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My first Denon was going to be a 3805 but it did not arrive to me in working order so this 3311ci has taken the spot and I am impressed so far with the SQ and detail of options to customize the receivers' capabilities. I'm hooked on Denon now and will be purchasing a few more 2nd hand Denon's in the future. Besides the basics you can read right off the brochure, other features I found interesting immediately; one can turn off unused I/Os and speaker channels, can set custom "Quick Select" Input/Output configurations with specified source and output with custom audio/speaker configurations but I've barely scratched the surface with this thing though. Certainly a step up from my Pioneer VSX 822 in regard to the menu system, customizations of A/V setup, available channels and power output. The 2nd HDMI Out came in handy as the 1st HDMI Out has artifacts showing up on the display. The pictures consist of a 5.0 or 5 speaker no sub system hooked to the Denon, Source is a PC with a Nvidia RTX2060 via HDMI. As one can see in the pictures on the right of the LCD display is the speaker cfg or channel output (FL/R,Cen,RL/R) no LFE shown while all the channels received from the source is on the left of the display.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
All the accessories came with the receiver. The most important is the remote. The sound is excellent. Only an antennae, phone & CD are connected with two speakers. FM radio is outstanding. The software may need to be upgraded. If so, we will carry it to the router, connect via an ethernet wire & see what's next. It does not get as hot as our previous one. The two speakers that have a 12" woofer, 2 5" mid-range, 3" tweeter and a horn tweeter, can handle it's power. We are not using it for our home theater since we have 5.1 already and 7.2 would not be much better.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Denon has always offered a great line on stereo components since I can remember as a kid, my father always purchasing Denon, along with nakamichi and other brands. I had been scoping out Denon's and other brands for a while. I finally decided on this unit due to it's features and price point. I highly recommend the Denon website for comparing different XX10CI models. So far, I have been happy with my purchase. It has a whole host of features including up-converting all inputs to HDMI, HD Radio, Sirius capable, 5 HDMI inputs, 3 audio zones, and completely re-assignable digital/analog inputs. The ability to reassign different audio and video inputs on the fly has turned out to be quite useful, something I did not anticipate. Overall sound quality has been superb so far. One downside is menus can be a little slow to navigate through, and the GUI isn't too sharp looking. It's certainly not the XMB from Sony, but it's functional. If I wanted cool looking menus with overpriced sound, I would have bought a Sony. Features that this unit does not have include dual HDMI outputs (I don't really foresee myself having two TV's in one room), and the ability to network wirelessly. I plan on purchasing a Denon iPod dock (the -3w or -51w, I don't know if the -51w is worth the price difference) which should allow wireless connectivity to my computer. One downside that surprised me was the need to have HDCP HDMI devices connected. I have an older Motorola cable box from Comcast with DVI output, and the 3310CI would not pass the video from the cable box using a DVI/HDMI cable, so I have to use component cables. Not a huge problem, but stupid IMO. Comcast told me they won't provide true HDMI boxes unless you pay for DVR (we already have it in another room, so I didn't need a second DVR), and HDCP is just another stupid security control. One other downside, which I'm still toying with, is the ability to select inputs with the Comcast programmable remote. (For anybody who doesn't know, the standard Comcast remote is very powerful and can be fully reprogrammed, but they don't tell you this. There are many websites with more info on this.) My roommate has an older Denon that I was able to control inputs, volume, and power with the plain old gray Comcast remote. So far I just have the volume and power with the 3310CI, while the number pad isn't quite matching up to the input numbers on the back of the Denon remote. I ended up picking up this unit at a certain popular electronics store for $1200. It was not an advertised sale in either their circular or on their weBsite, But the posted price appeared in their computer. My advice is to wait till this thing goes on sale, but it's still worth a GOOD BUY at full price. (I think my hints were obvious enough, no?)Read full review
I bought this receiver a month ago and it my first Denon AV receiver and first with hdmi connetions,DTS HD,dolby digital HD,hdmi pass through in standby mode and network connection.The audio and blu ray video is excellent,however the video upcale look very good from 6 feet and above and the closer to the TV the video upscale look a little fuzzy.The factory speaker channel level was set to zero and i change all to +5.0dB about 5 times and it not saving the settings.The video switching doesn't respond as fast as my older Yahmaha or Harmon Kardon receivers and sometime there is no audio and video when i switch from BD to CAB/SAT on the remote.The receiver has excellent audio and it one of the best i ever heard.
The features are very complete. The sound is open, effortless, big sound stage that extends way in back of the front speakers, the sound is very clean and the instruments are clear and appear in their proper locations in space, The sound is about the best that I have heard from any receiver. Go Denon!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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