Skylarlove1999
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Denon and every audio brand out there massage the numbers. In real world listening of a movie or television soundtrack these measurements will never be heard. Yes audiophile equipment for two channel listening is a different beast and I understand there you would hear an audible difference with audiophile grade speakers. But these mass produced AVR'S are not in that classNo, it is not libelous if the statement is in fact true. Amir said: "the measured performance of their products are all over the place."
Proof that the measured performance of their products are indeed all over the place as follows (3600H as an example of such a product):
So what is the consumer to think? First, is the measured distortion through 8 or 4 ohms? And is it 0.008% or 0.08%? And is there a difference between T.H.D. and just plain old "Distortion"?
- Authorized Dealer sites like Crutchfield https://bit.ly/2Yhdkp6 and Accessories4Less https://bit.ly/2NdiZ9p have specifications showing measured performance as 105 watts, 0.08% THD through 4 ohms; this is vastly different than what is published on Denon's own product site https://bit.ly/3hJMVb4 and Audioholics press release https://bit.ly/2zLKHqA which both state 105 watts, 0.08 THD on 8 ohms.
- But wait, there's more: on Amazon's 3600H product page, where you can download the product sheet https://bit.ly/2NeoX9X , there's talk of 0.08% THD (assuming this means Total Harmonic Distortion), and this appears to be the lowest (best?) value available, and yet, when you go to Denon's own online manual https://bit.ly/3hUuj8C we see two separate measurements representing the lowest distortion, specifically, there is "0.08% T.H.D." and then there's something just labeled as "Distortion 0.008 % (20 Hz – 20 kHz) (Direct mode)". Interesting, no other dealer site or product site for the 3600H indicates 0.008% for any measured Distortion, but here it is in Denon's official online manual.
COME ON, you have to admit that this is clearly evidence of measured performance being "all over the place" and requiring a third party to clear things up! This took me less than 15 minutes on Google to put together.
It is silly to expect them to have the same performance measurements at a tenth of the cost.