Denon - AVR-X6800H 140W 11.4-Ch. Home Theater AV Receiver - Black

I'm blown away by this Denon 6800. I bought it to replace my Yamaha rx 2070. I was very happy with the Yamaha but a couple of friends of mine are Denon fans. They have the 4400 and the 4700 so I knew the sound quality of Denon and I was impress how they sounded on their systems. We set it up and they did their tweaking and the sound quality was amazing. My speakers never sounded this good with the Yamaha. I have a 7 speaker GoldenEar system 2 original Triton 2s , 1 SuperSat 50 , and 4 SuperSat 3s. It sounds like a mini IMAX theater in here. If you're looking to upgrade your receiver I highly highly recommend the 6800. If you catch it on sale like I did don't hesitate.

I replaced a Denon AVR-X4500h for this unit and love the addition of two extra channels. Now my system is 7.3.6 and sounds amazing.

Very versatile receiver for any home theater system. We use it in a 7.1.6 setup with a 5 piece Butticker Tactile Transducer system.

I got the X6800H primarily to try Dirac. I upgraded from the X6500H but unfortunately I keep experiencing video dropouts, randomly. The device input doesn't seem to matter but once it goes out switching inputs doesn't help. I have to power cycle to get video back. This happens about once a day. There's also another issue with eARC through the LG G3 television. A couple places online are saying that the 800 series have issues with eARC and the LG G3 and possibly C3 televisions. They are using a new HDMI board and chip set. They removed QMS support and that was to help with black screens when devices are changing refresh rates. But they had issues getting it to work so removed support but the stuck blackouts happen when switching inputs, as they do with most HDMI AVRs like my old X6500H but with the X6800H it randomly will not come back until you power the AVR off and back on. The eARC it seems to also be new to the 800 series as folks with X4800H AVRs have been dealing with it for almost a year. Someone on AVS posted that Denon support finally says they know about it and may have a fix in a future firmware. All I know is, I'm not the only one, swapping cables don't help, and reconnecting the X6500H fixes both issues. My Denon support person has been giving me the runaround saying nothing can be the AVRs fault and then telling me to send it in for service and will not respond to requests about known issues. So you have no info on what Denon support has told others about the 800 series and eARC audio issues? I provided the information in my previous reply. Here is the full link to the information on EDID Issues and possible resolutions. https://support.denon.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14793 Kind regards,

I've had this unit since 07/24 and while I've had a good number of Denon AVRs over the years, I've never been as pleased as I have been with this model. The feature set is top notch and I can't think of anything I would add. Currently running a 7.2.4 setup and also using the 4th sub out to control a set of Crowson actuators to give our chairs some shake. It's nice to be able to control those from the AVR. The optional Audyssey MultiEQ-X has been such a game changer for room correction.. my system has never sounded so good. Denon also offers the option to purchase Dirac Live for this unit if Audyssey isn't your thing. Can't recommend this unit enough!