Destroying a classic name
Sep 29 '00
I purchased a Harmon/Kardon receiver twenty-three years ago based on the reccomendation of a friend who was a real audiophile. The modest "h/k430" turned out to be perhaps THE best purchase I've ever made. After all this time it still has beautiful clean stereo sound. It has seen a repair shop once. It needed to be cleaned and have a bulb in the faceplate put in. Two years ago I bought an "AVR40" and it has really been a letdown. This reciever is Dolby surround, not Dolby digital. There are no phono inputs and therefore you must buy an external amp for this application. I guess when the CD format took over, everyone but me burned their vinyl. The left channel when played in stereo loses amplification when played anywhere above the 1/3 level. I realize that Dolby surround is not Dolby digital (one rear channel/2speakers vs. two rear channels/2 speakers) but i don't think thats an excuse for HEAVY distortion in this mode. I was told by a salesman when I was looking around to be aware that Harmon was not the quality they used to be, but didn't listen to him. Look around at what kind of equiptment and POWER you can get for the same price as h/k.
If you must have h/k, look at "U_BID" first. It's such high quality stuff that it sells for 75% off at that site regularly.
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