Description
Denon AVR-S970H 8K 7.2 Channel AV Receiver
The Denon AVR-S970H 8K 7.2 Channel AV Receiver is a powerful 7.2 channel AV receiver with HEOS® built-in technology.
This means you can wirelessly stream your favorite music tracks through Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music HD, AirPlay 2, and more.
The specs? Think 90W per channel for up to 7.2 channels, 8K, 3D audio, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and the latest HDMI technology featuring HDR10+, Dolby VisionTM, 8K/60 and 4K/120 pass- through.
This means you’ll experience amazing picture quality and a lag-free gaming experience.
With their award-winning Denon Setup Assistant and Audyssey MultEQ room correction technology, the AVR-S970H ensures your system sounds better than ever.
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Features
- Powerful sound: Fill a medium-size room withpowerful, more refined sound.
- Immersive 3D audio: Feel fully immersed in your music or movie sound.
- Geared for 8K: Enjoy amazing video quality from the latest 8K technology available.
- Music streaming through out your home: With HEOS® Built-in, easily access streaming music and share with HEOS-enabled speakers in other rooms.
High-performance discrete 7-channel amplifier
Discrete high-current amplifiers on all channels to deliver up to 90W per channel (at 8 ohms, 20-20kHz, THD0.08%)—enough power to drive any speaker.
Immersive audio experience
Get immersed in music and movies with Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X® plus Dolby Surround and DTS Neural:X up mixer to optimize older content.
Advanced 8K home theatre
8K video is supported on three of six HDMI inputs and one of the two outputs. Enjoy easy video compatibility and great picture quality with HLG, HDR, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dynamic HDR pass-through.
HEOS® Built-in technology
Stream music wirelessly to compatible HEOS-enabled components from a variety of streaming services. Add Denon Home speakers to more rooms and control it all with the HEOS app.
Over a century of innovation
Founded in 1910, Denon enables the moments that matter through the relentless pursuit of quality, innovation, and audio performance.
Technology On-Board
Dolby Atmos
Feel every dimension in Dolby Atmos. Upgrade your home theater with height speakers to unleash a fully immersive 3D audio experience from Dolby Atmos content.
Dolby Surround upmixer engages all speakers to create 3D audio sensation from legacy content. Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization Technology creates the sensation of overhead sound even without height speakers.
You can also enjoy Dolby Atmos music tracks available from Apple Music, Amazon HD, and TIDAL and a compatible streaming device.
DTS:X
DTS:X immersive audio content places sound where it would naturally occur in space, creating lifelike, multidimensional 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 7.1, 5.1, or 2.1 speaker setup.
HDMI Connectivity with ARC/eARC
Supports the latest technology on all HDMI inputs and 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.
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 overbroadcast content. Both Dynamic HDR and HDR10+ use dynamic metadata to optimize shadows and highlights as screens change.
Dolby Vision
Dolby Vision is a stunning HDR imaging technology that brings extraordinary color, contrast, and brightness to the screen. Compatible with Dolby Vision so you can enjoy Dolby Vision content from a compatible source device and TV.
Next-generation gaming
Supports Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Quick Frame Transport (QFT), and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) for smooth, lagfree gaming experience when connected with the compatible gaming devices.
HEOS Built-in
With HEOS® Built-in, your AV receiver can stream music wirelessly across compatible HEOS components from a variety of free and premium streaming services.
Consumers can also enjoy their favorite 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.
Airplay 2 and Apple Siri Voice Control
Use AirPlay 2 to stream Apple music wirelessly to the AV receiver, or group with other AirPlay compatible speakers to fill your home with music.
Works with Amazon Alexa
Control your AV receiver handsfree with Amazon Alexa and your voice. Adjust the volume, skip to the next track, switch inputs for your different mediaplayers, and more—“Just Ask.” Download the free HEOS Home Entertainment Skill to enable Amazon Alexa voice commands. Requires Alexa app and Amazon Echo, Dot, or equivalent.
High-resolution audio via USB input
Discover the incredible fidelity of high-resolution audio tracks and enjoy music as the artist intended. A front USB port supports up to 24bit/192kHz hires audio playback from a USB drive. Supported audio formats are MP3, WMA, WAV, MPEG-4/AAC, FLAC, and ALAC.
Bluetooth audio transmitter
Pair your favorite Bluetooth headphones with your AV receiver to continue listening to your favorite music, movies, or TV programs at night. You can also play audio from both speakers and Bluetooth headphones simultaneously.
Multi-source, multi-room
By connecting a pair of speakers in a second room to the AV receiver, it’s possible to enjoy 5.1 channel surround sound in the main room and a separate source or music stream in the second room, such as den or patio.
You can also play the same audio in both so that everyone in your home can enjoy and cheer your favorite team on Sunday evening orlisten to the same song in both rooms. The AV receiver supports 2-source, 2-zone audio.
Denon Setup Assistant
Award-winning guide Denon Setup Assistant supplies simple, clear instructions to get started. Just connect your AV receiver to your TV and follow theinstructions 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 atyour convenience.
Audyssey Suites of Room Correction Technology
Denon AV receivers use the Audyssey suite of EQ software for simple, accurate setup and calibration.
With the supplied Audyssey measuring microphone, Audyssey measures all the speakers in your home theater, and tunes the AV receiver to provide the smoothest, most optimal overall listening experience for your room. This AV receiver supports Audyssey MultEQ room-correction technology. The other supported Audyssey features are Dynamic EQ andDynamic 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 yourpersonal preferences.
With this comprehensive app, you can harness the power of Audyssey MultEQ to take total control of the way your home cinema sounds. The app is available for purchase in iOS and Google Play stores.
Denon AVR Remote app
This iOS or Android control app allows you to turn the receiver on and off, select an input source, adjust volume level, and browse music from your phone or in a USB drive when connected to the receiver.
Works with Google Assistant
Start music in the HEOS app, then ask your Google Assistant to control volume, play, pause,skip tracks, mute, and unmute.
Specifications
Multichannel Surround
- DTS HD Master, DTS:X, DTS:X Pro: o, o, –
- DTS Neo:X, DTS Neural:X: -, ✓
- DTS Virtual:X: ✓
- IMAX Enhanced: –
- Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization, Dolby Atmos Music: o, o, o, ✓
- Dolby ProLogic Ilz, Dolby Surround: -, ✓
- Auro 3D: –
- 360 Reality Audio/MPEG H: –
- Multichannel Stereo: ✓
- Max Number of Processing (Preamp) Channels: 7.1
Sound Enhancements
- Mono Block Power Amp Construction: –
- Discrete Power Amplifier: ✓
- D.S.C. HD Digital: –
- Pure Direct: ✓
- Gold Plated RCA Terminals: –
- Clock Jitter Reducer: –
- Alpha Processing: –
- Audyssey: MultEQ
- Audyssey Dynamic EQ, Dynamic Volume: o, ✓
- Audyssey LFC: –
- Dirac Live Upgradability: –
- Compressed Audio Restorer: ✓
Network
- Media Server: ✓
- HEOS Wireless Multi-Room Technology: ✓
- Alexa/Google Voice Assistant/Apple HomePod: o, o,✓
- Lossy Formats: MP3, WMA, AAC: o, o,✓
- Lossless Formats: FLAC, ALAC, WAV: o, o, ✓
- Lossless Formats: FLAC HD, WAV, ALAC (all 192kHz/24 bit): o, o, ✓
- DSD Audio Streaming: ✓ (2.8/5.6MHz)
- AirPlay 2: ✓
- TuneIn: ✓
- Spotify Connect: ✓
- Pandora: ✓
- SiriusXM: ✓
- Roon Tested: ✓
- HEOS App Control: ✓
- Compatible with Remote APP for Smart Phones: Denon 2016 AVR Remote
- Ethernet Ports: ✓
- Wi-Fi: ✓
- Bluetooth: ✓
HDMI
- HDMI Inputs: Back, Front: 6, –
- 3 support: ✓
- HDMI Outputs: Main, Zone: 2 / –
- HDMI 2.1: 8K/60Hz AB, 4K/120Hz AB: o, ✓
- HDR, HLG, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, Dynamic HDR: ✓ , o, o, o, ✓
- ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) Pass-Through for Gaming: ✓
- Variable Refresh Rate, Quick Flame Transport, Quick Media Switching: o, o, –
- 3D Signal Pass-through: ✓
- 8K Signal Pass-Through, Scaling, GUI Overlay: o, o, ✓
- DSD Audio Capability: –
- Audio Return Channel (ARC), Enhanced ARC: o, ✓
- Auto LipSync: ✓
Multiroom / CI
- Multi-Room Zones: 2
- Zone Audio Source: HDMI; Optical, Coax, Network, USB; Analog: ✓ (2ch), ✓ (2ch), o, ✓
- Zone Audio Output: Speaker, Pre-Out: o, –
- Zone HDMI Output from HDMI Source: –
- IP Control, RS232 Control, Web Control, App Control: o, -, o, ✓
- Remote In / Out: -, –
- DC Trigger Output: –
- HDMI Diagnostics: ✓
Others
- Auto Speaker Setup by Microphone: Audyssey MultEQ
- Front Display: 1-Line FLD
- GUI Languages: 3
- Setup Assistant: ✓
- Quick Select Plus, Quick Select: o, –
- Variable Crossover: ✓
- Optimized Bass Redirection: ✓
- Bass Sync: –
- ECO Mode: ✓
- Auto Power Off: ✓
- Sleep Timer: ✓
Inputs/Outputs
- HDMI In / Out: 6, 2
- Multi-room Video Out: Video / HDMI: , –
- Analog In, Out: 4, –
- Phono (MM) In: ✓
- Digital In: Optical / Coaxial: 2, 1
- Multi-room Out: Analog / Digital: -, –
- Multichannel Preout: ✓ (0.2)
- Subwoofer Out: 2
- Speaker Terminal: Gold Plated Screw / Regular Screw: -, ✓
- Number of Speaker Terminals: 7
- Speaker A / B: –
- Bi-amp Drive: –
- Multi-Room Speaker Terminal: Assignable
- Front Inputs: Audio / Composite / Digital (Opt) / HDMI / USB: -, -, -, -, ✓
- USB Audio / Made for iPod / Made for iPhone: o, -, –
- AM/FM Tuner: ✓
Specifications
- Number of Power amps: 7
- Power Output (8 ohm, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, 0.08% 2ch Drive): 90W
- Power Output (8 ohm, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, 0.05% 2ch Drive): –
- Power Output (6 ohm, 1 kHz, 0.7% 2ch Drive): 125W
- Power Output (6 ohm, 1 kHz, 10% 1ch Drive): 185W
General
- Metal Front Panel: –
- System Remote Control: RC-1253
- Pre-programmed / Learnable / LCD Display: -, -, –
- Power Consumption in W: 500
- Power Consumption No-Sound (ECO On / Off) in W: 35W/75W
- Standby Consumption in W: 0.1
- CEC Standby Consumption in W: 0.5
- Network Standby Consumption in W: Less than 2.0
Maximum Dimensions
- Antenna: Horizontal: (W x D x H) mm: 434 x 341 x 167
- Antenna: Vertical: (W x D x H) mm): 434 x 341 x 237
- w/o Antenna: (W x D x H) mm: 434 x 330 x 167
- Weight: 9.5kg
