{"id":20208,"date":"2026-06-09T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/denon-a-long-history-of-excellence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:10:59","slug":"denon-a-long-history-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/en\/denon-a-long-history-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Denon, a long history of excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20208\" class=\"elementor elementor-20208 elementor-20134\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1050529 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1050529\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a56ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a56ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20209\" alt=\"Denon&apos;s story\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-192x144.jpg 192w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-384x288.jpg 384w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-90x67.jpg 90w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-561x421.jpg 561w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-1122x842.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-265x199.jpg 265w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-531x398.jpg 531w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-608x456.jpg 608w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-758x569.jpg 758w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VintageDenon-1152x864.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f28bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f28bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">Few companies in the professional and consumer audio landscape can boast a history as rich and layered as that of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denon.com\/en\/\">Denon<\/a>. Japan, early 1900s: it was a time when sound reproduction was still a young technology in full effervescence. 1910, <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denon_(azienda)\">Nippon Chikuonki Shokai<\/a> (in Italian it could be translated as &#8220;Japanese Phonograph Society&#8221;) &#8211; began manufacturing and distributing gramophones and records in Japan. It was one of the first in the industry in Asia, in a context in which recorded music was slowly conquering the homes of the middle class, and was involved as much in the distribution of foreign equipment as in local production.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e57f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62e57f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-scaled.png 2048w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-1536x329.png 1536w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-561x120.png 561w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-1122x240.png 1122w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-265x57.png 265w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-531x114.png 531w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-364x78.png 364w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-728x156.png 728w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-608x130.png 608w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-758x162.png 758w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/company_logo_en-1152x247.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f9377 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8f9377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">In 1939, the company underwent its first significant transformation, becoming the Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. thus consolidating its position in the recording industry and audio equipment manufacturing. In those years, the division devoted to professional radio broadcasting equipment began to take shape, and Nippon Columbia was one of the few specialized companies; thus began a collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/\">NHK<\/a>, Japan&#8217;s public broadcasting corporation, which enabled Nippon Columbia to refine the technologies that would later flow into consumer products. These included the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denon.com\/en\/product\/turntable-cartridges\/dl-103\/DL103.html\">DL-103<\/a>, still in production today, which was developed specifically to play records that went live on the station. The name Denon was officially born in 1963, as a contraction of &#8220;Denki Onkyo,&#8221; which roughly means &#8220;electric sound&#8221; in Japanese. It was a definite identity choice: the brand name had to immediately evoke the link between electronics and sound reproduction. From that moment, Denon began to build its own distinct identity, while remaining part of the Nippon Columbia group.     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb60d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9bb60d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99b893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f99b893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-561x503.jpg 561w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-265x237.jpg 265w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-531x476.jpg 531w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-364x326.jpg 364w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-728x652.jpg 728w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-608x545.jpg 608w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DL103-758x679.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">DL-103 is the longest-lived cartridge on the market. It debuted in 1963 for the NHK studios, and from there began its history that reaches to the present day <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f9c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94f9c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">The 1960s and 1970s were a period of extraordinary fertility for the entire Japanese audio industry, and Denon was a leading player in it. In a market dominated until then by European and American brands, Japanese companies managed to impose products of the highest technical level at more affordable prices, democratizing high fidelity. Denon stood out in particular for phonographic cartridges-having already developed the DL-103-becoming one of the absolute references for vinyl enthusiasts, and for the world&#8217;s first digital recordings. In 1971 it carried out what is universally recognized as the first digital recording test in history, using an in-house developed <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modulazione_a_impulsi_codificati\">PCM<\/a> system: it was not yet a commercial product, but a technical demonstration that anticipated the direction of the industry by ten years. The 1980s, in fact, were marked by the advent of the CD, but Denon, thanks to that experience, was already ready. As a result, the company was among the first to launch high-quality CD players: its converters and analog-to-digital conversion solutions were already broken in, which enabled it to establish itself immediately among discerning audiophiles. The 1990s brought new challenges: the advent of surround formats, the spread of home theater, and the emergence of standards such as <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolby_Digital\">Dolby Digital<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Theater_System\">DTS<\/a> radically transformed the enjoyment of audio\/video content. Denon immediately responded with a series of AV amplifiers that quickly became benchmarks, prized as much for their power and versatility as for the quality of the stereo audio section, which the company never wanted to sacrifice on the altar of multichannel.       <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a45b5fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a45b5fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1205\" src=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-1536x904.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-561x330.jpg 561w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-1122x660.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-265x156.jpg 265w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-531x312.jpg 531w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-364x214.jpg 364w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-728x428.jpg 728w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-608x358.jpg 608w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-758x446.jpg 758w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-alle-17.47.31-1152x678.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Denon's DCD1200 was one of Denon's first CD players and made use of the PCM studies carried out by the company in 1971, long before the advent of the CD<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5627d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5627d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">In 2001, Nippon Columbia sold the Denon brand to a consortium of investors, marking the first formal separation between the two names in decades of coexistence. The company continued its journey independently, expanding its product range. In 2002, the merger with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marantz.com\/en\/\">Marantz<\/a> created the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%2BM_Group\">D+M Holdings<\/a> group (Denon and Marantz). With the advent of streaming and the digital revolution of the 2000s, Denon found itself navigating new waters like all major audio electronics manufacturers. The response was both pragmatic and forward-looking: its amplifiers and AV receivers immediately integrated support for streaming platforms, wireless technologies such as AirPlay and Bluetooth, and voice control systems with <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.denon.com\/HEOS1\/ALL\/IT\/OKNRSYvnefnfwl.php\">HEOS<\/a>, a proprietary platform that allows it-to this day-to be completely independent of the market.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a7951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17a7951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1.webp 1280w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-192x144.webp 192w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-384x288.webp 384w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-90x67.webp 90w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-180x135.webp 180w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-561x421.webp 561w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-1122x842.webp 1122w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-265x199.webp 265w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-531x398.webp 531w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-364x273.webp 364w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-728x546.webp 728w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-608x456.webp 608w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-758x569.webp 758w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AVR-A1H_HEOS-Module-1-1152x864.webp 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The HEOS module was developed by Denon in 2014 and is an evolved streaming platform that now incorporates virtually all on-demand music services  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f8699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94f8699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">In 2017, the D+M Holdings group was acquired by Sound United, a U.S. holding company also with brands such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkaudio.com\/en-us\/?srsltid=AfmBOorNqger5q6TBXv4_nVBNj_Es3nzIqVBWBofZ8XuoD1A2B7H4QDL\">Polk Audio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowerswilkins.com\/en\/?srsltid=AfmBOopw6IQp7ySZi4HVoaDkbKBf1hDmFUKN-yNT9ovCkuEVf_M6u2V2\">Bowers &#038; Wilkins<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classeaudio.com\/\">Class\u00e9<\/a> in its portfolio; then in 2021, the acquisition by Masimo Corporation; and finally, in 2025, the group became part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harman.com\/\">Harman International<\/a> ecosystem, and then Samsung, along with brands such as JBL. Today Denon is present in almost every segment of home audio: from integrated amplifiers aimed at more traditional audiophiles, to massive AV receivers with support for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, to headphones and soundbars for the mass market. Cartridges, the historical heart of the company, remain among the most popular among enthusiasts, and even today the DL-103, the longest-lived cartridge in history, is still firmly in the catalog.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01d824a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01d824a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1194\" src=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-scaled.webp 2048w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-1536x896.webp 1536w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-561x327.webp 561w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-1122x654.webp 1122w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-265x155.webp 265w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-531x310.webp 531w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-364x212.webp 364w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-728x425.webp 728w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-608x355.webp 608w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-758x442.webp 758w, https:\/\/audio-2g.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PMA-A110Silver_scene-angle-1152x672.webp 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Denon PMA110 celebrates 110 years of the Japanese company<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a296ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a296ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">What makes Denon&#8217;s story extraordinary is not only its longevity-more than a hundred and twelve years in business is an accomplishment that very few technology companies can claim-but its ability to have been a genuine pioneer at multiple pivotal moments: in digital recording, CD playback, home theater, and finally streaming. Whenever the paradigm of recorded sound has changed, Denon has found itself among those who had partly anticipated that change, when not actually triggered it <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few companies in the professional and consumer audio landscape can boast a history as rich and layered as that of Denon. 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