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We're delighted you asked. / MULTIROOM PRODUCTS 24 / HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS 28 / HOME THEATER SYSTEMS 30 / EARPHONES 34 03 And yet here we are, still going strong after more than 50 years, still headed by the very first audiophiles possibly command the respect of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, Harman Kardon dates back to the days of the iPod® generation? The question is, can a brand revered by our founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, and still following our own path, in our own way.
We're delighted you asked. / MULTIROOM PRODUCTS 24 / HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS 28 / HOME THEATER SYSTEMS 30 / EARPHONES 34 03 And yet here we are, still going strong after more than 50 years, still headed by the very first audiophiles possibly command the respect of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, Harman Kardon dates back to the days of the iPod® generation? The question is, can a brand revered by our founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, and still following our own path, in our own way.
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We could go on and on about this, but that aesthetic in his building designs. We borrowed it has also been one of excess or embellishment. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. At Harman Kardon, we believe that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design, it from the poet Robert Browning, implementing that would be icing on the cake. We don't do icing. 04 While minimalism has become a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning.
We could go on and on about this, but that aesthetic in his building designs. We borrowed it has also been one of excess or embellishment. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. At Harman Kardon, we believe that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design, it from the poet Robert Browning, implementing that would be icing on the cake. We don't do icing. 04 While minimalism has become a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning.
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This is no longer just a dream - behold, the Harman Kardon Digital Media Centers. 06 / DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS It has long been a dream to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. This ideal player would be conversant in a universe of digital storage technologies and formats, serving as the one go-to device to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not a computer.
This is no longer just a dream - behold, the Harman Kardon Digital Media Centers. 06 / DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS It has long been a dream to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. This ideal player would be conversant in a universe of digital storage technologies and formats, serving as the one go-to device to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not a computer.
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TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon was delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 08 Many of very good examples for more than 50 years. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced by Harman Kardon.
TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon was delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 08 Many of very good examples for more than 50 years. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced by Harman Kardon.
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Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons. Yet even certified technophobes will discover - that they stop trembling - / AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS A maximum number of options, a minimum number of any entertainment source, old or new. once they can operate them successfully. 10
Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons. Yet even certified technophobes will discover - that they stop trembling - / AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS A maximum number of options, a minimum number of any entertainment source, old or new. once they can operate them successfully. 10
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Harman Kardon's founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, has always believed technology should serve, not intimidate. Some are like Swiss Army knives. But the AVR 347 also features an intuitive user interface that ...
Harman Kardon's founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, has always believed technology should serve, not intimidate. Some are like Swiss Army knives. But the AVR 347 also features an intuitive user interface that ...
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...there's more. Is it as an extra expense. Two Simplay HD-verified HDMI inputs. Six coax and optical digital audio inputs. Generally speaking, people choose Harman Kardon components based on performance, not price. That's a call only you 'd expect. 13 AVR 147 5 x 40W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver With HDMI Switching... Switching/Repeater and Audio/Video Processing Don't think of video scaling as an investment in your pre-HD DVDs? And, like all Harman Kardon receivers, it feature for feature, or dollar for either. XM Ready and The Bridge connections. DTS®, Logic 7® and Dolby...
...there's more. Is it as an extra expense. Two Simplay HD-verified HDMI inputs. Six coax and optical digital audio inputs. Generally speaking, people choose Harman Kardon components based on performance, not price. That's a call only you 'd expect. 13 AVR 147 5 x 40W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver With HDMI Switching... Switching/Repeater and Audio/Video Processing Don't think of video scaling as an investment in your pre-HD DVDs? And, like all Harman Kardon receivers, it feature for feature, or dollar for either. XM Ready and The Bridge connections. DTS®, Logic 7® and Dolby...
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But The Bridge changes that connects directly to most Harman Kardon A/V receivers and the DMC 1000. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 15 Every time you need to adjust your iPod and the music abruptly stops. ...
But The Bridge changes that connects directly to most Harman Kardon A/V receivers and the DMC 1000. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 15 Every time you need to adjust your iPod and the music abruptly stops. ...
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... mono to stereo, and from analog to introduce a highly sensitive FM tuner that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. The following year, they combined their superior tuner with a superior amplifier, creating an unheard-of device, which they called a receiver. With features ...that often broke new ground, and performance that was a revelation at the time. HISTORY In 1953, Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon formed a company to digital. And that's just the way we wanted it. 16
... mono to stereo, and from analog to introduce a highly sensitive FM tuner that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. The following year, they combined their superior tuner with a superior amplifier, creating an unheard-of device, which they called a receiver. With features ...that often broke new ground, and performance that was a revelation at the time. HISTORY In 1953, Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon formed a company to digital. And that's just the way we wanted it. 16
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Some people care more about Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto than whatever Rosebud turned out to be . For them, and for music purists of all other persuasions, Harman Kardon keeps the audio faith by offering a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who, if given a choice, would prefer to be entertained with their eyes closed. 18 / STEREO RECEIVERS Not everyone's a movie buff.
Some people care more about Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto than whatever Rosebud turned out to be . For them, and for music purists of all other persuasions, Harman Kardon keeps the audio faith by offering a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who, if given a choice, would prefer to be entertained with their eyes closed. 18 / STEREO RECEIVERS Not everyone's a movie buff.
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... even specialists enjoy a change of choice. HK 3385 2 x 80W Stereo Receiver The thing about where the music comes from time to make beautiful music. a signature Harman Kardon technology that end, it reaches its final destination - The HK 3485 isn't a snob about specialists is, they're very good at what they do. A/V cable...
... even specialists enjoy a change of choice. HK 3385 2 x 80W Stereo Receiver The thing about where the music comes from time to make beautiful music. a signature Harman Kardon technology that end, it reaches its final destination - The HK 3485 isn't a snob about specialists is, they're very good at what they do. A/V cable...
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/ DVD PLAYERS More than a few of our earliest CD and DVD players are still in use today, and some of our newest DVD players. are surely among them pushing 50 by now - We know upgrading isn't always a joy. But to fully experience the very highest resolution of today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. 20 But we promise that you 'll need one of them . some of the earliest Harman Kardon products -
/ DVD PLAYERS More than a few of our earliest CD and DVD players are still in use today, and some of our newest DVD players. are surely among them pushing 50 by now - We know upgrading isn't always a joy. But to fully experience the very highest resolution of today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. 20 But we promise that you 'll need one of them . some of the earliest Harman Kardon products -
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... DVD-Audio and SACD discs, as well as MP3 and WMA files. DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player With HDMI Connectivity It's Harman Kardon's most sophisticated of its best. 21 including MP3, WMA, JPEG and Kodak® Picture CDs, and any of the recordable DVD formats - will look and...
... DVD-Audio and SACD discs, as well as MP3 and WMA files. DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player With HDMI Connectivity It's Harman Kardon's most sophisticated of its best. 21 including MP3, WMA, JPEG and Kodak® Picture CDs, and any of the recordable DVD formats - will look and...
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We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. everything a prestigious company should have. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves; These days, Harman Kardon has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. HISTORY We didn't start with a product. But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 22 we started with a business plan in 1953;
We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. everything a prestigious company should have. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves; These days, Harman Kardon has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. HISTORY We didn't start with a product. But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 22 we started with a business plan in 1953;
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...separate entertainment zones, in which local customs and individual musical tastes may prevail. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel A/V receivers are built with you. 24 Link in an A-BUS-equipped remote AVR and make its tuner, XM Radio and... a second-zone control system, and all but the AVR 247 include a second-zone remote control. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are only ideal for you. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be with multiroom applications in mind. ABH 4000 4-Zone/8-Room A-BUS® Expansion Hub Different ...
...separate entertainment zones, in which local customs and individual musical tastes may prevail. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel A/V receivers are built with you. 24 Link in an A-BUS-equipped remote AVR and make its tuner, XM Radio and... a second-zone control system, and all but the AVR 247 include a second-zone remote control. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are only ideal for you. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be with multiroom applications in mind. ABH 4000 4-Zone/8-Room A-BUS® Expansion Hub Different ...
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..., and every bit as a single connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to distribute audio from any Harman Kardon remote. and the more rooms you to the speakers. HE 1000 External Infrared Remote Sensor We don't know of your home. Controlling your ...as important. You may even distribute content directly from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to mind. 25 When you covered. As usual, Harman Kardon has got you think about it 's usually considered impolite to point, the IR sensors don't seem to any room. ABH 4 4-Room A-BUS ...
..., and every bit as a single connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to distribute audio from any Harman Kardon remote. and the more rooms you to the speakers. HE 1000 External Infrared Remote Sensor We don't know of your home. Controlling your ...as important. You may even distribute content directly from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to mind. 25 When you covered. As usual, Harman Kardon has got you think about it 's usually considered impolite to point, the IR sensors don't seem to any room. ABH 4 4-Room A-BUS ...
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Simple enough. As you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 27 Except the center ought to be voice-matched to the satellites, the sub shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and ... column of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you 're ordering a la carte, that simple. So if you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
Simple enough. As you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 27 Except the center ought to be voice-matched to the satellites, the sub shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and ... column of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you 're ordering a la carte, that simple. So if you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
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Harman Kardon complete home theater systems make it ever be just as straightforward at home. With perfectly matched high-performance components controlled by a single remote, we hold dear. 30 / HOME THEATER SYSTEMS You walk into a theater, buy some popcorn and enjoy the show. But without compromising any of the performance characteristics we 've engineered most of the complexity out of the home theater equation - The movie-watching process ought to handle your system's setup and troubleshooting, can it easier than you may think. without in-house technicians to be that easy?
Harman Kardon complete home theater systems make it ever be just as straightforward at home. With perfectly matched high-performance components controlled by a single remote, we hold dear. 30 / HOME THEATER SYSTEMS You walk into a theater, buy some popcorn and enjoy the show. But without compromising any of the performance characteristics we 've engineered most of the complexity out of the home theater equation - The movie-watching process ought to handle your system's setup and troubleshooting, can it easier than you may think. without in-house technicians to be that easy?
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CP 65 5.1-Channel Home Theater System The CP 65 system brings together some of -the-line multichannel speaker package) is a lot like casting a motion picture strictly from Hollywood's A-list - the results are electrifying. 31 Teaming an AVR 347 and a DVD 48 with the HKTS 18 (our top-of the most powerful and capable components made by Harman Kardon, to deliver a totally immersive cinematic experience at home.
CP 65 5.1-Channel Home Theater System The CP 65 system brings together some of -the-line multichannel speaker package) is a lot like casting a motion picture strictly from Hollywood's A-list - the results are electrifying. 31 Teaming an AVR 347 and a DVD 48 with the HKTS 18 (our top-of the most powerful and capable components made by Harman Kardon, to deliver a totally immersive cinematic experience at home.
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CP 55 5.1-Channel Home Theater System "Great Entertainment." There may be no greater value for your entertainment dollar than the CP 55. An AVR 146, a DVD 38 and an HTKS 15 speaker package deliver true Harman Kardon performance, with features you'd expect only in a much bigger-budget production. 33
CP 55 5.1-Channel Home Theater System "Great Entertainment." There may be no greater value for your entertainment dollar than the CP 55. An AVR 146, a DVD 38 and an HTKS 15 speaker package deliver true Harman Kardon performance, with features you'd expect only in a much bigger-budget production. 33