King-zog

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $480.00 from Ebay

Summary:
I bought a reconditioned unit on Ebay which was sold direct from Harmon Audio. The price was a steal for the power and features, but the main reason I wanted this receiver is it's small height requirement. My wife bought a peice of furniure with fixed shelves of only 6" in height. Since this uses digital amplification, the package was smaller (in height) than any other receiver I could find except the JVC D702. I've been a loyal customer of HK since the early 80's, so this seamed like a perfect fit. They only produced this receiver for one year and this was a factory reconditioned unit, so they obviously had problems with the design. It comes with a 2 year warranty, so thought I'd give it a try. One year latter, after sending back the first two, my third unit is now malfuntioning. Like the first one the controls freeze up and you can't change any of the switching. The probelm comes and goes, but makes the receiver unreliable and unusable. (my second one had a terrible hissing in one of the channels). # 3 is going back and I'm asking for my money back.

Strengths:
Great sound, multiroom, low height.

Weaknesses:
Unreliable and no HDMI

Similar Products Used:
HK AVR500, HK PM645

Price Paid:  $560.00 from ebay

Summary:
this is one of the best receiver's i have owned. this is going back to 1969-- when i bought my frist receiver to bring back home . having in my home theather system accuphase p-300's with the adcom-gfa-555-and dbx-b-3 for a 8ch ,lexicon pre/processor. .i keep the hk-dpr-2005 in my office theather system. it's great. mid's and low end frq's are outstanding. i can't think opf a better receiver at it's price point

Strengths:
mid and low end current avail-- and able to drive highend speakers is outstandingit is possible to use a digital/ classs a /ab amp in combo with this receiver using it as a preamp . /with 4gid in's /2dig out's /cox/octil. are met.

Weaknesses:
only one no hdmi in's or out's but that's o0k since it's allway's best to out put hdmi souce direct to plasma/lcd /projector displaysbut you still have comp out/in's on the receiver

Similar Products Used:
2-accuphase ---p-300/1 adcom--gfa-555/1bdx-b-3--1accusonic for side's
lexicon dc-2/vs-4----harmon kardon --dpr-2005/pioneer ---thx receiver (NOT USED)
4dbx---rg-1 range expander's=== adc eq's-----
speakers---mirages--oms-9// epicure's===cerwin vegas -d-9's====2 set's====bic venturi--4's====polk's sides
sony dat/sony md/ sony cassette/ proceed cd player/ toshiba--ax-2 hd dvd player////---sony dvd recorder/panosonic dvd recorder --3////\
HITACHI--50IN LCD// 42 OLEVIA--LCD/ /////HD DISH NET WORK// COMCAST HD /////

chibear

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
4.68 of 5, 19.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1500.00 from Buyer's Club

Summary:
I bought this unit for the sound, flexibility and price. I use the unit to power the center, surround, and rear channels of my system. What I like: 1. The programmable inputs, crossovers, etc.: It seems like everthing on this unit is programmable and assignable. You can tailor erch input to your desires and needs. 2. The Remote: I found this really awesome. Again totally programmable with macro and learning capabilities. The parameters of each input are progrmmable on the fly with the remote.Again it's a tool you design for your specific purposes. 3. THE SOUND!! What I found so-so The auto speaker balancing system: While it worked, I found myself rebalancing everything while listening. I finally redid it manually and tweeked it in my first few listening sessions. I'm a professional musician, so may be more picky than most on this. What I didn't like: 1. Shortage of digital inputs. I find it quite sad that a digital path receiver has no dital video inputs (DVI or HDMI) and while the number of coaxial and optical inputs suit my needs, someone with more equipment may find the unit lacking. That being said, I knew this before buying and decided to work around it. 2. Lack of phono imputs. I had to either keep my old stereo preamp or by a new phono preaamp in order to listen to vinyl. Many cheaper units do offer good phono preamps. Again I knew this before buying. 3. Sometimes it takes the unit a few milliseconds to "find" the input you are using, so the first 1/2 second of a CD track may be missing. This does not happen all the time and once the unit is locked in on input, the problem disappears. Performance: In one word Awesome. I find I prefer the Logic 7 settings for both movies and music Summary: Check the back panel of this unit before buying. If what is there suits your needs then go for it.

Strengths:
SOUND, programmability

Weaknesses:
Lack of digital video switching, shortage of digital audio inputs, lack of phono input.