Read moreįor more than 50 years, Harman Kardon products have been engineered to deliver the ultimate listening experience. I love the minimal slick design of HK receivers but the buttons on this years.
If I had to pick a negative, other than the huge remote which doesn't bother us since we use a harmony one, it would be the receiver buttons.
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It still has the signature warm and full HK sound. HDMI bypass enables the receiver to pass the HDMI signal through untouched and while you lose the nice volume overlays you may gain some slightly better IQ especially if your HDTV has a good video processor such as the one in our KURO. Dolby Volume makes a huge difference when it comes to leveling commercial volumes between shows and switching between inputs. Anyone who's tried flashing a AVR254 knows what I mean.
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Features such as Dolby Volume and HDMI bypass are very welcome including finally the addition of a USB port instead of DB9 serial for future firmware upgrades. They have really fixed all the quirks I had over last years model. This review is from: Harman Kardon AVR 2600 65W 7.1 channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) (Electronics) Recently upgraded to the AVR2600 after owning the previous model AVR254 for a year. take the hint and make yourself more competitive.ĭownsides to the 2600 are as follows: There is.
Lastly, the Bridge III connection is a nice option - too bad it costs an extra $129! I know the Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K includes (with the receiver!) an adapter cable, and you can control the iPod on screen - HK. I figured it would be much easier for me to hook up my laptop to the 2600's USB port instead of figuring out how the RS-232 port works. Two, I read all of the reviews on the 254 and the problems many people were having. One, the Dolby Volume feature - it's really nice to be able to set a volume and not have the commercials blaring at me. My 10 years with a great HK AVR led me to a decision: should I buy last year's AVR-254 or this year's 2600? Ultimately I went with the 2600 for a few reasons. I put up with 2 channel bypass mode sound for about a week before deciding to buy a new receiver. This review is from: Harman Kardon AVR 2600 65W 7.1 channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) (Electronics) After 10 years of faithful service, my AVR-45 digital processor finally kicked the can. I have read on forums that some people have had trouble with.
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Anyway, I can overlook this as I am fully capable of setting these levels myself and the GUI makes the manual adjustment simple. I have 2 speakers (front left and front right) that are equadistant from the listening point.the HK system set one to +2db and the other to -7db.no idea how that happened. The easy EQ Setup is okay - it was very good at gauging speaker distances (and therefore delays), but terrible at determining levels/volumes for each speaker. Harman/Kardon has done a lot to help with the graphical user interface and a very clean and easy to use OSD which is digitally converted and upscale by the receiver so that you do not need to run an analog cable to see the OSD.you can see it right through your HDMI if you want. Like any receiver, you can spend a good amount of time setting this one up, and getting everything right. This review is from: Harman Kardon AVR 2600 65W 7.1 channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) (Electronics) THE AVR-2600 is friggen awesome!