Harmon Kardon Receivers
The home theater receiver is, according to most home theater experts, the most important part of your home theater system. It acts as the control centre for your home theater and is the heart and soul of any home theater. Thus, investing in a good quality home theater receiver is a good bet for all those who want the best from their home theater systems. Harmon Kardon receivers are among the best quality home theater receivers available in the market today. Once exclusively available to audiophiles who could pay the high prices that Harmon Kardon receivers commanded and knew where to buy them from, the company today sells its products more openly and the receivers can be bought easily from a large number of on line as well as brick and mortar stores along a wide price range.
The Harmon Kardon AV receiver that gives you the maximum value for money is the Harman Kardon AVR-230 Audio/Video Receiver . It comes equipped with Dolby Digital as well as DTS decoding. The receiver also provides for MP3 decoding through coaxial or optical digital inputs. Its 7 channels of audio give 65 watts per channel in stereo mode and 50 watts per channel to each of the 6 channels when running in surround mode. Along with this, the receiver also has six digital inputs (coaxial and optical), including front panel inputs, four composite/S-video inputs, two analog audio inputs, two video recording outputs, preamp outputs, and subwoofer output. The model comes with an EzSet remote with on-screen menus for easy usability.
The Harman Kardon AVR-7200 Home-Theater Audio Receiver is another top of the line receiver that provides Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS, DTS-ES Discrete and Matrix, and DTS Neo: 6. Great power with 7 channels of 100W high current amplification; two channels assignable to either surround rear or multi-room applications.. The receiver provides High bandwidth, HDTV compatible component video switching, front and rear panel analog A/V jacks, plus Coaxial and Optical digital inputs and outputs. Comprehensive Bass management options with Triple Crossover Selection for superb DVD-Audio & SACD performance RS-232 port. Also includes Exclusive Logic 7 Processing in 7.1 & 5.1 modes plus two modes of VMAx MP3 decoding. According to Harman Kardon AV receiver reviews, most people cannot utilize all the functions of this receiver, so go for it only if you are a genuine audiophile.
While Harmon Kardon is not coming up with many new stereo receivers, the company has recently announced plans to introduce four new home theater receivers—
AVR-146, 5.1 channel Receiver, with a 30W per channel output at a price of $349
AVR-147, 5.1 channels and 40WPC output at a price of $449
AVR 247, 7.1 channels at 50 WPC output ,to retail at $549
AVR-347, has all 7.1 channels with 55WPC output to be sold at $899
All four of these new Harmon Kardon AV receivers are future ready and feature the latest connectivity options.
