The Denon AVR-1911

Denon specks: The reduction to the essentials in the connections should benefit sound and operation. As a result, the AVR-1911 loses very much in the equipment rating, but it can keep up with the sound.


Simplify your Life


The last few years there has been an explosion of connections and equipment. Sometimes the feeling pushed, not the reason, but only the free space on the receiver back would determine the connection circumference. This has not only caused stress among users, who sometimes lost sight of the connections and configuration options.


Open for new


The developers, on the other hand, had to solve conflicts between the best possible image and sound processing in a small space. The best quality requires the shortest possible paths for the sensitive audio and video signals. In addition, unnecessary features are a burden on the budget and are also detrimental to the quality of playback.


Connections


Because HDMI is more and more than standard for picture and sound transmission enforces - one can with HDMI 1.4a over the cable to the TV device also still the television sound to the receiver direct - have the Japanese with the AVR-1911 largely on analog video inputs and outputs As well as audio rec-out jacks.


The layman already looks better at the clear connections and should as a rule miss anything, if he does not want to connect an analogue au-dio recording device. After all, the receiver can scale analog video signals with a 10-bit ABT 1030 video processor and convert it from half to full-screen. Power max 1080p for all image sources. Video menus via HDMI also simplify the handling of the simple small AV machine.


In terms of new media, Denon showed a great deal. For memory sticks with WMA, AAC or MP3 files, the developers easily installed on the front panel a USB input. This is also an iPod or iPhone with the original USB adapter cable directly connect. For those who like it more luxuriously, Denon still offers the ASD series of docks, which, among other things, enable image output via S-video output.


In terms of sound, Denon has achieved a harmonious concept as well as the equipment. The AVR-1911 is not a receiver of the Extreme. More than top performance in single disciplines, his playfulness is characterized by a musicality that is difficult to describe but easy to feel.


Closing your eyes gains the impression of listening to real musicians - much more intensively than with the devices of the competition. This makes its stereo performance over the analog inputs, when the album "Scratch my Back" by Peter Gabriel sounds, to an experience.


Denon AVR-1911, € 500


+ Natural sound colors + voluminous bass + front USB- few connectivity options


In the surround sound the basic virtues of the Denon were preserved: Thus voices sounded quite natural and the bass possessed the necessary kick. The particularly realistic reproduction of the space contributes to the overall impression.


With this receiver, live concerts are just as much fun as action films whose special effects have been benefiting from the rich, powerful bass of the AVR-1911. The change from 5.1 DVDs to native HD sound from the Blu-ray Disc brought an even finer resolution and solved the sound even more freely from the speakers. So the sound of the "Ghost Story" animation film came extremely long and sweeping.


Bottom line you can expect from a 500-Euro receiver in terms of sound. As far as equipment is concerned, in part.


5 x HDMI, 1 x USB Type A, 1 x YUV Component