Price Paid:  $11000.00 from Post Exchange

Summary:
I bought the reciever when it first hit the market and was very pleased with it. The clarity and the 2-way remote really seperated it from the rest. At first the remote was hard to operate because it was new to me, but after i got the hang of it I thought the reciever was flawless.

Strengths:
Nice clean sound 2-way remote works perfect with 200cd changer and displays songs and cd titles on the 2-way remote

Weaknesses:
remote control forgets codes remote a little expensive to replace(so take care of the first one and you'll have no problems)

Similar Products Used:
Kenwood 1080

Price Paid:  $700.00 from Kenwood

Summary:
Reciever has great sound and many features.The trouble with the product is the remote controll.My controll has completley failed and I just found out that the replacement from Kenwood direct is 382.33 ( wow )without the remote the reciever is usless dont buy this unit!!!.I do not believe that I will ever concider Kenwood again.Model vr-3100.

Strengths:
sound if you can get it.

Weaknesses:
Customer support on this remote controll they need to help there customers.

Price Paid:  $450.00 from online

Summary:
I have used audioreview to help me make many informed purchases of audio products with outstanding results. The Kenwood 3100 is an Excellent / OUTSTANDING A/V receiver for the money spent. I own and use the 3100 everyday and am Very Happy with it`s performance. It is a shame an Idiot like Tom Maciejewski (see his reviews)would rate this A/V receiver and bring the over all rating down because he was foolish to buy one with out a remote control -- Wake-up Tom !! Are you a know it all - but know nothing ? Larry`s review was far to kind of Tom and his type. I will not be kind - These simple - single minded people should be band from lowering the rating of otherwise fine product(s)with truly unbias open minded opion of products.

Strengths:
Features - price ....

Weaknesses:
none yet. Just people who expect way more more than they pay for.

Similar Products Used:
Many

Price Paid:  $250.00 from 6th ave

Summary:
I just wanted to post an update on the service from 6th ave electronics. I sort of bashed them in my above review after the store refused to help me out. I was able to call the corporate offices and they were able to locate the remote control for me and split the cost of their price of teh remote with me. So I paid $150 for the $600 remote control. I thought this was fair and wanted to post back to this list to say that the service / total value I received was now acceptable for this item and once I contacted the corporate offices it was outstanding.

Price Paid:  $450.00 from ubid

Summary:
I've had this receiver for a good while now. I've come to know it's features pretty well, and enjoy it's performance.
At first I didn't like the remote, even though it is miles ahead of the other non-touchscreen LCD powertouch used by the 3080, and the 2000 series AV Recievers.

I already had a "home theatre master" learning remote that I love, so I taught it the kenwood signals and used it almost all the time. The only time I needed the Kenwood remote was when I wanted to tweak the receiver. Otherwise my 2nd learning remote could switch from DPL, to stereo and other modes much quicker. Having said that, I am NOW beginning to really like the powertouch remote. There's a learnig curve to it, but once it is learned, it's pretty cool having signals go both to the receiver and back from the receiver to the powertouch.

I have the matching 200 disc multi room cd player. I programmed close to 200 discs using the receiver's remote. The titles appear both on the front of the CD player's panel, and on the 3100's lcd remote. It stores all the disc titles, tracks and artist names inside the remote, and reads any changes made to the disc player. Pretty cool. Plus the styling on both units are the same and look quite striking.

It's too bad that Tom only gave this good reciever 1 star. He lowered the overall rating here by foolishly taking his mistake out on the receiver's rating. Anyone reading can tell that he should be angry with himself for not knowing what he was doing when he bought it without a remote. I saw him trying to sell it on ebay for $350. $100 bucks more than he paid. Ah well.

I'm very happy with this receiver. The 2 way remote sets it apart from others.

Strengths:
Cool 2 way Remote. Multi-Room functions. Great Sound

Weaknesses:
Heavy reliance on the remote--but can overcome that with a 2nd learning remote. Short on front panel controls. Can't find the matching ir-9991 anywhere, and it's been discontinued.

Similar Products Used:
Kenwood 3080, Denon 5600, Onkyo tx-ds747