Old VS New Harmon Kardan What To Do

[Danny Wray]

I have an older HK AVR 125 with Polk 6700 speakers. This is a 5.1 Dolby surround receiver and it sounds great. I have been looking at the new HK AVR 240 that just came out. I was wondering if upgrade to the new AVR 240 sound would be a lot better. I would hate to change my curent receiver and sound if the new HK will not be much difference. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Danny

 

[droeses58]

IMO, that wouldn't be much of an upgrade from what you've got now, the power is basically the same. So the sound quality is doubtful that it would change.

The only thing is that the 240 adds 6.1 to the mix were yours is 5.1 . It may have a few other bells and whistles that you probably can live without

 

[Danny Wray]

Thanks

Thanks for the advice. I kind of figured the same thing but wanted to ask someone else. I will save the money and but a better unit later.

 

[wanjeyin]

I'm also in that situation. I've been running AVR 125 for the last three years and it has served me exceptionally well.

The reason I am considering upgrading to the AVR 240 is because I'm finding it hard to mate the Axiom M3Ti Fronts I have to the JBL E150P subwoofer that I just purchased. The Axiom M3Ti can reach down no further than ~85 Hz. From the suggestions of many, the consensus is that I should set the M3Ti fronts to "small" and use the receiver x-over to send the low stuff (L/R +LFE) to the sub. The trouble is that the AVR 125 has only one x-over at 100 Hz, which clearly does not work well in my situation.

Regarding the AVR 240, the benefit is better bass management. The x-over points you can choose on the AVR 240 are 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 150, and 200 Hz. In addition, you can set the crossover points on the fronts, centre, and surround(s) independently of each other. Throw in an OSD, higher wattage and 7.1 capability and I'd say you have a keeper.

It really depends on your needs. If you just have a 2 channel system, then the 125 is ALL you need.

Hope this helps.

AJW

 

[jcPanny]

Sub crossover

All you need is a sub whith a crossover setting and High level/speaker level inputs. The sub sets the crossover frequency and the mains are set to LARGE on the receiver.

Those M3ti's should play down closer to 60 Hz.
Here is a good budget sub with the high level inputs:
http://www.av123.com/products_product.php?section=subwoofers&product=12.1

 

[wanjeyin]

The JBL e150p sub indeed does have a variable x-over from 50-150Hz. I currently have the AVR 125s set to "large" with the subwoofer x-over set at 85 Hz.

The reason i wanted to use the receiver x-over, as opposed to the subwoofer x-over, is that the folks here seem to believe that the fronts would be free to deliver a relatively easy workload of frequency information (>80 Hz) ( see http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/loudspeakers/
bassmanagementbasics.php). Could you comment on this?

60 Hz eh? So you think an 85 Hz setting on the sub is set too high? Hmmm......I'll have to give it a try.

Thanks alot for the info.

Regards,
AJW