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I bought this receiver through an ebay auction for about $160 and had to pay an extra $70 for shipping charges so overall I got it for about $230 and it is with no doubt worth every penny! It is an older receiver (I think it came out about 1996 or 1997) but you would never guess it from listening to it. I have a Bose VCS-10 center channel, a pair of older Cerwin Vega floorstanding behemoth's (15" woofer, two 4" mids, and a tweeter in each) for my front left and right channels, a pair of Bose 201 Series IV Direct/Reflecting speakers for my rear left and right surround channels (these are bookshelf speakers and not optimal for surround channels but I purchased them thinking they would be a better match for the huge Cerwin Vega's than tiny satellite speakers), and to close it out a 10" Infinity down-firing powered subwoofer. I have ran this same system with three other receiver's: two Pioneers, and one Sony. One of the Pioneers would push this setup to a decent volume and then start to distort, and the other Pioneer and the Sony would go to about the same level and then overload and shut off. Personally, I LOVE loud music with clean bass and clear highs. If it is loud but of poor quality you may as well be listening to static on the radio in my opinion. The first Pioneer got me the volume but not the clarity, and the other Pioneer and Sony were total flops. I was skeptical buying a receiver that was 10-12 years old but I'm glad I took a chance on it. The Denon is in a single word AMAZING! It powers my oddball setup like a dream. I wondered if I was ever going to be able to find a receiver under $500 that would power the huge Cerwin Vega's I own the way they deserve to be powered. Well, I found it in the Denon for $230. I'm not gonna go through all the technical specs you could get off an official website but I'll touch on a few likes and dislikes. Dislikes - due to its age it of course doesn't have HDMI capabilities, and the only other complaint (not that the first one is valid knowing the receiver was built before HDMI hit the market) is the size of the remote, it's HUGE. However, I'm told this is Denon's style for remotes, maybe they're trying to make a statement like "you think our remote's are big, check out the sound." Now for the likes - the sound is extremely loud and clear, I must repeat extremely!, the DSP Simulation modes are the best I've heard (other receivers rock and concert modes just sound like an echo with no benefit but the Denon's modes actually shocked me, the ROCK ARENA, and JAZZ CLUB really live up to their names especially if the music itself is live or acoustic), 5 channel stereo (two of the three previous receivers I owned didn't have 5 channel stereo), A, B, and A+B speaker zones allow you to hook up a pair of speakers in another room or outside, and last of all, though I complained about it in the dislikes, the huge remote has a retro look that has grown on me and a newer sleek looking remote would be a disappointment after owning the Denon. You can't go wrong with the Denon AVR 2801.Read full review
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