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Kenwood VRS-7200 A/V receiver

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Kenwood VRS-7200 A/V receiver

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Date Published: 1/8/08

Kenwood's "future ready" Fineline products are designed to seamlessly integrate video games and computer audio and video into the home theater experience, and the VRS-7200 squarely hits the mark. The VRS-7200 is a 6.1 system, with a PurePath digital amplifier providing 100 watts into six channels. The slim-line silver finish is intended to match the appearance of modern components and flat-panel televisions, and the look of this receiver is almost as nice as the sound.

The VRS-7200 has been designed for gamers, and it gives a very powerful bass response by using a high-speed MOSFET power supply. The digital amplifier is provided by Texas Instruments, and an Analog Devices processor provides the digital signal processing. The VRS-7200 has many features designed to enhance performance, such as new and improved ground circuitry to get rid of interference and noise, a heavier chassis that reduces vibrations and resonance, and better internal shielding to improve channel separation.

The VRS-7200 is a versatile system with single-zone/dual-source functionality, so users can listen to, for example, MP3 files through the speaker output while video game audio plays through the headphone output. The VRS-7200 receiver is the perfect foundation piece for a complete Fineline home gaming and theater system.

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1 year


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Width

18 in.

Height

3-1/8 in.

Depth

15 in.

Weight

10 lbs.

Nbr. of AM/FM presets

40 total

Remote control

universal

Watts per channel

100 watts X6

Dolby Digital sound

yes

DVI/HDMI interface

no

Nbr. of channels

6 (plus pre-amp subwoofer output)

DTS sound

yes

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Kenwood VRS-7200 7.1 Channels Receiver

Kenwood VRS-7200 7.1 Channels Receiver

You need a better Sound system in your TV room, one that brings out the most in your favorite CDs and DVDs. Without that, you're just watching a movie - but to truly experience a film, you need be immersed in it. That means hearing the Audio as if you were really there. This is where the Kenwood VRS...

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