Denon 3801

[GregoriusM]

I owned this unit for about 5 days. I sent it back because it didn't have the warm sound that the 3300 has. So, despite the possible heat problem, I kept the 3300. (Had to send the first one back. Talk about frying eggs!!!)

Anyway, my question is this:

There is a debate as to whether the 3801 has a fan. I know the 3300 does. If I look into the back slots of my 3300, where the air exhausts, I can see the ribbed heat sink and the fan housing.

When I looked into the 3801, the heat sinks we slightly modified, and there was a fan housing.

Anyone have a 3801 that would open it and let us know for sure, or has heard the fan turn on?

... Greg

[George Bellefontaine]

I own a 3801. I don't care to open it up until I really have to, but I seem to recall reading a post on this fan issue somewhere at another site, and Denon confirmed there is a fan. I have never heard it run in my unit, but the receiver doesn't seem to run all that hot compared to the Yammy 3090 I used to use in my HT.




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[GregoriusM]

I think the modified heat sinks made a huge difference in the heat control of the 3801, so that the fan doesn't have to come on for anything but the hardest driven 5.1 movies!!!