All circa 02-03 Japanese gear had fixed pc's in the "mid fi" price ranges. Really, the only reason they went to detachables is because most of there "custom" dealers needed that option to make it easy to reset the processor in the event that it got "locked up". It has nothing to do with sound quality, believe me, nothing in this price catagory is manufactured with the ultimate in sound quality or even mild upgrading of it in mind...I have sold hundreds of 1k+ recievers that do have detachable power cords and know of no one that has even thought of upgrading the cord...On the other hand, I dont buy gear that doesnt have the ability to improve the power cord, but that is just probably a hi fi dectect in my brain...
Some of these nice manufactures have even gone to using a two prong "iec" to make it look upgradable-be careful with these slime balls...Hey and lets not mention actually making the bass managment WORK in dvd players with sacd and dvda....Sound quality is not what the American public seeks and not what the manufactures make and or push-there is no need, WE ARE THE 1%....that is the hard truth...like it or not...Especially from a country that we taught how to function as a world power...
How many watts is your denon???
If you answer this you prove my point.
If you dont, many more will, but no one will really get it right...Noboby reaaly know how many "watts" it is other that Denon and competitors that bought it,tested it and are too trying to rip you off...
Just for justification, I am not picking on you, I own a denon dvd player-a "good" one, with issues as well...Just accept that mid fi priced stuff is just that-mid fi....