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Dirac Live ART Available For Denon and Marantz AVRs Image Credit: Dirac, Denon & Marantz Dirac of Sweden has announced the release of its Live Active Room Treatment (ART) room equalization solution for a range of Denon and Marantz AV receivers and processors. This latest high-end professional-grade processing addition is […]

Dirac Live ART Available For Denon and Marantz AVRs

October 10, 2025 in Audio / Firmware Updates / News tagged Denon / Dirac / Dirac Live ART / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Announces DCD-3000NE SACD/CD Player – First Look All Image Credit: Denon Denon has just announced the DCD-3000NE, a new Reference Series SACD and CD player that will read SACDs, CDs, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs. This new model is said to provide pristine SACD/CD and DSD playback via its 384kHz/32-bit […]

Denon Announces DCD-3000NE SACD/CD Player – First Look

December 18, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / DCD-3000NE / Denon / SACD Player by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Announces AVR-A10H AVR All Image Credit: Denon Denon is expanding their A-Series receiver lineup with the new AVR-A10H, a design that is inspired by their flagship AVR-A1H, but at a lower price point. This upgraded 13.4 channel model is said by Denon to provide a “significant performance upgrade” over […]

Denon Announces AVR-A10H AVR

September 3, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AVC-A10H / AVR / AVR-A10H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Home Amp – Streaming Integrated Audio Hub – First Look All Image Credit: Denon Denon have announced a competing product to their sister companies Marantz M1, the Home Amp streaming integrated audio hub, just add speakers and your favorite audio sources. This shoebox-sized streaming amplifier is designed to bring […]

Denon Home Amp – Streaming Integrated Audio Hub – First Look

July 24, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Denon / Home Amp / Streaming Hub by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon DL-103o Limited-Edition MC Cartridge – Quick Look All Image Credit: Denon Denon recently announced a new version of its exceedingly popular moving coil DL-103 phono cartridge which has been in production for sixty years. It as originally designed for professional broadcast use back in 1962, remaining a longstanding staple of […]

Denon DL-103o Limited-Edition MC Cartridge – Quick Look

June 14, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Denon / DL-103R / DL103o / Moving Coil Cartridge by fromvinyltoplastic

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HEOS App Update For Denon and Marantz Products All Image Credit: Denon/Apple Masimo the parent company of Denon and Marantz have updated their HEOS app fixing various bugs and adding improved and easier accessibility to radio stations, podcasts and your favorite tunes. Here is the official update information: Firmware from […]

HEOS App Update For Denon and Marantz Products

December 26, 2023 in Audio / Firmware Updates / News tagged App / Denon / Heos / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Dirac Live Bass Control For More Denon and Marantz Models All Image Credit: DIRAC The Swedish company DIRAC specializing in sound optimization, has announced that its Live Bass Control feature is now available for license in several AV receivers/preamps from Denon and Marantz. Denon AV receivers now able to accept […]

Dirac Live Bass Control For More Denon and Marantz Models

December 22, 2023 in Audio / Firmware Updates / News tagged AV10 / AVC-A1H / AVR-A1H / AVR-X3800H / AVR-X4800H / AVR-X6800H / Cinema 40 / Cinema 50 / Denon / Dirac Live Bass Control / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Announces DP-3000NE Flagship Turntable All Image Credit: Denon Denon has just announced their DP-3000NE direct drive premium flagship turntable. This new design features: a newly improved S-shape tonearm, a new direct drive motor control board and a switched mode power supply (SMPS). The newly improved arm features; cartridge weight […]

Denon Announces DP-3000NE Flagship Turntable

September 20, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Denon / Direct Drive / DP-3000NE / Flagship / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Flagship AVR-X6800H – Preview All Image Credit: Denon Denon has just announced a replacement for the AVR-X6700H, the AVR-X6800H that is to be made in Japan. It should be available for delivery in 2024 and features a number of upgrades, including an 11.4 architecture with eleven 140 watt channels […]

Denon Flagship AVR-X6800H – Preview

September 12, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 11.4 / 13.4 / 8K / AV Receiver / AVR / AVR-X6800H / Denon / Flagship by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Launches DRA-900H Stereo 8K Network Receiver All Image Credit: Denon Denon is soon to release their 8K replacement for the DRA-800H stereo network receiver, the high performance two channel DRA-900H stereo network receiver. This new 8K model delivers up to 175 watts per channel and is equipped with six […]

Denon Launches DRA-900H Stereo Network Receiver

August 30, 2023 in Audio / News tagged 8K / AVR / Denon / DRA-900H / Network Receiver / Stereo AV Receiver by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVR-X1800H 8K AVR – First Look All Image Credit: Denon Back in September 2022 I posted on the upcoming Denon X series of 8K AVR’s, with the lowest cost option then being the AVR-X2800H 7.2 channel at $1,199.00. Well if finances are a little stretched their latest AVR-X1800H is […]

Denon AVR-X1800H 8K AVR – First Look

August 26, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AV Receiver / AVR / AVR-X1800H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon New AVR-S770H & AVR-S670H – Quick Look All Image Credit: Denon Denon has just announced the addition of two budget models to its S Series of entry-level AV receivers. Available for preorder, the 7.2-channel AVR-S770H and the 5.2-channel AVR-S670H are intended for small to mid-sized home theater systems, offering […]

Denon New AVR-S770H & AVR-S670H – Quick Look

July 27, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AVR-S670H / AVR-S770H / Budget / Denon / Integrated Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Releases DNP-2000NE Network Player All Image Credit: Denon Denon has just announced the upcoming availability of the new DNP-2000NE high resolution audio Network Player/Streamer. This versatile player is based upon the HEOS platform, supports high-resolution audio up to 32-bit/384kHz and compliments the Denon PMA-1700NE Amplifier and DCD- 1700NE CD […]

Denon Releases DNP-2000NE Network Player

May 3, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Denon / DNP-2000NE / Network Player / Network Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon DCD-1700NE CD/SACD Player Now Available All Image Credit: Denon Clearly Denon are reaffirming their commitment to that unbikqatous plastic disc and giving physical media an additional push with the release of the Denon DCD-1700NE CD/SACD player. The Denon DCD-1700NE incorporates Denon’s advanced AL32 Processing Plus algorithms, as well as […]

Denon DCD-1700NE CD/SACD Player Now Available

January 23, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / DCD-1700NE / Denon / SACD Player by fromvinyltoplastic

New Denon AVR-X2800H, AVR-X3800H, AVR-X4800H & More All Image Credit: Denon *UPDATED: 3/25/2023* – DIRAC Live now available, see end of post. Just like the leaked 2022/2023 Marantz receiver information here is the latest leaked information about some of the 8K Denon AV receivers for 2022/2023. This is just preliminary […]

New Denon AVR-X2800H, AVR-X3800H & AVR-X4800H

September 18, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR-A1H / AVR-S570BT / AVR-S970H / AVR-X2800H / AVR-X3800H / AVR-X4800H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic