Beautiful sound with two JBL speakers & one BOSE I feel like I In a live concerts I

None yet , it sounds like the musicians

I received this from a lady at work after she replaced the system with a Sonos. I use it as my primary audio switching unit in my office.  I have my computer, Sony CDR-W33 and Kenwood TS-590 amateur radio attached to it.  
This unit sounds good with all the tone controls flat. I've listened to three model of Sennheiser headphones and three models of speakers with it.  It is an excellent receiver.
The only con is a slight speaker hum that is present regardless of the input.  It is a low noise and disappears even with low volume, but I did need to report it.
I would definitely recommend this unit despite the late date after manufacture.

VERY CLEAN SMOOTH SOUND AND PLENTY OF PUNCH.MANY PEOPLE HATE THE REMOTE BUT I THINK IT IS INNOVATIVE AND JUST TAKES TIME TO GET USE TO.

I JUST CAN NOT WRITE ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THIS RECEIVER,IT HAS SERVED ME WELL AND CONTINUES TO DO SO! BUT WHAT DOES IRRITATE ME ARE SO CALLED AUDIO FILES THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE HUMAN EAR CAN ONLY HEAR SO MUCH.UNLESS YOU HAVE A BIG RED CAPE AND AN "S" ON YOUR CHEST YOU WILL NOT FIND MANY FAULTS WITH THE AVR-40

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS HK. I HAVE PAIRED IT WITH NUMEROUS SETS OF SPEAKERS(CURRENTLY WITH BOSTON ACOUSTICS ) ALL I CAN SAY IS IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON AN AVR-40,DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GRAB IT.

Customer Service

NEVER HAD TO USE IT!

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Simple,durable,all around good reciever.

Non-digital,and as mentioned that remote feels and looks goofy.

I have had this reciever 3 years or so, and its been enjoyable. I really like the stereo sound of it,and like the fact you can upgrade it. It's not digital, but does have so many tweakable features it mates well to different HT set-ups. I wouldn't recommend it now with all the improvements over HT, but 3 years ago it was a great buy.I'll keep it till it dies.

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Many over the years.

Bass response, overall sound quality.

Having owned a top of the line Kenwood for 12 years, I decided to buy a transition receiver(hey,I'm cheap!).
I was more than happy with the sound of this receiver!
So much so, I am postponing the purchase of a high end digital receiver for fear of being dissapointed with the sound(plus,I'm cheap!). I have old, but great, Polk tower speakers,and this receiver makes them shine. So much so, I have removed my powered subwoofer! One more thing, the remote is great! I don't care how many people think it is ugly, it works! and it stands out from the rest of the five remotes on my coffee table. I have become a HK fan.

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I have 10 nice pair speakers, plus 3 center
speakers at home.
After I had tested Harman Kardon AVR-40. I have
a conclusion. This receiver sounds very good but only
for 2 main channel, the bass seems good. Also, it lacks
sound for home theather especially rear speaker.
I bought this receiver $87.00 plus shipping
at www.ubid.com. With the price therefore It was not
expected many features. But it sounded very good only
for 2 main speakers WITH or WITHOUT SUB-WOOFER.
Otherwise You want to build your home theater you
need to look something else then spending more money.

Thanks Hugh Lam

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The AVR 40 is one of the newer H/K receivers so I thought I'd get a listing started for it. I bought it about four months ago as a "back to school" present for myself for $340. I heard a few models from Kenwood, Onkyo and Sony before settling on this one. The models offered by the other brands have a lot more features and buttons but I think the H/K produced a cleaner, more effortless sound than any of them. Then again, I don't claim anything more than the average ear for sound. :-)
I love the simplicity of the receiver's front panel layout. The polished feet and two color power LED round out a beautiful package. The remote control that comes with this unit is also worth mentioning. It is unique to this model and features a shape that is more comfortable to hold than traditional ones. It's rated power isn't very high (40wpc I think) but is more than enough to drive the Infinity Composition Prelude front stage (P-FRs + center channel) and Overture 1 surrounds I use. I have also heard that H/K traditionally under-rates their equipment.

While I find it more than adequate for HT use, I would recommed the AVR40 for those who intend to use their system mainly to listen to music. It excels at this, especially when compared to most of the competition in this price range.

What a great deal for an outstanding Dolby Prologic receiver for $139 (shipped) from U-bid. I am really impressed by the clean and smooth sound that this HK AVR40 receiver produces. Absolutely great for stereo music of all kinds! Home theatre sound is also good. The appearance is beautiful and elegant; the unit is solidly built. Negatives: ugly looking remote control, and no phono inputs. I would still give it 5 stars because of its quality and value.

My thoughts on the AVR40 is that I feel for the price you should get a phono input and B speaker channels and what in the world was they thinking when they designed that remote I have no idea. The Wrap feature I do like. I have the previous model which is the AVR20MKII, and there is no way I would trade it in for the AVR40. Other than those faults I listed previous it is a good reciever. I just expected more from Harman Kardon.

Elegant design and solid build. Warm tone.

None that I can think of.

Nice receiver... bought it a few years ago at Circuit City.
It replaced my 18 year old Fisher! I am quite happy with
the new machine. Although the tuner isn't as "bright", it
is more forgiving of the weak stations. Very similar to
the old Proton D940. Easy to listen to without fatigue.

Although this unit doesn't do much in the digital realm,
its analog section makes it a winner in a big way. The
remote, an apparent attempt at an ergonomic design, is
a bit awkward at first but easy enough to use after awhile.

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