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This is such a great receiver. I’ve had mine for over a year and it’s phenomenal. Glad to see it get the good review it deserves.

Great review, I've had mine for almost a year and i love it. A real gem this receiver is.

I just got this receiver after watching this video a few weeks ago. So far I’m loving it 💪🏾😎🔊💯

First time subscriber here only because your reviews are excellent and informative with a pleasing voice to boot .👍

Great review, thanks for actually addressing how the on-screen GUI works/looks, something your peers seem to gloss over.

Excellent review, thank you. I want one now. Just gotta persuade the missus now that we need this in our lives:)

You have some of the Best videos mate! This really helped me, thank you!

thanks for the review. been waiting for it for a while.

Great Review! This is the AVR I have been interested in getting to replace our AVRx3300w Just installed 4 ceiling speakers to create the 7.2.4 you spoke about. Now to find a decent 2 ch amp. Thanks!

Great review! I got my Denon AVR-X4500H a few weeks ago and I am loving it! I pair it with Klipsch RP-8000F for stereo music! This is my beginning setup as I am planning to grow it later on! I am not disappointed so far!! Although, when I watch a movie and want to go crazy in volume, like you said, I dont hear a muddy sound, but I might notice a little bit of distortion in dialogues , which makes me feel like I need an external amplifier? It was only two floorstanding speakers though, Imagine if I had 9.2 system!! The heat it makes kind of worries me. I've never heard the fans you speak of, but, since I am new to all this, it just makes me worry.

thanks for the video. I just purchased one for my new Klipsch dolby atmos speakers on a 9.2 setup! I'm excited now!

This just got its place on my shortlist solidified, am looking to start with a $500 5.1 speaker system & the X4500H, my most important factor being upgradeability, planning to switch to something like a 5.1.2 next and maybe 5.1.4. Thanks for the comprehensive review!

All Denon X4_00H series are affordable yet powerful AVRs... I use X4400H and it still performs excellently!!!

I love this awesome review! I have an old Marantz SR8500 still works fine this 2020! Thanks & God bless you!

Good review. Just ordered one of these for my home theatre replacing an older Marantz. I have a Meridian 559 power amp for the front two channels (Martin Logan electrostatics) so this will only power center, sides, and rears. I find having a separate 2 channel power amp, just for your main speakers, lets you change your receiver more cost effectively as technology advances. It takes a big power load off of the receiver so you can buy a lower end model. You can also then have an audiophile power amp just for music. Best of both worlds.

I like this reciever have all my devices plugged in. No issues from switching from TV to projector

I also own 4500h and love it. Great review as usual villa. Keep the videos coming!

Great Review Villaman! 👍

Thankyou for your excellent review on this product. I intend on purchasing it and pairing it with Onkyo SKS-HT 870 7.1 speakers. Are these speakers good enough for a good Dolby Atmos experience?

great review. Compare with the Marantz 7013 and Anthem 720?

Hey good info, I own the Marantz SR6014 I was wondering if you ever had the chance to compare it the AVR-X4500H?

Just got one! Upgraded from a Onkyo TX-NR708, which was a P.O.S. The Denon is amazing!!!, even with just 5.1 surround, (I need to get some more speakers!). I like that I can tweek the levels, and crossovers to my taste. This seems like a very solid unit!

Great review. Just bought 7 Klipsch Pro speakers for a 5.1.2 home theatre setup in my basement. I want the best receiver to power them for movies and music. Do you recommend the denon avrx 4500 or the marantz SR7012/7013????

Hi Villa Man. Love your channel.I too have this receiver it as well as the Outlaw 5000. Trying to set up zone 2 to play music in my backyard while having 5.1.4 in the main room. The main room works great. Don’t know speaker/external amp configuration to power zone 2. Thank you! Robert

Its a great av Receiver. Best in class. I am using this as from last 8 month. I am just loving it..

Great review with actual good information!

Great video. Watching in 2021, is this still your go to for the price/value? It's about 1200 and I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on one to replace an ancient Onkyo SR605. Thanks!

Thanks for the video. Rather timely for me. I'm in the process of upgrading my system. The Denon 3311 has served me well but must vacate my theater room to make way for an update. The 4500 is on my short list.

Thanks. Getting ready to upgrade from Yamaha adventage A3000. Really love it so may continue with Yamaha.

Did you try Auro 3D and the Auro-matic up-mixer?

I own a Marants SR 6014 and it processes well. Just added an Emotiva A5175 and things have livened up quite a lot over the internal amps. Todays receivers, no matter how good still benefit from external amps.

An exciting video, as I have my 4500H on order! I have a pair of Andrew Jones Pioneer upward firing speakers atop his front towers I have NOT YET hooked up to my previous x2300. Would a pair of rears make that much of a height experience difference? It's in a 12 x 16 ft family room.

What receiver would u recommend for 7.2.4? Should I wait till end of year for possible hdmi 2.1

hello I'm undecided between x3600 and x4500! which of the two is better as details in the sound and general quality? thanks

Hello. Just bought a Denon AVRX4500 to power 7 Klipsch Pro in wall speakers in a 7.1.2 setup. Do you think I need a dedicated power amp to push them?

Wanting to buy one of these, but not really going to be using the extra stuff on the 4500. The only thing I am worried about is the power to run speakers. I will use 2 Pioneer SP-EFS73 as my front stereo speakers, will the 3600 have any problems running those, or should I go for the 4500? I have a 5.1 system at the moment and plan on adding those stereo speakers mostly for music playback, but also for movies too. Will I have any problems with these, or do you even recommend a better pair of tower speakers for the front ones, as I have not bought them yet?

Had mine for a while now. Only slight annoyance I've found is that it can't seem to pass HDR10+.

In movies, which is better Marantz 7013 or Denon 4500?

How does this compare to an Onkyo reciever? Just curious as looking to buy a new AV receiver.

I just got a Marantz SR-5013 yesterday. Listen, probably the best sounding receiver I have ever heard by far.

Please suggest.. which one is better avr .. Sony STR dh 790 or Denon avr 4500h and what will be the major difference in sound quality/clarity..?

I'm still using my Integra DTR 50.3 but may go back to high end Denon if I can find one at a reasonable price..Thx for the review.👍🍺

hey villman, if you had a choice between the denon 4500 and 3700 for the same price, which one is the better deal?

I think its actually an Integrated Audio video , Beast !!!

Great Review, Just purchased the 4500h and the Outlaw 5000 for my front Stage, Quick Question, If the Outlaw is going to drive my F,L,C will I be able to Assign power to the Denon Height (Atmos) Channels?

Hey VillMan. If this was yours to keep and use , would you put an external amp on it?

Show de bola esse reciver é top eu tenho o X3400h.

How do you compare this one to X3600H / X3700H in terms of sound quality?

Denon 4500 or Pioneer SC- LX 704 . Which one is the best. Can you please do a review.

Thanks man. Helps a lot.

Without a doubt, the 4500H! During boxing day, the HiFi store gave me the 6500 and 4500, right to the point, if you want pay extra $1000. For extra 2 powered channels, and what little extra power that I personally didn't notice, but the big one it's made in Japan. I went with the 4500H it's not worth $1K for made in Japan. Great video 🇨🇦

is it possible to play movies through usb in avr through hdd??? what are the ways to play atmos files and get it through avr for atmos/dts x?! for bluray player which models can decode atmos to avr?!! please reply

Thanks for an excellent review. I watch KZfaq most of the time which is 2.0. Can I use this receiver to send the low frequencies to my subwoofer and have a 2.1 audio? Thank you in advance.

Would you go for rhe 4500H or the newer 3700H?? I'm at a crossroads

@Tha_VillaMan Man, this receiver is on sale at Best Buy for $1,199.99 or $400 off. It’s kinda tough to wait for May/June when Yamaha is supposedly releasing their first HDMI 2.1 Dolby Atmos receivers. I feel like I should wait even amidst this crisis. I also read that the X4500H does NOT support ALLM. You said it does. I didn’t think the Denon supported variable refresh rate either. I’m probably going to cross my fingers and wait for Summer 2020 to buy a receiver.

Great Video VillaMan! I really want to buy this receiver becouse now i got the Pioneer sc-lx85. Its a really powerfull amp, but i lacks in todays feautures. The only 2 reasons that hold me back to buy the denon is: Its a lot less powerfull then my current Pioneer receiver. And next year 120fps will come on the new xbox and ps5 and then the denon receiver won't support it. Do yo got some advice? Thanks!

Is this receiver a big upgrade from the Onkyo TX-NR676? Thanks!

Where is the rest of the review for the Model 5000?

have the x6500 for almost a year now. I'm running all 11.2 channels. Question for you, the left and right surrounds (just those 2) do not work when watching regular tv, all other speakers work fine. Here's what really baffles me, they work when playing Netflix, blue ray, Amazon etc, I'm running the hopper from dish network and they even work on dvr and on demand but just not regular tv. Do you think it's the denon internals? Really weird.

I have a chance to get a Denon 4500 model for a great price, it’s obviously a 2018 model? Or should I search for a 3600 or 3700 model? I currently have a 2200 model and it’s 5 years old ... thoughts ?

I like that shirt you have and the i dream in Color and in HDR shirt. Im gonna have to order me one of each lol!

@Tha_VillaMan The Yamaha Aventage line is supposedly going to be the first HDMI 2.1 receiver released in 2020. I wonder how good these will be in a Dolby Atmos setup.

You sold me on this AVR perfect match for my Klipsch Dolby Atmos Refence speakers

Brilliant video I use the onkyo TX nr609 it is from 9 years ago but still sounds epic it has not got the Dolby Atmos chip but it does have the front high speakers and the back hi-fi speakers for the normal 7.2 configuration the only problem with these amplifiers is they do seem a little underpowered that having said since I brought the Onkyo TX nr609 from nearly 10 years ago it had the set-up like it was the Odyssey the same setup my that Denham Now use and it is very very good for music I have you no subwoofers at all for 10-years because of that function I hit the dynamic EQ I hit the dynamic volume and it's equalizers everything and makes my windows rumble but adding separate amplifiers even if you have preamplifier out starts to get a little complicated if you start doing that you may as well pay the extra money and go to the cinema and have a normal two channel setup on top of all of this you have your aging process it's all depends on how good your ears and eyes are brilliant video though mate keep them coming

Finally a great video on this receiver! So I had two different experience with this receiver. First my equipment an AVR X4500H receiver Klipsch RP-8000F front , 504C center (2) 502S surround, (2) 502s rear (2) 500sa front height (1) SPL150 Sub an LG HU85LA short throw laser projector and a short throw light canceling 120" screen .an XBox One a Furman power conditioner and a whole bunch of AC Infinity coolers that I put into the flush mount projector AV cabinet I built. When I received the receiver after about an hour was thinking whats all the fuss about this thing is over complex and horrible. After a few days I was I was cursing and saying this thing is the worst receiver I ever purchased and either its defective or truly the worst. Things I experiences, had to do a complete system reset. Pink lines showing up on two different monitors. Though my Laser projector was bad. No speaker icons showing up had to physically pull the plug to reset. No sound, shut off twice on its own, froze up with no control of anything on the receiver had to unplug. And a few other issues. The dealer sent me a new one. Complete different experience, auto screen setup smooth no pink lines, everything super easy to follow and setup. speaker calibration. One click of the FIOS power button now turns on the receiver, projector and it auto selects the TV, Game, and SAT or CATV. I agree the subwoofer control is calibrating to weak. It does produce a lot of heat and I had a feeling so when I built my cabinet I installed two AC Infinity fans with auto climate control on top of the cabinet with huge intake vents and thermocoupler probes a two fan unit on top of the receiver to pull the hot air out of the top of the receiver. along with two fans on the projector part of the cabinet with exhausts and intakes in the front and top of the cabinet. The idea was to pull cool air from the bottom of the components through vents and exhaust out the top and back of the cabinets since the equipment is enclosed. Everything is alarmed at 110 deg and set to kick on at around 101 degrees. I have not been able to find the safe operating temps of this receiver so I just set it based on how long it took to hit 100 degrees from 80 when it is turned on. takes about 25 mins to hit 100 and then the fan runs for about 5 mins taking it down to around 95 and kicks back on after 5 mins back and forth. Never hits above 103 degree F and the fan noise is not much louder than the projector. Willing to live with fan noise over premature equipment failure. Now I love the receiver. But its still early and I have a lot of tweeking and learning to do.

What do you run your input level on and channel level? After calibration I find the surrounds to be over bearing . Any thoughts ?

I am considering the Denon AVR-X4500H and what amplifier would you recommend? Also, I am going to add Klipsch speakers to the system...

How can I get Dolby atmos working? On the same receiver it has a Dolby atmos sticker. However when my dad set up Apple 4KTV I think he connected it to the DVD/BlueRay HDMI. Tried things like clicking movie on the receiver and clicking the Dolby. But on my Apple 4K TV it says Dolby at is not available. It only does 5.1 even on Disney plus. But yet it works with my Samsung soundbar Q70R. Did we connect it to the wrong HDMI? Does the theatre room have to have Dolby atmos speakers? The speakers in the theater room are Polk audio. Plus got 4 celling speakers. Please help. Was really looking forward to showing my family how Dolby atmos is better then 5.1 thanks J.R the model number on the receiver is AVR S740H

I bought this receiver a couple weeks ago. I'm new to all this, but I installed center, fronts, surrounds, surround backs, 4 ceiling atmos speakers and 2 subs. I have yet to hear anything out of the surround back speakers except for the test tones when I set it up. They are hooked up correctly because the test tones worked. When I press the info button on the remote, it gives "active speakers" on the screen and the "sbl" and "sbr" are not in blue like the rest. Have I got a setting wrong somewhere?

I'm torn between one of these or an Onkyo 840, to replace my Pioneer LX70. Getting an LG 55c9 tomorrow 😁

Hi there! If you ever feel the need to branch out on your testing...get the Yamaha RX-A3080, add an Antimode S2 for Subwoofer correction (since Yamaha doesn't really do that) and a little SMSL amp for the Rear Ceiling Speakers since Yamaha only does 5.1.4 out of the box. With Surround:AI to pep up all your movies, even if they already have native Atmos or DTS:X Sound, you might be quite surprised at the results you get. Of course, it's a pretty expensive Setup, so I would definitely understand if you don't want to go for it, but to me it was very much worth it to get a more balanced Surround experience than what you get with Denon...

Hi good day, can you recommend me a two channel power amplifier to add on to process 11 channel s

I have important question. Im found out that the normal room meseuring ist absolute crap because of the Lack of prcessorpower of the denon avr. Just the multieq app can handle those mesure data. When i add the dynamiceq Future in the app and send this Settings top the avr the Sound ist absolutely nice!. The Problem ist that denon do not enough to Tell that this is important for this lovely Sound. Why is that.? They put a product in the Market that could be a ferarri but its only a Ford...... with the regular mesurement. Do You have similar experiance with that?

Does this one work with Apple AirPlay 2?

I'm new at this home theater setup. If i want to do a 5.1.4 setup I still need an amplifier?

Very good video. I’m in the market for new av receiver , but unsure between 3600 and 4500. The price difference today is only £100. However 3600 comes with 6 years warranty. What are your thoughts ? Ultimately I’m going to end up with a 5.1.4 system. I’m going for the heartache of ceiling speakers. No matter how many times I’ve watched your excellent video , about it. Keep up your great work thanks John

Bro iam confused purchasing tv pls tell me which tv I can buy Sony A8G or Sony bravia x950g series pls rply me

This one or the sony str dn1080?

I prefer the Yamaha Aventage line myself, but I respect the Denons. Ultimately for me it doesn't really matter the specs because I run an Emotiva amp so I like the Yamaha features/aesthetics more.

@Tha_VillaMan At times I feel like some people bought this receiver X-4500H rather than waiting for an HDMI 2.1 receiver to release. Can most people even see 4K 120fps for example. Some people have told me that HDMI 2.1 is beyond us as humans. Next gen might not have a lot of games that are optimized by developers for 120fps. We may see most games targeting this receiver’s 4K/60. I still want to wait.

Anybody have any recommendations for a receiver for mainly music...... not really into home theater...... looking for something to play phono FM AM cds streaming and whatever...... something I can put some real power through like adding an amplifier.....I currently have klipsch towers and a marantz 7025..... but my old receiver doesn't accept an amplifier

Wonder how often that door smacks that right tower.

Hello Villaman! just a newbie question, since I'm still very new to all this.. I listen to music all day, except when I'm sleeping haha.. My question is if i can have this AVR turned on nearly all day where im listening to music or whatever. And if so, what should I be watching out for and what can I do to prevent my AVR from getting damaged? Thanks a lot in advance :)

I have the 3500H. Trust me I did look at the 4500, only reason I when with the 3500 was price. And was able too find it at the Magnolia store for $699 it was $999.

The Denon AVR X4500H is a GREAT PERFORMING & SOUNDING AVR with power to spare. At about "Half Past Deafness" I can listen to my 5.1.4 POLK 7200 Surround System in my DEN [Zone 1] while also driving my 2 Channel Stereo Floor Standing RSL Sierra Towers w/12" Woofers in my Living Rm [Zone 2] TOP GUN, DARK NIGHT .................. bring it on !

Any idea how to hook up a 3rd sub to this receiver?

Thats what ive had for about 2 months and it has some power even though i hooked up a monolith 7x to it to get 7.3.4 its great

any receivers receiving hdmi 2.1 yet

Hey Family, I'm Trying to Decide Which Power 🔋 Amplifier to Get ( 5 or 7 Channels Version) Emotiva or Monolith Power Amplifier????

Great video maybe the day will arrive when I can spend$1000 or more on a AVR

Hi Tha_VillaMan and everyone else. I've got a question I'm hoping it's not too late to have answered about this Denon x4500H unit. The setup I'm looking to use with it is Almost all Klipsch. I have two 82 Towers, 62 Center, 52 rear standing, and 2 height sonance speakers for atmos. I know the X4500 will power the 7 speakers, but I also have two Klipsch 112SW' that I want to use with it. The subs are self powered, but I'm seeing a lot of info online that I would need a second amp for what would end up being a 5.2.2 setup and I don't understand that given the 9.2 rating on this receiver. Can anyone help by providing correct info on the setup? Thanks in advance. (FYI, I'm new to this, was using a sound bar previously. Acquired the speakers and subs before buying a receiver...forgive the ignorance please.)

i own the 2600h as my friend and reviewers biged it up. my issues are first i have to keep it on the older firmware as it doesnt work with my xbox one s if i update it when it comes to hdr and 4k. even with the latest software, and the oldest, going into settings for audio and selecting options in the ref area sometimes kicks hdr off and i end up haveing to select a different hdmi and back again for it to return hdr. lastly and i feel this is a big miss by denon, it doesnt work with my google plasy player as i cant send over by blue tooth my playlists. instead i have to use heos and creat new playlists. why in this day and age cant it just do both. let me cast via blue tooth my music on my android phone by google or any other player with blue tooth suport? yes the sou7nd is awsome but its far from the perfect bug free experience and it isnt the exellent everyone says, not till it allws the basic us of bluetooth on a phone and not push heos and sort out the kind of bugs i asumed a 500 pound amp would not have. part of me withes i tried the sony one but hey too late now. voice operastions with my harmony work great with it and yeh sound is amazing. but it needs to be a smater device just a warning all those google play playlists you have get ready to remake them on the dennon amps. 8/10 is a very fair rating as sound on my 2600h is great but the bugs and heos take at least 2 poiunts off. if i was a music lover id be giing this amp a 6/10, luckly im a movie guy so its a 8.. And heos works well when you realise to add a song to a playlist you have to open playlist tell it to play from phone, then make sure you press play now and replace que. then go to the song you want to add and play now. then save plaYLIST. ITS STUPID ITS ANOYING AND BECAUSE IM STUPID IT TOOK ME A FEW WEEKS TO CLICK ON HOW TO DO IT. WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF I COULD HAVE JUST PAIRED MY PHONE to the denon amp and played my playlists or songs directly but dennon doesnt let you do that because oftheir badly made heos app. i know theres alot of denon fans out there and yes i never heard a bad review but be warned if like you you want songs from your phone to go directly to the denon amplifiers it wont . At their prices it should. im saying this for al;l new buyers to be aware as no one else is saying this stuff and truthfully if all people do is tell you the positives denon whos 2600h i like alot is not gona impliment the missing basic features that in 2020 really shouldnt hell 2017 they really shouldnt be missing. its like buying a new sports car with no bluetooth or usb port.

Good evening all hope you had a great day, I need some advice regarding this AVR I'm a noob so I need all the advice I can get, so this is the hardware I'm thinking of purchasing: 1. KLIPSCH RP-8000F 2. KLIPSCH RP-504C CENTER CHANNEL SPEAKER 3. KLIPSCH RP-600M BOOKSHELF SPEAKER 4. KLIPSCH SPL-150 SUBWOOFER two of them 5. YAMAHA NS-IC800 IN-CEILING SPEAKERS for Dolby atmos 4 of them (if you can recommend something better I'd appreciate it) And, of course, the DENON AVR-X4500H Now my question is will the x-4500 be enough for all of those or am I going to need an amp and if I am, could you recommend which one? Oh and this is what I'm currently using: Samsung ht-9750 W

Just picked up the 4500 for $899 from Greentoe. It's due to arrive tomorrow

Much better love to the Villa man I hope he’s not villainy my house

Pair 4 Ohm speakers OK?

Great video. I currently have a 4400h. I like the clean sound. Even though newer receivers are still coming out I’ll hold on to this until receivers with hdmi 2.1 are released in the future for receivers.

does this receiver supports 3 zones?

Hai bro pls tell me what is HDMI 2.1 what will useful in Sony tv x950g series is it important to tv or not pls reply me