Denon Receivers

Denon is a Japanese electronics company that originated Digital Audio technology, while specializing in manufacturing of high-fidelity professional and consumer audio equipment. For many decades, Denon was a brand name of Nippon-Columbia, including the Nippon Columbia record label. In 2001 Denon was spun off as a separate company with 98% held by Ripplewood Holdings and 2% by Hitachi. In 2002 Denon merged with Marantz to form D&M Holdings. The Denon brand came from a merger of Denki Onkyo and others in 1939. The company was originally established by Frederick Whitney Horn in 1910 as part of “Nippon Chikuonki Shokai" (Japan Recorders Corporation), a manufacturer of single-sided disc records and gramophones. There followed a number of mergers and tie-ins over the next few decades as firstly the company merged with Japan-US Recorders Manufacturing in 1912 and then in 1928 the brand “Columbia” was introduced when the company became “Japan Columbia Recorders”. A further change of name occurred in 1946 when the company renamed itself “Nippon Columbia”. The Denon brand was first established in 1947 when “Nippon Columbia” merged with “Japan Denki Onkyo”. “D&M Holdings Inc.” was created in May 2002 when Denon Ltd and Marantz Japan Inc. merged. Today, the company is specializing in professional and consumer home cinema and audio equipment including A/V receivers, DVD players, tuners and wireless music systems. Denon is also known for high-end AV Receivers and Moving coil phono cartridges. Two M-series models, the Denon M31 and M30, have been the most successful radio hi-fi's for the last 4 years. Since being released to the micro hifi DAB market, they have received several awards in Europe. If we have a brief review of the achievements made by the company, in the field of the production of the receivers, it is as follows. In 1910, single-sided disc records and gramophones were manufactured. In 1939, first professional-use disc recorder for broadcast industry and disk cutting lathe was launched. In 1951, sales of Japan’s 1st LP records were commenced. In 1953, professional-use tape recorder for broadcast industry was launched. In 1958, sales of stereo records were introduced. In 1959, production of open-reel audio tapes was commenced. In 1962, the company introduced Elepian series of electronic pianos. In 1963, the company developed the DL-103 phono cartridge. In 1964, the company started sales of audio cassette tapes. In 1971, the company started producing hi-fi audio components, including turntables, amplifiers, tuners and speakers. In 1972, the company introduced the world’s first viable 8 channel digital recorder. In 1977, the company was awarded U.S. Billboard magazine's "Trend-Setter Award for outstanding contribution to the industry". In 1981, the company developed a professional-use CD player. In 1982, it introduced the consumer-use CD players. In 1988, it introduced range of AV amplifiers to product range. In 1993, it developed the twin deck DJ CD player DN-200F. Other early models are the DN1000F, DN2000F and the DN2500F. Denon also made the world's only twin MiniDisc player designed for DJ use. In 1997, it introduced DVD player into product range. The wonderful invention was made in 1999 and it was world’s first THX-EX home theater system. In 2001, it produced first Mini system with 5.1 surround sound. It followed Launch of world’s first consumer product featuring HQV (Hollywood Quality Video in 2004. In 2006, Denon introduced the AK-DL1 CAT5 Ethernet cable. It wasn't until mid-2008 that it caused controversy because of its high price , which was worth 499 US dollars, though the company's claims for the cable being designed for the audio enthusiast, which would bring out all the nuances in digital audio signals transmitted over it. In short, Denon receivers are known to be amongst the best brands and are famous for their durability, sound quality and efficiency.