New Harman Kardon AVR 370, AVR 270 and AVR 170

So a whole new range from Harman Kardon is on its way to meet some of the European and American markets. It was high time for the American company to get up there with some leading companies in the AV Receiver world. Receivers can be as powerful as hell itself, but it needs to be able to accommodate the buyer who lives of his/her Smartphone (which is a lot of people). So finally, Harman Kardon has come to the party. Hitting most world markets when most other brands will push out new receivers by year end, Harman Kardon will for sure recapture the market’s attention.

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So key new features will be the trend most manufacturers have been following. Airplay will be added, which allows you to stream music from I-Tunes from your I-tune enabled device (use a Windows pc, download I-Tunes, and use Airplay). A network connection with DLNA will be supported, as well as Internet Radio. Wi-Fi is another addition, although I do not know yet if it will come as a build in feature, or will be with their “Bridge” add on which they used in the past. All will be revealed in due time. 4K Up scaling and support, which all new receivers on the market will have.

Some of its components have been sourced from Lexicon stable, so the performance should be fantastic.

I am personally looking forward to hear this one, the power of a Harman Kardon receiver with some features, should be good.

Some specifications I have gathered from various sources, may not be accurate, but it will most probably not change.:

Harman Kardon AVR370

• Receiver 7.2
• Power of 7x 125 watts (0.07% THD from 20 Hz to 20 kHz)
• Amplification at high-current ( ± 100 A )
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
• Dolby Headphone technology, ProLogic IIx, DTS Neo: 6 and Logic 7
• 7 inputs and 2 HDMI 1.4a compatible 3D, ARC and 4k
• 4K upscaling , and Faroudja DCDi video processor
• Ethernet network connection and integrated Wi-Fi with DLNA 1.5 certification and AirPlay
• USB port for connecting directly to the iPod / iPhone and iPad
• IOS and Android applications to control the amplifier

Harman Kardon AVR270

Will have same specs as the HK AVR370 except for the following:

1. Will have less power, at 100watts
2. Will have less Amps, at 40 watts
3. Will be a 7.1 receiver
4. Will only have 1 HDMI output

Harman Kardon AVR170

Will have same specs as the HK AVR270 except for the following:

1. Will be a 5.1 system.
2. 6 HDMI inputs
3. May not have the Faroudja DCDI video processor, must comfirm...

So this is the new line which will be making itself known by the end of the year, some places only next year, but sure looks good.