SOUND, POWER, and FLEXIBILITY.

Size & weight, but you get what you pay for! Gets quite warm, but no other issues so far.

Had this unit for over a month now and am extremely pleased. The sound is far more natural and effortless than nearly all other solid state amps I've heard. I decided on this over the '8000 for its' 7 channels of applification and the multi-room option (which I am using with a Niles switch for multiple rooms with great results). Additionally, the reliability issues associated with the '8000 turned me off. The '7200 does it all, tons of power, plenty of switching/hook up options, and of course, awesome "HK sound". I'm using this with Polk towers and center, powered sub and in-wall surrounds - 5 channel sound is brilliant in my 18 x 22 ft room with cathedral ceilings. I checked out MANY other receivers in this range, and could not find anything that I felt offered a better combination of sound, power, and flexibility - maybe at $3000, but not at $1200! If you are looking for a great sounding, powerfull, and flexible AV receiver, LOOK NO FURTHER!

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Sony ES, Kenwood, Pioneer, NAD

Clean-strong Harmon Kardon high current power Value

Gets pretty warm EZ-SET for surround set-up did not macth up with my referance set-up. Time delay when swicthing from surround modes

Exellent HK high-current-warm-sound.I am familar with the HK sound-still own a AVR-85 that powers all the room speakers in my home.I went from a Yamaha RXV-3000 to the 7200 for my home theater system,the 3000 is a great unit-the HK's sound is just better.I enjoy dvd surround movies-but for cd's I prefer traditional 2 channel stereo-the 7200 really delivers clean/strong power.The LOGIC-7 is interesting on "some" material.I started out to purchase a AVR-8000-placed an order through ebay--BIG MISTAKE! got that cancelled-went through ONE-CALL an excellent company to deal with.I did much research with HK reps comparing the 7200 to the 8000-they were very helpfull. I highly recommend this unit-I use B&W CDM-SE series--they can bring out the best and the worst in amps--they sound superb with the AVR-7200,for the money you can't go wrong.

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HK AVR-85-still own Yamaha-rxv-3000

60 lbs of HCC, sweet-sounding bulk.

Hmmm....I'd say none. Some folks might whine about not being THX certified, but I'd question that. My Onkyo was THX Ultra and I still think the HK is better overall. This is definitely a very subjective point.

Ok...it's only been a couple weeks since I've been online with this unit, but I must say it rocks! I recently returned my Onkyo DS898 (bad "tick-tick" chipset) and haven't missed a beat. The Onkyo wasn't bad, but this HK really blows it away. I finally see (and hear) what HK fans have been talking about all these years. Hey---other manufacturers make good products, but HK makes the best. The warm, full sound is incredible. Email me if you want to know how great it handles DVD-A and SACD (I've got a Denon DVD-9000 and a Sony SCD-C222ES player).

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Onkyo DS898