New Denon AV Receivers - AVR1912 Amazing Performance, Amazing Price

The AVR-1912, the new
Home Cinema Receiver from noted audio specialist Denon, is the latest in a long line of quality receivers from this brand.
On opening the box, first impressions, as always from Denon, are very positive. The unit is solidly built,
is smartly styled with a curvaceous front front panel, and round the back has an impressive array of connections.
The front panel has a good clear display, flanked by chunky source selection and volume knobs, with some minor
controls below the display. The majority of functions are available from the comprehensive remote control, although
there is also a remote control app available which turns your iPad, iPhone, or ipod Touch into a handy R/C.

On the rear of the unit are a massive six, (yes six! go count 'em!), HDMi inputs, which is very impressive for
a unit at this price level, and one HDMi output for connecting to your screen.
Older products are catered for by the provision of a component video input, s-Video, and a couple of composite
connections. On the audio side the AVR-1912 has five anologue, and two digital inputs.
This new receiver has a wide range of important features including 3D support, decoding of all HD audio types,
and most notably a number of network functions. These include internet radio, network audio and photo streaming,
and depending on the country, support for Last-FM, Napster and Flickr.
As an added bonus the AVR-1912 supports Airplay wireless steaming from i-devices and i-tunes.
With a power output of 90wpc into 8 Ohms, and 125wpc into a 6 Ohm load, the AVR-1912 is suitable
for use with a wide range of loudspeakers.

In use the Denon is very easy to set up, thanks to it's microphone auto set-up, and Audyssey MultEQ XT system,
which adjusts the EQ of the receiver to give the best results in any room, and with different speakers.
Thanks to these we soon had it up and running in our listening room, and were ready to give it a listen.
On a wide variety of material the AVR-1612 proved itself to be versatile performer with both films
and music. With "Iron Man 2", the sounds of battle at the race circuit came over with real power,
and a fine sense of detail. The surround effects were all-enveloping giving a great feeling of involvement,
but not at the expense of clarity, which made the dialogue easy to follow in even the noisiest moments.
During quieter moments Denon showed a fine of finesse and clarity of sound.
Moving to some music the Denon was a dynamic and detailed performer with the Iron Maiden classic "The Trooper",
giving the music a great sense of rhythm and highlighting the performance to great effect.
Acoustic music was presented with excellent clarity, and overall the Denon proved to be a musical and involving listen.
The Denon AVR-1912, in conclusion, is a great performing, well equipped receiver, that is certainly one of the class leaders. Very highly recommended.

Reviewed by Mike Foley and David Barker