Denon Comes Home With New HEOS-Enabled Range of Speakers
Building upon 110 years of hi-fi heritage, Denon has announced it will be introducing its all-new Home range of wireless multi-room speakers in early 2020.
The three speaker models, including Denon Home 150, Denon Home 250, and Denon Home 350 melds clean, modern industrial design with the latest technology and connectivity. According to Denon, “it's never been simpler to set up a stunning multi-room system that sounds like no other.”
All three models in the range feature streaming services including Spotify Free or Premium, Apple Music, Amazon Music HD, TIDAL, TuneIn, Deezer and more via Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2 or Bluetooth. With HEOS built-in, you can also group other HEOS-compatible devices. Home products also work with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri.
Read our Review of the Denon Home Range
High-res audio is no stranger to the Denon Home range, with support for Gapless playback of high-resolution files including 192kHz/24-bit FLAC, WAV, ALAC and DSD 2.8/5.6MHz via Network or rear USB port.
Setup is simple via the free HEOS app, which also allows for stereo pairing when you group two Denon Home products as the left and right channel of a stereo pair.
Denon's all-new design and styling for the Home range features a buttonless panel with a proximity sensor that causes the touch controls to illuminate when your hand moves near. Three or six (depending on the model) Quick Select buttons offer one-press access to your favourite internet radio stations.
Available in both white or black finishes, the range starts with the Denon Home 150 which is the smallest of the trio. Despite its diminutive size and compact footprint, the Denon Home 150 is said to deliver surprisingly impactful sound from its two-way combination of the 3.5-inch woofer and 1-inch tweeter.
Stepping up to the Denon Home 250, there's a little more scale and power thanks to a pair of tweeters which are angled for wider sound dispersion and two 4-inch woofers. The speakers are driven by four power amplifiers in a stereo configuration, underpinned by a 5.25-inch passive bass radiator.
The beast of the lineup is the Denon Home 350 which features six channels of amplification feeding two 6.5-inch woofers, a pair of 2-inch mid-range drivers, and two tweeters for what the company claims is the ultimate expression of the Denon sound from a single box.
Price and availability
The Denon Home 150, 250 and 350 is priced at £219, £449 and £599 respectively
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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