Harman-Kardon HD-SAT520 user manual

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GEAR GUIDE
50 watts. 7.1 channels. $899.
Inside Gear Guide:
Just a few of the numbers to watch
• Harman/Kardon AVR 325 A/V Receiver
• Samsung SIR-TS160, Zenith HD-SAT520,
when you check out the AVR 325.
and Sony SAT-HD200 HD DirecTV Tuners
by Mark Fleischmann
Like an honest
sage wandering in a wilder-
ness of liars, Harman/Kardon stead-
fastly refuses to hype their power specs.
Sure, like many other manufacturers, the com-
pany offers a 100-watt-times-seven receiver, but that
model lists for $

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GEAR GUIDE Harman/Kardon AVR 325 A/V Receiver that 5.1 channels are plenty for most home theaters. Still, even I as the research-and-development priced models’ spec sheets, and must admit that adding two rear department did). At the tip of the you’d be surprised to find how often speakers to the mix will allow remote, there’s a small micro- the phrase “all channels driven” is your system to cover a large, wide phone that senses the customary mysteriously absent. While you’re space more evenly. Be

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GEAR GUIDE Harman/Kardon AVR 325 A/V Receiver range to the front and surround provides direct one-key access speakers to deliver a less-localized to the Dolby, DTS, LOGIC7, soundstage that sounds broader DTS test disc, which includes and stereo modes. and wider than when the subwoofer musical selections by Sheila Harman/Kardon allows is the sole source of bass energy. Nicholls (“Faith”) and Insane advanced users to set the sub’s Presumably, you’d only get the Clown Posse (“Juggalo Homies”) cross

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GEAR GUIDE Harman/Kardon AVR 325 A/V Receiver orchestra and main surround 61- and 73-minute marks when var- effects. Only when the extrater- human voice. We know what it’s ious demons attack Frodo. Peter restrial spaceship lifted off did supposed to sound like, and we Jackson’s epic is a textbook exam- the Dolby EX track provide a dis- instinctively react to the slightest ple of how to use rear effects; I cernible pan from front to side to unintentional coloration. Seven never felt that they wer