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Denon Flat sounding & Lifeless compared to Yamaha
Maybe they're heavily tuned for movies, but even for that, they sound bad. One had to boost the center volume to at least 5 dB to hear the dialogue clearly. Had issues on Netflix too where I had to raise the volume to 60, but then the sound effect... 
AV Receiver Upgraded
If you want a Receiver that is reliable & also sounds good, look for Yamaha, in particularly the Yamaha Aventage RX-A2080 which is a 9.2 channel receiver.Don't go by the Denon hype, trust me I had one, it sounded broke for 2 channel music list... 
Recommendation for new cables
I'm running my system off the Amazon Basic's 99.9% OFC cable & have plenty of sound, mine is 12 gauge.