Gene had a talk with them yesterday. Around 27 minutes is when they start talking about the disconnect.
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New Denon X-series AVRs: Full Disconnect of Amps Possible
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You can reassign, but disabling is all or nothing (all channels need an external amp).
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It's a shame you can't custom disconnect custom channels like the x8500h. Maybe Denon should get back in the pre-amp business if they are going to go this route?
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There is another thread that is saying you can disconnect just the L and R.
Not sure how true it is yet
Not sure how true it is yet
Probably the same way you can on the current models but not in pre amp mode for the new ones which are supposedly all or nothing.
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They should just make a cheaper pure "pre" AVR with so many cheap powerful multi-channel power amps available.
Ditch the internal power amps all together in a sub $1000 pre unit....
Ditch the internal power amps all together in a sub $1000 pre unit....
It doesn't exist because there's no market for it. Most people buying these low cost AVRs don't have interest in chaining a bunch of boxes and cables together to achieve the(to them) same result.
Marantz does make prepros, like the AV7705 and 8805, they are just only at the high end because you can only justify manufacturing them in small numbers if you jack up the price.
Actually if you don't have many customers, the small numbers greatly increase the production cost and that increases the price, plus more specialty items generally are sold for more profit margin, that's just business. Oh, and amortizing the design/testing engineering and tooling into the smaller quantity also drives up the price.
Most AVRs with most speakers I'd guess play loud enough for most people, and that's why pre-pros and amps are a niche market.
But I do wish you could turn off individual channels-my friend will get a 9-channel and only use 5. If he could turn off the other 4 it would be less heat.
A bit off topic but thought I'd add this to the thread anyway. The new additions to the lower-end Denon AVR line -- the "S" series -- have just been announced. Or at least the S960 has.
Not much to write home about, some HDMI 2.1 / 8k stuff, etc. But this did catch my eye:
Not much to write home about, some HDMI 2.1 / 8k stuff, etc. But this did catch my eye:
That's quite an interesting feature. Being able to switch between filters on the fly is something I've found useful with Dirac, as a way of honing in on preferences (e.g. do I prefer a curtain at the transition frequency, or do I prefer full range correction? Do I prefer a +4dB or a +2dB house curve? etc.).
The current Audyssey app-based approach allows switching between calibrations fairly easily, as you can store multiple .ady files on your phone and upload them. But that process takes ~20 seconds, which makes comparison much more difficult.
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