Denon NOTICE REGARDING D / A CONVERTER CHANGES FOR SOME PRODUCTS

4 02, 2021

Due to the fire at Asahi Kasei Electronics Co., Ltd.'s semiconductor manufacturing plant on October 20, 2020, it has become difficult to continuously procure semiconductor components, including D/A converters, which are used in some of our products. We have continued to produce products using parts inventory already held by our company and parts newly procured from the market, but since it is expected that it will be difficult to resume supply of such parts at an early time, we have changed to replacement parts and have agreed to continue production.
Since D/A converters are components that have a particularly significant impact on the sound quality of products, we selected alternative components, redesigned peripheral circuits and software, evaluated sound quality by sound master, and performed sound tuning in the same process as when the new product was developed. As a result, it is now possible to continue delivering products of the same quality as before the D/A converter change while maintaining the same sound quality, performance, and functionality as the previous products.
We will continue to make every effort to deliver products that satisfy our customers, so thank you very much.

Products subject to D/A converter changes
AV Amplifiers: AVC-X6700H,AVR-X4700H,AVR-X2700H,AVR-X1600H