Denon AVR-3600 AV RECEIVER

This is a great receiver, i just upgraded to a THX Onkyo. The AVR-3600 is second from the top in Denon's receiver line, the top model being a deluxe THX-certified Dolby Digital unit. While the AVR-3600 is not THX-certified, it's a good bet that much of its circuitry is THX-influenced. Certainly the amplifier power ratings hover in the THX region: 90 watts per channel for all five channels in surround mode, 110 watts per channel in two-channel stereo. Equally important, Denon has implemented a good bass-management system consisting of 80-Hz high-pass crossover filters on the receiver's speaker outputs and a matching 80-Hz low-pass filter on its line-level subwoofer output. (Dolby Labs' requirements in this regard are considerably more relaxed than Lucasfilm's.) Like other high-power A/V receivers, the AVR-3600 provides several digitally processed surround modes in addition to Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic. Its Super Stadium, Rock Arena, Jazz Club, Classic Concert, and Matrix modes all generate delayed artificial "reflections" and feed them out in various timings and levels through all the speakers in a surround-sound system. These reflections can be controlled to some extent in spacing (Room Size) and amplitude (Effect Level) using the remote control and the receiver's on-screen menu system. Your TV screen must therefore be on for these and other adjustments.