Hi!
Oh, intresting that Denmark and Norway now have the dab plus system.
But not here in Sweden.
I am not sure what way they have decided to go here.
THough i don’t care as i listen through the internet most of the time.
/A

> 2 maj 2018 kl. 16:12 skrev Brian Olesen <br...@blindkom.dk>:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 
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