AV Receiver Reviews

Two channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
0.1% distortion at 126.8 watts
1% distortion at 152.1 watts

Five channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
0.1% distortion at 77.7 watts
1% distortion at 90.8 watts

Seven channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
0.1% distortion at 74.3 watts
1% distortion at 84.3 watts

Analog frequency response in Pure Direct mode:
–0.13 dB at 10 Hz
–0.03 dB at 20 Hz
+0.02 dB at 20 kHz
–2.76 dB at 50 kHz

Analog frequency response with signal processing:
–0.57 dB at 10 Hz
–0.18 dB at 20 Hz
–.034 dB at 20 kHz
–18.76 dB at 50 kHz

This graph shows that the AVR-2313CI’s left channel, from CD input to speaker output with two channels driving 8-ohm loads, reaches 0.1 percent distortion at 126.8 watts and 1 percent distortion at 152.1 watts. Into 4 ohms, the amplifier reaches 0.1 percent distortion at 154.4 watts and 1 percent distortion at 192.5 watts.

There was no multichannel input to measure. THD+N from the CD input to the speaker output was less than 0.005 percent at 1 kilohertz when driving 2.83 volts into an 8-ohm load. Crosstalk at 1 kHz driving 2.83 volts into an 8-ohm load was –74.90 decibels left to right and –74.06 dB right to left. The signal-to-noise ratio with an 8-ohm load from 10 hertz to 24 kHz with “A” weighting was –113.19 dBrA.

From the Dolby Digital input to the loudspeaker output, the left channel measures –0.10 dB at 20 Hz and –0.27 dB at 20 kHz. The center channel measures –0.09 dB at 20 Hz and –0.15 dB at 20 kHz, and the left surround channel measures –0.09 dB at 20 Hz and –0.29 dB at 20 kHz. From the Dolby Digital input to the line-level output, the LFE channel is –0.01 dB at 20 Hz when referenced to the level at 40 Hz and reaches the upper 3-dB down point at 118 Hz and the upper 6-dB down point at 121 Hz.—MJP

Video Test Bench
The Denon offers outstanding video processing for its price class and sailed through every one of our video benchmarks.—DV