Denon DRA-95VR (circa 1986–1987)
The Denon DRA-95VR is known almost entirely through Denon's own period advertising. The same four-model comparison ad ran in Audio (December 1986, p.53), High Fidelity (November 1986, p.21), and HiFI-Stereo (January 1987, p.59). It lists the DRA-95VR as the top receiver of the line: 85 watts per channel, both channels driven into 8 ohms from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, at 0.03% THD. Remote control and "video capability" are the headline features. Below it sit the DRA-75VR (65 W/ch, same distortion rating), the DRA-55V (55 W/ch, 0.015% THD), and the DRA-35V (40 W/ch, 0.05% THD). The ad copy admits it was tough to compete with Denon's own integrated amplifiers - so these receivers are positioned against the company's separates, not against other makers' receivers.
Beyond the advertising, the record is thin. A HiFI-Stereo (November 1987, p.19) feature headlined "How Denon turned receiver design inside out" is in the Archive's file on this model, but the text of the article hasn't survived. No independent test report, original price, or service manual has turned up.
Known from Denon's advertisements:
- 85 W/ch, both channels driven, 8 Ω, 20 Hz–20 kHz, 0.03% THD
- Remote control; video capability
- Top of a four-model line: DRA-95VR, DRA-75VR, DRA-55V, DRA-35V
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