Hi-fi’s not dead! (insists Denon)

Prepare yourself for a shock: in some corners of this country, people still buy stereo hi-fis.

So, all 11 of you, feast your eyes on this new Denon CD player and amp combo, gunning straight for the budget territory currently owned by Cambridge Audio.

Naturally, they deploy 24 bit DACs – that’s good sound quality to non-audiophiles – and come in both silver and black to match your rack’s hue. The CD player part of the equation, the DCD-700AE, even makes a nod to modernity by including support for burned CD-Rs and MP3/WMA playback.

The manly amp, meanwhile, comes with a fairly standard set of four inputs and is capable of pumping out 100W through each speaker.

Aesthetically, the duo certainly hold their own against Cambridge and Marantz; whether they’ll make our ears tingle with joy remains to be tested.

Price: £250, £250

On sale: now

Contact: Denon, 01753 680568

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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