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Denon AVR-X2800H 7.2 Ch. 95W 8K AV Receiver with HEOS Built-in (Factory Refurbished) +
3-Year Extended Warranty (added to cart automatically) for
$699.
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Denon has
Denon AVR-X2800H 7.2 Ch. 95W 8K AV Receiver with HEOS Built-in (Factory Refurbished) for $949 - 20% when you apply promo code
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$759.20.
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Key Features:
- Fill medium-size rooms with more refined sound from a 7.2 or 5.2.2 set up with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X
- With HEOS Built-in, wirelessly stream online music and share with HEOS-enabled speakers in other rooms.
- 7.2 channels
- 95 watts per channel
- 8K Ultra HD
- 3D Audio
- 6 HDMI inputs
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Denon AVRs support Audyssey, which is Denon + Marantz's room audio correction system. There are 2 different levels, Audyssey XT and XT32, with XT32 being the higher level. This is baked into the AVR, so it cannot be upgraded. It's definitely worth running, to see if the acoustics of your particular room can be taken into account. It can be switched on and off if you hate the results. The higher end models allow for 2 different calibrations to be stored in the AVR, so you can switch quickly between the 2.
In addition to the Audyssey calibration you perform through the AVR's UI, there is also an app, MultEQ, available on both Apple and Android. This is $20. It allows for a much higher degree of customization than the AVR alone. It probably is worth buying if you want to tweak the settings more reliably.
On top of that, there is a Windows app, MultEQ-X. This is a fair investment @ $199, though sometimes it goes on sale for $149. This allows a ton of customization. For example, with newer models, you can re-run a calibration just for a single speaker if you change it or even move it to a different location. This price is far cheaper than any of the DIRAC add-ons that are available for the higher-level AVRs.
Very importantly, the computer app is LOCKED to a specific AVR, and your Microsoft userid. So you cannot transfer it to another Denon when you upgrade. You cannot move it from your userid to another. It requires another purchase. The phone app is not locked and you may use it with any AVR.
The best tip I learned, after it was too late for me, is if you choose to purchase MultEQ-X, is to create a specific Microsoft userid JUST for that app and AVR. That way, when you sell it, you can throw that in as a carrot.
​Hope this is useful for some here.
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EDIT: Went for it.
As people often tout Dirac being so good in here.
If you feel you need it, $884 + Dirac($349)=$1233!
That's in the same price range as the RZ50, the 3800 is easily the better buy IMO.
Especially since sometime next year the 3800 will get the option of Diracs subwoofer integration RC(DLBC), the RZ50 will not!
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First purchase didn't go through because Amex denied it. Okay, that's reasonable. After acknowledging the transaction through Amex, it went through the 2nd time.
Then Denon's fraud system sent an email to confirm it was a valid transaction. After authorizing that... still no record of the transaction on my account.
Spoke with customer service and the fraud needs to be double checked.
Oh well. If it falls through, congrats to whoever picks up the refurb 3800.
If it does go through, the big annoyance is the cashback site may/may not pick up on this as a successful transaction, which means that's $150 to fight over.
EDIT:: There's another thread on slickdeals and apparently this happened to a lot of customers. Fraud detection throws off the whole system and it's a mess.
EDIT2: New email this AM, 1 day later, confirms the transaction (again) and now it shows on my Denon account.
Yeah, Just tried to add to cart, no luck. I'll keep an eye out
Mostly streaming, with occasional 4K. Plan to get LG 65 C2 OLED.
From the specs: "The Elite SC-97 supports transmission of 4K 60p (4:4:4/24-bit) video signals and High Dynamic Range (HDR) signals, along with HDCP 2.2 copyright protection standard. 4K Ultra HD pass-through is the recognized standard of ultra-high video resolution, boasting 3840 x 2160 (24 Hz/25 Hz/30 Hz) pixels or 4096 x 2160 (24 Hz) pixels."
Would the X-3800H offer any benefits over my existing Pioneer?
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Mostly streaming, with occasional 4K. Plan to get LG 65 C2 OLED.
From the specs: "The Elite SC-97 supports transmission of 4K 60p (4:4:4/24-bit) video signals and High Dynamic Range (HDR) signals, along with HDCP 2.2 copyright protection standard. 4K Ultra HD pass-through is the recognized standard of ultra-high video resolution, boasting 3840 x 2160 (24 Hz/25 Hz/30 Hz) pixels or 4096 x 2160 (24 Hz) pixels."
Would the X-3800H offer any benefits over my existing Pioneer?
Whether or not you actually need that is a different story. Primarly it seems it is a bigger deal for those with the latest gen Playstation or Xbox.
It also looks like your receiver has an auto-calibration mic, which is nice. Though this Denon's Audyssey XT32 tech is fairly well regarded. Generally, among the major AVRs, Dirac > Audyssey > YPAO (Yamaha).
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