jamezm
Prominent Member
Hi all. My Denon x3300w seems to have gone on the fritz. It’s only 5 years old so I was curious what people’s thoughts are on the expected life expectancy of a good quality AVR? They don’t come cheap!
What I’m experiencing with the Denon is that it freezes (stops responding to commands on the remote or on unit) about 30 seconds after switching on. Can then only turn it off at the wall. It still continues to deliver sound from TV via ARC but nothing else. I’ve tried disconnecting everything so it’s just the power cable, and I’ve also tried an Initialise reset, all to no avail. Anything else worth trying?
And any suggestions please for a simple upgrade if I give up on this unit? I did like the Denon. I mainly use it for movies (fed sound via ARC from my LG C9 OLED, as well as direct from a UHD blu-ray player and an Apple TV 4K). It drives a 5.1 set-up (KEF T105). I make use of Airplay and Arc so a step-up to Airplay 2 and eArc would be useful.
What I’m experiencing with the Denon is that it freezes (stops responding to commands on the remote or on unit) about 30 seconds after switching on. Can then only turn it off at the wall. It still continues to deliver sound from TV via ARC but nothing else. I’ve tried disconnecting everything so it’s just the power cable, and I’ve also tried an Initialise reset, all to no avail. Anything else worth trying?
And any suggestions please for a simple upgrade if I give up on this unit? I did like the Denon. I mainly use it for movies (fed sound via ARC from my LG C9 OLED, as well as direct from a UHD blu-ray player and an Apple TV 4K). It drives a 5.1 set-up (KEF T105). I make use of Airplay and Arc so a step-up to Airplay 2 and eArc would be useful.
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