Description
Denon AVC-A1H 15.4 Ch 8K AV Receiver
Experience the latest precision-based Denon AVC-A1H 15.4 Ch 8K AV Receiver. The latest visual and 3D audio formats via 8K HDMI with eARC support ensure incredible entertainment experiences for years to come.
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Features
- Ultimate 3D audio experience: Experience a new level of 3D audio entertainment with capacity for up to a 9.4.6 speaker configuration.
- Rediscover your collections: Engineering expertise allows you to hear your music and movie collections like never before.
- Over 70 pounds of power: Weighing in at more than 70 pounds, the A1H powers 150W per channel.
- Denon Heritage: Our flagship receiver evolves Denon’s signature sound design and was carefully tuned by the Denon Sound Master.
Dolby Atmos
Feel every dimension in Dolby Atmos. Upgrade your home theatre with a 9.4.6 speaker setup to unleash a fully immersive 3D audio experience from Dolby Atmos content. Dolby Surround upmixer engages all speakers to create 3D audio sensations from legacy content.
Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization Technology creates the sensation of overhead sound even without ceiling speakers installed. You can also enjoy Dolby Atmos music tracks available from Apple Music, Amazon HD, or TIDAL fed by a compatible streaming device via HDMI.
DTS:X
DTS:X immersive audio content places sound where it would naturally occur in space, creating lifelike, multi- dimensional audio. DTS Neural:X upmixer offers improved immersion and heightened realism for legacy content. DTS Virtual:X provides immersive audio without height channels, creating virtual height effects in a 9.1, 7.1, 5.1 or 2.1 speaker setup.
IMAX Enhanced
Get the most premium at-home entertainment experience with IMAX Enhanced—the latest technology from DTS that sets a new standard for home theatre imaging, sound, scale, and clarity. See clearer pictures and brighter images.
Feel immersive, heart-pounding audio and experience premium content digitally remastered by IMAX. You can enjoy IMAX Enhanced experience starting from 5.1.4 speaker setup.
Auro 3D
Auro-3D elevates the home theatre experience to amazing new levels by delivering the excitement of three-dimensional sound for music, games, broadcast, and films, putting you in a cocoon of life-like sound. Turn your existing audio-visual collection into an Auro-3D experience, thanks to the Auro-Matic upmixing engine. Supports up to 7.1.8 Auro-3D speaker configuration.
360 Reality Audio
360 Reality Audio is a new immersive music experience that uses Sony‘s 360 Spatial Sound technology.
Individual sounds such as vocals, chorus, piano, guitar, bass and even the sounds of the live audience can be placed in a 360 spherical sound field. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and so real. Select Denon AV receivers are capable of 360 Reality Audio playback by connecting a 360RA streaming device via HDMI. Stay tuned for further updates!
HDMI Connectivity with ARC/eARC
Supports the latest technology on all HDMI inputs and the output. ARC (Audio Return Channel) or eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel) makes playing TV audio through your AV receiver simple with just a single HDMI connection.
eARC provides HD and 3D audio transmission such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD Master Audio, and Dolby Atmos while ARC is limited to conventional 5.1ch audio formats or PCM.
8K / HDCP 2.3
Enjoy pristine 8K picture quality on your 8K TV or projector. Supports both 8K pass-through and 8K upscaling of 4K content. Supports HDCP 2.3, the latest copy protection standard, for peace of mind when streaming copy protected content.
Brilliant color from HDR 10+
Supports HDR (High Dynamic Range), HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma), as well as Dynamic HDR and HDR10+ pass-through. HLG offers HDR technology over broadcast content. Both Dynamic HDR and HDR10+ use dynamic metadata to optimize shadows and highlights as screens change.
Dolby Vision
Compatible with Dolby Vision so you can enjoy Dolby Vision content from a compatible source device and TV. Dolby Vision is a stunning HDR imaging technology that brings extraordinary colour, contrast, and brightness to the screen.
Next-generation gaming
Supports Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Quick Frame Transport (QFT) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) for smooth, lag- free gaming experience when connected with the compatible gaming devices.
HEOS Built-in
With HEOS® Built-in, your AV receiver can stream music wirelessly from a variety of free and premium streaming services.
Consumers can also enjoy their favourite music in any room of the home wirelessly. Play the same song in every room or select a different song for each connected room via a variety of streaming sources. Add Denon Home speakers to more rooms and control it all with the HEOS app.
High-resolution audio
Discover the incredible fidelity of high-resolution audio tracks and enjoy music as the artist intended. A front USB port supports up to 24-bit/192kHz and DSD5.6 hi-res audio playback from a USB drive. Supported audio formats are MP3, WMA, WAV, MPEG-4/AAC, FLAC, ALAC, and DSD. The same formats can be streamed via the network too.
Denon Setup Assistant
Award-winning guided Denon Setup Assistant provides simple, clear instructions to get started. Just connect your AV receiver to your TV and follow the instructions on the TV screen to connect your speakers, perform speaker measurements, and connect source devices. For additional convenience, the AV receiver renames HDMI inputs automatically when connected or you can rename manually at your convenience.
Audyssey premium suites of room correction technology
Denon AV receivers use the Audyssey suite of EQ software for simple, accurate set-up and calibration.
With the supplied Audyssey measuring microphone, Audyssey measures all the speakers in your home theatre, and tunes the AV receiver to provide the smoothest, most optimal overall listening experience for your room. This AV receivers supports Audyssey MultEQ XT32 room correction technology. The other supported Audyssey features are Dynamic EQ, and Dynamic Volume.
Audyssey MultEQ Editor app
You can go even further with the Audyssey MultEQ Editor app, going “under the hood” to view and adjust settings for detailed tuning—allowing you to customize the sound more precisely to the specific problems in your room, and tailor the sound to your personal preferences.
With this comprehensive app, you can harness the power of Audyssey MultEQ XT32 to take total control of the way your home cinema sounds. The app is available for purchase in iOS and Google Play stores.
AL32 Processing Technology
AL32 Processing, a Denon proprietary analog waveform reproduction technology, supports up to 192 kHz sampling frequency and 32bit expansion on your receiver.
The technology thoroughly suppresses noise associated with D/A conversion to reproduce the low-level signals with optimum clarity that will bring out all the delicate nuances of the music. AL32 Processing Multi-Channel means the technology is applied on all channels and all input sources.
Subwoofer outputs & settings
Blanket yourself in evenly distributed, accurate bass. Featuring up to four subwoofer outputs to smooth out low frequencies and provide better dispersion.
No audible peaks or dips — just powerful, room- filling bass. Tweak your subwoofer settings to your preference when more than two subwoofers are connected. Select “Standard” if you want evenly distributed bass performance. Select “Directional” if you want more directional bass performance seamlessly integrated into the speaker channel closest to each subwoofer in the room.
Pre-Amplifier Mode
Your Denon AV amplifier can work as a perfect AV pre- amplifier with the latest HDMI connectivity.
Pre-Amplifier Mode provides a cleaner signal path and more tolerance in clipping level by disconnecting internal amplifiers. Add the flexibility to disconnect select speaker channels so that you can use the AV receiver’s built-in amplification to drive non-critical channels to get a clearer signal path for the channels driven by external amplification.
Dirac Live upgradeability
The interaction between your sound system and the physical layout of your room has a huge impact on sound quality.
Dirac Live® Room Correction applies state-of- the-art, patented algorithms to analyze and digitally reduce room impact and enhance speaker performance. Select Denon AV receivers support Dirac Live Upgradability. You can purchase a Dirac Live license key to unlock the functionality. Visit dirac.com/denon/ for more information. Upgradability will be supported via a future firmware update.
