Harman Kardon AVR 510 Audio/Video Receiver

Harman Kardon AVR 510 Audio/Video Receiver

Harman Kardon AVR 510 Audio/Video Receiver

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
It was bound to happen sooner or later. We just wouldn't have expected it in a high-end component: Harman Kardon has taken the lead in digital home theater integration with the world's first audio-video (AV) receivers to offer built-in MP3 decoding. When connected to a computer with a compatible coaxial digital audio output jack, this exclusive innovation lets you enjoy high-quality playback of MP3-encoded CDs or Internet-delivered streaming media.

The current top-of-the-line model, the AVR 510, also includes Harman Kardon's exclusive, patented EzSet remote, the first-ever remote to automatically analyze and set speaker levels for your surround system. The remote includes a measuring and calibration system that automatically balances speaker channel levels for optimum surround sound listening, regardless of the playback format.

The AVR 510 uses 24-bit, 192 kHz digital audio converters (DACs) for the highest-resolution audio playback available today. As an added benefit, feeding the digital output of most CD players to the AVR 510 will provide dramatically better sound quality than you'd hear playing back through standard 16-bit, 44.1 kHz DACs. Surround sound performance consists of not only Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel decoding, but two proprietary Harman audio technologies, Logic 7 and VMAx, which take surround-sound and stereo audio reproduction to new levels of sonic excitement.

Product Description:
The AVR 510 delivers the performance you expect from Harman, without sacrificing ease of use. The patented EzSet remote control takes the guesswork out of speaker setup, and sophisticated surround processing technologies deliver a variety of listening options. 192kHz / 24-bit DACs insure compatibility with the latest program sources, while front-panel digital inputs, one of which can be switched to an output, deliver maximum flexibility. Component video, S-Video and multiroom / multisource connections make the AVR 510 one of the most versatile models ever offered by Harman Kardon. This home audio is a complete multi-zone system with a Zone II remote included.
Harman Kardon AVR  510 Audio/Video Receiver
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • One HELL of and AMP
  • A great surround sound receiver!
  • a little disappointed in HK
Harman Kardon AVR 510 Audio/Video Receiver

Manufacturer: Harman Kardon
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:
  • Amplifier delivers 70 watts per channel in surround mode
  • Dolby Digital, DTS, and HDCD decoding
  • Multiroom/multisource audio adds versatility
  • MP3 decoding for use with computers and digital audio players
  • EzSet remote balances speaker levels

ASIN: B000051SDP

Amazon.com Product Description

It was bound to happen sooner or later. We just wouldn't have expected it in a high-end component: Harman Kardon has taken the lead in digital home theater integration with the world's first audio-video (AV) receivers to offer built-in MP3 decoding. When connected to a computer with a compatible coaxial digital audio output jack, this exclusive innovation lets you enjoy high-quality playback of MP3-encoded CDs or Internet-delivered streaming media.

The current top-of-the-line model, the AVR 510, also includes Harman Kardon's exclusive, patented EzSet remote, the first-ever remote to automatically analyze and set speaker levels for your surround system. The remote includes a measuring and calibration system that automatically balances speaker channel levels for optimum surround sound listening, regardless of the playback format.

The AVR 510 uses 24-bit, 192 kHz digital audio converters (DACs) for the highest-resolution audio playback available today. As an added benefit, feeding the digital output of most CD players to the AVR 510 will provide dramatically better sound quality than you'd hear playing back through standard 16-bit, 44.1 kHz DACs. Surround sound performance consists of not only Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel decoding, but two proprietary Harman audio technologies, Logic 7 and VMAx, which take surround-sound and stereo audio reproduction to new levels of sonic excitement.

Product Description

The AVR 510 delivers the performance you expect from Harman, without sacrificing ease of use. The patented EzSet remote control takes the guesswork out of speaker setup, and sophisticated surround processing technologies deliver a variety of listening options. 192kHz / 24-bit DACs insure compatibility with the latest program sources, while front-panel digital inputs, one of which can be switched to an output, deliver maximum flexibility. Component video, S-Video and multiroom / multisource connections make the AVR 510 one of the most versatile models ever offered by Harman Kardon. This home audio is a complete multi-zone system with a Zone II remote included.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One HELL of and AMP.......2002-12-31

This Amp has Blown me away as well as my audience thus far!
When this amp is hooked up correctly...and I mean so it uses its full digital capabilitys with DVD it has killer digital sound...and its other non digital soundstages it has are great! if you listen to other brands you will hear that harman has done a great job with its sound fields and staging
im using it with these components...
sony dvd dvp-n57oop using the fiberoptic cable for digital sound transmission,a pair of jbl floor/bookshelf speakers (8")s338be (front), polk audio for center stage(front), a jbl sub pb12" 250 watt positioned under the TV, bose acusta mass dual cubes for rear fill, and a 36" sony trinitron...
just listen to the blueman group DVD and see if your receiver can keep up with is pace..

I know there are alot of other killer receivers out there but I have found out that this receiver best suits me and my applications... it just keeps on cranking..

Best Regards!

Jason

4 out of 5 stars A great surround sound receiver!.......2002-01-16

I love the AVR 510 surround sound receiver! With the multiroom audio capability (providing complete, independent control of a second-room audio system from either the primary listening room via the front panel or the included separate Zone 2 remote control), is like owning two receivers in one! The surround sound is exceptional. Speaker levels are adjustable, so you can calibrate the different speaker channels to your own preference. I am still finding out new things and useful features of this unit, but I have been very happy with it thus far. It was well worth the price.

3 out of 5 stars a little disappointed in HK.......2001-10-01

All around this is a good amp, but the truth is that I could have gotten a Sony for half the money that would've been the same, if not better quality. The options for surround are nice (there is a 5 channel stereo), but the "hall" mode gives no echo effect, and the "theatre" mode does nothing for me either. The main reason I really wanted surround and especially the center channel, was to make peoples voices louder while watching DVD's because I run for the remote every time something loud happens. I'm all for the audio experience, but ambients are just too loud in movies these days and I have neighbors who I'm sure will agree with me. Turning the center channel all the way up and the other 4 speakers all the way down does almost nothing. They should have made these buttons actually have an impact on the sound, instead it just seems like all the audio tracks come through the center channel even with the little DTS light "on" that should seperate all the tracks.
Another stinker was that every video out RCA jack was broken right out of the box, (I know this only after a grueling process of elimination). I also must say I'm a little disappointed in amazon too for not double boxing this. It is customary to send expensive components in a DOUBLE BOX so it takes less abuse in transit and is not stolen. I'm never going to purchase something of this granduer online again.

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