Denon PMA-1600NE arrived double-boxed from Music Direct on 1/15/21. Fed-Ex tried to deliver it the day before but yours truly was sleeping in and missed it. I apparently also missed that a signature was required for delivery. My bad.
I've got it in the cabinet and everything is purring along nicely. The amp is amping and the speakers are speaking. I also moved speakers and subs a bit, so I had to go through sub set-up again. Integration is pretty good now but I think I can improve it so I plan to hit it again tomorrow. I've got to keep punching at it and punching at it. :)
The first thing I've noticed is the gain of the amp. Or maybe it's just the volume control. I have yet to get the volume up to nine o'clock. There, it's already LOUD. Even with headphones, I'm only using a tiny bit of the knob's range. I haven't noticed any noise issue yet, but I also haven't done the ear-to-the-tweeter test, either.
Oh, I guess I could report that the sound through the headphone jack was quite good, and that fit and finish was really nice. It seems to be very solid and well-built.
I haven't really pushed the amp at all yet, but after she gets run in for a few days I'll start pouring the coal to her and we'll see what happens.