Harman Kardon or Denon?

Question

Iam very confused in these two brands....weather HK or Denon??? iam comparing between Harman Kardon-HK3485 and Denon-PMA-700AE....can someone advice me which one to bye??? iam a pure music lover so iam looking for just a stereo amplifire.......not a home theater....i need lot of bass and power as i love trance and house....

Answer 1

What speakers are you using? They have a greater impact on the sound than the receiver. That being said, I love Denon.

Answer 2

yeah scott is right you need to compare equal equipment here. if you want to compare hk to denon use the denon

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this will give you a better comparison

i vote for denon

Answer 3

Denon makes good stuff

Answer 4

If your a true stereo music lover you could probably consider much better equipment like NAD or Macintosh. Denon is great for a cost effective solution, Marantz affiliated with them and also makes great equipment.

http://nadelectronics.com/index

I love my NAD Home Theater Receiver. Dont let the numbers fool you they have Watts per Channel done properly, they rate at worst case not best case.

Answer 5

From what I have seen the HK is a receiver but the Denon is an integrated AMP.

You are not comparing apples to apples

The Denon is an integrated amp with 50wpc.

The Harmon Kardon is a stereo receiver with 120wpc.

There is a big difference here.

Normally I would say Denon. But in this case I would go with the Harmon Kardon.

But before I did that I would also look on Ebay.