Denon PMA-900HNE

AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR UNDER $2000 STEREO AMPLIFIERS The first three award winners in our amplifier categories have something in common: they are all ‘smart’ amplifiers, by which we mean not only a Bluetooth input but full streaming and even multiroom abilities. Denon’s ‘house’ platform for this is HEOS, which it shares with Marantz, so here you get full app-controlled streaming of the key subscription and free online services, all built in to the $1799 PMA-900HNE. The surprise, really, is that this is the first Denon ‘hi-fi’ amp to have gained the HEOS platform. Previous HEOS amps and receivers were all from the AV division, such as the similarly priced DRA-800H, which on paper offers more power and a useful HDMI input. But the team behind the PMA-900HNE told us…

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