| Harman Kardon AVR330 A/V Receiver |
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 Average Rating: 4 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 1 RRP: £599.99 Year: 2004 Description: 7 x 55W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver. Seven-channel, high-current amplifier, popular surround sound modes, component video switching, an EzSet remote and a complete multi-room system with a standard Zone II remote. Plus front-panel inputs for analog and digital sources, as well as composite and S-Video jacks, for quick connections to digital cameras, camcorders or video games.
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 | | Posted: 23/12/04 |
| 'VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE, GOOD CONNECTIVITY, STYLISH DISPLAY' | | Strengths:
- Good value for money
- Very good overall sound quality
- Multiroom set-up
- Bass management
- Display | | Weaknesses:
- No automatic speaker set-up
- No Dolby ProLogic IIx
- Plastic front panel | | Overall:
Except the plastic front panel (which should rather be alu) the AVR330 doesn't look so bad. In fact, the nice dot matrix display and the blue-glowing volume control look pretty good.
But it's not only the design that make this AV receiver one of the better ones of it's class: It also sounds very good. That holds for both stereo music and movie soundtracks. To connect the receiver with your existing equipment, it comes with a lot of different inputs and outputs. It's just missing the new digital video ones like DVI or HDMI, but as long as you don't have a plasma screen or a HDMI DVD player this doesn't really matter. Set-up is quite easy, too. The one thing I really miss is an automatic speaker set-up known from the new Yamaha, Onkyo and Pioneer receivers. The OSM looks a bit old-fashioned and simple, but does the job it's designed for.
As I said, I can't complain about the sound. Dialogues and action scenes sound very good, as do stereo CDs. In this price range, it's one of the better AV receivers. |
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| | | Performance | | 80% | | Build | | 60% | | Value | | 80% |
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