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Old 02-16-2008, 10:09 PM   #1 of 21
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Holy cow.. new Denon Pre-Amp

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Just a pre-amp, but holy cow, look at the back panel on that thing and stats.





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Old 02-17-2008, 02:38 PM   #2 of 21
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Re: Holy cow.. new Denon Pre-Amp

WHAT? only six(6) HDMI Inputs???

It's a pretty thing for sure.


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Old 02-17-2008, 08:32 PM   #3 of 21
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Re: Holy cow.. new Denon Pre-Amp

Yeah, $7,000 too!!
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Old 02-17-2008, 09:26 PM   #4 of 21
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Re: Holy cow.. new Denon Pre-Amp

Very nice....but only balance speaker outputs? No dice for me...oh and $7,000 too....even more no dice.
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Old 02-17-2008, 10:13 PM   #5 of 21
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Re: Holy cow.. new Denon Pre-Amp

Whats the point of s-video and composite video switching on that thing?
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Old 02-18-2008, 12:29 AM   #6 of 21
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They're meant for amps, not speakers. And there's a standard set of outputs across the bottom of the back panel.

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Old 02-18-2008, 07:24 AM   #7 of 21
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To tell the truth, I think $7,000 is cheap for this preamp/processor. If some small high-end company had put this out, it easily could cost $15-20,000 and be even heavier because, of course, it would just have to feature a lot of heavy gauge metal in the chassis and a monster power supply.

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Old 02-18-2008, 10:10 AM   #8 of 21
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Agreed! Even at $7K, this unit could pose some serious competition to high-end processors costing a lot more.

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Old 02-18-2008, 01:30 PM   #9 of 21
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I'd be more impressed if it did internal decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master audio.
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Old 02-18-2008, 01:55 PM   #10 of 21
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