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Brand NameDenon
Color NameBlack
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- The fully discrete 9-channel power amplifier delivers 140 watts per channel (1260-watts total).
- Enhance network capability: Internet Radio and network audio/photo streaming via Ethernet.
- HDMI 1.4a Repeater Inputs (7) and Outputs (2) support 1080p/24, 3D (All formats) Audio Return Channel
- Decodes Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Surround EX
- Audyssey DSX surround processing (supports 11.2 ch.)
- Discrete Mono Amp construction has 4-ohm speaker drive capability
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Immerse yourself in rich 3D video and 3D sound, plus on-line digital content with the Denon AVR-4311CI 9.2 Channel A/V Receiver. The new AVR-4311CI is a technological tour de force, designed for consumers wanting to network their AV system to enjoy a variety of digital media like Networked Audio and Photo Streaming. It’s equipped with HDMI 1.4a connectivity, including 3D pass-through (Broadcast and Blu-ray), along with Audio Return Channel. Ethernet connectivity opens up your AV system to host of exciting capabilities like audio and jpeg photo streaming via as well as hundreds of Internet radio stations. Pandora is supported along with subscription music services like Rhapsody and Napster. Flickr photo streaming is also featured. The AVR-4311CI packs a punch with 9-channels of onboard amplification producing 1260-watts of total power (140 per channel) delivering detail and dynamics to music and movie soundtracks. The amplifiers can be "assigned" for a variety of surround sound system configurations along with multi-zone applications, as the AVR-4311CI has Multi-zone (3) / multi-source (3) capability. The AVR-4311CI also sports a unique "pre-amp only" mode, where the amp section can be completely turned off, focusing the entire power supply to pre-amp and processing circuitry
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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History, I was using an old Kenwood for the last 15 years, Dolby pro Logic, it was running with 120 watts per channel. I know wattage isn't everything, but for us non audio experts its a good point of reference. I will do my best to be short, there is a lot to say about a system like this.
The is a wonderful sounding system and is certainly over kill for almost everyone, and if not, your probably hooking up external amps to it and making it over kill. It has more wattage then what I can use, on the volume scale -80 to +18, I'm running -50 to about -30 most of the time. The system is probably meant for much larger rooms then what I have it installed in, 16x20, but even in this room size it sounds fantastic, partly do to the Audyessy System I would think.
I currently have it set up for 9.1, I had most of the speakers on hand from the Kenwood 5.1 system, and oddly enough the speakers sound better then they ever did on the old Kenwood. The old speakers don't sound nearly so muffled, I have more highs and lows, then what the Kenwood was giving it, I place the differences squarely on the Kenwood Decoders and not the amp portion itself, the modern decoders make a huge difference.
The system does not work out of the box, but you don't need to be a professional at all to set the system up. You must however run the auto setup, you need to have it plugged into the TV and then plugging in the supplied Mic to get the system to work. Don't worry about getting it right, I myself had to move a few speakers around, Just unplug the Mic and plug it back in to restart the auto setup. The speaker wiring Diagrams are a little confusing at 1st, 5.1 was pretty straight forward but why anyone would buy a system like this for 5.1 should just buy any number of systems that are 5.1 and vastly cheaper, or even a 7.1. Wiring up 9.1 was confusing for the back surrounds and sides. Lucky I bought a cheap set of banana plugs when wiring it up, made swapping the speaker to the correct ports so much easier.
The user interface is meant to be entirely driven from the TV. While you can do some things from the front screen, it is almost useless for displaying anything but what is currently selected / or being played. Which didn't sit to well with me, do to using a projector as my TV (half of the time I just listen to music, and need to turn the TV on to navigate to my online music, and then turn it back off).
The Webview or http:// view is poorly thought out and implemented its almost useless for anything but volume control, which you might as well use the remote control for. Your better off using the TV. My old Linksys router from the 90's or even my old gen 1 Tivo has more CPU power then the web interface, it has a hard time displaying anything of value, that the front panel can't display just as well.
I do find the user interface somewhat frustrating at times, if playing online music it will sometimes lockup, and the only thing you can do it turn it off. Occasionally it will work and start playing music, and then stop playing music saying that it is authenticating or its download is sitting at 0% in which case it is just locked up, as I still have internet on the computer just fine, thus needing to turn it off and back on again. Seems odd to have such a clunky user interface on a product that cost so much you would think they would have shelled out $6-9 and gotten a PowerPC chip to run the user interface and then debugged/tested it correctly. Keep in mind the other modes(TV, B-Ray, DVD, CD's) work just fine, its just the network portion of the unit that is jacked up, even the on screen TV user interface works fine for the most part, but anything on the network subsystem is buggy.
Windows Media player plays just fine through it, but would have like to have some drivers for windows 7 itself to see the system as multi-channel speaks or something and play music or PowerDVD movies out of the computer into it as i don't normally use media player, as I have a computer system hooked up to the projector as well, which typically doesn't not piggy back audio onto the HDMI cable having sound come from a different subsystem entirely.
Bottom line, Sounds great, Runs great, works great, which is the intent of an AVR, has all the decoders I could think of or want, and is super loud. The user interface it just a minor pain in my side, which is why I focused on that area.
The is a wonderful sounding system and is certainly over kill for almost everyone, and if not, your probably hooking up external amps to it and making it over kill. It has more wattage then what I can use, on the volume scale -80 to +18, I'm running -50 to about -30 most of the time. The system is probably meant for much larger rooms then what I have it installed in, 16x20, but even in this room size it sounds fantastic, partly do to the Audyessy System I would think.
I currently have it set up for 9.1, I had most of the speakers on hand from the Kenwood 5.1 system, and oddly enough the speakers sound better then they ever did on the old Kenwood. The old speakers don't sound nearly so muffled, I have more highs and lows, then what the Kenwood was giving it, I place the differences squarely on the Kenwood Decoders and not the amp portion itself, the modern decoders make a huge difference.
The system does not work out of the box, but you don't need to be a professional at all to set the system up. You must however run the auto setup, you need to have it plugged into the TV and then plugging in the supplied Mic to get the system to work. Don't worry about getting it right, I myself had to move a few speakers around, Just unplug the Mic and plug it back in to restart the auto setup. The speaker wiring Diagrams are a little confusing at 1st, 5.1 was pretty straight forward but why anyone would buy a system like this for 5.1 should just buy any number of systems that are 5.1 and vastly cheaper, or even a 7.1. Wiring up 9.1 was confusing for the back surrounds and sides. Lucky I bought a cheap set of banana plugs when wiring it up, made swapping the speaker to the correct ports so much easier.
The user interface is meant to be entirely driven from the TV. While you can do some things from the front screen, it is almost useless for displaying anything but what is currently selected / or being played. Which didn't sit to well with me, do to using a projector as my TV (half of the time I just listen to music, and need to turn the TV on to navigate to my online music, and then turn it back off).
The Webview or http:// view is poorly thought out and implemented its almost useless for anything but volume control, which you might as well use the remote control for. Your better off using the TV. My old Linksys router from the 90's or even my old gen 1 Tivo has more CPU power then the web interface, it has a hard time displaying anything of value, that the front panel can't display just as well.
I do find the user interface somewhat frustrating at times, if playing online music it will sometimes lockup, and the only thing you can do it turn it off. Occasionally it will work and start playing music, and then stop playing music saying that it is authenticating or its download is sitting at 0% in which case it is just locked up, as I still have internet on the computer just fine, thus needing to turn it off and back on again. Seems odd to have such a clunky user interface on a product that cost so much you would think they would have shelled out $6-9 and gotten a PowerPC chip to run the user interface and then debugged/tested it correctly. Keep in mind the other modes(TV, B-Ray, DVD, CD's) work just fine, its just the network portion of the unit that is jacked up, even the on screen TV user interface works fine for the most part, but anything on the network subsystem is buggy.
Windows Media player plays just fine through it, but would have like to have some drivers for windows 7 itself to see the system as multi-channel speaks or something and play music or PowerDVD movies out of the computer into it as i don't normally use media player, as I have a computer system hooked up to the projector as well, which typically doesn't not piggy back audio onto the HDMI cable having sound come from a different subsystem entirely.
Bottom line, Sounds great, Runs great, works great, which is the intent of an AVR, has all the decoders I could think of or want, and is super loud. The user interface it just a minor pain in my side, which is why I focused on that area.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
The Denon replaced a Rotel RSX-1067. I was a bit cautious in this decision as I have been fairly loyal to the Rotel brand. However, given the features, capabilities and, power of the Denon I decided to tryout the AVR. Needless to say this receiver has definitely proven itself more that worthy upgrade in the last three weeks since installation.
'Audyssey MultEQ is a an outstanding audio room setup feature...
Anyone considering an upgrade this receiver should be on the short list for consideration.
'Audyssey MultEQ is a an outstanding audio room setup feature...
Anyone considering an upgrade this receiver should be on the short list for consideration.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
It's pretty simple. If you want Audyessy MultiEQ XT32 and their 11.2 DSX, this is the only thing on the planet that has it.
Fortunatly, it's a very high-quality device, made in Japan. Denon's lower end models are made in China. There is a difference.
Besides the big Audyessy features, there are some other nice things about this beast. The amplifier section is very high quality. A recent bench test found it puts out over 170w per channel in stereo and 120w with 5 channels driven. In comparison, the Onkyo 5008, a bigger, heavier reciever and probably the 4311's most direct competitor only put out 80w per channel with 5 channels driven in the same test. So if you need some power, this thing probably has enough. If it doesn't, though, it has preouts for all 13 channels AND Zones 2 & 3. That's 17 preamp outputs people! 17! Buy now! Don't wait!
Another nice thing is the Web interface and the on-screen GUI. These features let you hide this away in a closet or basement, and still be able to turn it on and off and control everything. Wonderful for home theater folks.
The other two features that really impressed me were the DynamicEQ, which lets you hear your surrounds, even at low volumes, and internet radio, which has stunning divirsity and quality.
Anyway, great reciever. Rock solid. Worth the money spent.
Fortunatly, it's a very high-quality device, made in Japan. Denon's lower end models are made in China. There is a difference.
Besides the big Audyessy features, there are some other nice things about this beast. The amplifier section is very high quality. A recent bench test found it puts out over 170w per channel in stereo and 120w with 5 channels driven. In comparison, the Onkyo 5008, a bigger, heavier reciever and probably the 4311's most direct competitor only put out 80w per channel with 5 channels driven in the same test. So if you need some power, this thing probably has enough. If it doesn't, though, it has preouts for all 13 channels AND Zones 2 & 3. That's 17 preamp outputs people! 17! Buy now! Don't wait!
Another nice thing is the Web interface and the on-screen GUI. These features let you hide this away in a closet or basement, and still be able to turn it on and off and control everything. Wonderful for home theater folks.
The other two features that really impressed me were the DynamicEQ, which lets you hear your surrounds, even at low volumes, and internet radio, which has stunning divirsity and quality.
Anyway, great reciever. Rock solid. Worth the money spent.
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