Denon’s Home 2.0 takes the fight for the living room to Sonos and Bluesound

After several years where didn’t hear much from Denon’s Home speaker series, the Japanese brand has whipped up a brand new range, and it’s got Dolby Atmos support across the entire range.

The range is made up of the Home 200, Home 400, and Home 600; which sort of but not quite replace the previous models. The Denon Home 150, Home 250 and Home 350 haven’t been wiped from existence, but they’ll be bundled in their own group, dubbed the Home 1.0.

You’ll be able to operate the Home 1.0 and Home 2.0 systems through the same app, unlike some rivals who decided to cordon off their older products from their more recent models (cough, Sonos, cough).

You’ll be able to play music to the old and new speakers within the same Denon HEOS ecosystem, though of course you won’t be able to stereo pair models across generations. You can, however, pair the speakers with the Denon Home 550 Soundbar to create a surround system.

In fact, the you can use a sole Home 600 speaker, which can split the audio signal into left and right channels to create the sense of two rear speakers.

Almost the same price across all speakers

Pricing for the new models is as follows

• Denon Home 200 — $399 | £299 | €349
• Denon Home 400 — $599 | £449 | €499
• Denon Home 600 — $799 | £599 | €699

Which is better than expected given that it’s been almost seven years since the Home 1.0 launched, and the prices are still relatively in a similar ballpark.

The Home 400 is the same price (in the UK at least) as the Home 250, and it’s the same case for the Home 350. The Home 200 is the one where the price has shot up, from £219 to £299. These aren’t necessarily equivalent devices with the Home 200 featuring virtual Dolby Atmos support.

New look, new sound

The new Denon Home series share a “unified design and performance philosophy” that Denon says is built for modern living. There’s a choice of Stone of Charcoal finishes (we do like the Stone look), with physical controls used (depending on the device, they’re either on the side or top surface); and there’s support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB-C audio, aux-in.

What ties the experience together is Denon’s HEOS app, through which you can connect up to 64 HEOS products (AV receivers, mini systems, etc) across 32 zones in your home. High-resolution audio support is provided from Tidal, Amazon Music and Qobuz; while you can stream audio with Spotify Connect as well.

We’ve heard the new speakers in the flesh and they sounded good, with an emphasis on rich, warm sound, decent bass thump and a wide soundstage. We also heard how they play with Dolby Atmos music, the soundstage stretching quite high with the Home 600 to create a sound bigger than the speaker itself.

It remains to be seen how well this new era of Denon’s Home speakers with Sonos set to release new speakers in 2026, and Bluesound releasing more models. But you can find out for yourself how good the Denon Home 2.0 serie is, as they’re on sale now from Denon and authorised retailers.