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FIRMWARE: 1490-0109-0000-3010-6737

POWER: 7 x 125W watts, 8 ohms,

20-20,000kHz, 0.05% THD (two channels

driven)

INPUTS: 7 x HDMI, 2 x component video,

0 x S-Video, 4 x composite video,

6 x analogue stereo, 1 x phono,

0 x 7.1 analogue, 2 x optical digital,

2 x coaxial digital, 1 x USB, 1 x Ethernet

OUTPUTS: 2 x HDMI, 1 x component video,

0 x S-Video, 2 x composite video,

1 x analogue stereo, 1 x 7.1 pre-out,

11 pairs speaker binding posts, 1 x 6.5mm

headphone

ZONE: 1 x HDMI, 2 x analogue stereo,

1 x composite video, 1 x component video

(assignable), assignable amplifiers

OTHER: 1 x IR in, 1 x IR out, 2 x trigger,

1 x RS-232C, 1 x Denon Link HD, 1 x setup

mic

DIMENSIONS (whd): 434 x 167 x 379mm

WEIGHT: 12.0kg

WARRANTY: Two years

CONTACT: Audio Products Group

TEL: 1300 134 400

WEB: www.audioproducts.com.au

• Top-notch home theatre

performance

• Very good video handling

• Excellent network features

• Switches on Audyssey Dynamic

EQ and Dynamic Volume

without notiﬁ cation

• No AM tuner

VERDICT

Denon AVR-3313

networked AV receiver

Price: $1799

that if a receiver is going to adjust the sound

it should make it very clear indeed that’s what

it’s doing, and give you the chance to say no.

Anyway, either switch them off or

experiment with them. They’re under Setup|

Audio|Audyssey. The setting seems individu-

ally adjustable for each input (after switching

them off, I found they were still in place on a

different input).

Which kind of brings me to this receiver’s

menu system. This is very comprehensive, and

sits over the top of whatever video is playing

(including 3D), darkening the video to ensure

the text is clear. It is largely text based, cleanly

rendered. But it is irritating in not allowing

you to jump from the top of the menu list

straight to the bottom. I like frequently

consulting the comprehensive ‘Information’

screens, but this was somewhat of a trial since

it was accessed via Setup|General (5 arrows

down)|Information (9 arrows down).

But, hey, at least it does have this excellent

information available!

The receiver can, as you’d expect, scale

up both analogue and HDMI video to your

preferred resolution (including 4K). This

setting can be made individually for each input,

which complicates setting up but provides

excellent control. If you have progressive-

scan conversion going then you can choose

between three deinterlacing settings: Auto

(the default), ‘Film and Video’, and Video.

The last locks into video mode, while the first

two both offered automatic cadence detection,

switching between Film and Video modes as

(so it thought) appropriate.

If there was any difference in operation

between the Auto and the ‘Film and Video’

modes, then it was opaque to me. On 576i/50

content they were both a little more easily

tricked than the norm into video mode when

film mode would have been appropriate, but

with 1080i/50 content both were excellent,

with just one tiny instance of picture insta-

bility suggesting a momentary confusion.

Consequently with HDTV this system gave

excellent results.

The provision of an HDMI output for the

second zone may well be very useful for some

owners. The primary purpose would be to run

your source device’s contents through to a

second TV. This output also carries the audio

so you don’t even need a sound system for it.

But one thing to bear in mind is that you may

need to invest in HDMI extender technology

for a long HDMI cable run, by which I mean

anything much more than about 15 metres.

You will also need to make arrangements for

remote control. (The receiver has IR in and out

sockets so you could runng an IR repeater.)

The audio quality proved simply excellent

(after switching off those Audyssey processes).

The actual Audyssey EQ system is second to

none in balancing the sound for a given room

and speaker system. The amplifiers provided

all that was needed for impressive power.

Music, movies — this receiver was a delight.

The USB and DLNA network functions

both support photos, but aren’t worth the

bother because any correspondence between

the real aspect ratio of the photos and how

they’re displayed is purely coincidental, as it

was last year. Oddly, if you use the Denon iOS

app to control the receiver, then your iDevice

will display them correctly on its screen.

Navigating through long lists — essential

for useful network and USB support — is about

as good as it gets using a home theatre remote.

It loads them in fairly quickly and scrolling

using the arrow keys is also reasonably

rapid. Using the Channel/Page keys they’re

even faster. And if the list is really long (for

example, you have all your songs displayed,

or all the vTuner radio stations) then there’s

also a text search feature. The iOS app makes

it even easier because you can jump straight to

the initial letter of what you’re looking for.

The front-panel USB provides excellent

support for iPods and general USB memory.

The music support for USB includes WAV,

AAC, lossy (but not lossless) WMA, MP3 and

FLAC. Indeed, it played back both a 24/96

stereo FLAC test track and a 24/192 version as

well (although I cannot attest to it not reading

only every second sample). But it played only

two-channels of 24/96/5.1 FLAC.

The Denon Remote app for iOS seemed

simple, perhaps a bit too much so. But it always

seemed to provide support relevant to the

moment: carrying a reflection of long selection

lists, which displayed quickly, thereby inviting

use; popping up a text entry box and keyboard

when appropriate.

But the best fun of all I had with this unit

was my inaugural encounter with Spotify’s

music streaming system. You have to buy a

premium subscription to this service to use it

on the receiver (about $12.00 a month) since

the free version isn’t supported. See last issue’s

big Spotify review for our full opinion of the

service — it’s not a complete system, in the

sense of having all recorded music, but it is very

nearly so. Searching for rare stuff, the misses I

found were of the order of Baroque composer

John Blow’s Chacone in G minor (available on

CD; I own it) and Joanna Newsom’s indepen-

dent folk/indie release Ys. By contrast the early

1950s Maria Callas La Traviata was sitting

right there, ready for listening.

CONCLUSION

Denon’s AVR-3313 is a very solid AV receiver

with an excellent feature set. Just consider

whether or not you want those Audyssey sound

processors running. Stephen Dawson

“The audio quality proved simply excellent

(after switching off those Audyssey processes).”

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