Decided to buy a receiver that is more modern as I've been "getting by" with old ones that had no HDMI, wifi etc. Have been doing a lot of window shopping and review reading and think I have made my mind up on a Denon AVR-S900W . Does anyone have any thoughts (good or bad) on this one? It supports 4K that I don't have yet, but I'm thinking for down the road I may. I only have a 5 channel speaker setup right now but that can easily be upgraded. I really liked the bluetooth as well as built in wifi. The dual zone was also a feature I think I will use in the future and nice to have that built in as well.

I would just hate to buy this then find out something really wrong with the design or find out there is something way better for the price.

Thoughts?

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Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:20 pm to htownjeep

I've sold and personally used Denon receivers for a long time. With only a couple of exceptions it has been a rock solid brand and their amp sections are pretty good for a receiver.

The ins and outs on that one are fairly limited but if you have a basic setup and it fits your budget it looks good.

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Posted by busbeepbeep

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:23 pm to htownjeep

Looks good. I'd prefer MultEq XT (Audyssey Silver) instead of MultEQ (Audyssey Bronze).

Available here for $320 as refurb if you're into that sort of thing

though I'd suggest paying a little more for this one:
AVR-X2100W for $350

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Posted by htownjeep

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 3:37 pm to VABuckeye

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The ins and outs on that one are fairly limited but if you have a basic setup and it fits your budget it looks good.

Yeah, I'm not a super audiophile like some of you guys but I also don't want something that will sound horrible. A movie once in a while (4 a month maybe?), hooking up the iphone on the weekends while hanging out, and just mostly watching TV in the evening are our current needs. Just curious, how is this one limited? I don't want to regret something in the future.

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Posted by MeatSlingingFool

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:00 pm to htownjeep

Denon is solid for sure. I have one powering my home theater in my living room now.

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Posted by shawnlsu

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:04 pm to htownjeep

I have that exact receiver and it is freakin sweet.

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Posted by mctiger1985

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:12 pm to busbeepbeep

I just bought the X2100 from A4L. Love the zone 2 Bluetooth feature. Will be perfect for playing music around the pool. The refurbed unit I got does have a loose hdmi out connection, so im debating whether to live with it or get it replaced. There were minor scratches on the back panel, but everything else seems fine...nowi just need to get some decent speakers

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Posted by Ole War Skule

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Posted on 3/24/15 at 7:33 am to VABuckeye

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I've sold and personally used Denon receivers for a long time. With only a couple of exceptions it has been a rock solid brand

I've got 2 of them (3313 & 2113) and both had to be returned for repairs due to network card failure in less than 2 years. Hopefully the newer ones have worked out the bugs, but the models I had were well known for this problem.

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Posted by htownjeep

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Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:11 am to shawnlsu

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I have that exact receiver and it is freakin sweet.

Picked it up on the way home last night and started setting it up. I now think I want to replace all of my wiring and possibly get new speakers as well.

So far, I'm really liking it. Was easy to set up and sounds great so far. I haven't gotten into tweaking it yet but will probably do that this evening.

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Posted by shawnlsu

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Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:37 am to htownjeep

I still need to replace my front and rear speakers but I put a badass center channel and sub on it and it sounds great. The self calibrating with the microphone is nice.

ETA: mine is the AVR1913

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