Harman Kardon DPR 1001
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Still a great performer...
by Fallen Kell on Aug 17th, 2007 at 8:37 PM:
I have picked the DPR-1001 over 2 years ago for a temporary receiver as I had just ordered my speakers for my home theater. While I had bought it because I got it at an amazing price, what I believed to be a temporary solution has become very long term. I have had a very hard time finding something that has the amount of features and quality that my unit has given me. Again, I was actually just looking for a temporary device and knew I would not be using its amplifiers, but that was good because this had pre-outs so I could use dedicated amplifiers. I don't know what the issue "Joe Blow" had with his unit, but it sounds like he has a defective unit and should have returned it for replacement. The only "speaker hiss" I have had was from a faulty external mono-block amplifier which after replacement resolved that issue, so it was not this receiver.
Features wise, it is only now finally starting to show its 4-5 year age (no HDMI, and some audio-codecs), however, these didn't exists then. It has everything you really need for a good audio setup, individual audio level settings for every input, even for every different audio codex used (i.e. Logic 7, DTS, DD, DD-EX, etc., etc.), distance measurements for the individual speakers so you can get the phase set properly, individual cross-over settings for each speaker group (front pair, center, side pair, and rear pair), the ability to select any digital audio connection (S/PDIF, or Toshlink) for any video input. The sound is very clean and not highly colored.
piece of poo
by Joe Blow on Jul 21st, 2007 at 10:09 PM:
Really, not a very good unit. Very noisey output, even if using external amplifier. Firmware is buggy and the remote? Really bad... Zone 2 absolutely does not work properly even with the optional accessories. Decoding takes several seconds to decide which type of signal it is seeing, so you have several-second gaps when movies switch between menus and the movie itself. Pausing a DVD also often results in an audio gap when you re-start.
Best Reciever money can buy
by HK MAN on Sep 30th, 2004 at 7:42 PM:
Flawless, Crisp, and Plan out Damn good sound.
All Pure Digital is the way to go, especially if you can get these beast of a reciever for undert $500 when it came out at $1500. You wont be dissapointed, excellentyly seperate channels, and sound. Superb Audio , a must for the audiophile.
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Great reciever for the money
by Roger McGinnis on Jun 25th, 2008 at 9:14 AM:
I can't say enough good things about this receiver. You will need to hear it for yourself. Good recordings, sounds great. Bad ones will end up in File 13 or maybe in you car.
This receiver is only 50 watts per channel but puts out enough power for the average home theater. Just add a good sub woofer. The DPR 1001's versatile setup and configuration options include independent multiroom-multisource operation and a comprehensive array of rear-panel and front-panel digital and analog video and audio connections. The receiver comes with Harman Kardon's programmed LCD remote control with EzSet functionality plus, a Zone II remote for control of a second-room audio system. The receiver uses Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) digital amplifier technology--which keeps digital-audio signals in the digital domain from input to the last stage of output--to achieve significant advantages in performance and physical design.
It has lots to offer, own FM/AM tuner, Dolby Pro Logic* II, DTS Neo:6, Dolby 3 Stereo, and hall and theater modes. The DPR 1001 also offers Harman Internationals own Logic 7 processing. Harman International also builds the high end Lexicon processor
This receiver also uses Apogee digital path amps, another high end company.
A Heck of a Receiver for about $150.00 to $200 on e-Bay
Guess you wondering why I need 3 of these well I got a deal on a lot of JBL J216A speakers. For about $50.00 a pair.
So here is my 7.1 Home Theater set up.
Using a pair of DPR 1001 and seven / eight pairs of JBL J216A speakers. A pair of vertically stacked J216A speakers for each left & right mains. For the center channel a pair of horizontally stacked JBL 216A speakers. Left & right surrounds a pair of JBL J216A Speakers, back to back with one speaker on each side polarity reversed set up as dipoles. Rear surrounds a pair of JBL J216A speakers. Plus a pair of JBL 216A in the second zone.
One receiver wired For 7.1. The other wired 5.1 with zone 2 on the extra channels. The 3rd one is going in the bed room. This setup sounds like it cost thousands of dollars.
Believe me you'll love being spoiled by the DPR 1001.
My thanks to Harmon/Kardon JBL & e-Bay
Roger McGinnis