Denon - AVR-X3700H (105W X 9) 9.2-Ch. with HEOS and Dolby Atmos 8K Ultra HD HDR Compatible AV Home Theater Receiver with Alexa - Black

This receiver is amazing!!! I started off by purchasing the aventage A2A because I have both a Ps5 and a series x and wanted the 4K 120hz support. Well neither system would pass 120hz on it even with the latest firmware, and I was underwhelmed by the sound of it so I returned it for this receiver. I couldn’t be happier! The sound quality is leaps and bounds better, the audessy setup with dual subwoofers is exactly what I was looking for, and all the customizations make this the best receiver I’ve ever owned. BUT ON TOP OF THAT- after upgrading it to the latest firmware I hooked my Ps5 up to the 8k port and it passed 4K 120hz perfectly! Now for the crazy part... I was resigned to the fact that I would just run my series x at 4K 60hz due to all the issues of heard about these receivers chipsets incompatibility with uncompressed 4K 120hz. I plugged my series x into hdmi 2 on the receiver, powered it on abs checked the video settings AND IT WAS PASSING 4K 120hz AS WELL!!! I’m nor sure how it’s doing it, but it’s doing it and it was just the icing on the cake! I highly recommend!!!!

Upgrading my soundbar to a more powerful 5.1 home theater setup meant choosing an AVR and navigating sometimes contradictory professional and consumer reviews. This AVR's stellar reputation and capabilities for the latest formats led me to pick it up and I'm glad that I did. Setting it up was intuitive and easy; and I appreciated the Audyssey calibration. This system drives an all-Klipsch speaker suite, including RP-600C center channel, a pair of RP-6000F front speakers, a pair of RP-402S surrounds, and an SPL-100 subwoofer. I run everything through the receiver, primarily a Shield TV for most movie and television content and an Xbox One X for 4K Blu-ray movies. I do not plan on using the 120Hz refresh rate on next-gen gaming systems anytime soon, hence I was unbothered purchasing this system after that issue was identified. So far, the system sounds great, performs without issue, and is reliable and easy to use. Will update if I experience any issues, but would recommend this unit to others.

What I can tell you is that I’m not an expert at home audio but I tried the 960 model first and returned it (thank you Best Buy! You guys were great!) It just didn’t have the power or the connections I was looking for but this machine made me smile after hooking it up and listening to it. Pairing it up with a set of SVS ULTRA BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS AND AN SVS ULTRA CENTER CHANNEL. This combination is nothing short of AMAZING! I am so satisfied with this unit I can’t tell you how happy I am with these purchases I made with Best Buy. Thank you

This thing rocks. In my opinion, you shouldn’t settle for less. The room correction in this unit is dramatically better than what comes before it, and that alone is worth it. (See the attached photo to see the amazing cleanup you get from the room correction.) Other than that it has various conveniences: trigger for the subwoofer, zone 2, phono, and so on. This might seem ridiculous to some people reading this, but the main problem with it in my opinion is that the front panel’s display only has one line of text. This means that it can be very difficult to navigate menus without using a TV, and names of sources get truncated to 5 characters. For example, “Nintendo” turns into “Ninte”, which is pretty unaesthetic. You can get 2 lines of text by upgrading to x4700h, but I wish they would not be cheaping out on the display for a $1500 piece of hardware. That’s why I’m saying 4/5 stars. If you don’t mind this detail and if the number of channels supported matches what you’re looking for, then I wholeheartedly recommend this unit. Personally I loved it enough to upgrade to x4700h, partly because of the 1 line of text issue.

I purchased the AVR-X3700H as it was the lowest price model to include Denon’s Pre-Amplifier Mode. I'm using the Denon AVR in a 5.2.2 Home Theater System, and it primarily serves in a pre-out role to an Outlaw Five-Channel Amplifer. The Denon does power two Dolby Atmos Height Speakers, with two rear Atmos Height Speakers to be added later. As a Pre-amp the Denon amplifier section is completely disconnected and un-powered, so in this mode the receiver should be providing a much cleaner signal to an external amplifier, so far I'm unable to detect any coloration or noise. However, since I haven't used the internal amplifiers, they may produce the same results, just at lower output levels. Also, haven't used any of its streaming apps, but have used it extensively to play DTS:X, Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos Surround Sound Media. I manually tweaked the Audyssey Setup setting for Speaker Sizes, their individual Crossover Settings, Speaker Distances, and individual Speaker and both Subwoofer Volumes with an SPL Meter. It's especially nice that you can an adjust Subwoofer 1 and 2 volumes independently, and then adjust their combined volume level. The fine tuning of its settings allows me to have a receiver that is exceptional at providing a completely engaging and enveloping Surround Sound and Atmos experience. It also performs great when called upon to deliver audio only music in 2-channel or multi-channel modes. This receiver and my recent Best Buy purchase of a Samsung 55" Q80B Smart TV are paired with a Sony UBP-X700/M 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player, resulting in my video and audio experience being raised to an amazing new level!

The X3700H produces undistorted, detailed, rich sound in stereo mode, through the front left and right speakers. I bought it to replace my X3500H, because stereo music sounded harsh and distorted. I highly recommend the X3700H for stereo reproduction. However, the X3700H, and apparently all Denon and Marantz models made after November 2020, have an issue with dialog bleeding through to all surround and atmos speakers, when the source signal is stereo, and is converted by the AVR to 5.1. My X3700H has this issue, and the result is unacceptably distorted dialog to the Dolby Atmos speakers and surround speakers. (See attached screen capture from Denon website). I can't listen to anything in 5.1; I have to use DTS:X. I'm confident this issue will be resolved by Dolby and Denon.

Plenty of power, great room correction, robust format support. Only downside is that only ONE input supports 4K120hz. If you own more than one device that supports this then you’ve got a decision to make… the rest of the inputs are indeed HDMI 2.1 but not capable of 8K/60hz or 4K/120. Covid price hike sucks.. but this should be a buy once a decade kind of expense.

Superb sound quality and up to date with all latest formats and features.