Set to hit these shores in June, the powerful and fully specified three-strong line-up of sub-£1000 designs deliver Denon’s best ever sound. The range comprises the entry-level, five-channel, 550 watts AVR-1610 price: £349, the seven channel, 840 watts AVR-1910 price £479, as well as the seven channel, 875 watts AVR-2310 price £849.
Denon AVR-2310
Two of the new receivers have been specifically tuned for the UK market.and are set to offer, HDMI 1.3a capability with support for Deep Color, advanced connectivity and the full gamut of Audyssey’s acoustic optimisation systems.
All three models come with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio decoding as standard, HDMI 1.3a compatibility, support for Deep Colour, Audyssey auto set-up and Denon iPod dock control. These models also embrace upconversion and scaling from all analogue sources to 1080p, as well as support for Dolby Pro-Logic IIz.
Roger Batchelor, Denon’s UK product marketing manager, said, “These latest receivers once again raise the performance bar in the UK’s hugely competitive A/V receiver market. In particular, the UK tuning programme demonstrates Denon’s acknowledgement of the special importance of the domestic market, and we are confident the new series will
entertain and thrill both new and existing Denon customers. We are also planning to announce changes to our mid-range to high-end receiver offering. Details on these changes will be released in late May.”
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