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4.5 stars
"Absolutely phenominal sound, and every feature one could want"
Pros: The sound on this reciever is incredible, it has every feature more or less, looks cool, onscreen OSD is nice
Cons: Remote is pretty lame, but pretty much every reciever remote i've ever dealt with blows. I use a logitech harmony to control this HK, and every other device in my HT.
Summary: I upgraded to this HK from a high end Pioneer 5.1 system that i had for three or four years. I upgraded mostly to move to 7.1, but I gotta say, the sound quality improvement in music and movies just floored me. This reciever gives so much detail compared to anything in its class, and the sound is clean, and bass is thundering and well defined. Previously, i thought i had good subwoofer sound, but apparently there was a lot of distortion(a limitation of my old reciever i suppose) Anyways, after upgrading to the AV330, it was if i had bought a new subwoofer. I also tried an Onkyo in the same class, I decided to return it for this AV330, and boy was I glad i did. The Harmon Kardon just flat out sounded better.
The only other thing is that the remote really is weak, but hell, I've never found a decent remote with a reciever. You really need a Harmony or Home Theater Master, or similar to control your entire HT with any efficiency. Also, some have mentioned the manual and setup are difficult. It is true that the manual is arcane, and setup a little more involved than most recievers, but really folks, its just not that hard if you are even half way able to setup a HDTV and DVD player. If you're the sort that are in the market for a mid-high end HK or Denon, or Onkyo reciever, trust me, you can handle this setup. Anyways, I am really loving this reciever. Don't forget, you buy a reciever for it's sound, and trust me, this reciever will really impress, music sounds better than you've heard before, and movies are just indescribably good sounding.
