Denon D-M41 hi fi poor sound

MullsMum

I came across your post today whilst searching the internet as I have literally just purchased the Denon D-M41DAB (with the Denon speakers) after reading all the 5 star reviews and like you I'm quite underwhelmed. Having read the suggestions I wonder what you decided to do? I had an old Technics stereo system and the sound was brilliant but like yours, it too was ready for the skip as the 5 disc cd player had started jumping all over the place and tape doesn't work any more. Would really appreciate knowing what you did to solve your problem. TIA.

uknick

Have you done the headphone test?

November2

MullsMum said:

I came across your post today whilst searching the internet as I have literally just purchased the Denon D-M41DAB (with the Denon speakers) after reading all the 5 star reviews and like you I'm quite underwhelmed. Having read the suggestions I wonder what you decided to do? I had an old Technics stereo system and the sound was brilliant but like yours, it too was ready for the skip as the 5 disc cd player had started jumping all over the place and tape doesn't work any more. Would really appreciate knowing what you did to solve your problem. TIA.

 Bought myself an old Kenwood stack system!  If still possible I'd take the Denon back for a refund, not only was the sound crappy but the drawer would stick, which I discovered is a common fault.

teamearth

Hi All

I realise I'm incredibly late to this party but for the benefit of anyone finding their way here, here's are my thoughts...

What Hi-Fi awarding this system a winner is justified, having acquired one a couple of years back. However, I very much disagree with their faith Denon's own SC-M41 speakers. After being just mildly satisfied with the sound, I ditched the speakers for Dali Spektor 2. What a difference! It's no wonder that Richer Sounds don't even list the system with Denon's own dedicated speaker. 

basill

I reassembled my hifi gear after a long time boxed up,   Found the sound terribly muffled and tried all sorts of things to improve it  Next thing I found myself watching TV with the subtitles on.  Hearing aids now :-(

flaneurs_lobster

basill said:

I reassembled my hifi gear after a long time boxed up,   Found the sound terribly muffled and tried all sorts of things to improve it  Next thing I found myself watching TV with the subtitles on.  Hearing aids now :-(

A wise man (he worked for an independent British hi-fi manufacturer) suggested to me that anyone at middle age or later should make the first stop on their expensive new "sound journey" the audiologist at their local Boots.

Martyn_H

As an aside, the only problem I've had is my homemade CDs don't read reliably. I've contacted Denon and reset the hifi to factory state but the problem remains.

Heedtheadvice

If home made cds are written on a computer using a dvd writer  then that can be an inferior wrote...

Plus there can be a slight misalignment that causes issues.

Best written type is an audio CD for a CD player and compressed files can be problematic.

I have found writing with good software wav or flac files into audio CD format works well mostly....

So lots of variables as well as the physical CD's quality....