Denon X2200 X4200 & Marantz SR 5010 with DTS:X

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Meanwhile, the Dolby Atmos Blu-ray catalogue continues to grow. American Sniper and John Wick are the latest BD titles with Atmos audio, thankfully giving buyers something more interesting to watch to than teenage popcorn movies.

The soon-to-launch DTS:X-enabled Denon AVR-X2200W, at that £500 price point, is likely to be a siren for many home cinema fans. It’s a 7-channel design (5.1.2 in Atmos parlance, the middle .1 being the LFE bass channel handled by a separate active subwoofer, the .2 being overheads), with 95W per channel and a generous eight HDMI inputs.

The step up, Denon's £1,099 AVR-X4200W, also allows you to firmware upgrade to Auro 3D for an additional €150. Auro 3D is the wildcard in the immersive 3D audio race. However, having recently borrowed a system to evaluate it, I can categorically state that the format doesn’t have a cat’s chance in hell of achieving mainstream acceptance.


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