Denon DRA-395 Multi-Source/Multi-Zone AM/FM Stereo Receiver

by Denon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 17 x 6 inches ; 21.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 26 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002266AE
• Item model number: DRA-395
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,955 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description Let the music play throughout your house with Denon's DRA-395 multiroom-capable AM/FM stereo receiver. The receiver is engineered to serve as the heart of a 2-channel music system while providing high-fidelity sound and composite-video switching for stereo video sources such as DVD players, digital video recorders, digital satellite systems, cable boxes, and VCRs. Delivering 80 watts per channel x 2 into 8 ohm speakers (from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than .08 percent total harmonic distortion), the DRA-395 can drive virtually any modern loudspeakers with authority and clarity.

The multi-room DRA-385 receiver brings all your entertainment components together for high-fidelity sound and video. View larger.

Back panel includes plenty of inputs and outputs for all your home-theater component needs. View larger.

Included remote control. View larger.

The receiver divides the circuits handling low- and high-level audio signals into separate blocks to minimize the signals' influences on each other. This chassis design, new to the DRA-395, is called Signal Level Divided Construction (SLDC). The resultant output signals are cleaner than before, possessing greater fidelity and clarity.

The DRA-395's multi-source function lets you enjoy 2 different programs in up to 3 different rooms simultaneously by feeding the receiver's dedicated zone 2 and zone 3 preamp outputs to powered speakers or to other stand-alone amplifiers and standard speakers. With such a setup you could watch and listen to the DVD player in the main room while other family members listen to the CD player in other parts of the house. Separate A and B speaker outputs (with binding-post terminals for both sets) provide additional speaker setup flexibility.

The supplied RC-894 remote control commands not only the receiver but can also operate the main functions of a Denon CD player and a cassette deck. You can connect external remote control equipment, such as Denon's RC-616 and RC-617, which would permit use of the RC-894 remote from a sub room (zone 2 or 3) so you could switch a sub room output on and off, select a sub-room source, adjust volume, and recall preset radio stations.

The receiver offers 6 stereo analog audio inputs, including a phono input for use with your turntable. (The phono input is compatible only with moving-magnet-type phono cartridges.) The back panel sports 2 tape outputs.

Other useful features include bas and treble tone controls, tone defeat, muting from the remote, a motor-driven rotary volume control, last-function memory, and switched AC outlets for powering other components.

What's in the Box
Receiver, two remote controls, remote batteries (two AA, two AAA), FM indoor antenna, AM loop antenna, a user's manual, a warranty card, and a service-station list.

Product Description

AM/FM/FM Stereo Multi-Source/Multi-Zone Stereo Receiver ¿ 80 watts x 2 into 8 ohms, 20Hz - 20kHz, <0.08% THD ¿ 4 ohms stable ¿ Signal Level Divided Construction ¿ Banana-plug compatible speaker terminals ¿ Composite Video switching: 3 inputs/2 outputs ¿ Video/audio signal mixing for simulcasts ¿ Discrete Multi-room, Multi-source audio and video outputs for 2 Source, 3 zone control ¿ Independent, remote-controlled volume for second and third zones ¿ Discrete Main and/or Zone activation by remote or front panel ¿ Discrete Source select ¿ Speaker A/B Selector ¿ Subwoofer preamp output ¿ Phono Input ¿ Tone controls and tone control defeat ¿ Loudness contour ¿ Record out selector ¿ IR Remote input ¿ AM/FM/FM Stereo tuner with 40-station auto preset FM memory

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Denon is not what it used to be, March 21, 2006

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fendertubeman (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denon DRA-395 Multi-Source/Multi-Zone AM/FM Stereo Receiver (Electronics)

If I could "easily" return this unit, I would - unfortunately I bought it via the web. The bottom line is that the unit just sounds OK, that's it. Yes it has lots of features, but the sound is just slightly better than a boom box. I hooked the same speakers, CD player, and monster cable interconnects up to another amp and it was much, much better - night and day. If you're OK with something that looks decent and has plenty of features, then maybe you'll like this unit. If you care about the quality of the sound and want "high fidelity", look else where. Denon has become a provider of mass market, made in China stuff these days - no where near the quality they delivered 10+ years ago.

25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid, April 13, 2006

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S. Mayo - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon DRA-395 Multi-Source/Multi-Zone AM/FM Stereo Receiver (Electronics)

Sound is only ok. FM tuning is not fantastic.

But the big problem is that if there's a problem, a fuse (hidden inside the case, that the manual doesn't mention), blows. If you open the case and find it, you discover it's a 125V 6.3A mini fuse, which Radio Shack does not stock. (I can't tell if it's a slow blow or fast fuse, either. The manual should specify that; did I mention the manual does not mention the fuse exists at all?)

This is just ridiculously poor design. Fuses should be in externally accessible holders, they should be mentioned in the manual, there should be a spare in the shipping box, and in home use products, a shorted speaker lead shouldn't blow a fuse in the first place - the receiver should display a message and turn off the audio.

I don't know what they were thinking, but I'm thinking I'm sorry I bought this.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unhappy - keeps dying, October 21, 2008

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TWO'S (Concord, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denon DRA-395 Multi-Source/Multi-Zone AM/FM Stereo Receiver (Electronics)

I bought this product in 1/06. The LCD & audio to the speakers died by within 9 months. I had it repaired and it died again a little more than a year later. Now it's out of warranty. There is no servicer nearby so I'd have to mail it in and it's not small. What a waste of money and time!