76% of 79 verified owners recommend the Denon AVR-X3800H.
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“my Denon X3800H did. I mean hot as in relative. It's not like it burns. But it was definitely hotter than what I'd like electronics to be at.”
“I just bought a Denon X3800H AVR. The video upscaling is really great on this unit.”
“I have a Denon x3800h it's not the greatest AVR but not the worst either. I quite like it for home theater and multi channel audio/Dolby mixes.”
“Replaced the cinema 70 with a denon x3800h. Much better room correction (obviously) , but even missing warm and stereo image of old Kenwood.”
“Love my X3800H.”
“One issue the 3800 has that drives me crazy is when watching Directv stream through Apple TV it clicks loud when the audio formats changes like from show to commercial.”
“got this item and eArc is buggy(its known bug), wont send sound if you want to control sound thru your tv.”
“I have the x3800h and wasn't satisfied with stereo reproduction, so I added a Naim Nap150 power amp”
“Love my Denon X3800H! Got it for $999 last month!”
“I've had two Denon's die on me and literally no other brand. So I would absolutely not buy that one.”
“I have now a x3800h and upmixing is absolutely unnecessary. Setting the AVR in auto mode is enough.”
“I run a 7.1.2 setup with a X3800H. I am very happy with it.”
“i have a x3800h and i’ve never been happier, its so organized and has no issues whatsoever.”
“I’m very satisfied with the x3800H after I off loaded the front end to a separate amp.”
“for "normal" sound like 30%, it's okay but for "heavy" sound, like 70%+ it will heat too much”
“I have the RZ50 and the X3800H and love both of them for movies and music !!”
“I've just had to send back a X3800H because it fried it's self after about 50 hours use”
“Denon is a good brand, you just got a seemingly bad one.”
“For the most part, I am very happy with the receiver.”
“It does run hot. You will need some sort of ventilation or cooling solution up top.”
“X3800h was a hassle free replacement for my old denon 3311ci. I needed 4k. After running room adaptation I can hear voices much better on the x3800h. The setup was super easy and fast.”
“I'm quite happy with the receiver.”
“it gets warm between the Denon and the shelf”
“I went 3800 to 4800 and to me the 4800 sounds much better especially with music”