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Denon AVR-X5200W Atmos-Enabled AV Receiver Specs

Specs
Power Output: 9 x 140 watts (8 ohms, 2 channels driven)
Auto Setup/Room EQ: Audyssey Platinum XT32
Dimensions (WxHxD, Inches): 17.13 x 6.25 x 15.5
Weight (Pounds): 31.1
Video Processing: 4K scaling/passthrough
Video Inputs: HDMI 2.0 (8; 1, front panel), component video (2), composite video (5; 1 front panel)
Audio Inputs: Coaxial digital (2), optical digital (2), stereo analog (7; 1 front panel), phono (1)
Additional: USB (1, front panel), Ethernet (1), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, IR remote (1), AM (1), FM (1)
Video Outputs: HDMI 2.0 (3), component video (1), composite video (2)
Audio Outputs: Stereo analog (2; Zone 2/3), 13.2-channel pre-out (11.2 processed), ¼-inch headphone (1)
Additional: RS-232 (1), 12-volt trigger (2)
Price: $1,999

Company Info
Denon
(201) 762-6665
usa.denon.com

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Rob Sabin's picture
Submitted by Rob Sabin on November 21, 2014 - 9:46am
Dan frequently mentions his reference speakers in other reviews,and he may have discussed them in the "Atmos Here" article that accompanies this review. These are a no longer available set of Energy Veritas stand monitors that offer an exceptionally even tonal balance with (I seem to recall) just a tiny bit of high end sparkle that helps bring out ambient detail. Coincidenally, (or not so coincidentally) Tom Norton's reference speakers are Energy Veritas towers of the same generation.
dlaloum's picture
Submitted by dlaloum on November 23, 2014 - 3:41am

My major question is whether this AVR (like most) downsamples audio to 48kHz when applying room EQ?
I keep hoping that manufacturers will put the necessary horsepower in these to allow Room EQ with Hires Audio formats (without downsampling!)
thanks

ptcolombo's picture
Submitted by ptcolombo on December 2, 2014 - 8:07am

I have the little brother to this, the AVR-X2100W. One of the specific reasons I got it was it was one of the few AV's out there that handles Sirius/XM. To my disappointment, it doesn't seem to be able to play Sirius for more than about 30-60 minutes without freezing up (got it to go 2 hrs once). Did you find this in your testing, Dan? Denon has been useless in addressing this and I check for firmware weekly. I don't seem to be alone in this problem looking at some of the forums. Perhaps you can affect some change using your journalistic platform if you saw the same.

jdesan's picture
Submitted by jdesan on December 30, 2014 - 3:20am

Well it appears " Atmos" is the next Format to be shoved down our throats. I love great sound and have a Moderate HT setup. But my hearing has suffered and it's all I can do to get a pleasing sound with a 7.1 setup. I have hearing aids ( read expensive ) and they are absolutely horrible for Music. ( read no fidelity ) I have no interest in Atmos. Just another gimmick to keep the Dollars rolling in. As far as the Review, I think way too much is written about how each Album or song sounds. Nobody is going to have that same setup. Stick with the Specs.

twiseman2's picture
Submitted by twiseman2 on May 7, 2015 - 2:20pm

I'm seriously looking at upgrading my current AVR-4306 series Receiver with this model. One of the primary drivers is that my receiver will not pass through my Media Server HDMI and Blue-Ray 3D signals, making switching inputs a real nuisance, as my projector only has an input selector that cannot be hard coded (just changes from 1, to 2 to 3 and back to 1). Has anyone tested this receiver with a PC Media Server and Blue-Ray 3D player? My guess is that it will work with the latter, but not sure about the former. I would think my 4306 would have worked with a PC, too! Appreciate any information on this.

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