Features:

  • Works with Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
  • HEOS wireless music streaming technology with HEOS app > comfortable control options and almost unlimited music sources
  • 9.2 channel AV Receiver with 125W per channel (8ohm, 20Hz - 20kHz with 0.05%THD), 11.2ch processing> 9 powerful amplifiers for an easy 3D audio setup to fill big rooms with Denon sound
  • 8 HDMI inputs (incl. 1 front) with full HDCP 2.2 support; 3 HDMI outputs > plenty of inputs for your digital devices; different video in different rooms
  • Compatible with Remote APP for Smart Phones-Denon 2016 AVR Remote. Compatible with Remote APP for Tablets-Android / iOS / Amazon Kindle.Number of Power Amps:9
Excellent sound with Klipsch speakers

Bought it as the heart of a home theater and music listening room. Connected to front and surround Klipsch floor standing speakers with integrated height speakers for Dolby Atmos, center speaker and two 15” subwoofers. Setup, connections and calibration required digging deep into the user manual supplemented by helpful on screen menus. You really have to do this to get the sound you prefer. Used the best, latest HDMI cables to connect 4K Blu-ray player and OLED TV (both Sony). First tried the Audyssey speaker calibration with the supplied microphone. Resulting sound was weak and flat for music and with overbearing and muddy bass for movies. Ditched it for manual setup. End result is spectacular. Crisp rumble out of subwoofers and great spectrum out of main speakers. Getting Dolby Atmos or DTS:X out of the 4K player required digging into the menu to assure that a bit stream is put out of it’s HDMI. Movies sound better than at theater and the low frequency effects rumble the walls and floor. AirPlay of music out of my iPhone is seamless and sounds amazing, song and LP info displaying on TV screen. 4K signal passes through looking as good as when Blu-ray was connected directly to TV

Great home theater receiver. Alexa support is limited.

This Denon receiver is great as the core part of my home theater. It was super easy to setup. The sound quality is fantastic, features of the receiver are great and ATMOS is amazing. Using Alexa to control it works well but is rather limited. Case in point; you can't use custom names with Alexa. So if you rename "DVD" to "4K Player", you still have to tell Alexa to switch to "DVD".

Actually can be a 7.2.4 or a 7.1.5 system!

First impression is it's a pleasing upgrade from my 2009 Marantz NR1501. The modern setup/on screen display is a huge leap forward and makes getting your surround sound system configured a breeze. The Denon is smart enough to automatically switch surround modes from Dolby, to DTS, to Stereo, etc, as I switch from streaming app to app in my TCL Roku tv or to my Xbox One X. HEOS and other embedded wireless features is a nice touch that I look forward to becoming familair with over time. The two phone apps HEOS and AVR Remote seem sufficient and have not been buggy for me as others reported in the Google Play store. I will update this review as time passes. What I am really thrilled about and what puts this in a league of it's own in this price point is the fact that it has 9 amplifiied speaker outouts for 7.2.2 but an extra two unamplified outputs (11.2 speaker outputs) total. You can use an external amplifier to power rear Atmos speakers 10-11. But wait! You can use one of the two subwoofer preamp outputs as an overhead "voice of God" Atmos speaker 12. I will be using my old AV receiever as an amplifier for the rear 2 speakers Atmos speakers 10 and 11, and subwoofer 2 output for Atmos Voice of God speaker 12, to enjoy a full 7.1.5 Dolby Atmos configuration. Denon makes this really easy in their graphical Audessy Amp Assign graphical menu. (See pic) Nothing else comes close to 12 speaker support at this price range.

Setup is very simple and the sound is amazing. Control with Alexa is a plus

Bought this unit to replace my Onkyo receiver. Setup is very simple and the sound is amazing. Control with Alexa is a plus.

love it

Very happy with this purchase. It does run hot as others have stated. I drilled 2 3-inch holes in the cabinet shelf that this unit sits on so it can pull cooler air from below. Then I put the AC Infinitiy AIRCOM S7 on top. This unit is not as wide as the Denon, but it keeps the unit more than cool enough. This Denon does a great job of adjusting speaker output for the room, and also does an excellent job of playing the appropriate sounds out of my 4 height speakers, even on 5.1 tracks. I'm running this with a 5.2.4 speaker setup and it sounds fantastic. When there is rain in the movie, it sounds like it is really raining outside. When there are background sirens, I sometimes have to listen to determine if it is the movie, or from outside my home.

Initial set up is a breeze

I originally happily owned a Yamaha receiver for many years until it gave up on me, and purchased a Denon X3300W. It took a few weeks to get it tweaked where I was happy with it, but then the music and movie sound experience was absolutely amazing. About a year later I got a very good deal on a Yamaha RX-A3070, purchased it but never got it to sound the same as the Denon. About a month ago I purchased 4 more speakers for my home theater system and relocated some of the speakers and decided at the same time to look for a good deal on a Denon receiver. After spending a few days doing research I decided to go for this receiver since it had all the bells and whistles I needed for a single room set up and then some, and it was also a very good deal since it was not the newest model anymore. The Yamaha was not a bad receiver by any means, it delivered plenty of house shaking and gut punching movie experiences, after watching "Ready Player One" we found all of our wall pictures upstairs moved out of level. I also absolutely loved the idle screen display on the Yamaha receiver. On both Denon receivers the set up via microphone required wider spacing which seems to result in a more immersive sound experience. I also love the equalizer adjustments for individual speaker pairs which I missed (or couldn't find)with the Yamaha receiver, when listening to Trance music at high volumes the bass seemed to be too much for the center speaker, which I was able to easily dial back with the Denon receiver without sacrificing individual speaker volume. I am now at a 9.2 Atmos set up with an absolutely mind blowing sound experience for movies even "only" shot in THX, you feel like you are in the middle of the action. The only thing I wish for the Denon was a cottoff frequency lower than 80 Hz as my main floor speakers go down to 38 Hz.

Awesome Receiver

Up until now, my favorite AV Receiver was the Sony STR-DN1040. That receiver had excellent sound and features at the time. Unfortunately, the Sony did not have the 4k/HDR pass-through that I needed when I upgraded my TV to an LG OLED. Originally, I had upgraded to the Sony STR-DN1080 which had the 4k pass-through I was looking for, and I figured since the 1040 which was 4 years older had great sound, the 1080 would too. Wrong - at least for me. The punch wasn't there, and there were HDMI handshake issues that I just couldn't get past. I returned the 1080 and saw this Denon came highly recommended, and was $899 - down from the original $1500. While it was a bit out of my range, I needed to complete my home theater and this fit the ticket. After using it for a good month or so, I can honestly say this was a fantastic upgrade. The sound is excellent, the features are numerous, and the on-screen display is even better than the Sony (which has a highly rated GUI). This receiver perfectly passes 4k/HDR to my TV - and it looks and sounds FANTASTIC. I am very happy with the Denon 4400H - and I would highly recommend this receiver to anyone looking to upgrade their home theater setup. The receiver is ready for 9 channels out of the box, and can handle up to 11 channels with a separate amp. I currently only have a 5.1 setup due to my wife's reluctance to add too many speakers, but I think I can convince her to let me add 4 in-ceiling speakers as long as they are flush, and match the color of the ceiling. Once I do that (a future project) - this receiver should really shine with the Dolby Atmos! Unfortunately, I can't comment on the Atmos yet, but I'll update my review once I complete my project. Long story short - if you have a brand spanking new 4k/HDR capable TV, and love music and movies with full, rich sound, you owe it to yourself to upgrade to the Denon AVR-X4400H. Some may say to get the newest version - 4500H - but the ONLY difference between that receiver and this one that I could find, was Denon replaced the Auro-3D sound with Imax Sound. I don't know what the difference is, but to me - it's not worth the extra $600 for a single upgrade (please correct me if I'm wrong). Hands down - I highly recommend this receiver, and can't wait to add Dolby Atmos to my living room!

All you need for great Home Theatre

The Audyssey speaker setup really improves the sound quality. I love the Bluetooth feature; even Amazon music sounds great! I haven't tried the 4K HDR video yet but, every other feature rocks! Having an HDMI output for a Zone 2 TV is great. I am running 5.1 and Zone 2 & 3. Much improved GUI menus and de-complicated remote control are appreciated improvements. I am still figuring out the interface with Alexa commands (need to spend more time on it). I was able to remove an HDMI splitter for zone 2 and a Bluetooth receiver. ACR doesn't work with my LG 4K HDR TV for some reason. Have to split analog audio from Fire TV into CAB/SAT in order to hear audio in Zone 3(Zone 2 audio works from internal splitting by receiver)

Solid Sound Movie Performance

The Denon AVR-X4400H AV receiver was purchased for my home theater to upgrade my sound system--and yes, it did the trick! I was previously a Pioneer Elite loyalist and when I noticed that the latest receiver from Pioneer did not offer that many new features, I considered Denon with its solid brand loyalty. Connected to Klipsch Premier speakers, the Denon really delivered lifelike movie sound. One of the key features that I considered was that the receiver should show the active sound format being processed directly on the display for verification. Pioneer did that as well, but you need to press the INFO button to display it. The key benefit of the AVR-X4400H is that it produces absolute crystal-clear sound, especially from dialogue on movie soundtracks. The only real negative is that this receiver does get hot, as other reviewers have noted. But by placing the receiver on a ventilated rack or in a non-confining location eliminates this concern. Besides the features of the Denon that attracted me, the price was also a prime factor. The MSRP of this receiver when introduced was $1599, a price I would not have considered. However with a newer Denon receiver now on the market, the AVR-X4400H was reduced to $899, a $700 savings, making it a steal if you are looking for high quality audio performance.

Great Receiver

I was a bit skeptical about whether my LG OLED E7P would pass Dolby Atmos to this through the ARC and it turns out it does, I'm not sure how, because it should be DD+ since Dolby Atmos is not supported on the ARC but only through eARC and no TV I know has been updated to support eARC till now. I'm pretty sure the Dolby Atmos getting passed through via ARC is compressed but the receiver is still able to recognize it as Atmos. You mostly won't be able to tell the difference between compressed and uncompressed unless you have very well trained ears and have been listening to studio grade sound for a couple of years. This receiver does support eARC so it's very future proof. I've paired it with Klipsch speakers in a 5.1.2 setup which just sounds 10 times better than Bose. Negative (For Smart TV Users): If you're using CEC, you might encounter a problem where the receiver turns on your TV and the receiver randomly. This happens because of the CEC spec not being implemented correctly between TV manufacturers and AVR manufacturers. I had to turn the feature "auto-power of CEC device" to OFF since it kept happening. I narrowed the problem down to when Wifi/Ethernet connection was lost from either my TV to the router or the AVR to router. I have a feeling that the TV/AVR checks for an update as soon as the connection is established on these since quick start is enabled and that's what causes the TV and AVR to turn on.

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