Gene DellaSala
11-21-05, 10:14 AM
[font=verdana][COLOR=red][SIZE=4]Denon S-101 Home Entertainment System Review[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/font]
Introduction
Let’s face it. We all love surround sound, but can’t always find the space for a full-fledged system. I can personally relate while I am staying at my beach condo for the next two months awaiting completion of my new home. While my condo is pretty accommodating for the three of us, it has little space to accommodate a 5.1 surround system, well, perhaps a dinky cubed system, but I’d prefer my clock radio as an alternative. Don’t laugh, it has decent fidelity and certainly jump starts my mornings each time the alarm goes off to the local hard rock station. That being said, I was on a quest to continue doing reviews of home theater gear despite my living constraints. I quickly had flashbacks of the Denon Summer Conference where we walked away very impressed with their new DVD Home Theater Systems, particularly their S-301 (MSRP: $1599) and the S-101 (MSRP: $999). Thinking about this, I requested an S-301 for review and within one week the S-101 showed up at my office. Oh well, so it’s not flagship, but it is surround sound that will integrate perfectly in my condo and hopefully satiate my desire for home theater while I await completion of my new home.
Pros:
Easy setup
Good value
Commendable sound
Space efficient
Cons:
Can sound compressed with high dynamic sources
Average surround envelopment
Ho hum disc tracking ability
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/images/s101complete.jpg
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Introduction
Let’s face it. We all love surround sound, but can’t always find the space for a full-fledged system. I can personally relate while I am staying at my beach condo for the next two months awaiting completion of my new home. While my condo is pretty accommodating for the three of us, it has little space to accommodate a 5.1 surround system, well, perhaps a dinky cubed system, but I’d prefer my clock radio as an alternative. Don’t laugh, it has decent fidelity and certainly jump starts my mornings each time the alarm goes off to the local hard rock station. That being said, I was on a quest to continue doing reviews of home theater gear despite my living constraints. I quickly had flashbacks of the Denon Summer Conference where we walked away very impressed with their new DVD Home Theater Systems, particularly their S-301 (MSRP: $1599) and the S-101 (MSRP: $999). Thinking about this, I requested an S-301 for review and within one week the S-101 showed up at my office. Oh well, so it’s not flagship, but it is surround sound that will integrate perfectly in my condo and hopefully satiate my desire for home theater while I await completion of my new home.
Pros:
Easy setup
Good value
Commendable sound
Space efficient
Cons:
Can sound compressed with high dynamic sources
Average surround envelopment
Ho hum disc tracking ability
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/images/s101complete.jpg
[SIZE=2]> Read the Complete Review (http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/DenonS101p1.php) <[/SIZE]