Earlier this year, the first test for the Denon AVR X1000 Then I came to his nose. More than positive. From Price class reference was the language. Airy, with Dynamic herrausragendem calibration system. Aha, and all for all the little money. The positive news and reviews increased and the price down, so I have now slammed simple. What remained was the set of devil and a queasy feeling in my stomach. Return is indeed still.
After the receiver was finally delivered, curiosity and expectation were great, it was time to unpack. Significantly smaller and much lighter the first impression was very restrained and elegant in appearance. The build quality is excellent for this price range. Of course, no aluminum front as in the Yamaha but as I said ... very elegant and tidy. Do not wait long, Yamaha dismantled and connected to Denon. Connecting the speaker cables happened very quickly. The screw terminals are adjacent and facilitate and shorten the matter tremendously. Then again all surveying and the speaker aligned reasonable and the acclaimed Audyssey could begin work. Guided by the simple, but therefore very understandable on-screen menu, the work was done quite quickly. The screen menu shows almost exactly where the microphone has to be processed and the information for each measurement run. After that I was hoping for big eyes and open mouth. Well, the eyes remained normal but the mouth open. So sounds Price class reference? Oh man, where's my Yamaha? Terrible all I can say. Since nothing fit together. Worse than before. Washy and without structure. No space because the rear were loud so that you could no longer hear the front speakers. The ambient noise in The Lord of the Rings were so loud that they had the votes not perceived. In stereo mode, it went so just barely but the disappointment was great. The best part was the bass, which is no longer booming. The plates and cups gave peace at last but in maladjustment I would also thus no longer belongs. I was aware also of any guilt. Had I but point by point held close to your menu.
After I had been sleeping for a night, I went to work again. But googled the problem previously. In Hififorum I found a very good declared procedure for calibration with Audyssey. So, please check the measurement microphone to set up only the Main Listening and perform the measurement. After that, not as described, the outer corners of the coffee used, but only 20-30cm left, right, front and behind the Main Listening remove. Calm as prescribed use all 8 measuring points. One moves ultimately circle around the Main Listening and perhaps even referring the side seats left and right with a. The question whether Audyssey Dynamic Volume to be switched necessarily answered in the negative. Then the rear, who were still too loud, regulated back and ...
because it was well ... big eyes and mouth open. Very adult of Small. How to describe sound ??? As if I had removed from my speakers the packaging. Airy and right to the point now comes the sound. Structured with a sense of subtleties. I know there was so many times beschrien but I hear now really things that I have not heard before. The voices always clearly audible, ambient noise but present not in stock, directional sound effects without change. Space with depth and breadth. The bass absolutely equalized, so dry without nachwummern. Yesterday I listened to the whole live concert of Schiller ... My wife asked me ... Why are you smiling so stupid ???
The Yamaha has already sold and I cry a tear for him. He was the king as long as the speakers fit. But his end came with the sale of the Canton. Now the Denon has ascended the throne with me and I will worship him ... to ...
