Harman Kardon HK 3490 2 x 120W Stereo Receiver Review

I would give this a 7+/10. The design on this unit is clean, solid, and pleasing to the eye. Power is plentyful, and it is stylish and pumps out plent of crisp sound with the twist of the illuminated gain control out front. Amazon has a great value here, and better's the price of Vanns, and others. On the "con" side, the front controls are poorly marked, hard to read (you'll need reading glasses), and you are stuck with the design engineer's decision to call all three inputs (including the optical input) Digital 1, 2, 3. No relabling feature is built into that - so your MP3 player is now Video2. My Sony of 15 years vintage allowed the relabling function. Another negative is that there is really only Treble and Base control, and no Mid-Range. My 25 year old Marantz had midrange. The net net is, this is a solid low end receiver with good sound. If you are looking for customization and 3 layers of equalization, look elsewhere. If you are looking for something you setup and forget, and gets daily usage and a low relative price - this baby is perfect. Would I buy another one? Yes. Go Amazon! Go JBL / HK!

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