Harman/Kardon AVR1510

usability, price, design, size, reliability

83% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Easy setup On screen menu

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-Great sound -A lot of customization settings -can connect to a home media server -sub pre-amp -5 channels of surround -Lots of power -Completely 100% silent (other than a really quiet buzzing for about 5 seconds after being turned on). It's passively...

-The composite video in DOES NOT convert to HDMI. In order to use composite video in, you need to use composite video out. This was a bit of a letdown as I was excited to use this to hook up to my old game systems to my computer monitor. I would say it...

Okay so here's my take, I think for the price and features it's a no brainer, I used the auto set up at first, just to see how close it would get to the sound level settings I liked, it was Low, so I went back in the settings and manually set...

Okay now for the Cons.. My unit's fan on the back didn't work so I used a laptop fan and placed it on top of the unit and this thing NEVER gets hot. The on screen display looks Very dated as stated by my girlfriend and on line updates don't work...

Use to DJ decades ago so i can appreciate this component's Watts, Frequency response and S/N ratio. Just perfect for a small to medium size room with good speakers! Either just left and right speakers or a 5.1 setup. Have used the radio, CD player and...

Manual could be more informative so take your time & learn how to use remote to setup system.

Solid receiver with strong performance. Setup is easy Price, features.

Remote control could have been better, especially large Audio controls and Power buttons. Manual could have been little bit detailed on setting different ways of components. Bluetooth audio performance was too low.

Price & Advertised Specs

The packaging of the unit was not good. Looked liked a used unit. The remote control unusable by design. Receiver display interface is very dated.

I have several AVR's and this 1610 is the less expensive...and surprisingly has some of the best features for basic home use. Light, quick and easy to setup, does most things you want to do.

The two weak spots with the 1610 is lack of power if you really want "boom" and the less than ideal options and information you have when setting up the speakers. Of course it is 100's less so it isn't going to give you top of the line adjustments.

It will do what you need. It's physically light. You CAN dim the glowing dial. The automatic speaker setup worked well. Sounded great.

The interface does not meet you half way. It's not intuitive. It doesn't have Wi-Fi. Buttons on the remote are all identical in size and shape, and volume controls aren't on a corner. The phone app is a little better, but can't be used at all without...

Nice features. LAN, HDMI 3D capable. Nice looking.

Died after 3 days. I did not keep the box so basically I'm out.

Excellent unit, very lightweight than other A/V receivers i have owned in the past, sound is very bright and clear, I'm using it with my Energy set-up speakers CB-5 x 3, CC-5 and EWS-8 x 2 subwoofers, fit very well in my computer desk hutch upper...