HI, Here in Denmark we now have the dab plus system, which is a fantastic successor to FM. We live in the country, but we can easily receive these digital signals, and it really sounds nice and clear. Brian
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> På vegne af Hamit Campos Sendt: 2. maj 2018 15:58 Til: all-audio@groups.io Emne: Re: [all-audio] Denon AVRX3400 Is Here 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 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> På vegne af Dane > Trethowan > Sendt: 2. maj 2018 11:31 > Til: all-audio@groups.io > 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. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#637): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/637 View All Messages In Topic (5): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/topic/18137314 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/18137314/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/all-audio Contact Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
