Denon AVR 1708

54% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

microphone to set up speakers

fiddly speaker cable connetctions. complicated instuction manual

Build Quality

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Plenty of power, 7.1 audio, lots of input options, video upscales to hdmi, automatic audio set up using mic. Everything about the build says quality.Terrific value. Never had a bad Denon product.

Manual audio set up does not have on screen display.

Sound quality is excellent for the price. So easy to setup. No loss of picture quality through the amp.

Not enough HDMI Ports for todays HDMI needs.

Sound quality matched by good design integrity. Great picture via the hdmi, anyone serious about hi-fi and picture quality should add the Denon to their list.

The beginner may find it a little complex to operate, no significant flaws I can think of.

Good quality sound and easy to use instructions for set up.

If you have two DVD players you need to be aware of labelling each input differently, I put both in as DVD inputs and there was a conflict which meant only one digital sound input worked. This was not specified particularly well in instructions and I...

Denon quality, RGB video upconvert

typical quirky Denon setup