The 2 Japanese and English but very well harmonized with the B & W speakers (part of the merchants to CM9 and the Chesky Ultimate Demo CD) and supplied with their solid power supplies enough power. In direct comparison, however, the Denon stood out the other two finalists. The NAD was indeed powerful and warm, but the bass range of Denon sparked even more precise and controlled on without losing pressure and volume. In the treble of the Denon Yamaha struck then clear because it is tuned a bit too light for my taste. The Denon is also very clearly resolved in the treble range and space, but without being exhausting and too bright in the long run. Most pleasant but its incredible dynamism falls on even at low volumes. And even with increasing volume, he works with the precision of a Swiss watch without being clinical. It's just fun old CDs with this amplifier to rediscover. He dissolves so well that you previously may still perceive as still areas of some audiophile recording background noise, especially in the. For example, on the Face Value album of Phil Collins in "The Roof is leaking". Here you can hear the very beginning of the application note of the sound engineer in the studio. With my old amplifier that was inaudible.
The price of the Denon seems very fair at the very solid construction and sound characteristics. Compared to the alternatives was even slightly cheaper. For safety, I had even compared him to the big brother PMA 2010, which, however, did not constitute a sound audible difference, at least not. At the B & W CM9 Perhaps this can be heard in the Nautilus series; However, for me was the PMA 1510 is the ideal choice. And now at home it sounds even better than last Hifi Studio.
The only drawback is perhaps the most visually cheap-looking remote control. This is an amplifier of this quality really is not worthy. You would expect more in a CD player for 50 EUR. Here Denon may times spendieren an aluminum remote control with the next model change. However, if sound completely irrelevant and provided for me no penalty value.
