Customer Reviews

Denon AVR-787 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver

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I couldn't be more pleased with this purchase. But a little planning is advisable.

I ordered this unit on July 5th and received it on July 6th with overnight ordering using Amazon Prime. The additional shipping cost with Prime was only $1.99.

Right after I ordered it, I went on to the Denon site and decided to start to read the owner's manual. It was quite an education. Before you attempt to install the unit, make sure you study the wiring diagrams and the setup instructions in the first few pages of the manual.

That being said, plan on about $300 in additional costs buying the proper cabling. For maximum results, you need 3 sets of Video Composite cables (One from your television/DBS box, one from your DVD player, and from this unit to the video inputs on your television. Also plan on 2 optical cables for sound: one from the television DBS box and one from the DVD player.

Provided you did your homework in advance, and have the proper cables, the installation took me about 60 minutes or so. I used the provided microphone to do the automatic speaker balancing. However, after that, I did a little additional tweaking for my own taste.

If you set the TV/DBS box as Composite 2 and the DVD player as Composite 1 the default settings take over and there is little else to do in installation.

Past that, the sound is great and everything seems to be working flawlessly. I am going to get the iPod dock next.

Great performance at a reasonable price.

So many choices from so many locations. I started thinking cheaper was better, WRONG! Cheaper is just cheap. I bought a 5.1 Yamaha speaker set. Then thought I'd buy a low cost system available from my local Wal Mart. The thinking was to scrap the receivers speakers & use the Yamaha set. Got home, read the reviews on the receiver and took that unit back. Returned home & did a little more reading. Read the 2 outstanding reviews here and made the purchase. This unit is very nice and I'm thrilled with it. Yes the owners manual can be difficult to decipher and if you've never ran a patch cable in your life... get some help from someone who has or pay the fee to have a pro do it. I was able to save a little on the cables by shopping around. I will buy Denon again. Heres an interesting observation that was made by my wife. This receiver on it's own actually outweighs the total weight of the returned system, box, speakers, cables and receiver.

I am a huge Denon fan. I own two high end Denon's (One I have had for 15 years and it is still rock solid). I bought this one for my inlaws (in their 70's) because I wanted a quality value product. Denon's value products are really just scaled down versions of their high end stuff. You cannot go wrong with this unit. It set up quickly and easily and performs flawlessly.