Denon AVR-X5200W Dolby Atmos AV Receiver Review 

+James Scott Haven't heard that one before. How original, you must be proud.

+Audioholics do you have to have Mr Guns with you in your reviews? Dude adds nothing other than showing off his guns (which is pretty unprofessional) and is painful to listen to.

+M Kusaev You're welcome to listen to another channel if its too painful over here.

+Audioholics was trying to gove you some feedback on how to maybe do things better. i understand that you guys are audioholics and may not know anything about video production, as you name implies, but you could do something about improving you videos. take a page from revision 3 playbook or someting

me too

Hey sage, I spent over 20k on my home theatre and I am running it as a 7.1. I also have NO interest in Atmos and make my ceiling into a disco palace. I think Atmos is more like quantity rather than quality. My next upgrade is going from a 50 inch to a 75 inch screen. Atmos et all will fair worse than 3D.

beyondonethousand 20K and a 50" display? interesting!

I have setup more than a couple Dolby Atmos setups. I have a 7.1 system that I spent a little over 8K in 2008 in just audio and speaker gear when DTS-HD and DolbyHD was fresh. I spent some time listening to a variety of content after installing at a clients home and made sure that when I got home I fired up my personal system and it was literally boring in comparison. I would suggest that you have a listen. I am a big fan. Even though I don't currently own a system of the nature. I will soon enough...

scarecrowbike Thanks for that comment scarecrowbike. The reason for my 4 year old 50 inch plasma is that I wanted to work on the audio side of things first and get that completed. I am still running a $99 Samsung Blu-ray if you can believe this. I am waiting to get a 4k Oppo and a 4k 75 inch screen. Those are my video plans. I guess that Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was my bank account. All the best.

***** Mike 5 really good speakers will be much better than 11 average ones. This industry needs money by makeover and that will not fair well for them going this route. How about making tvs cheaper like getting 4k tvs the same price as 1080ps at a rapid rate? How about lowering the prices on good speakers from the astronomical levels they are asking for? How about movies priced at a reasonable price.

When playing non-Dolby Atmos content, you can use the DSU to still take advantage of the height channels. There is no reason why you can't run both subs at the same time ALL the time. Dual subs offer a great benefit in smoothing out bass response in your room for a wider listening area and also adding a bit more output as well. Good luck and enjoy.

AudioholicsLIVE Thanks

funkafize Yes for ALL receivers that have this "feature". Leave it in the high setting.

AudioholicsLIVE Appreciated.

funkafize Audioholics I think he pretty clear about that multiple times. Is the sky blue?

Audioholics my speakers are 4 to 6 Ohms

***** All speakers regardless of their rated impedance.

Hi James. In receivers that possess Audyssey XT32. They have a portion of the calibration where you set the volume level of the subwoofer itself. While the MIC is set in the primary sitting area. It displays on the screen what db level is being produced. You can then turn down or up the volume level on the subwoofer to match the appropriate db mark before you move onto the speakers calibration level. Once set. It goes on to calibrating the speakers themselves. Without that if volume is too high or too low on the subwoofer will off kilter the rest of the setup. Current Audyssey MIC systems less than XT32 will just ask you to put the volume at half point and then go on to calibrate the speakers based from that point.

I sent it back to Denon months ago but I'd happily take your RX-A3040 from you :)

The box should have a "Dolby Digital or Surround" setting in the audio setup. Check the menus. Also make sure your either using HDMI or toslink out of the box and into your AVR. Good luck.

The Marantz SR7009 is based off the lower model Denon AVR-X4100W. You're actually better off with the Denon 5200 for the same price. Thanks for the tip about compression. We are aiming to improve our video quality of our reviews but we aren't Videographers as you can tell.

AudioholicsLIVE Really are you sure and if so how do you know this? Going over the specs of the 2 avrs they seem very similar in many ways. Im looking to replace my Marantz SR6005. Im a fan of both seeing as how they are the same company D&M holdings. but I thought Marantz would be more Superior to the Denon especially for the audiophile, for 2ch music. I know the Denon is rated at 140w per ch at .08% THD and the Marantz is 125 also at .08% THD. both use Analog devices DAC's same chip i think. ? There Audyssey suite is also the same. How do the amps and power supplies in each differ? I was always told that of the 2 Marantz was better. but now Im curious as to why you recommend the 5200 over the SR7009? Audio processing wise they are both the same as far as Dolby and DTS algorithms are concerned. or am i wrong? Video processing doesn't concern me cause I let my Oppo bdp103 do it and route the video straight to my Panasonic Plasma. any and all info you can give me to help me make my decision would be greatly appreciated

***** YES! This was confirmed by my contacts at Denon/Marantz. The Marantz version does have preamp inputs and allegedly a higher end preamp section. However I found the preamp of the Denon to measure very well with plenty of drive to run external amplification if needed.

AudioholicsLIVE Hello Audioholics, do you think a 300 watt home theater system is good for a small or medium size living room ?

Most Blu-ray movies have a 48kHz sampling rate so in those cases its a moot point. It's arguable if downsampling a 96kHz signal to 48kHz will be detectable audibly in most peoples systems.

1st # are the main bed channels, 2nd # is the subwoofer channel, 3rd # is the # of height/object channels More info here: www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/dolby-atmos-home-theater-101

Thank you very much for the reply and the link that explains it well.

lots of MIPS to do everything.

WOW thanks for letting us know. Filling a complaint now. thanks.

Audioholics Your channel has given me a few "ah-ha" moments, so I'm happy to help!