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Denon AVR-1508 Dolby Digital EX Decoding A/V Receiver

Denon AVR-1508 Dolby Digital EX Decoding A/V Receiver
Brand: Denon
Category: CE

List Price: $349.00
Buy New: $220.95
You Save: $128.05 (37%)


New (4) Refurbished (1) from $180.00

Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 24127

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22
Dimensions (in): 21 x 19 x 8

MPN: AVR-1508
Model: AVR-1508
UPC: 081757507820
EAN: 0081757507820
ASIN: B000W89JM0

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Features:
  • 75 watts x 7 channels
  • Analog Devices Melody 100 32 bit floating point DSP processing
  • XM Radio ready
  • HDMI 1.3a video switching with deep color suppor
  • 24bit/192kHz A/D
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The AVR-1508 is an exciting entry level home theater A/V surround receiver providing astounding performance at a moderate price. Using Analog devices Melody series processing, dynamic performance from Dolby Digital and dts sources truly stand out from the pack. To keep up with today's technology, HDMI video switching has been added for HD digital sources providing high quality video realism and ease of use. The AVR-1508 is even network ready when used with the optional ASD-3W/3N iPod docking station, offering expanding listening sources from your home network. Add to that XM radio ready, 2 zone capability and an updated simple remote, the AVR-1508 will deliver great performance without breaking the bank. br 24bit/192kHz A/D XM Radio ready XM-HD Neural sound Network ready Dedicated iPod port for use with optional ASD-1R or ASD3W/3N Denon D-docks Variable low/high-pass crossover Serial IR ports

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Receiver for the price!   December 23, 2007
Tech Junkie (San Jose,CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I was replacing a Marantz SR7500 with this receiver! br /Audio quality is good. It seems to be driving a old Martin logan speakers (which are usually picky - needs good high power current amplifiers at 6 or 4 ohms to drive them). Denon 1508 is still not up to it and falls a little short. But I am not hearing any other extra noises/sounds/hisses from the amplifier. br /Cons: br /1. remote is still too complex to use; still don't know how to setup other components to work correctly with this remote ( I had programmed Marantz and before that even a harmon-kardon remotes correctly!) br /2. Didn't give an onscreen for configuring the receiver, though I have the TV attached using component cables. br /3. video: no upgrading to even 720p at this price; just a passthrough br /Update after 6 months of use:Finding more problems as I try to use different features! Tried connecting HDMI input of DVD player to the receiver; looks like this receiver can only connect HDMI to HDMI (won't work unless you connect your TV to HDMI) br /Update: Another thing I found was the volume is low with Martin logans compared to if I use a normal 6 or 8 ohms speakers - this does mean that it is straining to supply high currents.


3 out of 5 stars Not a stand-out   December 15, 2007
Steve24by7 (Atlanta, GA)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful

I purchased this at BestBuy because I was told that it would play HD Radio. It does not. This receiver has particularly good zone-control for the speakers, so powering multiple rooms' worth of speakers is what it can do very well. I liked the way you can turn on and turn off sets of speakers through various settings, as well as tune the output of the individual channels with a tone generator to get the best sound mix. The sound can be varied also by source, so a given set of speakers can sound different depending on whether you are listening to TV or a CD. The sub-woofer output is a phono plug only so if you (like me) have simply a stripped wire pair you will have to do some work. The input for an iPod requires the Denon iPod dock, or again you will have to work at adapting the headphone stereo plug to a pair of phono plug inputs.







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