Denon AVR-1508 Dolby Digital EX Decoding A/V Receiver

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 29 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000W89JM0
• Item model number: AVR-1508
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,960 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

Product Description

Denon AVR-1508 Dolby Digital EX Decoding A/V Receiver

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Receiver for the price!, December 23, 2007

By	Tech Junkie "Tech Junkie" (San Jose,CA) - See all my reviews

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I was replacing a Marantz SR7500 with this receiver!
Audio quality is good. It seems to be driving a old Martin logan speakers (which are usually picky - needs good high power current amplifiers at 6 or 4 ohms to drive them). Denon 1508 is still not up to it and falls a little short. But I am not hearing any other extra noises/sounds/hisses from the amplifier.
Cons:
1. remote is still too complex to use; still don't know how to setup other components to work correctly with this remote ( I had programmed Marantz and before that even a harmon-kardon remotes correctly!)
2. Didn't give an onscreen for configuring the receiver, though I have the TV attached using component cables.
3. video: no upgrading to even 720p at this price; just a passthrough
Update after 6 months of use:Finding more problems as I try to use different features! Tried connecting HDMI input of DVD player to the receiver; looks like this receiver can only connect HDMI to HDMI (won't work unless you connect your TV to HDMI)
Update: Another thing I found was the volume is low with Martin logans compared to if I use a normal 6 or 8 ohms speakers - this does mean that it is straining to supply high currents.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Features aren't features if you can't find them, October 18, 2008

By	RestonGL (Reston, VA USA) - See all my reviews

I bought this as an inexpensive centerpiece for a basement AV system. Input, outputs and sound are fine. I almost wish I had paid more for a better designed unit. The manual is terrible. And there are so many "features" I will never use getting in the way of the simple ones I would like to find (for instance how do you get to the bass and treble controls!!!). Also, if you don't wear glasses then get some. The front panel controls are very small.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a stand-out, December 15, 2007

By	Steve24by7 "Steve24by7" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

I purchased this at BestBuy because I was told that it would play HD Radio. It does not. This receiver has particularly good zone-control for the speakers, so powering multiple rooms' worth of speakers is what it can do very well. I liked the way you can turn on and turn off sets of speakers through various settings, as well as tune the output of the individual channels with a tone generator to get the best sound mix. The sound can be varied also by source, so a given set of speakers can sound different depending on whether you are listening to TV or a CD. The sub-woofer output is a phono plug only so if you (like me) have simply a stripped wire pair you will have to do some work. The input for an iPod requires the Denon iPod dock, or again you will have to work at adapting the headphone stereo plug to a pair of phono plug inputs.