Denon AVR-3805 (black) (04/03/2004)

Review: Paid over $1000 and expected that it will last for long time but it doesn't.

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Review: I bought this receiver about 8 months ago and I couldn't have made a better choice for the money. It is a little pricey but compared to the flagship Denon receivers, its affordable. It even made my subpar home theater speakers sound 100 times better. I just upgraded to the Aperion tower speakers and it sounds simply amazing. I highly reccomend this receiver to anyone who is serious about their home theater. Good luck finding one though, you might have to upgrade to the newer model which does have the HDMI outputs, although, it is more expensive.

Review: Upon buying this unit the one thing I paid the least attention to was the remote. I mean, isn't the performance and build quality the most important things? Yes, they are and I have learned to live with the remote even though its not my favorite. I do plan on upgrading to 3rd party universal remote.

OK, the remote aside, this unit performs exceptionally well. This is the 2nd Denon receiver I've owned and it wowed me MORE than the 1st Denon receiver I've owned which was an AVR-2000 back in '93. I use 3 sets of surround speakers with this unit. I run 7.1 with 2 sets of dipole surrounds for movies. Then I have a 3rd set of surrounds that are direct firing speakers that I use for 5.1 channel Hi-resolution music via DVD-Audio and SACD. It sounds like alot but the 3805 can handle all of it. That and I'm single so no one is yelling at me for having that many speakers on the walls.LOL.

All in all this the best AV receiver I have ever owned to date. I paired this with the Denon DVD-3910 universal player which has HDMI outputs so for transferring HDMI video so it matters not that the 3805 has such inputs and outputs.

Review: I bought some new NHT VT 1.2 towers for my system. My old denon wasn't running enough juice to do them justice. I idn't want to go to seperates. I wandered into Compusa and the had the 3805 for under 700.00 and a comparable Yamaha for the a lil cheaper. I have always been a Denon or P elite fan and for less then 700.00 I picked up the 3805. My NHT now sound like they should. Talk about bang for your money. My old denon put out 80 or so watts per. what a difference. I feel bad for my neighbors.

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Review: I have found the Denon excellent to use when compared with the Harmon Kardon 5500. Far better sound quality when used with all the same peripherals. Easier to set up. Heaps better!

Review: Got this unit from Good Guys, connected it, ran auto setup, using just a regular mono microphone, not the expensive "original Denon" one, everything worked fine until I tried to switch to "Surround simulation" mode, basically playing stereo source in surround modes (like music or cinema) will create high frequency noise overlapping normal sound. Called Denon, after about 3 days trying to reach em, finally got through and was told it is a DSP (Digital Signal Processing)problem, also they said, I have to send it for factory repair (imagine hassle of sending 50 pounds unit to other end of US), they never even mentioned they actually have local service centers (I found one about 25 miles from my location) still much better when shipping it.
So now will wait for the problem to be solved.

Review: Jameson Thottam --- Critique on Denon 2805

This Denon 3805 is a monster! I let go of a Onkyo TX-DS 797 to get to this sonic marvel. I'd heard how complicated these
recievers were and all the talk of how hard it was to understand the manuals and all that but i tell you, you have to experience one for yourself. Set mine up myself oh also not including the setup mike was in my opinion a major blunder but i did alright myself. I suppose i will have to break down and purchase one just to see how well it works.

Summary: Jameson Luke Thottam
And as far as the remote it takes some getting use to and all but it is very cool you love it or you hate it as they say i love mine! As i said i thought i had reached a certain level with my Onkyo but this Denon made a believer out of me.

Jameson THottam

Review: I just bought the AVR-3805 and Atlantic Technology 4200 speakers and 272PBM thx subwoffer from Stewart at San Jose Honda Electronics I was lucky Stewart set up everything for me and calibrated the amp using the mike so all I have to do is change the imput and volume control Iam so proud of this system The sound is better than anything I have ever heard

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Review: This unit is packed and relatively affordable ($800 at Ideal AV). It drives my Fujitsu plasma and B&W M1 with 10" sub. I initially thought that the unit wouldn't match up to the quality of speakers but was pleasantly suprised. Clean and powerful sound. A couple of nitpicks - 1) readout on unit is cluttered and hard to decipher until oyu get used to it; 2) backlight on remote is weak during the. Overall, I would highly recommend.

Review: I have purchased Denon 3805 receiver with Ideal AV. This receiver looks like very old and the serial number has been altered. Denon does not provide any warranty for products purchased from Ideal AV. Customer service from Ideal AV is so bad that we could not even return this product. They don't just answer the phone.

It is very dispointing right now. I don't know what to do now.

PLEAE DO NOT BUY ANY PRODUCT FROM IDEALAV.COM.

Review: I've had this receiver for over a year and I am very pleased with it. My inputs are a Samsung HD receiver (fiber optic), Apple iMac Mini (analog) and Denon DVD-2910 (fiber optic and SACD/DVD-A multichannel analog). The receiver is ouput to 5 M&K LCR 750's and a Martin Logan Depth (powered) subwoofer. No major complaints ewxcept sometimes my remote illuminated borders go out.

Review: When u want to buy a product come to CNET and hit the 'Editor's choice' and blind Fold your eyes and buy it.

That's what i learned about cnet reviews..unbiased .

thanks to cnet and denon.

Review: I've had the AVR-3805 for six months now and have hosted many parties - both audio and video. My Denon has came through for all inputs. Dolby Digital surround sound is unbeatable when the source is available. Too bad Voom Sat. TV went away. Voom, combined with my receiver, created euphoria to our eyes and ears. This receiver is definitely worth the price tag.

Review: I have had this receiver since mid February and once I heard it in my home, my jaw dropped. I paired it up with the Kef 2005.2 "eggs" and I was astonished. Most will probably think that the 3805 is a bit overkill for those speakers, but I don't have all that much space. I also wanted a receiver that would grow with my home theater. It took me a couple of hours to even get sound or video out of the thing, but once I did, the setup wasn't too bad. I connected all of my components with Monster Ultra THX 1000 cables. I think my system rivals some of the local movie theaters for sound. The 3805 has a ton of features, some of which I'll probably never use, but once you hear it, you'll be happy that you spent the extra dough. Spend a little time learning the remote and it's functionality will be as cool as it looks. Video upconversion is pretty standard on the higher end receivers these days, but it's nice to run one set of component cables to the TV and have everything from the satellite box, dvd player, and vcr work without a bunch of switching around. This is my first Denon product and I'm so happy I plan to purchase one of their denon link compatible DVD players this fall. Hopefully blue-ray comes soon!

Review: Purchased 3 months ago. Great great reciever!! Very happy!

Review: I have had this Denon AVR-3805 receiver for several full months now, and I can honestly say that it is an excellent receiver. It has great sound quality, is very versatile, and also has a very good build quality, meaning it’s chassis has a very sturdy and solid feel to it. It should last the dedicated home theater entertainment system fan a long time and provide him and his family much enjoyment for many years to come. Although the manual is long, and at times complex,and it will probably take a while to read and to digest it in order to fully learn how to use the receiver's many capabilities, that is only what is to be expected from such a deep, complex, and capable machine. And if a simpler product is needed, then one should buy a cheaper one, although then the product would not be as good in terms of sound quality. The AVR-3805 has garnered good reviews all over the Internet, including some from some of the top professional consumer hifi electronics websites on the Internet, and I can also say fully from my own personal experience with it, that most of the reviewers are correct in saying that it is an excellent machine. In trying to give you a fair overall impression of it, I can honestly say that I have tried to be open and honest in my review, and even though I have not gone into too many details about it, namely because this receiver has so many specific features and highlights and much has been said already by so many other people on the Internet that I fear that it would be redundant, suffice it to say that as many others have said before me, that it is an excellent receiver overall. I usually do not post reviews, but I have noticed a disturbing trend with many of the reviews of home theater electronics over the Internet however, and that is there seems to be a disturbing trend by many consumer reviewers towards deliberately posting bad reviews and tryinng to downgrade products from Asian companies in particular, especially about individual products that have usually gotten a high rating by professional reviewers and also have received high remarks by regular consumers. There also seems to be an attempt to downgrade products from companies that are usually very highly regarded in the industry, such as Denon or Sony. These comments are usually very cunningly disguised as objective reviews and critiques but then oftentimes expose themselves as to what they truly are and as to what their true intentions are because afterwards they are usually capped off by some suspicious screenname such as "Woody" or some other name similar to it. The comments are also sometimes very cleverly veiled with an offsetting comment or a covering comment that obscures it in order so that people do not openly figure out what they are trying ti do so that the posters won't be caught or punished, and so that they can trick people into thinking that their comment is a genuine opinion, or in the best case scenario genuine fact, and convince people of whatever they want. Also, some of the posts have very suspicious comments in them that don't sound genuine, such as a quote that I read on another Internet review website commenting about the very highly regarded Denon DVD-3910 that said "what's (chairman of Denon) going to come up with next, a $5000 DVD player that weighs 40 lbs. and plays like a $50 dollar DVD player from China?" ?huh?! What high quality, expensive DVD player plays like a $50 dollar DVD player from China? That type of comment seems kind of suspicious to me. That poster of that comment did not genuinely seem to have a good or honest motivation to say what he did, or in the right spirit. The only purpose he seemed to have was to downgrade the product after so many other consumer reviewers had praised it so highly previously. The way that you can tell some of these types of comments from the other comments is that many of the comments are so maliciously negative--the comments don’t even seem to attempt to be fair or measure the product according to objective criteria, but just seem to be designed to degrade everything and tear it down and because many of the comments are so blatantly wrong according to the spirit of right judgment. The comments sound more like bold-faced manipulations than fair or objective comments, and so then I have learned from these types of comments not to trust or to believe everything that I read on the Internet automatically, especially what I read on these Internet review websites, which are merely just opinion. And so I advise you to take some of these negative comments that you read on the Internet, (and even some of the positive ones), with a grain of salt, because there is obviously a racial motive involved in some of these comments, and so oftentimes people have some other motive in mind in saying in saying some of these things other than telling the “truth” . In my own opinion about products, I try to be fair and to not to be prejudiced for or against anyone when I judge, and then that will help me to do what's right and judge rightly and to also see the truth more clearly, that enables me to have a clear, balanced, viewpoint on reality and also prevents me from making a lot of mistakes in life. This is especially important, I feel, when I am doing this kind of stuff and giving other people opinions in order to try to help other people to form a fair, honest, balanced, and accurate viewpoint about something for themselves. I also try to judge each product as it is individually on its own merits--although the reputation of the company, its "good name" does count to me as well, I find that in the end in terms of actual real-life dealings, that it is the individual product that’s important and not necessarily its name. I find it disturbing that, while looking at the consumer reviews of certain products on many Internet opinion websites, that I have begun noticing these types of comments that I mentioned before more and more with the people who are posting trying to pass them off as their genuine “opinion”. Some of these people are "trolls", predatory people who post malicious comments posing as others just in order to trick people into doing what they want and believing whatever they want them to believe. These people obviously have some other agenda on their minds than giving a fair, decent, and impartial, view of the situation. This kind of peeves me, as I am not going to spend $1200 dollars (!!!) of my hard-earned money on a product that only seemed better than it really was because some guy wanted to promote his own racial or national agenda, and possibly miss out on the product that is really good just because I was fooled into thinking that it was bad just because someone made a false post about it just to hurt other people. These people are warping my sense of reality and leading me into bad decisions. I mean if the American company's product is good, then fine, I'll buy the American one, of course I have no problem with that, but if the Asian or other foreign company's product is good, then fine I’ll buy that one also. And don’t these people understand, if each dollar is a vote, then by buying the company's product that is a genuinely good product, then you are voting for the company and giving a yes to the company’s direction, you are rewarding the company that produces a genuinely good product and urging them to produce more of the same quality product and to continue to do the same great work. And also, by not buying the products of companies that have worse products, then you are spurring the companies whose products are not as popular with consumers and so don’t have as many sales to change their ways and to improve the products that they make so that people will want to buy them and so that they become more popular with customers and learn to make more money by satisfying the customers in a good way. Bottom line, it makes it better for everyone and customers win. Yes, I believe that patriotism is good, but only to the point where it does not become destructive to others, and not when you begin openly wronging other people like I am starting to see happen more and more on the Internet. I mean, forgive me for going off on a soapbox like this for a while, but it just makes it one step harder for me to see the truth as to which is the better product that I should buy when other people are making false and misleading posts like that for their own objectives, especially when I am going to make a big-money purchase that is over several hundred dollars at least, and then I have to go back and forth visiting all of these different review websites, and then I have to make a decision. To be almost sure but not quite sure, because of a few bad reviews here or there, some of which you suspect might or might not be false, is agonizing, especially over a purchase that costs a lot of money, because you want to make sure you make the right decision. This is hard even for a product that you know is reasonably good because most people have given good reviews about it, much less for a product in a category in which there is no clear favorite. And although it is wrong to assume that other people are making false posts for the purpose of trying to manipulate other people for their own selfish reasons without really knowing for sure, and to possibly risk becoming cynical, some of the behavior that I have seen on the Internet has made me suspicious, and you see more and more of it lately, so I hope that you are cautious and that you take my advice for what it's worth. And for those of you who think that I am just defending the Denon AVR-3805, then I suggest that you look at the reviews of it on the Internet, I think that if you use that reasoning, that a lot of people are defending the Denon AVR-3805. Besides, I am not so much quite defending Denon or even the AVR-3805, as I am defending anyone who does a good quality job, does it well, and is proven to be a creative innovator, and my right to make a quality, informed, accurate decision, without anyone trying to trick me into his or her own objectives. This particular receiver, the AVR-3805 got good reviews all over the Internet, both from professional reviewers and from individual consumers all over the Internet. I mean as for my part, although I own it, I am not attached to it, and it stands on its own merits. I mean what more can I say, I don’t need to defend the Denon, I think the reviews speak for themselves. The proof is in the pudding,as they say. But my advice for any of you out there who are seriously looking for any advice and any help on hifi consumer electronics products is to visit the many excellent websites there are on the Internet. There are several good websites along with this one that would help you greatly, such as "audioreview.com", and also "ecoustics.com". Ecoustics in particular has an excellent compilation of professional reviews from all over the Web as well as a listing of a particular product’s rating that was given from several consumer review websites and links to those websites as well. You might even want to try professional hifi magazines’ websites such as“hometheaterhifi.com”, “stereophile.com”, and “theperfectvision.com”, just to name a few. They oftentimes have reviews of different home theater components that they’ve evaluated in the past posted on their websites that are free for the general public to do research on and to browse through. Though, in order to find out what what they thought were the best components in each specific category for that particular year, you might have to pay a little extra money in order to download their Best of…(insert the year that you want here)” lists onto your hard drive and to be able to open them up and to read what they say, since that is how they usually distribute their lists. And although most of these magazine’s editors oftentimes do not have the luxury of using a product for a long period of time such as several months, these reviewers are usually experts in their field, and they oftentimes have seen and reviewed many different products of several competing companies, so they might be able to have a better chance at telling you just which product happens to be the best product in its particular category. You might even want to try audio/video hifi forums and message boards on the Internet in order to ask people there advice about certain particular products. One of the most famous is the AVS Forum at “avsforum.com”, an excellent audio/video forum, one of the largest ones on the Internet, where the people are passionate about the subject, knowledgable, and very informed, though not always helpful or friendly, especially towards beeginners, although you can learn a lot just by obseving and listening. Though as always, I’d suggest that you remember that, as knowledgable as some of those people are, their responses are just opinions, and that you should be cautious and take their opinions with a grain of salt. Do your research before you buy, and preferably if you can and if the option is available to you, do some good old–fashioned legwork as well as your homework, and go into a store, look at the product that you are interested in, if it’s possible listen to what it sounds like, and as always, try to “try before you buy” before you bring it home, especially if it is an expensive purchase. It is always best to gain your own personal experience with a subject before you pronounce judgment on it regardless of what other people might say, that will oftentimes prevent you from making a mistake, and try to buy from a retail store or a mail-order company with a good return policy, so that if you do make a mistake, it can easily be rectified, even if that means that you might have to pay a little more to buy from a reputable dealer with a tolerant return policy. That will give you great peace-of-mind and save you from a lot of heartache in life. These are the lessons that I have learned in all of my many years of buying audio/video equipment, believe me I have learned these lessons from many many mistakes over the years and oftentimes at high price, so be wise and learn these lessons from me for free before you suffer any more pain in your life. Experience is always a hard teacher because she gives the pain first and then the lesson afterwards, but if you follow this hardearned and tried-and-true advice in life, then you might just be able to gain all the benefits of experience without all of the suffering and all of the hardships that wisdom uses to teach you. Well, I hope my review has been helpful to all of you people seeking audio/video advice, may you all make wise decisions. Good luck to all of you.

Review: The 3805 was actually my second Denon purchase. My first being the 2200 DVD player. One thing I can say about Denon is that they are without a doubt on the cutting edge of technology.

The 3805 is a remarkable piece of equipment. When I purchased it, I planned to pair it with a complete top of the line Polk speaker system. I realized the speakers were much to large in size for the area I was planning on using them and "settled" for the Bose Acoustimass 15 speaker set.

The sound reproduction was (is) absolutely incredible. I truly think you could hook-up homemade speakers to the 3805 and you would have great results.

The 3805 has an incredbible selection of hookups...optical, RCA, component video, composite video, S-Video and the Denon Link (proprietary). It can be adapted to fit 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 speaker formats. The major decoders are built in (DTS and Dolby) with multiple formats for both.

The only issue I had with the 3805 is the setup. It can be a little tricky setting which connections you want to go with the presets (TV, DVD, VDP etc.). Beyond that I had nothing but bliss watching movies and playing X-Box.

If you're in the market for an affordable high-end INSTANT upgrade to your existing home theatre, this is a no brainer.

Review: For $1,000 from Sound Exchange in Somerville, NJ; I've got a surround sound receiver to grow old with (I am kind of old already). And I didn't realize how good this receiver was, until I dragged-out my 1985 Genesis 44s (speakers) from the mothballs yesterday. I could not stop listening to some old, cherished cds I haven't heard in at least 10 years. WOW! And with my Denon 2910, Klipshes, velodyne and DVDs, the sound just flows around my den. How rewarding is it to know that your investment will remain well worthwhile-for years to come. Very.

Review: The listening room is the component everyone forgets about. Even if a Rotel receiver's amp sounds a little better, it won't beat the Denon in the end because the Rotel can't do anything about the room acoustics or a speaker's characteristics. When you add this fact in--GAME OVER. You'll never be able to get the most out of your speakers or your room without Auto-EQ. The guess work is over. Even if you prefer to set your own EQ setting, the auto-equalizer will give you a better idea of how to procede. The difference without the equalizer is stunning. This is the future. I think this Denon 3805 is absolutely matchless in every way. What a bargin. Built like a tank.

Review: I've been a Yamaha consumer for the longest time, but I've finally decided on a Denon this time. After going through the auto setup with the optional mic, my jaw dropped. My once so so home theater setup sounds so much better than before. I could hear sounds that I never heard before. For example, I was auditioning a piano concert and I actually heard someone cough in the audience. I'm going to have to watch all my movies again with the new Denon AVR-3805. Thanks Denon for providing me with an audiophile receiver/amp at a reasonable price.

Review: I purchased the receiver from Tweeter for $1130.00 with the microphone included. I am using paradigm monitor 7 and mini monitors in a 7.1 set up. The sound is phenomenal. It took a while to get used to the operation of the unit, but once the learning curve was obtained everything was great. I have yet to use all options and functions. Do yourself a favor, buy this receiver!

Review: If you are an audiophile looking for something with outstanding sound over more than just two chanels, without spending $10,000 for something like a Mark Levinson system, go with Denon. Might I suggest a set of Aperion Speakers? I have them and the sound quality can't be beat.

Review: To fully appreciate this receiver, you need some patience and some time. If you have both, you will be well rewarded. I upgraded from a high end but outdated B & K av processor, with separate amps...which sounded very good but had limited input types (i.e., S and composite video only, coax dig audeio only, etc.). After the setup on the 3805 was complete (I did a manual setup with a SPL meter), even my wife noticed the difference. I love the 3805! My only quibble with this receiver is the remote, very kludgy.

Review: My first two weeks I was waiting for center channel speaker to arrive on backorder. I could never get the Denon 3805 to right. But when my Defintive Tech CLR 2500 arrived I hooked it up, drug out that microphone again and poof, the low range blended. I might add by this time I was getting quite familiar with all the options the 3805 had to offer. It seems to me that if a Reciever dose'nt have enough two months later I feel like I've under bought two many features as we are seeing today has a learning curve. Now 3 months later I very happy with 3805 and I really have'nt been a Denon fan for over 10 years. Today I have no regrets Dollar for dollar I feel like this was a solid deal and would recomend it to any one in the $1000 price range.

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