Kenwood VR-2080 Surround Receiver

by Kenwood

Product Details

Product Manual [5.35mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 15.8 x 6.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 29 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001X5CQ
• Item model number: VR2080
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,332 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, but lots of work to get to it, February 2, 2000

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This review is from: Kenwood VR-2080 Surround Receiver (Electronics)

I've had the 2080 for two months. It's taken an while to get it to work, but the sound and functionality is great.

The manual leaves a lot to be desired. The remote is an unintuitive challenge to figure out. The unit doesn't include the SVHS inputs that the higher end models have.

Kenwood wants you to be happy and offers phone support and a web site. The web site isn't great. Like the remote, it's hard to figure out.

But when you've finally gotten it to work, the sound is really magnificent. If you buy it, get it to work, and have good speakers, you will enjoy the sound.

The good or bad news is that only you will be able to figure out how to work it. So if you're a control freak on your equipment, have no fear, you will have no challengers.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My VR-2080 is a year old, January 20, 2000

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Sam Zillner (Lancaster, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kenwood VR-2080 Surround Receiver (Electronics)

I purchased my VR-2080 Kenwood receiver more than a year ago. My first Kenwood was a KRV 9090 prologic I purchased 12 years ago. Kenwood builds them to LAST! Never had a problem with them. My 9090 model went to my son and still can blow away many stereo receivers sold today! The remote on the Kenwood 2080 is conversation piece. Anyone who see's it is amazed at what it can do. I think it's worth much more than the $799.00 today as I it was a year ago! Buy it and you will be amazed of the quality and sound it produces.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great looks, mediocre component...., January 27, 2000

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John Clay Fitzpatrick (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kenwood VR-2080 Surround Receiver (Electronics)

I bought the Kenwood VR-2080 about 5 months ago. I have to admit that it does a lot of really cool things, but then there's a lot of bad things about it to. The remote for instance, It's really cool how you can use the LCD screen to control everything, but what good does it do you you if it takes you a minute before it actually establishes a 2-way connection with the reciever, it doesn't work past 18 feet or so, I really wish I hadn't bought this reciever when I did cause I saw the great price... Right now, I have no idea what's wrong with it, but no sound comes out. I think there's a short inside one of the amps or something. If you want a good reciever, don't buy this one, go with one of the Pioneer ones of comparable value.