The Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD 7.2 channel A/V receiver won the 2009 International CES Best of Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Award for the Audio Components category. The AVR 7550HD is Harman Kardon’s latest flagship A/V receiver (with a suggested retail price of $2799 – yeah.. I won’t be buying this one anytime soon) and features:

• HDMI 1.3a with Deep Color support
• Pass-through up to 1080p video
• Faroudja DCDi Cinema digital video processing utilizing Torino chipset for 1080p video upscaling from all video sources
• One of the first to include Dolby Volume technology – a new approach to delivering consistent volume levels across a wide variety of content, channel programming, and input sources
• Includes Texas Instruments Aureus DA710 audio digital signal processor in a dual DSP implementation
• New HD full color on-screen menu system
• Supports Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio decoding
• Built-in USB port for USB memory stick or streaming audio from a PC
• Internet Radio Tuner
• Automated room equalization and system calibration
• Multi-room audio and video capability with A-BUS connectivity
• XM-Ready capability
• Comes with Harman Kardon Bridge II docking station for iPod

Again, this pricey receiver ($2799) will be coming out during the winter of 2009.

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