Kenwood VR-505 Surround Sound Receiver

by Kenwood

Product Details

Product Manual [3.17mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 25 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 25 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005T3M9
• Item model number: VR505
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,994 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 21, 2001

Product Description

The Kenwood VR-505 is a fine-tuned Audio/Video receiver with Dolby« Digital, DTS, and Dolby« 3 Stereo decoding that can give 100 watts of clean power to up to 5 speakers. This unique design features multiple DSP modes and a full-function remote that can control just about any remote-compatible Kenwood component.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for the buck, June 5, 2002

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David Ledee (Weston, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kenwood VR-505 Surround Sound Receiver (Electronics)

Good power, specially in movies. In music is a little flat. For the price is not bad, but what you save in this piece, you will spend it in speakers to achieve good musical sound. Dont even try to listen to music in the 5.1 (dolby prologic)mode. It will sound like if it was comming out of a can. If you are a music enthusiastic, I would consider another more upscale brand like Harman Kardon or Denon. But for cinema is very good. The DTS and Dolby Digital decoders sound very potent and clear. Is very easy to set up and tune.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Call me old-fashioned, January 15, 2002

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D. W WISELY "chiffandfipple" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kenwood VR-505 Surround Sound Receiver (Electronics)

I know I'm hopelessly out-of-date, but would it kill these guys to put bass, treble, and balance knobs on the front panel?

Actually, in general, my complaint is that this receiver, like many other digital audio products, severely limits one's ability to make these basic adjustments. Failing to put a few simple knobs on the front panel does NOT make it a better product, just a cheaper one for them to manufacture.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Receiver with lots of options, February 20, 2009

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J. Mehta "High-Tech Desi" (LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kenwood VR-505 Surround Sound Receiver (Electronics)

This is a great receiver with lots of sound options as well as input/output nodes. It has everything including fiber optic input. Kenwood makes great audio equipments and this is one of them,