New 4K AV Receiver! | Denon AVR-X2600H Review and Unboxing 

I purchased this receiver about 2 months ago along with some (low end I know) Onkyo Dolby Atmos speakers. I havent gotten round to setting it all up yet but yesterday I was tempted to sell the lot and purchase the new Sonos Arc soundbar and build the sub/rear speakers additions in coming time. My lounge isn't huge and is cluttered (140yr old victorian house in England). However I just happened to come upon your review and it made me realise the Sonos bar can't even come close to what this Receiver can achieve and has restored my faith in my original purchases, so I intend to keep my receiver and speakers and hopefully soon rig it all up. So I thank you for a pleasant and very honest review and for restoring my faith.

Looks like the one to buy. Put this on the wishlist for when I get a setup in place. Love your channel, dude!

I'm kind of surprised you dont have a 5.1.4 configuration. I have the Denon X4300H that processes all 9 channels in my 5.1.4 setup and powers 7 of them. My front L and R are powered by a Russound 100w/ch amp and the immersion is phenomenal!

Having had a Pioneer and a Sony amp previously, we went the whole hog and bought a new Sony Oled AG9 tv, Denon amp and a Panasonic 4k blu ray player as our Sony player packed up. The Denon is an absolute beast and the sound quality is fantastic and dialogue is crisp and clear. A vast improvement on the Sony amp, which was good, but this is in a different league Excellent review by the way

I had a Dennon years ago and it was great, so thanks for the review and it’s definitely on my might buy list, generally narrowing down the competition before I make a decision.

You have no idea how nice it is ta hear someone NOT try and get the room as it’s ‘Mean’t’ ta be as per Dolby/DTS. All our rooms are different and if I had a dedicated room them maybe I could do things a little better But I am in the UK and we only have a 2 bed house and the lounge has to work for a HC and living area, I have huge floorstanders, a deep centre, and 4 dipoles for the back and it sounds bad ass, I to have a Denon (3400) and it’s perfect, I used ta use Pioneer but since them and Onkyo took rooms together there last recievers have sounded quiet and even tha Pioneer guy I phoned said he won’t be buying or using them anymore. Love the projector and sceen, It makes me even more jealous of you guys in tha States. I just took delivery (2 weeks ago) of a LG 55 E8 and the PQ is amazing and movied my Sony HDR tv to the bedroom and the blacks on that were ok as I had it set low on the backlight but getting the brightness and the blacks on tha OLED is night and day. Just recently found your channel, I will check your other vids, keep on keepin on, Great channel and as I said I’m with your PQ n Audio are just as important as the movie itself.. Love, Purpose n Peace MCD

Enjoyed the video. After 8-9 years of loving my Onkyo TX-NR609, it's been having HDMI & power-off issues, so looking at my options for a replacement, and Denon is certainly at the top of my list.

You should get youself some banana plugs for your speaker wires. I recently got some and they make life so much easier. Thanks for the vid:)

Great review sir! I am jealous of your man cave! It looks so chill!

You should do a long term review of this receiver.

Super easy setup yes. But after a couple of year s it's still a beast to operate. The radio station I like keeps disappearing. Nearly impossible to get blue ray/DVD to behave. But the sound and power is very good along with tone controls on front of unit

Thanks for the video! Gonna buy one in a few days, its available in the EU for just 480€ (533$)

For Xbox One to output Dolby Atmos you need to set up in the settings of the Xbox for Digital output to be Dolby Atmos & you need to download the Dolby Atmos app/software, for those that have this setup and wonder why their Denon AVR X2600H won't show Dolby Atmos on the display when using an Xbox One as a Blu-ray player.

Great unboxing. 😎👍

Overall, good review. Try banana plugs. 😁

Interesting, I'm stuck between perhaps a 3500 or the newer 2600. Specs wise the 3500 appears better but of course the 2600 has a few newer versions of standard features such as HDMI 2.3 etc. Any thoughts???

Can they fit anymore stickers on the front lol.

Thanks for the review. Pls avoid the Camera shake!

Just picked up a B stock model for £350 ($435). Can't wait!

Consider buying the product. Makes the review actually feel real. Reach out to companies. But buy the product. Studies always show that free products affect reviews

I am interested in this receiver. Since I use a lot of video devices. Some have hdmi, and some only composite video output. An enigma is bothering me! If it is connected to, for example, the cbl/sat input via hdmi, some device (dbt imilab) that has an hdmi output. Is it possible to connect an analog video device to the composite analog input of the cbl/sat receiver (video and audio), for example, a sat tuner? Does the receiver recognize both signals on the same video input? I read the user manual where there is no explanation for such a connection. Only automatic recognition for audio signal and hdmi (changing the name of the input) is indicated. My question is, is it possible to simultaneously connect two different devices (hdm and analog) to the input under the same name cbl/sat, and does the receiver recognize this automatically? Unless! Is it possible to choose hdmi or analog through the menu setting? Does it at least allow that possibility? If more than one device is started and the other is not used at the same time!? I hope you understand my question! If you have not used such a combination of connections until now. Can you check by putting together such a combination as I describe and let me know what you get at the end in practice!? I would be grateful for your answer.

Hi sir. i have also x2600h, how to set up the microphone or what i need to do to work microphone for are Avr x2600h. Thank you sir.

good vid, can you use supplied remote for the dimmer and tone controls subwoofer levels?

I’ve tried to find this receiver online and it’s not on Amazon and it’s not even listed on Denon’s website. Any help?

Do u use/need an external amplifier for your speakers??

How i can plug the blu ray? Directly to the tv or the receiver? T hanks

What kind of speaker cable are you using? And what would you recommend for my receiver? Thanks! Love the channel.

if flat is for music in a small room then what should i select for a large room. multieq xt has reference option l and r bypass, flat and off, i dont know what to choose for 2.1 music listening, anyone know?

You still using this receiver? I'm thinking of getting one as my first avr, I don't care about hdmi 2.1 for gaming.

gotta luv denon....

Have you, or anyone else, tried the Atmos height virtualization using just 5.1 speaker configuration? I just got the s750h model and cannot find the option for that. The unit, and Denon's website, says that the firmware is up to date. What an I missing?

I noticed it says on the receiver that it's 185 watts. is that the total output? or is that 185 per channel? and if so. is it 185 watts RMS? or max power?.

At what decible should I put my speaker level at in the test tone setup and option

hi i just got the denon avr x2500h.what is pure direct tv?is thst what i should have it set at?im lost.it just didnt seem like it had the volume it should.i got mirage 5.1 systemi dont know if its set to 5.1 or not

What about hdcp 2.3 video pass thru ? Heard this offers this important copyright feature.

I am using the same receiver with 7.1.2 configuration but it’s not showing Dolby ATMOS, could you guide me on how to enable it to play Dolby ATMOS

Are you not using eARC through hdmi? Not sure why you had a separate digital audio cable connected.

Nice video but nothing about operation, sound test, video test and you said it has 8 HDMI outputs and 2 HDMI inputs. I think you are confused somehow.

What Sony receiver did you have before? I have a Sony STR-DN1080 and i'm thinking of upgrading to the Denon AVRX2600H for the extra features, but don't want to go backwards in sound quality. Also, do you have a button on the remote to view the bitrate and source on the screen. Just curious.

On my Denon H2400x having trouble with the zone 2 on the power switch instead of where it's supposed to be in zone 2 or Zone to switch how to correct this I love any feedback thank you so much

I have the 2600x and say 150w per channel yours say 185 w why?

if I use , front USB port, with my hard disk .. can i watch movies...?

Are u gonna sell your old one?

I love your masks or mannequins!

What surround speakers do u use ?

I bought the x2600h

What model was that Sony receiver???

Which tower speakers is suitable for X2600h...? Or polk A7's or A9's?

I didn't see a connection for a sub? Is there one?

Does it have 3d passthrough?

Does anyone know how many arc hdmis this receiver has? 1 or 2? Basically I want to know how many hdmi slots does it have which has the capability of using a hdmi cable to transmit sound to the receiver from the TV / projector etc.

Nice Cheesy jersey! ; )

is the output an earc ??

i own the 2600h as my friend and reviewers biged it up. my issues are first i have to keep it on the older firmware as it doesnt work with my xbox one s if i update it when it comes to hdr and 4k. even with the latest software, and the oldest, going into settings for audio and selecting options in the ref area sometimes kicks hdr off and i end up haveing to select a different hdmi and back again for it to return hdr. lastly and i feel this is a big miss by denon, it doesnt work with my google plasy player as i cant send over by blue tooth my playlists. instead i have to use heos and creat new playlists. why in this day and age cant it just do both. let me cast via blue tooth my music on my android phone by google or any other player with blue tooth suport? yes the sou7nd is awsome but its far from the perfect bug free experience and it isnt the exellent everyone says, not till it allws the basic us of bluetooth on a phone and not push heos and sort out the kind of bugs i asumed a 500 pound amp would not have. part of me withes i tried the sony one but hey too late now. voice operastions with my harmony work great with it and yeh sound is amazing. but it needs to be a smater device just a warning all those google play playlists you have get ready to remake them on the dennon amps. 8/10 is a very fair rating as sound on my 2600h is great but the bugs and heos take at least 2 poiunts off. if i was a music lover id be giing this amp a 6/10, luckly im a movie guy so its a 8.. And heos works well when you realise to add a song to a playlist you have to open playlist tell it to play from phone, then make sure you press play now and replace que. then go to the song you want to add and play now. then save plaYLIST. ITS STUPID ITS ANOYING AND BECAUSE IM STUPID IT TOOK ME A FEW WEEKS TO CLICK ON HOW TO DO IT. WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF I COULD HAVE JUST PAIRED MY PHONE to the denon amp and played my playlists or songs directly but dennon doesnt let you do that because oftheir badly made heos app. i know theres alot of denon fans out there and yes i never heard a bad review but be warned if like you you want songs from your phone to go directly to the denon amplifiers it wont . At their prices it should. im saying this for al;l new buyers to be aware as no one else is saying this stuff and truthfully if all people do is tell you the positives denon whos 2600h i like alot is not gona impliment the missing basic features that in 2020 really shouldnt hell 2017 they really shouldnt be missing. its like buying a new sports car with no bluetooth or usb port.

My setup is 5.1 so my question is do i use Surround L+R or Surround Back L+R?

How does music sound ?

Dude stop hiding your hair! It looks nice!

Shame you didn’t comment on the Dolby Height Virtualisation technology.....key feature!

I wish I could reach out and have someone send me some new tech

Can you hear any noise or humming from this receiver when it is turned on or does it run absolutely dead silent?

Great 👍🏻 🎩🎩Hats off to ya Nice

All these amps look the same. I remember my first amp inherited from my Uncle-- A Rotel. Amps back then were METAL. We meters that had lights and moved. expensive badges. Today they are all the same. My new cheap cheap Denon looks no different from this expensive model.SAME. I could buy this and my wife would never know it cost 4 times the money.

Are those hdmi 2.1 inputs?

I have an Amazon FireStick I plugged into my Vizio (HDMI ARC) connection, turned on ARC on my VIZIO, plugged the HDMI through a transmit balon via Cat5, then into a receive balon, HDMI to HDMI (eArc) out. .... no sound. Any suggestions?

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