Greg Hamilton
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I'd like to know more about this receiver and any issues that might have come up so far. Any opinions?
Have you played around with the multiroom/multisource (not just 2nd zone) aspects of the AVR8000 & PA4000? If I read into these products correctly they should marry together nicely to provide the above mentioned features along with the H/K keypads. Documentation isn't all that clear on the setup/hookup. I've asked my rep to look into this for me.. -gh
gh, I'm still waiting for the IR & Keypad for zone II. But I can, from the OSD, use the multiroom/souce for now. The 8000 & 4000 go nicely together, the PA 4000 can be a bit overwelming, and the owner's manual for it is a bit tricky...well for me anyway
As far as hooking up the 4000 to the 8000 it's pretty stait forward. It's figuring out which configuration to use that's difficult. I'm using the 4000 in the 2 inputs/4 outputs configuration. There are 4 different configurations in all. The way I have it is 1 for the back surrounds (6.1/7.1) and the other for zone 2. I have it bridged for both outputs. For the 6.1/7.1 I have the 8000 surround back channel pre-outs to the main in of the 4000 and the multizone output of the 8000 to channel 3 input of the 4000.
Useing the OSD for mulitroom/source is ok, but the keypad and IR would make this much easyer. When the IR and keypad arive here and I spend more time with useing them, I'll post my findings. The good, bad and the ugly of it all.
Pioneer Specs:
Stereo: 160 Watts per Channel (20 - 20 kHz @ 6 ohm, 0.09% THD)
Surround: 130W x 7 (20 Hz to 20kHz@ 8 ohm, 09% THD)
Surround: 160W x 7 (20 Hz to 20kHz@ 6 ohm, 09% THD)
For comparision sake, here are the H/K specs. These are from my manual, I think there is a pdf file on the H/K web site.
Stereo: 125 Watts per channel, 20Hz-20kHz @< 0.07% THD, both channels driven into 8 ohms
5 channel surround modes
Front L&R: 110 Watts per channel @
By the way, I like HK's explaination about the size being the limiting factor. Extra channels and larger power supplies take up a lot of space. I wonder what the truth is about these Onkyo and Denon units with 125 watts plus X 7?
I don't want to start a war with Denon, Onkyo or any one with what they like. But it would be interesting to say the least. I did have a link to a story on why H/K picked the Cirrus Logic, Crystal but I can't seam to find it at the moment. There were lots of numbers that were way over my head to under stand but it was summed up rather nicely on the last page. If I find it I'll post it.
Oh, before I forget, Thanks to every one for making me feel welcome here.
Wayne, HK receivers have been a day late and a dollar short in the last couple years. At the price point of the HK 8000 there are better choices. For example, the Pioneer Elite 49TX has room-speaker correction and 7 channels of amplification. The 49TX can be had for about $2,600, not much more than the HK (at least in the lower 48). Canada may be a different story.
This is hogwash! H/K makes some of the most awesome sounding gear availiable. Don't let the fact that H/K gets little traffic here at the HTF discourage you. HTF members are for the most part pro-Denon, and this is sad because H/K is often overlooked. Go and do a comparison of comparable H/K and Denon receivers, and you be the judge. Peace, out!