Harman Kardon AVR 7200, AVR 8000, DPR 1001, HK3375, HK3475 Brochure & Specs

Power for the Digital Revolution.

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Playlist: We make elusive technology easy to grasp, page 3 •We’re driven by a passion for music and cinema, page 4 •You’ll know where we’re going when you see where we’ve
been, page 6

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The science of passion: current Harman Kardon technologies, page 8 •Harman Kardon’s digital path receiver technology, page 10 •Digital path receiver, page 12 •A/V

receivers, page 14

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Computer-to-home-audio link, page 16 •Stereo receivers, page 17 •Power amplifiers, page 18 •In-wall keypads, page 19 •Temporal transporter.Time machine.

Where shall we take you tonight? page 20

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Passion in full view...the marriage of audio and video, page 22 •DVD players, page 24 •CD-R/RW player/recorder and CD changer, page 25

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Loudspeakers, page 26 •System solutions, page 28 •Home cinema speaker systems, page 30 •System solutions, page 32 •Specifications, page 34

Let the Harman Kardon story unfold. We don’t just make commodities. We create experiences. Because high-quality audio/video products are more than just
boxes with knobs and buttons, this brochure is more than just a catalog of features and specifications; it’s an expression of our uncompromising goals. And it’s a declaration of our passion
for music and cinema. We invite you to experience the unique combination of artistry and engineering that is Harman Kardon.

What’s the point of whiz-bang technology if it’s too complicated to use?
Chances are, nobody had to show you how to “operate” a rubber ball...or a pencil...or even a clock

radio.They were intuitive.
Sad to say, that’s not the case with much of today’s audio/video products.
At Harman Kardon we believe that a home theater or music system’s reason for being should be

entertainment and enjoyment, not button-pushing and menu navigation.
So although we make some of the most feature-rich home entertainment products on the planet,

we constantly strive to make sure they’re easy to use. For every member of your family. Not just your
techno-savvy kids.

Our newest remote control is a good example. Instead of having to look up and input codes, you just tell it
the brand of your TV, CD player, VCR, etc. Touch a button on the remote and a lighted display automatically
tells you the function. It doesn’t get much easier...which is the whole point.

So share the combination of passion and vision that sets Harman Kardon apart and we hope you will soon be
the proud owner of one of our premium entertainment components.

We make elusive
technology easy
to grasp.

“Technology can get you most of the way to good sound…but

that last critical leap to state-of-the-art reality comes only from
endless hours of critical listening – and a deep, almost fanatical
love of all types of music and every sort of movie.

“Ever since I helped found Harman Kardon, we’ve been fanatical about maintaining a balance between pure engineering and what

audio engineering’s true result should be – a more realistic entertainment experience. Each step forward – and I’m proud to say
that Harman Kardon has led the industry in technological advances – has been measured with a simple question: ‘Does it take us
closer to the musical truth?’

“We’re driven by a passion for

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“You don’t get the answer to that question merely with laboratory tests and measurement devices. Yes, the best test device is

the human ear. But Harman Kardon relies just as much on the human heart and soul. Only when music and cinema become
passions in themselves can our engineers create technology that is audibly better than our competition’s.

“When you experience firsthand the electronics and speakers described in this brochure I am confident you will agree that owning

a Harman Kardon product sets you apart from the crowd. It is a validation of your own desire to command the ‘best seat in the
house’ no matter what kind of music or cinema you enjoy.”

– Dr. Sidney Harman, founder

music and cinema.”

1953
Auspicious

beginnings.
Harman Kardon
produces its
first product,
an FM tuner.

1954
Our earliest “why-

didn’t-somebody­think-of-that­before,” the
Festival D1000 –
the world’s first
high-fidelity
receiver. A tuner
and amplifier
had never
been combined
before.

1958
Another first.

Festival TA230 –
the world’s first
stereo receiver.

1959
The world’s

first ultrawide­bandwidth
tube amplifier.
The Citation II
remains a
classic collectors’
item today.

1962
Harman Kardon

introduces stereo
multiplex FM,
an innovation
we now take
for granted.

1963
Harman Kardon’s

Citation A and B
are the first solid­state products
with replaceable
circuit boards for
easy service.

1970
Harman Kardon

introduces the
CAD5, the world’s
first cassette deck
with Dolby

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B-type

noise reduction.

1972
Interference

interfered with: a
Harman Kardon
tuner is the first to
employ a phase
lock loop (PLL)
multiplex decoder.

1978
The stereo

receiver gets
serious.The
Citation receiver
is the first high­end, high-power
design.

Dr. Sidney Harman

World’s first ultrawide­bandwidth tube amp —
Citation II

World’s first stereo
receiver — Festival TA230

Citation B with replaceable
circuit boards

World’s first cassette deck with
Dolby®B-type noise reduction — CAD5

First Harman Kardon
product — FM tuner

“You’ll know where we’re going

.... 1953.......... 1955.......... 1960.......... 1965 .......... 1970.......... 1975.........

World’s first receiver —
Festival D1000

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1980
Current events.

We introduce
the first high­current capability
amplifier, the
Citation XX.

1981
Harman Kardon

debuts the first
cassette deck
with Dolby HX
for increased
headroom
and extended
high-frequency
response.

1987
Advancing tuner

technology is in
our genes.A
Harman Kardon
FM tuner is the
first with active
tracking.

1990
Dolby redux.

Harman Kardon
incorporates
Dolby S noise
reduction into a
cassette deck.

1999
The need

for speed. Our
CDR 2 becomes
the world’s
first CD audio
recorder with
4x dub speed.

1999
Art meets

Science.
Harman Kardon
SoundSticks
are the first
branded computer
speakers to win
design awards.

2000
Our AVR 7000

is the first A/V
receiver with
onboard
Logic 7,

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VMAx®and
HDCD

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processing.

2001
No electrical

engineering
degree required,
Part 1. Our
patented EzSet

™

remote lets you
automatically
calibrate your
surround system.

2002
No electrical

engineering
degree required,
Part 2. We
introduce the
world’s first
receivers with
fully color-coded
rear-panel
connections for
easy setup.

2002
Harman Kardon

introduces the
first Computer-to­Home-Audio Link
for direct MP3
playback through
your home audio
system.

2002
Leading auto

manufacturers –
BMW, Land Rover,
Mercedes-Benz,
Mini Cooper and
Saab – include
Harman Kardon
high-performance
systems, featuring
Logic 7.

2002
Harman Kardon

debuts the
industry’s first
stand-alone A/V
receiver with a
fully digital signal
path from input to
speaker outputs.

2003
Harman Kardon

celebrates its
50th anniversary.

First A/V receiver with Logic 7,

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VMAx®and HDCD®— AVR 7000

World’s first receivers
with fully color-coded
rear-panel connections

World’s first CD audio recorder
with 4x dub speed — CDR 2

First high-current amp —
Citation XX

TU9600 with active tracking

Harman Kardon SoundSticks

EzSet™
remote

DAL 150 Computer-to­Home-Audio Link

when you see where we’ve been.”

. 1980.......... 1985.......... 1990.......... 1995..........2000..........2003............

Innovation is a combination of major
technological breakthroughs and
smaller, detail-level enhancements.
To deliver the right combination of
power, performance, flexibility and
ease of use, Harman Kardon has
always sought to strike a balance.
We carefully weigh the development
of key enhancements of the basic
underpinnings of audio and video
technology against the importance
of making these enhancements
accessible to both the advanced
audiophile and the home theater novice.

More muscle for
maximum punch: High
Current Capability

Watts per channel is an incomplete measure of
amplifier power. In terms of dynamic range and
impact, it’s current that counts. HCC is an overall
design approach encompassing everything from
transformer design and storage capacitor size
to discrete output circuitry and minimal use of
negative feedback. This electronic equivalent of
a high-torque, high-displacement racing engine
results in audible benefits.You enjoy tighter
bass, superb transient response and enhanced
presence at any volume level.

A better approach
to sound: Logic 7

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When the engineers at Harman Kardon set out
to find ways to improve the playback of multi­channel sound, they came up with significant
improvements that build upon recent advance­ments in digital technology and take them to
the next level: Logic 7.®Originally developed for
high-end processors and now featured in luxury
automobiles, Logic 7 processing is now part of
every A/V receiver we offer.

With Logic 7, proprietary digital algorithms are
used to create a more cohesive and enveloping
sound field from the tens of thousands of analog
matrix soundtracks currently available. Logic 7 is
not only capable of resolving either five or seven
channels from a two-channel source; it increases
the accuracy with which sounds are directed to
the center and surround channels, for more pre­cise reproduction of the original soundtrack.

When only two will
do: VMAx

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Despite the marketplace focus on multichannel
surround sound, there are still many situations
where it is only possible to include two speakers
in a room’s environment – thus sacrificing
the benefits of a 360° sonic presentation.
Harman Kardon has solved that problem
with its exclusive implementation of VMAx

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technology in both multichannel receivers and
stereo receivers.

Using a series of complex calculations based
on intensive research into the way sounds
are heard and processed by the brain, VMAx
creates a three-dimensional sound field using
only conventional left and right front speakers.
The result is sound that fills a room and puts
you at front row, center.

The science of passion:

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Switchable
front-panel jacks

This one will go to the top of your “Why didn’t I
think of that?” list. Front-panel input jacks are a
common sight on many audio/video products,
but that doesn’t help when you want to send a
source out of the receiver, for dubbing to a
portable device. Rather than force you to fish
around the back of your system, Harman Kardon
makes things easy by making it possible to
switch the video, analog audio and digital audio
jacks on the front panel of select AVRs from an
input to an output. With one quick change of a
menu setting, any digital or analog source playing
through the AVR is routed to the front panel so
that you can make your dub for the day and be
on your way.What could be simpler?

Your own personal
audio technician:
EzSet™quick
surround setup

The individual channel levels of a state-of-the-art
movie theater surround system have been
carefully calibrated by trained technicians.
EzSet™speaker calibration does the same
for your Harman Kardon home cinema
system. EzSet uses a built-in sound pressure
measurement and calibration system that lets you
automatically balance speaker channel levels for
optimum surround sound enjoyment – regardless
of the speaker type or room conditions. Push a
few buttons and in less than three minutes, your
Harman Kardon system is calibrated. Bottom line,
the adjustment most critical to multichannel
movie soundtrack reproduction has been made
virtually foolproof!

4x CD-R dubbing

In an age when we always seem to be short on
time, who wants to wait any longer than necessary
when building a music library or creating “party
discs”? Harman Kardon agrees, and that’s why
we were the first to introduce a dual-deck CD
recorder with 4x dubbing when others said it
couldn’t be done.Thanks to Harman Kardon
engineering, you can make a copy of an hour­long program in fifteen minutes, while also
speeding up other key recorder functions.We
know that you’re in a hurry to hear the music and
don’t want to waste time recording it!

Color-coded
connections

At Harman Kardon, we believe that connecting
a new audio/video receiver should be quick and
simple so that you can get right to the movies
and music.That’s why we were the first brand to
offer a complete set of color-coded input, output
and speaker connection jacks and terminals on
the back of every product we sell. With modern
receivers featuring up to eight channels of
audio, four video signal channels, digital audio
and multiroom systems, it can be difficult to
remember which plug goes where. However, with
Harman Kardon’s easy-to-see color-coding, you’ll
never again have a problem telling the Surround
Back Left speaker output from the Component
Video Pb input.

current Harman Kardon technologies

Harman Kardon’s

Analog to

Digital

Converter

Analog
Audio

Source

Conventional Signal Path

DPR Signal Path

Digital

Audio

Source

Digital
Signal

Processor

Digital to

Analog

Converter

Discrete

Analog

Amplifiers

Analog Signals

Digital Signals

7.1 Output

Analog to

Digital

Converter

Analog

Audio

Source

Digital

Audio

Source

Digital
Signal

Processor

Digital

Amplifier

Section

7.1 Output

Digital path receivers eliminate an additional conversion
step by keeping signals in the digital domain straight
through until the point at which they reach the speaker
outputs. This preserves signal quality by removing the
possibility of inducing conversion artifacts and other noise.

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digital path receiver technology

production houses and DVD pressing plants, to the output of your
DVD player.

However, once these digital signals reach your home they are
processed in various ways that make them resemble digital
islands connected to the analog world by bridges. In an A/V
receiver these bridges include the analog-to-digital converters on
the front end of a system and the digital-to-analog converters
(DACs) at the back end which convert the digital signal back to
analog after the processor, or DSP, has done its work.

Digital signals are virtually free from interference, but each time
they are taken apart or put back together there is the opportunity
for bits to be lost or for the signal to be degraded. No matter
how good the converters are – and Harman Kardon uses some
of the best available – some change to the signal is inevitable.

LCD display and both learning and programmable functions?
Certainly! The list goes on and on. After all, the DPR is a
Harman Kardon receiver at heart, and no one knows how to
build a receiver better than the company that invented the
receiver almost 50 years ago.

Then there’s the sound. It’s everything you would expect from
Harman Kardon and more.

Advanced technology is a bonus, but it’s the music and movies
that count. The DPR 1001 Digital Path Receiver takes the
shortest course, direct from the original source to your speakers,
preserving the quality of the performance. That was the reason
digital technology was originally applied to home entertainment.
With Harman Kardon’s new digital path receiver, the promise of
Power for the Digital Revolution

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is finally realized.

heat sinks, large transformer and cooling fan means not only
that the system is totally silent; it is considerably smaller.
This gives you more freedom for the placement of a home

entertainment system thanks to the ability to fit a DPR-based
receiver in places where you never thought a high-quality
audio system could fit.

Because it’s Harman Kardon, the DPR’s all-digital design does
not scrimp on features and flexibility. Other products may use
digital amplifiers to save space, but they do not have the power
and refinement of a DPR. Logic 7

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and VMAx®processing,
in addition to Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic®II,
DTS 5.1, DTS-ES®and DTS Neo:6®? Of course the DPR has
them! Seven audio channels with onboard amplifiers? We
wouldn’t have it any other way! A full multizone system, complete
with assignable amplifier channels to power it right out of the
DPR and a standard Zone II remote? Standard on the DPR.
An easy-to-use, yet powerful remote control, complete with an

Unfortunately, when digital circuits exist as individual blocks,
the potential for trouble has been unavoidable. Until now.

With the introduction of the DPR 1001 Digital Path Receiver,
Harman Kardon eliminates the need to convert digital signals
back to analog between the output of the DSP and the input to
the amplifier. How is this done? The simplest way to describe the
process is to say that the inefficient power supply, oversized
transformers, heat-producing power transistors and large, heavy
heat sinks of traditional analog amplifiers are eliminated and
replaced with totally digital circuitry.

The incredible system efficiency of the digital design – over 80%
as compared to slightly more than 55% in a conventional design –
means you have seven full channels of high-quality amplification
without the need to remove heat. As important, removing the

Since the introduction of the Compact Disc in 1982, digital tech­nology has gradually taken over the home entertainment world.
Initially used only for playback sources such as CDs, the use of
digital technology has expanded to include the recording and
distribution of virtually all forms of programming. It’s also used to
compress and process audio signals so that up to eight channels
of discrete information may be stored in the space of two. Dolby

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Digital, DTS®and MP3 are, each in its own way, examples of
how digital technology is used to extend the playback options for
audio.

Indeed, the digital soundtracks played back on a DVD or through
a digital cable box, satellite receiver or HDTV set-top increasingly
start with digital recording, and digital technology keeps them
pristine along their travels from soundstage to movie theaters to

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DPR Efficiency Advantage

DPR 1001 7 x 50W Digital Path Receiver

Pure digital. Once again, Harman Kardon breaks the rules and sets a new standard for advanced technology. This time we’ve
leapfrogged conventional technology to create the first true digital path A/V receiver. Simply put, the audio signal remains digital all
the way from the disc through to the digital amplifiers.This unique, all-digital approach results in a dramatically smaller form factor,
much cooler operating temperatures, enhanced reliability, and flexibility in output assignment.

At the heart of the DPR 1001 is a sophisticated audio/video switching, control and decoding system. Choose from Dolby Digital,
Dolby Digital EX 6.1, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS 5.1 and DTS-ES. Also available are DTS Neo:6, Logic 7 and VMAx. Select HDTV
sources or progressive scan DVD players without compromising picture quality, thanks to wide-bandwidth component video switch­ing. You can send separate audio and video programs to a second room in your house. Digital bass management options include a
Triple Crossover system and full control over the “Direct” inputs for use with DVD-Audio and SACD players.

If you enjoy owning the latest technology – or if you simply want an extremely compact and stunningly styled receiver – consider
the DPR 1001.

The digital path to reality. Until recently, Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) amplifiers

were used mostly in subwoofer systems and entry-level DVD/receiver combinations. They simply didn’t have the musicality
necessary for quality reproduction across the full audio spectrum. As in every other area of digital engineering, nothing stays the

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