Harman Kardon AVR 510 Audio/Video Receiver

Harman Kardon AVR 510 Audio/Video Receiver
Manufacturer: Harman Kardon
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The AVR 510 delivers the performance you expect from Harman, without sacrificing ease of use. The patented EzSet remote control takes the guesswork out of speaker setup, and sophisticated surround processing technologies deliver a variety of listening options. 192kHz / 24-bit DACs insure compatibility with the latest program sources, while front-panel digital inputs, one of which can be switched to an output, deliver maximum flexibility. Component video, S-Video and multiroom / multisource connections make the AVR 510 one of the most versatile models ever offered by Harman Kardon. This home audio is a complete multi-zone system with a Zone II remote included.
Amazon.com Product Description
It was bound to happen sooner or later. We just wouldn't have expected it in a high-end component: Harman Kardon has taken the lead in digital home theater integration with the world's first audio-video (AV) receivers to offer built-in MP3 decoding. When connected to a computer with a compatible coaxial digital audio output jack, this exclusive innovation lets you enjoy high-quality playback of MP3-encoded CDs or Internet-delivered streaming media.

The current top-of-the-line model, the AVR 510, also includes Harman Kardon's exclusive, patented EzSet remote, the first-ever remote to automatically analyze and set speaker levels for your surround system. The remote includes a measuring and calibration system that automatically balances speaker channel levels for optimum surround sound listening, regardless of the playback format.

The AVR 510 uses 24-bit, 192 kHz digital audio converters (DACs) for the highest-resolution audio playback available today. As an added benefit, feeding the digital output of most CD players to the AVR 510 will provide dramatically better sound quality than you'd hear playing back through standard 16-bit, 44.1 kHz DACs. Surround sound performance consists of not only Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel decoding, but two proprietary Harman audio technologies, Logic 7 and VMAx, which take surround-sound and stereo audio reproduction to new levels of sonic excitement.