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Harman Kardon AVR 2600 High Performance, 65W X 7, 7.1 channel iPhone compatible Home Theater Receiver with Dolby Volume and Upscaling to 1080p (Black) |  | Brand: Harman Kardon
Category: CE
List Price: $799.00
Buy New: $699.00
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Sales Rank: 9187
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 29
Dimensions (in): 21.8 x 18.3 x 10.5
MPN: AVR2600
Model: AVR2600
UPC: 028292507786
EAN: 0028292507786
ASIN: B002IKKFU0
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| Features:
| • | Dolby Volume maintains volume across all your content no matter what the source while also improving surround sound performance | | • | High-current, ultra-wide-bandwidth amplifier generates 65Watts per channel for uncompromised realism | | • | EzSet/EQ automates room-equalization and system-calibration for simple system setup and optimal audio quality | | • | Optional Bridge III iPod dock allows playback of music and movies from your iPod, iTouch or iPhone in rich | | • | Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding delivers high-resolution sound from today's Blu-ray discs |
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Product Description
The Harman Kardon® AVR 2600 combines ease of use with sophisticated features for the best in digital sound. With advanced surround-sound technologies (including Dolby, DTS® and Logic 7 processing) and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing with upscaling up to 1080p, the AVR 2600 ensures an optimal user experience. Plus, with EzSet/EQ equalization, the system is just as easy to set up as it is to listen to. The AVR2600 will fully control your iPod® or iPhone® when connected to the optional Bridge III.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Nice (Warm) Sound!..With Good Bass output! July 14, 2010
Carl M. Walker (New Iberia,LA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This AVR is an upgrade from my old AVR146.H/K..I have this AVR in a 5.1 setup with Polks ...Monitor 70's for the front..Polk Sub..and Polk's everwhere else.With A 50" Plasma HD TV,and a Blu-Ray. This AVR was easy too setup.I played it in Two channel first.And nice (Warm)..very open sound stage at -10!People this AVR has Two cooling fans in it! I look inside, it has Two 2600ufs compasitors in it, big power supply, 14 teen big power transiters on the main heat sink!and a power supply for the center channel and surrounds.I like too rise the (hood)..too see what i got..you wouldn't buy a car and not look under the hood too see if you really got an V8 right?..lol.The (AMP)..output of this AVR2600 ..remind's me of my old Caver..amp i had back in the 90's.(Warm)sound with the kick!Now as for the Video side of this AVR.Does what they said it would do!Some people are saying they have issue's with the Video of there AVR2600..I didn't.I did do the update on H/K web site mine came with 1.0..you can check this in the setup menu.The update is 1.1, and was very easy to update.I got this AVR for under 450!The 65 watts (Not max out watts) so this 65 watts is a continous output! you are getting more at higher output! just look at the 35 amps it puts out and that will tell you why!As for the Damping Facter..H/K does not list this.I sent an email to H/K and got one back from them..they said all there AVR's has a Damping Facter for the Front channel of 100.Damping is the Amp side of how well it control's the (Cone) of the speaker movement.This AVR is well put together.Nice looking,and Fun to play with!VERY..VERY GOOD BUY!...Oh one more thing too look at..All H/K AVR's have ..Low Negetive Feed Back..The really good one's have no Negetive Feed back.
254 or 2600? December 18, 2009
John Donnelly
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
After 10 years of faithful service, my AVR-45 digital processor finally kicked the can. I put up with 2 channel bypass mode sound for about a week before deciding to buy a new receiver. My 10 years with a great HK AVR led me to a decision: should I buy last year's AVR-254 or this year's 2600? Ultimately I went with the 2600 for a few reasons. One, the Dolby Volume feature - it's really nice to be able to set a volume and not have the commercials blaring at me. Two, I read all of the reviews on the 254 and the problems many people were having. I figured it would be much easier for me to hook up my laptop to the 2600's USB port instead of figuring out how the RS-232 port works. Lastly, the Bridge III connection is a nice option - too bad it costs an extra $129! I know the Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K includes (with the receiver!) an adapter cable, and you can control the iPod on screen - HK... take the hint and make yourself more competitive.
Downsides to the 2600 are as follows: There is only one pre-out (subwoofer). My TV's speakers can act as a second center channel, but there's nowhere to plug it in. You have to bump up to the 3600 to get that feature (1600 has only subwoofer pre-out as well) and that just is not worth the $$$, IMO. Last year's 254 had pre-outs for all channels... what happened to that feature)? I don't like it when companies drop features off - IMHO, products should only get better, in every area.
The auto speaker setup is nice, but I'm the type of person who likes to do that kind of stuff myself. I'll take the computers opinion under advisement, but ultimately it's my call. The nice feature is that, after you let the computer set the sound levels, etc. You can go in and 'tweak' the settings - nice.
The upconverting works really well, I am able to watch cable TV with an amazing picture. Be careful, if you're like me and your TV doesn't have an HDMI input (what can I say, I take care of my stuff - my rear projection TV is 7 years old!) so I can't watch DVDs in 1080i (best my tv can do) because of HDCP copyright protection. I even noticed today that I was watching the TV show 'Las Vegas' in HD, for all of about 5 seconds until the screen went blank and my receiver told me to plug in the HDMI or adjust the settings to 480i or 480p. If you have HDMI capable TV, no worries... if you have component only (analog) then be ready to be stuck with 480p until you get a new TV.
The sound, as I stated already, is second to none. The power rating is a true number, all other companies overstate their power ratings. HK's watts-per-channel figures may seem low, but the other companies inflate their power numbers, so it's really more of a deficiency on their part.
Bottom line: HKs sound is, in my opinion, better than the rest, but you sacrifice features and will probably pay more.
Good upgrade over the AVR254 December 14, 2009
Bryan L. Lydia (Louisville, KY)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Recently upgraded to the AVR2600 after owning the previous model AVR254 for a year. They have really fixed all the quirks I had over last years model. Features such as Dolby Volume and HDMI bypass are very welcome including finally the addition of a USB port instead of DB9 serial for future firmware upgrades. Anyone who's tried flashing a AVR254 knows what I mean. Dolby Volume makes a huge difference when it comes to leveling commercial volumes between shows and switching between inputs. HDMI bypass enables the receiver to pass the HDMI signal through untouched and while you lose the nice volume overlays you may gain some slightly better IQ especially if your HDTV has a good video processor such as the one in our KURO. It still has the signature warm and full HK sound. If I had to pick a negative, other than the huge remote which doesn't bother us since we use a harmony one, it would be the receiver buttons. I love the minimal slick design of HK receivers but the buttons on this years model do feel a little cheap. Its not a big deal really and some probably won't notice. To sum this up if you had any issues with the AVR254 (pre 97.2.2 firmware) and but still love the HK sound, I'd recommend this receiver. It works great in our setup out of the box.
HT Specs:
Pioneer PDP-5020
HK AVR2600
Samsung BDP-2550
NVIDIA ION HTPC (HDMI output)
DT 2007TL (2)
DT 2300CLR
Polk R150 (2)
THE AVR-2600 is friggen awesome! October 19, 2009
Eric Stephenson (Las Vegas, NV USA)
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
THE AVR-2600 is friggen awesome!
...how's that?
Like any receiver, you can spend a good amount of time setting this one up, and getting everything right. Harman/Kardon has done a lot to help with the graphical user interface and a very clean and easy to use OSD which is digitally converted and upscale by the receiver so that you do not need to run an analog cable to see the OSD...you can see it right through your HDMI if you want. The easy EQ Setup is okay -- it was very good at gauging speaker distances (and therefore delays), but terrible at determining levels/volumes for each speaker. I have 2 speakers (front left and front right) that are equadistant from the listening point...the HK system set one to +2db and the other to -7db...no idea how that happened... Anyway, I can overlook this as I am fully capable of setting these levels myself and the GUI makes the manual adjustment simple.
I have read on forums that some people have had trouble with the video, and even with HDMI bypass. I did not see this at all, and I tested the HK rigorously in this regard. My experience was that the HDMI Pass-Through worked flawlessly as tested from my HDTV Tuner, my Xbox 360, my Wii, and my standard def TiVo. All of them passed through as expected if I set the HK to do so. Similarly, if I allowed the HK to upscale or downscale, it did that too! I did not have a PS3 available to test at this time...but I soon will and will edit this review if necessary!
Audio Lag: There is a moment of audio lag upon switching sources...but my HK AVR-435 had this also and have many other receivers I have toyed with. I take it as expected. So I lose the first 1 second of audio...if it is really important I can usually pause the video feed and wait for the HK to make adjustments before playing (so I don't lose the sound)...but seriously, how often are the first 1-3 seconds of audio that important when starting any game/video? Once the audio has begun, I get no audio drop-outs whatsoever.
Dolby Volume is awesome! I hated the fact that with my old receiver I always had to remember to crank the volume way down before switching from my Xbox 360 (connected via component) to my TiVo (connected via RCA) because the TiVo volume was SO MUCH LOUDER naturally. Now, not only does Dolby Volume control loud commercials...but it keeps a constant volume from one input to the next...so if I switch from my TiVo to my Xbox and back to my HDTV, then over to my Wii...the volume is always consistent without me having to fight it!
In conclusion, for me -- everything works PERFECTLY, sounds terrific, and looks brilliant! I am very happy!
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