Receivers
Denon AVR-1909 7.1 A/V Receiver
- Written by Kevin Lichterman
- Published on 09 February 2009
- Denon AVR-1909 7.1 A/V Receiver
- Page 2: Setup of the Denon AVR-1909Â 7.1 A/V Receiver
- Page 3: The Denon AVR-1909Â 7.1 A/V Receiver Remote Control
- Page 4: The Denon AVR-1909Â 7.1 A/V Receiver in Use
- Page 5: Other Features of the Denon AVR-1909Â 7.1 A/V Receiver
- Page 5: The Denon AVR-1909Â 7.1 A/V Receiver On the Bench
- Page 6: Conclusions About the Denon AVR-1909Â 7.1 A/V Receiver
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I tested the receiver with two channels driven. Distortion measurements were within an 80 kHz bandwidth.
At 20 volts into 8 ohms (50 watts RMS), IMD was 0.055%
The measured frequency response was 10 Hz - 100 kHz, - 2 dB, and was flat from 10 Khz - 20 kHz.
THD+N vs. Frequency is shown below for 8 ohms and 4 ohms. The 20 volt at 4 ohms graph line suggests that this receiver may not do very well with 4 ohm speakers (because distortion stays relatively high all along the graph line).
THD+N vs. Power Output is shown below for 8 ohms and 4 ohms. At 8 ohms, clipping (1% THD+N) occurred at 115 watts output, while at 4 ohms, clipping occurred at 140 watts output. There is not much difference in output between the two impedance loads, so I say again that this receiver should probably be limited to use with 8 ohm speakers.
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