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For the kitchen I have an old Marantz CR603. Over the years the DAB gave up and the online services available shrank as Marantz removed 3rd party integration ( still a thing I gather here). We use the radio a lot (FM/AM but DAB would cover most stations I hope), the CD occasionally and use the aux for phone. Would definitely want to have more streaming options. Have considered keeping the 603 but adding a Bluesound Node. Sorta prefer to keep it simple in kitchen (family use - presets preferred!). Sound quality is important to me but for kitchen use, it's not so critical. Operating the CEOL-N10 is incredibly simple, thanks to the easy-to-use buttons or the included remote control. As for more traditional sources there are screw-in antennas for the twin radio tuners onboard the Denon, delivering FM and digital DAB+ radio in addition to the internet radio delivered by HEOS. There’s no AM here, but all AM stations are almost certainly available at better quality via internet or DAB+ radio. WPS (WiFi Protected Setup), WiFi Sharing, WMM (WiFi Multimedia), WAC (Wireless Accessory Configuration), WiFi 802.11b/g/n Not only can you select an input from the HEOS app’s ‘Denon CEOL’ pane, there’s a separate ‘inputs’ option. This duplicates the CEOL’s inputs, but if you have other HEOS products around the house, you will also see their inputs here, as additional functionality to the platform’s multiroom operation.
I have considered going cheap with the DM41 v spending more on small 2/3 box units but the N11 appears to be middle ground which would suit. The Denon CEOL-N10 is the focus of our review today, and the fourth-generation entry in the CEOL range. This incredible system includes support for multi-room playing. Plus, you also get state-of-the-art Wi-Fi technology, Alexa support, and AirPlay too. With HEOS Built-in, every room in your home can have its own sound. Or, group additional HEOS enabled devices like wireless speakers, soundbars, or AV receivers to fill the house with the same song, using your home network. With HEOS Built-in, multi-room means multiple options. ELEGANT MINIMALISM. Once you've set up your HEOS speaker system, you can stream music effortlessly via the dedicated HEOS app. Available for Apple iOS and Android, the app not only lets you stream your stored music but also Internet radio services and popular streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal, Napster and Deezer. There are a good many other settings, some of them available only by crouching next to your CEOL and using the full-sized physical remote or front panel buttons to investigate. Under the ‘Audio’ section, for example, you can tweak the level of the headphone output, and switch off ‘Speaker Optimisation’, which is the adjustment Denon has made to match the amplifier to the speakers. It works well – leave it on! But should you ever switch out the speakers as an upgrade or for other reasons, you should remember this option and turn it off, or at least try the sound without it.The heart of your wireless network. With Bluetooth, AirPlay 2 and wireless streaming connectivity, the Denon CEOL is equipped with an advanced hidden dual antenna transceiver system for robust streaming even in congested urban environments. Enjoy listening to your favourite audio content wirelessly from your smart devices or network The CEOL N11DAB does so very much that it might be easier to describe what it doesn’t do. So – it doesn’t play vinyl. Or cassettes. Or AM radio. A frequency sweep indicated that (in our listening room) the system was reproducing tones down into the 30s of hertz, finding its full strength in the 60s and 70s and rising impressively smoothly from there. Since the speakers are rear-ported, positioning will affect this somewhat, but can also be usefully employed to tweak it. With both AirPlay and Bluetooth built-in, connecting your devices couldn’t be easier. The Denon CEOL-N10 also features Wi-Fi and internet radio, so there’s no limit to what you can listen to.
The USB port on the front of the machine is compatible with virtually any USB drive, so you can play all of your own content that way too. Denon CEOL-N10 review: Features The latest AirPlay 2 feature is available for wireless audio streaming from iOS devices and multi-room set-up. The built-in Bluetooth module features NFC (Near Field Communication) for fast communication with Bluetooth devices. We very much appreciate that HEOS is properly localised and doesn’t show services which aren’t available to Australia (as do most rivals, to the ongoing irritation of users).
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CEOL N11DAB is fast and intuitive to set up, taking just minutes from unboxing to filling your home with beautiful music. Just follow the simple instructions and connect to your favourite streaming services with ease. Or just pop in a CD. The choice is yours. STREAM YOUR SOUND FROM ANY SERVICE. All of your music at your fingertips. Connect to your favourite music sources via Wi-Fi with HEOS Built-in, AirPlay2 or via Bluetooth®. With a 110-year legacy of audio mastery, the Denon CEOL N11DAB delivers high quality sound, no matter how you listen. IMPROVE YOUR TV-SOUND. It's freedom of music. It's part of the HEOS multi-room family. It's improved TV-Sound. It's a great CD-Player. For everybody CEOL is something different. Find out what it is for you. ALL YOU NEED IS HEOS.
There are various ways to tweak the sound quality, most easily accessed from the HEOS ‘now playing’ screen. This has a left-right balance control, plus EQ offering treble and bass sliders, and a ‘Super Dynamic Bass’ option, which certainly thumps up the low end, at the expense of a slight softening of higher frequencies; this was too much for us with internet radio, indeed it’s a sign of good sonic design that we spent nearly all of our CEOL listening with the ‘Source Direct’ option engaged, thereby hopefully getting the cleanest path to music. We continued to some Tidal streaming; there’s no unfolding of MQA Masters here for high-res streaming (as rival streaming system BluOS offers), but it’s arguable whether high-res is going to improve the excellent sound we enjoyed, whether punching up some bouncy REM or delivering the drifting flow of Philip Glass’s Closing. There was a limit to the size of bass the speakers could deliver, but the deep underlying organ note under Closing was certainly present, if not fully resonant.The CEOL is a mini HiFi system, designed to fit in any room, with removable speakers and a compact footprint. You can buy the system without the speakers and add your own. FLAC up to 192kHz/24-bit, WAV up to 192kHz/24-bit, AIFF up to 192kHz/24-bit, ALAC up to 96kHz/24-bit We began our listening with internet radio, which uses the excellent TuneIn platform, which in the UK has been hobbled by record company legal action so that it can’t play anything other than UK stations, but which is, as yet, free of such interference here in Australia. Indeed it is our favourite radio platform, the only one to offer our local community radio station along with quite a few others – 100,000 stations, says TuneIn, along with 5.7 million podcasts, so if it’s your first time playing with internet radio, this should keep you busy for a while.
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