Denon AVR-3808 7.1 AV receiver: here at last

If you loved the AVR-4308 AV receiver from Denon but did not like the £2000 price tag, then you will be pleased to know that Denon have now released the AVR-3808 7.1 AV receiver. Denon state that it shares many of the same features of the more expensive model but with the cheaper price tag of just £1299.99.

According to pocket-lint.co.uk the design has the traditional heavyweight battleship strength, so no worries that it will fall apart if you accidently hit the thing. As you would expect the Denon AVR-3808 7.1 AV receiver has outstanding sound quality.

Specification for the Denon AVR-3808 7.1 AV receiver Are:

• 3 independent power transformers
• 9 independent power supply circuits
• AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA lossless, FLAC
• Analogue and digital video upscaling to 1080p
• Auto Lip Sync (HDMI 1.3a)
• Auto set-up and Room EQ
• Compressed Audio Restorer for MP3/AAC etc
• Deep Colour and xvYCC support (HDMI 1.3a)
• Denon proprietary Advanced AL24 Plus
• DenonLink3 ultra-high-speed audio interface
• Denon’s Dynamic Discrete Surround Circuit HD
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoders (HDMI 1.3a)
• Full Networking with Ethernet Built-in
• HDMI 1.3a repeater with 4 inputs
• Identical quality and 160 watts for all 7 channels
• Internet Radio V2.0 extended 7000 + stations
• iPod Ready (using optional Denon ASD-1R)
• Music streaming from PC & Mac
• PC setup and control via Ethernet
• PC/Mac and USB Music & Photo streaming
• Pure Direct/Direct/Stereo for digital/analogue inputs