Sound quailty, power, construction, easy of use, number of inputs outputs. Power, sound quailty and power and sound quality.

Depth is longer that most amps. This is because they don't use cooling fans, they use heat sinks for cooling which requires more space. This is because cooling fans can be noisy.

I've always been an Onkyo man. I thought for the money there was no better audio receiver. I've bought Onyo equipment for over 20 yars. I own the 525 surround amp and in June bought the Onkyo SR600 amp. The first thing I noticed was the weight of the SR600. It felt lighter that my 5 year old lower powered 525. The sound was horrible, low output and very thin sounding. I could actually turn the volume all the up and not have anyone complain. Listening to the SR800 I wasn't impressed with that anm either. I researhed and decided to try Harmon Kardon. The SR600 was rated at 100watts per channel X six, so I decided to buy the Harmon Kardon AVR525. Although the AVR was rated 30 watts per channel less it blew the SR600 away. It wasn't even close. This is a current driven amp and the sound was clean strong perfect. Now to get to the point, I loved this amp so much I decided to exchange it for the AVR7200. If the AVR525 sounds this good at 70 watts per channel the big brother has to be better. What you get is more power a much better remote and the best amp you can purchase for under $3000.00 There is nothing this amp can't do. Have you ever turned on your receiver and the volume was left at a high level and you quickly turned it down. This amp allows you to set the default level where you want so when the amp is first turned on, the volume automatically goes to that level. When playing a DTS encoded movie the audio is superb. I don't usually listen to music with Home Theather amps because the quailty is not the same as with a conventional stereo amp. This amp is the best I've heard at playing music. All my speakers are Klipsch's. If you're wondering if you should purchase this amp don't even hesitate, buy it. P.S. this is by no means a light weight amp and the weight has been put to good use.

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SOUND, POWER, and FLEXIBILITY.

Size & weight, but you get what you pay for! Gets quite warm, but no other issues so far.

Had this unit for over a month now and am extremely pleased. The sound is far more natural and effortless than nearly all other solid state amps I've heard. I decided on this over the '8000 for its' 7 channels of applification and the multi-room option (which I am using with a Niles switch for multiple rooms with great results). Additionally, the reliability issues associated with the '8000 turned me off. The '7200 does it all, tons of power, plenty of switching/hook up options, and of course, awesome "HK sound". I'm using this with Polk towers and center, powered sub and in-wall surrounds - 5 channel sound is brilliant in my 18 x 22 ft room with cathedral ceilings. I checked out MANY other receivers in this range, and could not find anything that I felt offered a better combination of sound, power, and flexibility - maybe at $3000, but not at $1200! If you are looking for a great sounding, powerfull, and flexible AV receiver, LOOK NO FURTHER!

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Sony ES, Kenwood, Pioneer, NAD

Clean-strong Harmon Kardon high current power Value

Gets pretty warm EZ-SET for surround set-up did not macth up with my referance set-up. Time delay when swicthing from surround modes

Exellent HK high-current-warm-sound.I am familar with the HK sound-still own a AVR-85 that powers all the room speakers in my home.I went from a Yamaha RXV-3000 to the 7200 for my home theater system,the 3000 is a great unit-the HK's sound is just better.I enjoy dvd surround movies-but for cd's I prefer traditional 2 channel stereo-the 7200 really delivers clean/strong power.The LOGIC-7 is interesting on "some" material.I started out to purchase a AVR-8000-placed an order through ebay--BIG MISTAKE! got that cancelled-went through ONE-CALL an excellent company to deal with.I did much research with HK reps comparing the 7200 to the 8000-they were very helpfull. I highly recommend this unit-I use B&W CDM-SE series--they can bring out the best and the worst in amps--they sound superb with the AVR-7200,for the money you can't go wrong.

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HK AVR-85-still own Yamaha-rxv-3000

60 lbs of HCC, sweet-sounding bulk.

Hmmm....I'd say none. Some folks might whine about not being THX certified, but I'd question that. My Onkyo was THX Ultra and I still think the HK is better overall. This is definitely a very subjective point.

Ok...it's only been a couple weeks since I've been online with this unit, but I must say it rocks! I recently returned my Onkyo DS898 (bad "tick-tick" chipset) and haven't missed a beat. The Onkyo wasn't bad, but this HK really blows it away. I finally see (and hear) what HK fans have been talking about all these years. Hey---other manufacturers make good products, but HK makes the best. The warm, full sound is incredible. Email me if you want to know how great it handles DVD-A and SACD (I've got a Denon DVD-9000 and a Sony SCD-C222ES player).

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