To be honest I think you may be better off waiting until around March onwards when you start seeing the current crop of 7.1 channel £500 receivers in the likes of Richer Sounds reduced down to anything between £250-299, that is what I always do, right on the cusp of the latest receivers by manufacturers coming out they reduce the prices to stock shift.

Harman/Kardon specs page : http://www.harmankardon.co.uk/audio-video-receivers/AVR+171S.html

Excellent spot Buzz. Tempted to give a try :smiley:

True. Price and design are plus here

Will this stream from a NAS or external HDD?

Check out the Marantz 1605/1607 series as they are the slimmest out there. Full 4k HDMI 2.0 compliance with Dolby Atmos and DTS-X i.e. fully future proof (until next week anyway) :wink: Unfortunately quite a bit more expensive.

I've just been reading the Trusted Review [http://www.trustedreviews.com/harman-kardon-avr-171-review] which too suggests a Marantz. I think pricing may be an issue for myself :disappointed:

They gave this a 8/10 when reviewed at £499. I just don't think I dare even bring the conversation up with the other half so close to Christmas :smile:

To be honest I think you may be better off waiting until around March onwards when you start seeing the current crop of 7.1 channel £500 receivers in the likes of Richer Sounds reduced down to anything between £250-299, that is what I always do, right on the cusp of the latest receivers by manufacturers coming out they reduce the prices to stock shift.

Go on....Basically assumimg you have a normal living room (even a very large one) then pair this with something like the Tannoy hts 101xp. Then wonder why you ever needed more than 50 watts per channel :confused:

Now that's a bargain. Wish I had the money...

Have a big birthday coming up and could probably get her indoors to swing for this as a pressie.

Question is would it be worth upgrading from my Sony STR-DH750.

Using with pair of KEF IQ5's, KEF IQ60 Centre, and a couple of KEF IQ10's as surrounds.

Any advice appreciated.

​The reviews says this supports 4k pass through. How is that different to the 4k Marantz posted on here? Sorry for asking a newbie question.

Thanks, would this be recommended for audio too is it mainly an AV amp?

Well that certainly gives me a decision to make. I better gear up for the conversation with the other half :smile: cheers for that, I totally missed it.


I'd better leave that question for the audiophiles :smile:

Out of stock

dammit missed... have an old hk amp and spkr set in spare bedroom, this would have been nice to replace with, although never use that much lol

if you want future proof hdr and 4k you will need hdmi 2.0b with hdcp 2.2

thank you OP

\ive had mine a couple of years, if it does pass through 4k ive not worked out how to do it (skyq certainly doesnt), it will stream audio from a nas - the interface isnt great though. Its quite a quiet amp and wont be giving you any high volume, mines running some acoustic energy speakers and doesnt stress them in the slightest. But i only paid £250 from RS a couple of years back as i needed a quick replacement, its not worth the $500 they claim but is capable it its current pricepoint.

I know it's an earlier series but this one is priced at £279, not sure how people think it compares? http://petertyson.co.uk/marantz-nr1506-atmos-av-receiver.html?gcpc&gclid=CKKNm-KZ-9ACFSIG0wodQu8G6A

Bought one of these when they were £149 last year - eventually returned it for a Sony 750 as it was to be used in a closed space and it got incredibly hot. Do bear in mind though that the price of this is £100 dearer than it was then!

EDIT - looking back I bought the AVR171 - don't know if the 'S' model is any different.

Its OK, but thats it tbh, ive been looking to replace it. music wise i prefered my old Yamaha. The interface is dreadful

I was about to order this until I read the manual and realised the 2nd HDMI output is simply a clone of the first one. It's not a 'zone 2 HDMI' output which would allow different sources to be shown in each HDMI output so it's doing nothing that a £15 HDMI splitter wouldn't do. Also, as with many (older) dual zone AMPs the zone 2 can only play from analogue sources just like my ageing Denon AVR 2307.

Also noticed it was for Prime members only (not a problem as you can get a 1 month trial) and also seems to have gone up to €399 now.

Price has gone up