Harman Kardon AVR 500 Dolby Digital/DTS Audio/Video Receiver
- Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital, and DTS decoding
- 80 watts per channel (x 5)
- Ultrawide Bandwidth amplifier with High-Current Capability
- Logic 7 and VMAx surround modes
- S-video switching
Product Description
Harman Kardon’s AVR 500 combines excellence with ease of use. Harman Kardon has long been known for their clean sounding high current amplifiers and stylish designs. They are able to brilliantly integrate these features into an easy-to-use high-performance machine. At 70 watts of high-current power to all 5 channels, this receiver has plenty of juice to produce incredible, room-shaking surround sound while still being able to deliver crisp, clear music and vocals.Th… More >>
Harman Kardon AVR 500 Dolby Digital/DTS Audio/Video Receiver
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The AVR 500 Is The First Popularly Priced Receiver To Feature Harman Kardon’s Exclusive Logic 7 And VMAx Surround-Sound Modes Along With Dolby Digital And DTS. With S-Video Switching, On Screen Graphics And A Powerful Harman Kardon Amplifier, This Is The Perfect Receiver For The Discerning Music Lover’s Home Cinema… Specifications…Amplifier Section…Stereo Mode Continuous Average Power (FTC) per channel: 80 watts per channel @ <0.07% THD, 20Hz – 20kHz, both channels driven into 8 ohms…Surround Modes Continuous Average Power (FTC) per channel 70 watts per channel @ <0.07% THD, 20Hz – 20kHz, all channels driven into 8 ohms…High Instantaneous Current Capability (HCC): ± 45 amps…Input Sensitivity/Impedance Linear (High Level): 200mV/47k ohms…Signal-to-Noise Ratio (IHF-A): 95dB…Surround System Adjacent Channel Separation – Pro Logic Decoding: 40dB …Dolby Digital (AC-3): 55dB…DTS Mode: 55dB…Frequency Response at 1W (+0dB, -3dB): 10Hz – 100kHz…Transient Intermodulation Distortion (TIM): Not Measurable …Rise Time: 16µsecSlew Rate: 40V/µsec…FM Tuner Section…Frequency Range: 87.5 – 108MHz…Usable Sensitivity: IHF 1.3µV/13.2dB …Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Mono (measured at 1mV RF Input Level): 70dB…Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Stereo (measured at 1mV RF Input Level): 68dB…Distortion Mono/Stereo: 0.3%/0.3%…Stereo Separation: 40dB @ 1kHz …Selectivity: ± 400kHz, 65dB…Image Rejection: 80dB…IF Rejection: 90dB…Tuner Output Level: 1kHz, +/-75kHz Dev 500mV…AM Tuner Section…Frequency Range: 520 – 1710kHz…Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 45dB…Usable Sensitivity: Loop 500µV…Distortion:1kHz, 50% Mod 0.8%…Selectivity:± 10kHz,30dB…Video Section…Television Format: NTSC Input …Level/Impedance: 1Vp-p/75ohms…Output Level/Impedance: 1Vp-p/75ohms…Video Frequency Response: 10Hz to 8MHz… General…Power Requirement: 120V AC/60Hz …Power Consumption (2 channels driven): 78W idle, 694W maximum…Dimensions….Width 17-5/16″…Height 6-1/2″…Depth 17-1/8″…Weight 34 lbs…Depth Measurement Includes Knobs, Buttons And Terminal Connections… Height Measurement Includes Feet And Chassis… This Is One Fine Receiver, However Some Might Venture To Find Other Comprable Models With More Power…
Rating: 4 / 5
First of all let me say the soind quality from this reciever blew my mind. I watched Jurasic Park with DTS and it made my cat hide in a cabinet! (she used to never react to the TV)
however, the user on screen display user interface is very unfreindly – the remote is terrible, i expected to replace all my remotes once i got my reciever, but it cannot control my Dig. Cable, and it is clunky with my proscan DVD – i.e it won’t turn it off and the play button is the FF – so i just have another (4th ) remote in my pile now.
lastly – it cannot convert an analog video signal to digital s video – so if you connect the reciever to your TV via an s video cabel – all your devices must go into the revicer over s video – my digital cabel only has a coax output – so i have to make everything else use it’s coax output – which is very dissapointing. It actually took me a while to figure this out – and i returned my reciever and got a new one thinking it was broken.
i’m willing to live with it – i’m going to see if i can get my a new cable box that has an s video output.
Rating: 3 / 5
Harmon Kardon by far is the best in home theatre there quality of receivers is almost as good as the movie theatre
sound itself.If you only have 1000 dollars to spend buy this
baby and when you get it home it has enough power to blow you out of the house , with crystal clear dynamic Dolby Digital &
DTS sound incredible power this is the top of the mountain for
below a grand if you own Gladiator slip it in turn it on DTS
and crank it up and you’ll see it dosen’t even phase it at all.
When I, invite my friends over they think iv’e purchased an
actual movie theatre system.All receivers come with a midnight
setting incase your in an apartment and your bothersome lanlord
complains about the sound it is useful for when people are sleeping.Enough options to keep you busy figuring them out but
one things for sure when you buy this you know exactly how awsome this receiver is when you get it home it’s a good deal.
Rating: 5 / 5
The “Harman Kardon AVR-500″ Surround Sound Receiver,
is, without a doubt, The finest receiver I’ve ever had the privilege to experience “Over the Top!! Being a classical Violinist, I listen to various aspects in music mostly from the perspective of a “live performance”. The dynamic and transient responces of the AVR-500, offer the listener who is unfamiliar with accurate “True to the Source” Sound Re-Creation, a most shocking and delectable surprise!! What I look for in home music listening, are the subtle nuances of a whisper and the thunderous rage of an immensely powerful organ, tearing up the Earth. Without these characteristics, it quickly becomes tedious to listen to. H/K’s High-Current design, is meant to express these delicate and votile surges without fatigue, all the while preserving the intimate details underlying the music’s “hidden harmonics”. The H/K AVR-500, handles this effortlessly and with aplomb. +)*(+ If this sounds like a description of a fine musical instrument, it is. The H/K AVR-500 is easy to set up, and the remote is straight-forward, you will not find divergent discrepancies prompting constant visitations to the unit proper. After initial set-up, you can relax, everything else is handled via remote, which also has an attractive “Blue-Green” backlit illumination. H/K is known to be ultra-conservative in their Power Ratings, as well as THD (total harmonic distortion). With the AVR-500 at no more than .07% THD, that’s driven “Wide Open”! A very Very Clean Machine Indeed!! I could say much more, but its better to let H/K’s AVR-500 tell you!!
Harman Kardon AVR-500. Elegant, Understated, Smooth
Highly Recomended *****
Stan Slonski
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Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased this amp/receiver about a month ago and had it hooked up the night it arrived. The setup is kind of confusing at first but once you figure it out (what the manual is saying) it isn’t too much trouble. I am a big believer in amps over watts because you can create high watts with low amps and hence no sound but if you reverse the order; high amps and low watts the neighbors come a knocking. I also like to be able to “feel” my sound ie. the rumble of a tornado in the movie Twister. This receiver does/has all of this and more. The one con I have for this receiver is that it is short of inputs by 2. 1 is phono which I don’t listen to alot so it wasn’t a big con. The 2nd missing input is one for my satelite which has digital outputs which would have been nice to hook up but this was overcome by entering through the VCR. Oh well can’t have everything on a buget. Overall this is one of the best AVR’s I have seen for the price. If you like the artificial sound stages of other systems then don’t buy this AVR but if you want the sound that came with the DVD, CD or Tape then this one is for you. You won’t complain about the price when you get it set up.
Rating: 5 / 5