If you run your cable/bluray directly to your TV, you don't need your receiver to "process" it. If you use your TV as the streamer source for music, you don't need your receiver to also do it. Most people don't want, can't fit 7+ speakers in a setup. I have no interest in mounting speakers to my ceiling and several along the walls (maybe it's just me).

So for basic sound quality & performance, this receiver puts out 75W per channel, which I'd say is pretty anemic. Since it's supposed to be for 7 channels, perhaps that's plenty, but for those wanting to toggle to stereo listening with nicer tower speakers up front, this won't cut it.

I'd much prefer the earlier Denon AVR receivers that focused on their amplification and put out 130+ watts to 5 or 7 channels, and stopped at the lossless codecs, rather than this Atmos silliness.

This receiver is rated for 4 ohm load but you have to manually set the impedance to lower the supply voltage at the main filter capacitors. Therefore, the output devices and heat sink are just average quality. The UL power rating is 400W. That would translate to about 260W total continuous output if the efficiency is 65%.
For optimum performance, input the video source directly into the TV. There is no pre-outs for the main and center channels. This should not be a problem for an average room with speakers rated at +89dB sensitivity. A more robust amplification section would be ideal. Unfortunately, most mainstream consumer products today are geared toward bells and whistles.

Select Costco Stores: Denon AVR-S760H 7.2-Ch 8K AV Receiver

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