Harman Kardon Receiver

The Harman Kardon Receiver – quality, ease of use and superb audio!

For more than 50 years, Harman Kardon products have been engineered to deliver the ultimate listening experience. The thrust and goal of the Harman Kardon brand is to give music fans and home theater enthusiasts the finest sound with the greatest of ease.

Harman Kardon has pioneered everything from stereo sound to cassette decks to a remote control that automatically calibrates a home theater’s sound system. Whatever you want your sound system to do, Harman Kardon wants to make it easy – and to make it sound great.

Harman Kardon offers a wide range of award-winning products, and on this site we focus on the Harman Kardon Receiver – an excellent series of products.

Harman Kardon currently offers two series of receivers, Stereo Receivers (used for stereo/audio setups) and Audio Video Receivers (typically used in Home Theater setups).

Stereo Receivers

When you’re interested in getting a little more oomph out of your stereo setup, the Harman Kardon Stereo Receivers are your best bet.

Harman Kardon currently has the HK 3390 2 x 80W and the HK 3490 2 x 120W stereo receivers on the market.

If you’re looking for an affordable yet powerful stereo receiver the Harman Kardon HK 3390 2 x 80W Stereo Receiver might be your best bet. It features 80 Watts x 2 into 8 ohms, convenient front-panel audio/video input for use with video games or portable players and dual subwoofer output, with trigger for direct connection to powered subwoofers.

If you’re interested in the Harman Kardon HK 3390 2 x 80W Stereo Receiver but feel that it lacks the power you need you’ll probably want to do check out the Harman Kardon HK 3490 2 x 120W Stereo Receiver. Instead of 2 x 80w this version sports 2 x 120w into 8 ohms.

If you’re up for purchasing a used stereo receiver, we’ve tried our best to compile a list of current eBay auctions for the HK 3390 receiver here and the HK 3490 receiver here. At times, it’s possible to save hundreds of dollars (but still getting an awesome stereo receiver) by browsing eBay for amazing deals.

Audio Video Receivers

Harman Kardon has engineered the market’s top Audio Video Receivers – great products giving you rich and deep sound when enjoying movies, sports or tv shows.

Great Audio, Great Price

Harman Kardon offers quite a few Audio Video Receivers and among their cheapest setups the Harman Kardon AVR 3600 7 x 85W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a, Full, Audio/Video Processing and Upscaling to 1080p or the Harman Kardon AVR-254 7x50W 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver with HDMI 1.3a Repeater are alternatives you definitely should consider.

The AVR 3600 features 7 channels at 85W each and 7.1 Channel Audio/Video support. It also comes packed with Dolby Volume which maintains volume across all your content no matter what the source while also improving surround sound performance at low listening levels as well as EzSet/EQ that automates room-equalization and system-calibration for simple system setup and optimal audio quality in any listening room.

The AVR-254 features 7 channels at 50W each and Harman-exclusive Logic 7 Movie, Music, and game surround sound processing in 5.1 and 7.1 channels. It also features HDMI 1.3a with Deep Color and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing with upscaling to 1080p and Full Suite of Dolby surround decoding, including Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus.

The Cream of the Crop

If you’re a true audiophiliac and only want the best of the best, the Harman Kardon AVR7550HD 7.2 AVR with Dolby Volume, home Networking, USB File Play Back and Upgrade is your choice.

The AVR 7550HD is Harman Kardon’s new flagship home theater receiver. High performance starts with Harman Kardon’s highest-current, ultra-wide amplifier design that generates 110 Watts per channel for uncompromised realism, dynamics and subtlety from music and movies. It also features Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding that delivers high-resolution sound from today’s Blu-ray discs for the ultimate home theater experience.

The AVR 7550HD also includes the latest sound processing technology from Dolby laboratories called Dolby Volume. Set your preferred volume once and Dolby Volume maintains that level across all your content no matter what source you happen to be listening. When it comes to video, the AVR 7550HD sets the same performance standard that it does for audio. Using advanced Faroudja processing, video is upscaled to stunning 1080p resolution while display settings can be independently optimized by source for the best picture possible.

Buying used Audio Video Receivers

If you’re looking to save hundreds of dollars while still getting fantastic audio, we highly recommend you to check out our Hot Auctions-page.

On this page, we’ve tried our best to compile a list of current hot auctions for Harman Kardon Audio Video Receivers on eBay. We’ve received several emails from visitors to this site who ended up getting a receiver (and saving hundreds of dollars) via this specific page.