DENON DNP-800NE

I reviewed Denon’s DNP-730AE network streamer a quite few years back, but I remember it well because I ended up purchasing the review unit for my own system. This new Denon DNP-800NE is very clearly an evolution of that model.

THE EQUIPMENT

So, a network streamer eh? But what does that really mean? Basically, it means that a lot of the stuff that’s either stored on your home network or available on the wider internet can be played by the Denon DNP-800NE. Here’s what it will play:

• Digital audio on your local network, delivered under the control of standard DLNA apps on (mostly) Android devices.

• Digital audio on a thumb drive or hard drive or other mass storage device plugged into the front-panel USB socket.

• Digital audio streaming from Spotify, TuneIn, Deezer, iHeartRadio, Tidal, etc.

• Anything plugged into a HEOS device on your network.

• Any digital audio playable on an Apple device, delivered via Apple AirPlay (AirPlay 2 is supported).

• Bluetooth audio from any paired device. One of those I’ve listed may have you intrigued. What’s that about HEOS? The Denon-backed and associated brand HEOS has a very good multi-room audio system based largely around its own speakers.

But current network-capable Denon and Marantz home theatre receivers, compact audio systems, stereo amps and so on, also support the