Harman Kardon AVR-354 7x75W 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

Harman Kardon AVR-354 7x75W 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver | Stay away from this overpriced piece of junk and horrible customer service

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Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. The Harman Kardon AVR 354 is a perfect case in point. The AVR 354 includes a full complement of Dolby and DTS decoding technologies, HDMI repeater capability, Faroudja DCDi Cinema processing, EzSet/EQ equalization and multiroom capability. It connects to a universe of digital and analog sources, as well as to external amps. And with The Bridge II docking station (included), it will even play, control and charge your iPod (iPod is not included). To ensure that everything works together seamlessly, the AVR 354 features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD; Dolby Pro Logic II and IIx (Movie, Music and Game), up to 96kHz; Dolby Virtual Speaker Version 2 (Reference or Wide, two-channel); Dolby Headphone Version 2, up to 96kHz; DTS-HD, DTS-HD Master Audio; DTS (5.1; DTS Stereo; DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete and Matrix); DTS 96/24 (DTS Stereo); DTS Neo - 6 (Cinema 5- or 6-channel; Music 5- or 6-channel); Logic 7 (Movie, Music and Game - 5.1 and 7.1), up to 96kHz; 5- or 7-Channel Stereo, up to 96kHz; Surround Off (DSP or Analog Bypass) Transcodes 480i video to HDMI output, with upscaling up to 1080p for iPod connectivity with audio/video playback RS-232 serial port for system upgrades Switched accessory power outlet Remote infrared (IR) input and output Color coded connections EzSet/EQ automated setup (microphone supplied) Full-color user interface and setup menu, generated in high-definition video Two-line dot-matrix front-panel display Unit Dimensions - 6.5 H x 17.31 W x 15.0 D; Weight - 31.5 lbs Harman Kardon USA 2-Year Limited Warranty

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Incredible!

It's unfortunate about the previous poster but I have the same unit and it is incredible! The unit has all the bells and whistles that you would expect on a much higher priced receiver. Do some research on the the chips used in this thing, they are incredible and are found only in a $5000 high end competitors line. The weakness of this receiver is that it can sometimes be too rich of a sound and lacks the crisp high that some look for because, honestly the degraded sound that we have received from companies like Sony and what we listen to in our cars have ruined our idea of what even sounds are. Just a side note, one of my buddies was the one who brought this "weakness" to my attention because he said it didn't have enough high range. I told him well watch the whole movie and lets see how fatigued your ears feel. Afterward, he was amazed how nice and easy it is to listen to this HK. The strength is it's punch and ability in the home theater to make gun fire sound like gun fire and not rocks being thrown against a tin roof. HK doesn't disappoint in my opinion with this receiver and it's too bad one customer, and the only review had a experience that is honestly out of this world. HK customer support is probably one of the best in the world, and are often recognized for that fact. Besides one month old and breaks, why not take it back to Best Buy?

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Stay away from this overpriced piece of junk and horrible customer service

I purchased this receiver from Best Buy since I liked the features and trusted the brand name, although I never had owned a HK before. A little more than 1 month later the HDMI connections died on me. I called HK and talked to an autobot and paid $40 to ship it back to them. 1 month later they were supposed to send me a new unit and instead I got a refurbished unit that was probably 1 year old, not to mention missing button switches etc. I called back HK infuriated about this and I get another autobot instead of a live person. I will have to call during their business hours to get a live person and ask for my money back. I would never ever buy a HK again or go through their archaic customer service system. I will update this review with the conclusion to my woes, but get this piece of advice from me: buy an extended warranty on a brick and mortar retailer and cross your fingers that the product won't crap on you. For $800 I expect A LOT better. I think I will go with a Denon instead.

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