[nautilus]

I've been looking for a new receiver and I've found the avr-8000 for $400 I can't find too much info about it but it appears to have been the flagship at one time. Home Theater: Harman/Kardon AVR 8000 A/V Receiver Does anyone here have experience with it or a similar model?

 

[nautilus]

I forgot to mention that this will get a lot of time powering my cans as well (don't have a headphone amp) so take that into account if you've used their receivers as a headphone amp.

 

[andrewz]

I've used a much cheaper Harman-Kardon AVR in the $300 range and it was about the same as driving my Sennheiser HD 600s off my Macbook Pro.

However, I would try to listen to it before I bought it and see what you think.

 

[greenzee]

HK's are built like tanks, and offer excellent performance for the money. I've owned 2, currently using an HK AVR 630 for my HT setup. It does everything I ask it to, clean power, gobs of power, and quiet at that.

Good luck in your search and decision.

 

[Tarkovsky]

I (probably entirely erroneously) associate harmon kardon with awful sounding PC speakers with the sort of gimmicks that fit well into the specification boxes in DELL catalogues...

 

[dr.morton]

I bought a receiver and DVD player and I am not impressed with either machine.
The DVD 22 has a lot of problems, my first AVR 135 died quickly and it took HK two months to replace it.

 

[nautilus]

Thanks for the posts guys, anyone else have experience with hk's high end stuff?