Customer Reviews for Harmon Kardon - 3D Ready A/V Receiver - 5.1 Channel - Multi
Customer Rating
1
sound is great when it's working
on August 13, 2020
Posted by: Dax1
from Canada
Gender:Male
If you use this with HDMI input, it's good. But with anything else, Balance is off, software is the worst thing in the world. This has tons of menus that won't give you any control. Network, airplay is awful, sound is awful Software update is not present Company is not supporting their product. Last time I buy Harman Kardon
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from harmankardon.nlBy Homer at Customer Support, Customer Support, August 14, 2020
Thanks for the feedback. We're always looking for ways to improve. We'll pass this along to our development team.
Just set this up with the JBL Stage Series at 7.2 with the JBL Studio Sub 260(s). For music it's great, for movies.......OH my..my neighbors will be able to tell when I'm watching Avengers Endgame this system is so intense. The distortion is pretty low even when turning as close to all the way up.I love it.
My personal stereo has good RBH speakers, but I noticed my old amplifier did not provide enough power to really take advantage of the speakers. I had many requirements for the replacement: I wanted a new integrated amplifier to deliver at least 100 watts per channel in stereo, with separate subwoofer output. Also, because of space restrictions the amplifier had to be less than 12 inches deep. This left me with very few choices. One amplifier from Pyle which probably was not the highest quality, the HK 3770 and the HK 1710s. I only needed the amplifier for my stereo, so I did not need a 5.1 or 7.1 home theater system. Blue Tooth was a desirable but not necessary feature. I was ready to buy the HK 3770 but after I asked the question, I was told this amplifier did not have control over the cross over frequency to the subwoofer. I felt this was a necessary feature to optimize my speaker set up. So, I went for the HK 1710s even though I knew I would be paying for lots and lots of features and connections I did not need. Well, I installed the new amplifier and I am happy to report that the Harman Kardon avr 1710s “made my speakers sing”. Beautiful sound! I read a lot of complaints about the user interface and the remote. Yes, it would be nice to have bigger keys for the volume control, but the remote and user interface are adequate. I was able to set up the system very easily… even more so with only three speakers, one optical digital input and one analogue input. One feature I appreciate is the direct digital input, to let the DAC in the amplifier do the conversion. HK’s DAC plus its processing options are way superior to the DAC in my CD player. I hope the product is durable, but only time will tell.
The fan in the rear of this unit has yet to work since received. Can’t play music on July 4th due to heat wave bc I don’t want to hurt the avr
Response from harmankardon.nlBy Mario at Customer Service, Customer Support, July 4, 2018
Thank you for your review, our sincerest apology for the inconvenience. Your feedback will be communicated to the proper department to improve our current and future product line. We would like to work with you directly, please submit a case request at www.jbl.com/support-contact.html and the Customer Service team will be more than happy to further assist you.
What are the best JBL HK Floor standing 4-way 8” or much better speakers plus center channel and Subwoofer to match this beast
Response from harmankardon.nlBy Steve S, Customer Service, February 1, 2018
Thank you for your review. I can see that you've already submitted a case with us and is already being handled by one of our Customer Service Representatives. Please reply to their communication if you need anything additional.
Great receiver. It's so much lighter than my older receivers. The updated technology allows me to stream music from my phone wirelessly. The sound it produces is amazing. Awesome receiver!!!
Got Home from work today and found this on my front porch set up was a breeze took all but 20 minutes and then spent the next hour or so tweaking very easy to learn basics no need for manual maybe later this weekend when I configure it on my network but for now was eager to get it up and running so I could relax with some music (for now I've been streaming progressive rock (Emerson Lake & Palmer and ...) From an iPhone through a Klipsch 5.1 Speaker setup via bluetooth using the Surround Neo:6 for music setting on the receiver and I can't tell you how pleased I am with the Sound reproduction I'm hearing just out of the box with a little manual tweaking very impressive and can't wait to spend the time this weekend configuring the network, set up AirPlay and calibrating the room to get the full potential out of this receiver. A definite Best Choice for the technology packed full featured little powerhouse this is and what makes it is the very reasonable cost to feature to quality ratio.