DESCRIPTION

Bang for the buck takes on a whole new meaning at Kenwood. Its VR-207 receiver rumbles with 100 watts piped to all five channels, the most power in any multichannel receiver the company manufactures, and plenty for most home theater applications. The 207's got the basics covered, though. It sports a good number of inputs 'round back all selectable from a full-function remote control. Six of those line-level inputs are ready to accept Dolby Digital from a DVD player with built-in decoding. You won't need a separate preamp for your turntable thanks to an appropriate input. There's also a tuner with plenty of presets, a pair of digital signal processing modes, and a bass booster. Thankfully, traditional bass and treble controls are still provided.