{"id":393579,"date":"2026-04-15T15:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/393579\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:18:08","slug":"denons-new-avr-s980h-breaks-receiver-drought-for-home-theater-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/393579\/","title":{"rendered":"Denon’s New AVR-S980H Breaks Receiver Drought for Home Theater Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung-owned Denon has unveiled the long-awaited follow-up to its AVR-S970H receiver<\/a>, the AVR-S980H, which boasts better music streaming and gaming support.<\/p>\n

The Denon AVR-S980H is a 5.1.2-channel (7.1)\u00a0Dolby Atmos<\/a> receiver that boasts 90 watts per channel, which should be enough to power most home theater speakers.<\/p>\n

Connectivity is consistent with the previous model, with six HDMI inputs — three 4K and three 8K\/4K 120Hz<\/a> ports — plus two HDMI outputs. If you’re a gamer, the inputs also support 1440p pass-through and AMD FreeSync.<\/p>\n

Streaming support is improved, with Bluetooth, AirPlay 2<\/a>, Spotify Connect<\/a>, Tidal Connect, Qobuz Connect and HEOS multiroom. The Denon is also Roon Ready, which means it can be streamed directly from the\u00a0Roon software<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Best AV Receiver for 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The receiver also supports Denon’s own Home speakers as rears, including the new 200, 400 and 600 models<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Denon includes a phono input, which means you can plug a turntable<\/a> into it for a potential boost in sound quality.<\/p>\n

\"Back <\/p>\n

The Denon AVR-S980H includes six HDMI inputs — three of which can handle 8K.<\/p>\n

Denon<\/p>\n

It’s been a rough few years for AV fans, with very few new receivers since the end of the pandemic. The AVR-S980H may mark a resurgence of sorts. I look forward to testing this model to see how it stacks up against its elderly competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Denon AVR-S980H will be available this month for $949, only $50 more than the previous version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung-owned Denon has unveiled the long-awaited follow-up to its AVR-S970H receiver, the AVR-S980H, which boasts better music streaming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-393579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}