Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great AVR - easy to set up, sounds amazing and powerful. Audissey works awesome, but can't wait for DIRAC to be available for this AVR. I'm using it with 20 year old Polk Audio speakers. Using it in a 7.2.4 configuration, but I just found out it can also control tactile transducers through one of its 4 subwoofer outputs. So, maybe next year we can add those to the seats. We are very happy with this receiver. It had some video switching issues out of the box, but they cleared up on their own during setup; don't know what the problem was, but its gone now.

This is a great receiver, and an excellent value when on sale (i got it for $1050). Easy to set up, and with 9 powered channels you can jump right into a 5.1.4 Atmos capable system. It has 4 individually timed subwoofer outputs, which is remarkable on a receiver in this price range. And it has 11 channels of processing, so if you pick up an external amplifier and max out the box's available outputs, you can run a 7.4.4 system

First and foremost denon needs a design upgrade. It looks like my grandads old receiver. Other than that, it is a very nice sounding receiver, It was annoying that like almost everything now a days, you need the internet to update it. The Plug and play days are over. The control has too much going on and from having another Denon for over 7 years I found that you only use the same 5 buttons all the time. SO the 3800 was an upgrade for me and It provided decent sound and ok surround sound. I was not completely sold and I felt something was missing. I mentioned the RZ50 from Onkyo to the best buy rep and he was not interested and put down onkyo because they are no longer the company from many years ago. I decided to get the Denon, but I kept reading reviews and watching videos on several Receivers. the RZ50 was constantly being mentioned as a sleeper and that it put receivers in its price range to shame etc. So can so many people be right? Then I ordered the RZ50. I have been putting together a new high end speaker package together and have been listening to all types of receivers, speakers, subwoofers etc. I found this receiver was very basic and did power my Kef towers and center. The clarity in sound I was looking for in music and the detail in surround was just not there. It was just mediocre and I was happy but just not satisfied. I read and heard many positive things about the RZ50 and so I decided to try it out. Thats when everything changed, Not only it powered my speakers easily, but the sound in both music and movies was just incredible. Im not knocking the Denon I had both receivers side by side and both plugged in to the same speaker, the 3800s just didnt give my Kefs the sound I was looking for, all Im saying is, dont go by what is recommended, go by what makes you happy and gives you that sound you have been looking for. Dont hesitate to do the research, you will be surprised. Oh yeah and Dirac is included with the RZ. Theres a reason why the RZ50 are in backorder and you have to wait weeks to get one. I found the sound I was looking for, and for a great price. Good luck in finding your sound.

The Denon x3800h really sound great when watching movies. It has a different sound to it which made my music sound also wonderful. I ended up with the Denon x4800h for more power. The extra 20 watts made a big difference in sound and much clearer.

I bought this receiver for my home theater it works great awsome sound plenty of power ans easy set up

I upgrades from a marantz cinema 70s to a denon 3800H and its was a great choice. I got some now speakers and my marantz didnt have the channels i needed. After setting up the Auros 3D it became clear how much better this was. Now Marantz did do a good job and they are nice to look at but at the end of the day I like the Denon's deep bass and ease of set up, connecting everything to my DefTech towers and in ceiling speakers.

I previously had the X1700h and after upgrading speakers to larger towers and adding some atmos height speakers it was starting to not perform as well as I would like. I was shocked by not only the additional power that this A/V receiver was distributing to all 7 channels but there was a noticeable improvement in audio quality. This is probably due to the upgraded Audyssey calibration (XT32 in this model) and just generally stronger processing power. The balance of audio between action scenes and spoken voice sections in movies is astronomically better with the X3800h.

Wanted the pre amp outs. This is the lowest level denon that offers them. Out of the box using the internal amplification, it sounds good. Can’t wait to upgrade to external amps. Mine doesn’t run hot. Longevity stbd Ratings are based off 1 month of use…hopefully I didn’t get a dud as others have reported.

I picked this up for a family member building out their first home theater. They wanted the room to grow out their speaker setup to 7.2.2, and wanted the option for the latest and greatest room correction software. If you're in this boat, keep reading. The X3800H hits a great price point, offering practically all the features of more expensive AVRs - even Dirac Active Room Treatment - currently exclusive to an AV processor that costs more than 5x more than this - will be coming to the X3800H by 2026 (at the time of writing). There's plenty of super clean power on tap, it's easy to set up, it sounds great, and the network-based control works perfectly. If you're not ready to upgrade to Dirac just yet, I highly recommend downloading the mobile app to give you more advanced control over the room calibration process.

This receiver does everything except the dishes in the sink. Top of the line performance and swift easy set up, sounds incredible connected to anything. Paying extra for Dirac was the deal breaker although Auddesy was fantastic. Wanted to keep this but a power surge shut it down completely

Sounds incredible with my old speakers (recently rebuilt) Very close in sound to my old Harmon Kardon that died. Setup is a little challenging, but read the manual and install the app.

Great replacement for the slightly defective X3700 we tried from open box. Best Buy was great to work with and helped me with the exchange/return to get the 3800. Great receiver. Heos is awesome. great power. very satisfied so far. Replaced an old Denon 3310ci receiver. what a difference!

Easy understood plug -n-play. The quality of sound because of the Audyssey Microphone for sound calibration is outrageous! It puts my Sony receiver to shame. I do not regret purchasing Denon. Especially with all the extras that are built in the Denon I bought.

Upgraded from a 10 year old Pioneer Elite 90sx. Far better sound. I found it easy to hook up, despite some of the reviews. The ap works well. I don’t upgrade to the Dirac live feature. I’m just not sure what that would give.

We bought this Denon X3800H receiver as an upgrade from a 2014 Pioneer Elite 5.1, two channel receiver as we wanted surround sound for video streaming services, DVDs, 2 video game systems, and musics apps controlled through our phones, and to power 2 other rooms in-wall speaker pairs with stereo for music. TotalTech came and installed it yesterday, so this is a 'first impression' review. It was set up, configured and tuned in about 90 minutes and I'm really pleased with the rich sound. My speakers sound better! Tested Spotify, DVDs, Youtube, Disney+ (Andor - sound is awesome!)...all so excellent. Haven't tested video games yet. I'm really impressed so far!

Excellent Denon Receiver!! Impressed with the sound quality and ease of start up! Flawless pairing with my Klipsch speakers!! Highly recommended it!! Oh and I bought it on sale from Best Buy at $650 plus off!!

Awesome receiver. So many great functions. I have in ceiling speakers so I use zone 2 for music, easily controlled from Spotify app on my phone. Easy to use. High quality item. I have used Yamaha and high end pioneer receiver and this blows them away in quality.

Wanted a receiver I could grow with as I currently have a 5.1 system. I hooked it up and it sounded really good. Then I did some digging and applied Dynamic EQ and this thing blew my mind! By far the BEST sounding surround I have ever heard in my system. It's amazing. Trust you have to have a great source (I'm using APPLE TV) that is sending a great 5.1 or better signal. Upmixing stereo isn't bad either. Totally worth the extra $$$.. Time to get some height and back surround speakers! Oh and the 8k pass through, not an issue at all, works great!

Bought this from Best Buy 6 months back. Enjoying a nice audio with a 7.2 configuration of my old speakers ( Polk audio) in my home theater. Easy to configure the speakers.

First off, thanks to my expert installation technician, Michael; he installed and setup my Denon AVR X3800h as well as Denon CD player 600 NE. Previous receiver and matching CD player component was on all day with little warmth. I’m impressed with the build quality for high end receivers. I took one star off from the increased heat from two hours of operation of this unit. Also, for the price point, Denon must make a backlit remote for all of its Denon AVR x3800h products. Overall, I’m immensely happy with my purchase of Denon products.