Yeah it probabally has TuneIn Title and all that kinda stuff. Most of
the hi end AVRs do. They just don't seem to have I Heart Radio though
for what ever reason.
On 5/2/2018 9:47 AM, Brian Olesen wrote:
HI Dane,
Does this fine beast have more power than the old you had, or is it the same?
Could it maybe have some internet Radio capabilities since it is equipped with
wifi? Or could it be some other cool streaming stuff?
I'm really curious to know, what you find out about this good amplifier as I
may go of the same route as you here.
Brian
Brian
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Emne: [all-audio] Denon AVRX3400 Is Here
Hi!
Obviously I've not had a chance to get this amp going yet so I can only tell
you what I've observed from glancing at the unit, I hope to have a pair of
eyeballs tomorrow to guide me through the setup process.
Anyway the AVRX3400h is of the same build as the AVR2113.
Cosmetically on the front they look a little different, on the AVR2113 the
front USB port, HDMI port and audio/video RCA in jacks were found under a
removable trapdoor.
In this model the audio/video RCA jacks have been removed and the USB and HDMI
ports on the front - along with the Microphone and Headphone socket - are
clearly visible.
The Microphone's purpose is for test measurements so the system can work out
how best to adjust the speakers and their acoustic characteristics to your room
and a microphone along with stand comes with the unit.
Front controls are very simple, a row of 10 below the display, a source
selection dial on the left and a volume control on the right.
On the rear its a different story, connections and sockets all over the place
though I'm glad to see that Denon have chosen to place all the speaker
terminals - 14 in all - in one long row across the near bottom, they're out of
the way and easy to get to not to mention wire up.
There are dozens of RCA'S about the place, two of those are digital inputs, 2
are preamp outputs, many will befor composet and component video inputs and
outputs, two will be a fono input whilst the others will be analogue inputs for
older equipment, the second zone and so on.
The 10 HDMI ports run across the near top rear panel, 8 in and 2 out.
The difference here over the older model is the addition of the "Audio Return"
channel for the HDMI ports.
In the past I had to run two cables to my Television, a HDMI cable from the
HDMI out of the receiver - to feed the TV with the video from other sources -
and a toslink audio cable to take audio from the Television into the amplifier.
Now I only need that one output cable which - as well as feed the video output
from the Amp to the Television - will return the audio from the Television to
the receiver so I may here it, looking forward to trying that out.
Unlike the AVR2113 the AVRX3400H has an AM tuner along with the FM, FM was very
good on the 2113 so I doubt whether I'll be disappointed with the AVRX3400H. I
doubt the AM section will be much chop and I don't think I'll even bother
wiring up the loop antenna given I already have a DAB/FM/AM tuner ready and
waiting to plug into the system through one of the digital inputs - the
AVRX3400H has 4 of those -.
If home automation is your thing then it seems Denon have put quite a bit of
thought into this with the now all too familiar RS232 serial port making an
appearance for full programming and control of the receivers functions, 12 volt
triggering for compatibility etc.
Now to something I don't understand, why have Denon even bothered with Wi-Fi
connectivity? I understand that not everyone has the ability to wire directly
to Lan but frankly the two Wi-Fi antenna mounted on either side of the receiver
just get in the way and I can't see any way of removing those antenna, if there
were a way then I'd certainly be onto it as I prefer to hard wire.
The AVRX3400H can connect to either the 2.4GHZ or 5.0GHZ bands in a variety of
ways so I'm going to take some time to read through the not so well written
manual tonight to find out all about that.
So yep I'm inpatient for tomorrow to come to get this thing going.
I really didn't want to upgrade to the AVRX3400H at this point.
Unfortunately the AVR2113 died so I'm now making arrangements to have that
looked at. I had planned on an upgrade to an AVRX3400H or whatever was
available around Christmas Time or early next years but you know what they say,
the best laid plans are the ones to ruin.
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