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Finally someone gives DENON the respect it deserves! Thanks Jay👍 Been following your channel since the beginning and appreciate the work you put into it. Respect from Mumbai India 🍻

The fact that these audio companies are still making cd players tells me that the cd is still alive and in demand

that's the most powerful review I ever heard,Salute!

Great review Jay, you're really pumping out content and we love it! Hope it's not too hectic for you. Cheers

That’s the nicest remote I’ve ever seen. Great review, as always.

Your into and music were some of the best b-roll I've ever seen! Good job with this video!

Been a fan of Denon since their AVR-3300 and 5700. This pair of components makes me drool. Gorgeous.

Great review, Jay, thanks. If I ever change my amp or CD player, these will be on my shortlist. The principles are very similar to the Musical Fidelity gear I use now, that is to say, no added artificial effects to the sound, short signal paths, huge current capability. However, the component choice and build quality is even higher. Long live the CD!

I love Denon products. That remote, so beautiful....

Like you I believe that a CD/SACD played on a premium/high-end Japanese machine is always such a rewarding experience. Great video! I like you super professional work because you are not following trends but believe in your own and extensive experience, this is the way.

Great work! The 4K video looks really smooth!

The review that I was waiting for

Hi Jay. Thanks for reviewing . I run two systems in my room . I was tempted by this Denon amplifier myself but I knew I would want the Cd player as well and out of my price range. Also I still have my Denon Pma 1510 Amplifier & Cd Player ( In Black) and still performs very well. The Denon took a long time to burn in . For my money I recently purchased Leak Stereo 130 Amplifier Cdt Transport with Wharfdale Linton Heritage speakers which all in is still £1000 less than the Denon amplifier itself . Still burning in but already sounding good. I wouldn't be surprised if you keep it. I salute anyone who buys it & I just know its one of the few items you could buy without audtioning.

The like is for your passion and story telling.... oh and the production quality! Nice hard work!

Seeing a lot more passionate expression in this one. Interesting review / perspective. I feel the idea of heritage and longevity of a successful brand like Denon ..and their level of dedication to performance. Would be fantastic to hear what you hear .. =)

I need more cd player review from you... thx for all the videos

This is a strong review! Not that surprising given Denons know how and history but surprising given the price point of that Integrated!

Nice videography on the review. Nice little story at the start as well.

These two units are definitely on my list.

I used to want a lush, syrupy smooth sound, but I've realized I prefer a spacious, detailed, almost grainy sound (like film grain)...but not cold or thin. I discovered that rolling tubes.

Refreshing to see an honest and excellent review of a proper CD player. Thanks from London. We are tired of streaming low quality sound. We prefer CD and SACD. Thanks 👌 The sound is better and you know that.

I have an old PMA-2000R and midrange tonallity is spot on. It has a very nice flow and homogenous feel in its precentation. I have not tested but I have a feeling it will improve with better cables. It is not as well isolated internally as other brands.

Damn it Jay, you just stepped up your guys videography again....I love the shot progressions after your intro, really nicely done. CD's are not going away anytime soon with great videos like this. I fell in love with my Denon DVD3930CI. Cheers man, keep it up!

Wished we could get the high end models in the west, great review.

I recently bought a Denon pma2020, the last model without Dac. Dac was installed in the Cd Player. From what I read and told on the denon group pl. Models from Dac. I recommend checking it out.

just found this looking at amplifiers..Your nostalgia for CD's is similar to mine for Vinyl.

Great review. You keep getting better. Now get you hands on a PMA-SX11 or SX1. ; ) These Denons are Luxman and Accuphase killers at half the cost - and direct competitors in Japan I believe.

your very best review- you almost look as if you are in shock. This must really be a great amp.

Good video you Are becoming better at these videos. Your english is also easy to understand now.

There’s a reason a company stays with something for many years. Denons AL system really works! It’s good! Even back when it came out. It makes cds sound analog and brings out details.

THANKS GREAT REVIEW

At this moment I use the predesessor, the PMA-2000IV with the ATC SCM 19's. They are a beautifull match. In the past I used the KEF LS50 with and they were a good match also.

I just love the classic looks of amps like this. in contrast to more modern looking amps like Naim or Hegel, this will never go out of fashion; And i'm actually looking for a used Denon integrated to go with my LS50 right now, the high current circuitry should be a very nice match.

I love all my over 10.000 CDs and there sounds better than streaming (...with my gear!).

I have had mine for about 10 days now. Still looking for a streamer to go with it. I echo your views on the beauty of these components. And wow they are solid (read heavy). Have not listened to any records yet, just CDs. I love it. Highly recommended.

While I'm sure I can't afford the new Denon this review will have me searching the vintage stores for some of the older products to give me a taste of what the brand can offer . Thanks for that review.

Jay, in 1982 or 83 I was an early adopter for the CD format. Pure magic. The Sony/Philips CDP-101 was HEAVY and EXPENSIVE. I borrowed money to buy the thing. Did I mention pure magic? It still works and still lives in my home. I stream but I find streaming frustrating because there is so much low quality content available; much of it unlistenable.

I agree with you 100%

Great presentation....!

just bought pma-a110.. this is a real high-end amplifier. WoW!!!!!

Great review. I’m very tempted by the amplifier but was considering the 2500NE initially, so am now a little conflicted.

nice one...enjoyed it

Our first CD player was a Denon (sorry, the model number is lost in the depths of time and glitchy memory). We bought it in 1989 (when Denon was 'only' a 79-year-old company). We had auditioned 5 different players in our $400 - $500 price range in brick and mortar shops in our area, we agreed that it was the 'nicest' sounding unit of the lot, which also included NAD, Phillips, Sony, and Pioneer (or Kenwood?, see above). My wife was not an audiophile, but her trained ears as a professional speech/language pathologist as well as being an amateur pianist were more golden than mine.

Denon builds top notch equipment!

What a Denon!

Hey Jay congratulations! You found something more expensive than audio equipment!!! I play violin I picked it up again a few years back after 38 years I played all through high school and college. Wait till your girlfriend starts looking at better instruments and better bows I feel for you man. Your audio buying days are over. And I agree, once you know what a violin sounds like it's difficult buying audio equipment. It's terribly difficult to find something that sounds good/real at soft volume levels. In order to do that I find I must blast my wife out of the room when the orchestra gets loud again. One other point, this past summer I replaced my Denon PMA750 (80wpc integrated amp from 1983 it still worked fine I "Deoxit" every so often) with a Naim Nait XS3. I do have a soft spot for Denon.

Great job, the best! I’ve been waiting for this one. I bought the pma a100 and dcd a100 used less than a year ago for 3k. Similar but this newer model is more beautiful w/o a doubt. I only listen to LPs and CDs because that’s what I own a lot of from more than 40 years of buying music. I use it with a Technics 1500c and Denon 301mk2 MC cartridge and a Nagaoka MP200 MM cartridge both excellent, the Denon is more real sounding but the Nagaoka has noticeably clearer bass. MC once heard hard to go back. Give away the Ortofon Red it comes with, only good at reproducing surface noise. The same remote on both units is awesome as you say. I leave them on standby .3 watts. Speakers are the Canton Vento reference 7. One thing that makes a huge positive difference is to switch off the lights and digital out on the CD player. It still briefly shows the track# if you switch tracks. I don’t like the loss of transparency with the tone controls so I never use them. Easier to move my short backed chair up a little or back to balance the sound. They definitely are well crafted and built for the long haul and give pride of ownership if you don’t mind the size and weight. Hard to go wrong with high end Japanese equipment. Keep up the informative well done reviews and thank you.

Ok....you got a believer out of me.

I have the 100 year anniversary combo. Not as good as this combo im sure but still very very good. Denon has the longest break in period of any japanese brand I've ever owned. However, once its broken in, it sounds amazing. Wish I had the bread to buy this combo.

I just purchased this wish me luck.

I have always loved Denon products from when I was a Denon Dealer in London. Sadly it's beyond my budget now or I would buy the Amp & SACD player and a pair of AH-D9200 headphones to go with it. Perhaps Denon should have made a pair of 110 edition headphones and a cabinet to house it all.

Felice possessore!! PMA-A110

Greate presentation. :)

I love my Esoteric X05 SACD player. Cheers.

Since it is an SACD player, you need to play some. This will take the sound to a different level. Since you seem to like Dire Straits, try their JDM (SACD layer only, green disc for better sound quality) albums. Roughly 60 bucks each. Very well worth it.

that's why we love Lp's too

CDs are amazing. I just bought “Classic Hauser” on CD, FLAC, LP, and Apple Music download. The CD is indistinguishable from the 24/96 FLAC download but a lot less expensive plus it does not load up my hard drive.

Hi Jay. Would you recommend this pairing with the Buchardt S400 MKIIs?

I do stream but I will never give up vinyl and cd because they spund great and this is the only way our kids can learn something about the music. My collection stays with my kids.

Highly recommend you try the mofi Dire Straits SACDs. All of them are phenomenal and are the best versions of the albums hands down.

I enjoyed watching this review.

Great review! Keep up the good work. What’s this you helped master music?

great vid

I can get a New Denon PMA-A110 for $2,200. Looking to upgrade from a Arcam SA30. Is this a good deal?

It’s a legendary status amp. Majorly underrated and limited run on them too

Awesome review! What are those speakers? 🙀

Love cd format

Thanks! Looks gorgeous !! What type Of speakers would be ideal for it?

Lovely gear

Love them capacitors I love that brand name capacitor Nichicon. I use that brand to rebuild a 2270 Marantz it was expensive but it was worth it also have a Yamaha DSPA1 I changed two main capacitors it look like beer cans laying sideways you really can’t see how big those aren’t you get inside and it had that same brand name and it was expensive to replace those I could use blue capacitors but that brand just is worth the extra money .

Awesome review. Did you test the vinyl Sound as well ?

The A110 looks surprisingly similar to my PMA 2000AE internally, even though the devil is obviously in the details. By the way, when Sony and Philips were working together on creating the CD format Philips opted for a 60 minutes long disc. Norio Ohga, president of Sony at the time, realized that a 60 minutes disc would not be enough for the longest known recording of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, which was 74 minutes, and the rest is history. I still have my CD collection even though i am using an external hard drive to play music now.

The pma1600ne 1600cd is superb so can only imagine how good these are

Check out an Oracle CD2500. It's design is from something out of this world The mechanism is totally isolated from the main suspended chassis and the sound is like nothing else available. It's $20,000 but to me it was worth.

In my “nothing but vinyl” days of the early 70s, we would call that pamphlet info the “liner notes.” I’m glad to read their equivalent on Qobuz streaming. But while I was thrilled to dump my mid-fi vinyl for mid-fi CD, and I’m convinced I can differentiate AAC from CD quality, I’m less sure about the benefit of higher Rez. So a $ grand for a CD player is starting to look reasonable to me as I tiptoe towards hi-end audio gear.

Due to your review, I bought the amp. I am very pleased. Better than my Marantz 40n Amp. Holographic sound.

Superb review as usual. It's annoying you have to buy the DAC twice if you go for this combo. It's hard to imagine anyone going for the CD without the amp though of course v/s is true so the DAC belongs in the amp. I wonder whether they considered a transport only? (Note this is the route Leak have taken with their new combo) In fact - given both the popularity and necessity of separate DAC's, plus the plethora of DAC's in amps I wonder whether we might even see a resurgence of transports?

' Denon' - "Nippon Columbia" once the Columbia Record Company's division and distributor of Columbia Records in Japan. Like "the former" JVC - Japan Victor Company; did the same for RCA Records. The more important similarities for "us". They BOTH had some of the Biggest & Best R & D divisions in All of Audio ! Now the JVC , is at best; just a shadow of It's former self. Only Luxman & Denon, have survived, to Carry On.

Denon have a SACD/CD above this unit called the DCD-SX1 using even more refined parts and I am trying to work out how I can buy one as I’m located in the UK and only sold in Japan. This unit also has a USB and digital inputs so it can be used as a DAC if you have PCM and DSD files on a hard drive.

When you used the CD DAC, did you turn on analog mode on the amp ? Thx

Great vid, I just picked up a Denon DCD 1520 was suppose to be good in its day what’s your thoughts?

Hi Jay, do you think that sounds better than a Mcintosh MA252? It is for my Martin Logan ESL X

An amplifier that Isn't an empty box, has a nice Dac bult in, and is made in Japan! Where do i sign up.

Looks nice man, i just bought a denon dcd600ne cd player running through a quality hand built amp and it sounds absolutely amazing , what do you think of this model Jay, Regards Colin

Hi Jay. How does this stack sound in comparison to the Marantz model 30 stack or the Technics gu 700 stack?

In My option. Cds sound way better then Any streaming i ever heard. Plus I own 3500 cds and 800+ LPs

Question Jay... Since there are no pre-outs, could you add a subwoofer(or two) using speaker level connections? I'm looking at integrated amp's recently and a few of them don't have pre-amp outputs, and I've come to understand that not all amplifiers are suitable for connecting subs through the speaker binding posts. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thank you!

Jay never answered questions about how this Denon compares to Hegel H190 (we know that he knows Hegel amplifiers well). This again may mean that there is a significant difference between them, but it is not appropriate to state it.

It would be amazing if you upload the playback on an alternate website so we could hear how it sounds.

Can you tell me what the bookshelf speaker is on your right? Did you review it? It looks very interesting. If you want to blow your mind, listen to Storm Warning from Bob James Restless CD. I only have this on CD and I am still amazed how clear and dynamic it sounds.

Denon is bold...My old Denon 3803 receiver still rocks, just need better speaker to hook up

Oh yes what a super system,,,,,,,,,, that's were my dollars go,,,,, that's the hi fi system I really need to have,,,,,,,,, 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎅💯🙏☕🎄 Great video,,,,,,,

Hi Jay! At the end of the video you said that there may be other budget alternatives that can compete at this sound. Would you mind sharing what these would be?

I want to live in a world where $7500 for an integrated amp and CD player is not unreasonable.

Dear Jay, How would you compare the sound of this integrated amplifier to my beloved Naim Nait XS amplifier ?

I have this Dennon set up. Do you think it can drive the Kef R11? I really want to pair this components with the Kefs

Score: 110/100

Tone controls 👍🏼

Hi! Thank you for the review. I have the preamp/power amp combo Pioneer c73/m73 from the Urushi series in the 90s. I was wondering if the a110 or the 2500ne will drive and sound better with my Focal Aria 948 and one svs sb-1000 pro sub. Moderate auditions. I also have the Pioneer PD-73 cd player and I’m tempted to change it with the dcd-110, mostly for the sacd part. Does the dcd-110 sounds better than the PD-73 when it comes to cds? Or the 2500ne? Or should I stick with what I have a go for hybrid sacds? Thank you!