Conclusions
Personally, there are two major things I associate with a receiver bearing the Denon brand name: feature-richness and quality performance.
 The AVR-4308CI exemplifies both of these characteristics to a tee.
 As you can tell from the body of this review, the 4308CI is not wanting for any feature.
 Basically if it is out there, this unit has it.
 From the network functions, to the audio codecs, to the video processing, you won’t be left wishing there were something else this receiver could do (at least not until some super new 10 channel super surround audio codec is released!).
 As for performance, this is what I would expect in something from Denon, that is to say this receiver sounded nothing short of magnificent.
 No matter what movie, album, or format I tested, the 4308CI was simply outstanding.
 The amplifiers, capable of an advertised 140 watts per channel, never got tired, even as I played source material at reference levels.
 I think our own Brian Florian said it best that nowadays we are after the
“True Soundâ€, meaning the receiver’s reproduction of the source material is so true to the original that it doesn’t call attention to itself as “brightâ€, “warmâ€, or any other adjective.
 The Denon fits that bill.
 It takes anything you throw at it and lets your speakers shine.
The bottom line here, as you have probably already guessed, is that the AVR-4308CI what I had hoped it would be over a year ago.
 At an MSRP of $2,499, this is definitely on the higher end of the receiver spectrum.
 However, when you consider what it brings to the table and how much separate components that do all of these things would cost, it may actually be a bargain.
 Kudos to Denon for putting out a product that is an excellent achievement in the audio/video receiver category.