Harman Kardon has announced a range of new AV receivers which will all have HDMI 1.3a connections, and several which will handle advanced high definition audio codecs.
The entry level AVR 154 will offer 5x30W of power, and retail for $399, followed by the 7x50-watt AVR 254 at $649, and 7x75-watt AVR 354 at $899, all with three HDMI inputs.
The two top models can decode all Blu-ray audio bit streams, feature HDMI Deep Colour support, Faroudja DCDi Cinema processing, and 1080p upscaling of all video sources.
All units have an ultrawide-bandwidth amplifier section, 192kHz/24-bit DACs, bass-management, Logic 7 processing for creating a 7.1 channel output from stereo audio input, plus lip sync correction.
Units will be a mix of glossy black, graphite, with while illumination. Details of UK release and pricing to be confirmed.
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