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Denon AVR-2805 7.1 AV And Multi-Room Receiver (16/7/2004)

A new price point / performance benchmark that offers astounding value for home cinema enthusiasts

- latest SHARC Analog Devices 32-bit DSP
- full Fast Auto-Setup & EQ
- sound quality improvements throughout

The Denon AVR-2805 is the second model in Denon's 2005 range and replaces the award-winning AVR-2803. It delivers a huge performance boost with a deliberate jump in model number to signify the major upgrade.

With many elements from the more expensive 3805, the very latest chipsets have been used and the latest codecs incorporated. The 2805 is designed to leapfrog current and anticipated competition at this price point in both performance, sound quality and real-life usable features. It is very custom install friendly with 2 zones & RS232 Crestron / AMX support.

- 7 x 135 watts DIN discrete power *
- 7 x 100 full bandwidth watts rms
- Fast Auto Setup Calibration and Auto Room EQ
Supplied with a very high quality microphone - this system is more accurate and covers more parameters than competing systems. The powerful DSP analyzes accurately with an 8 band parametric equalizer for each channel.- New 32-bit DDSC-D inc. latest SHARC DSP
- High-grade DSPs & DACS throughout
- Dolby Pro-Logic IIx & DTS Enhanced Neo:6 at 96kHz
- Denon AL24 Processing
- Pure Direct ultra-clean mode for music
- Video-transcoding to component
- HDTV ready component inputs
- New dot-matrix display with more info all of the time
- Upgraded styling and build quality
- 7 x 135 watts DIN discrete power amps * This figure is for comparison purposes as some competitors use this DIN spec to inflate their power outputs. Some only quote into 6 ohms at 1kHz at 1% distortion for the same reason. Real specs should be 20Hz to 20kHz into 8 ohms at less than 0.05% distortion

Denon's Fast Auto Set-Up Calibration

The AVR-2805 incorporates Denon's High-Speed Auto Set-Up calibration and Room EQ feature that makes it easier to tailor the performance of the receiver for any listening environment. The Auto Set-Up analyzes and calibrates six critically important settings: speaker connection, phase, size and frequency response, and adjusts channel level and time delay, while Room EQ corrects frequency response with an 8-band parametric equalizer and adjusts to the optimum soundfield, compensating for speaker and room capability issues.

Denon's calibration feature also utilizes higher-performance DSP processors, along with the finest DACs, to define optimum sound quality. The AVR-2805 ships with a specially designed calibration microphone and both the EQ and Auto Set-Up features can be disabled for manual calibration if preferred.

Full 2-room Audio/Video Multi-Room capability plus Power Amp Assign.

Advanced Technologies For Performance
The AVR-2805 delivers superlative sound quality, thanks to high-end digital audio technologies such as the latest 2004 Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit floating point DSP processing and Denon's proprietary advanced DDSC-D (Dynamic Discrete Surround Decoder-Digital) circuitry.

Video up-conversion plus 100mHz HDTV ready component inputs vital for the future now that SKY have announced HDTV plans
For simplicity of video connectivity and switching, the AVR-2805 includes video up-conversion from composite and/or S-Video sources to component video without compromising video quality. There are three assignable sets of component inputs and one set of monitor outputs (all with 100mHz Bandwidth).

-ÊDolby Digital Surround EX
- Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding with Cinema, Music and Game ModesÊ
-ÊDTS ES Discrete 6.1 and Matrix 6.1 decodingÊ
-ÊDTS Enhanced Neo:6 Stereo to Surround decodingÊ
-ÊDTS ES 96/24 5.1 decoding for DVD VideoÊ
-ÊNew DDSC-Digital featuring the very latest Analog Devices HammerHead SHARC 32 bit floating point DSP processor
-ÊNew Auto-Setup and Room EQ function with DENON microphone DNS-305EM
-Ê7 Channels equal power amplifier sectionÊ
-Ê135 watts per channel (6 ohms, 1 kHz, <.7%THD)Ê
-Ê100 watts per channel (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, <.05%THD)Ê
-Ê16 Burr-Brown PCM-1791 24 bit, 192 kHz high resolution DACs on all eight channels, in differential configuration
-ÊReal 24 bit, 192 kHz Digital Interface ReceiverÊ
-Ê24 bit, 192 kHz A/D conversion (Burr-Brown PCM-1804) on all Stereo analog inputs (Not EXT. Inputs)Ê
-ÊPure Direct mode, features 4 DACs per audio channel in dual-differential configuration (2 Channel Sources)Ê
-ÊALPHA 24 Processing Plus (AL24+) on all channelsÊ
-ÊAdjustable High and Low Pass Crossover (40/60/80/100/120/150/200/250Hz)Ê
- Bass management for SACD & DVD-Audio via the external inputs
-Ê3 Assignable Component Video inputs (100MHz Bandwidth), with On-Screen Display
- All component inputs HDTV High-Definition Ready
-ÊVideo Conversion of Composite to S-Video and/or to Component, with on-screen display
-Ê7 sets composite and S-Video inputsÊ
-Ê7.1 external wide bandwidth (100 kHz) inputs for DVD-Audio and Super Audio CDÊ
-Ê5/7 Channel StereoÊ
-ÊDigitally regulated volume control with .5dB increment adjustments and step range of -80 to +15dB
-ÊAudio Delay adjustment to match audio signals with video signals(0-200ms)Ê -ÊPersonal Memory PlusÊ
-Ê7 assignable digital inputs (5 Optical, 2 Coaxial)Ê
-Ê2 Optical digital outputsÊ
-Ê11 analog inputs including built-in AM/FM RDS tunerÊ
-ÊTrue 2 Source, 2 Zone multi-room functionality with Discrete Power and Source Select for each zone
-Ê(2)Multi-Zone stereo pre-amp level audio outputs, fixed or variable Ê
-Ê(1) Multi-Zone Composite Video output
-ÊPower Amplifier Assign function, lets you assign 2 of the 7 amp channels to drive Zone 2 speakers directly
-ÊRS-232C Port for Third Party Control SystemsÊ
-ÊRemote I/O portsÊ
-ÊAssignable +12v triggers (2
-ÊFull System Setup/Parameter control on front panel

Denon AVR-2805 7.1 AV & Multi-Room Receiver £699.99.

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