Denon S301

Pros: Excellent sound, good video, simple hook up, many features.

Cons: Price, input and output limitations. Fairly large speakers.

The Bottom Line: For a home theatre system that is big on features, has great sound, of very solid quality, this one belongs on your audition list.

Review: For several months, I looked for the right home theatre solution for my bedroom. Unlike the family room, which has a full component-based 5.1 system, the requirements for the bedroom included support for an HDTV ready television and its over-the-air ...

Pros: Excellent DVD player, decodes SACD and DVD audio, attractive, does great with surround sound.

Cons: Expensive.

Review: Denon went through great pains to make a respectable surround sound product from only two speakers and a subwoofer, and they've succeeded admirably. This unit duplicates surround sound quite well, (although it will never be TRUE surround sound) and is ...

Pros: great high-end, beautiful mid-range, decent video upconversion, interesting and useful features

Cons: movie audio playback: no presence, poor bass

The Bottom Line: Great system, IF, and that's a big IF, you feel the movie audio playback meets your requirements.

Review: There is much to love about this unit. We bought this unit for our bedroom, as we wanted something small but still sounds great for audio and video playback. Unfortunately, the movie audio playback leaves so much to be desired that we (regretfully) ...

Pros: Interface and sound quality.

Cons: a bit high priced.

Review: Sounds great - not perfect but great. Interface with IPOD is incredible. It gave us back lots of shelf space - since it replaced our stereo and our DVD (combining to a single unit with a smaller ...