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Strengths: Does the job a receiver is supposed to do: together with a pair of decent speakers, they provide great sound quality, deep and warm. That's all that matters.
Weaknesses: No cross over control and volume control for subwoofer. The system is somewhat bulky. Binding posts could be better.
Summary: I hooked up the HK 3480 receiver with a pair of Cambridge Soundworks T300 tower speakers, and they sound great! Tremendous improvement over my old Home Theater in a Box receiver with satellite speakers, which is ok for DVD watching, but so so-so for music. I like the depth and warmth of the sound very much. I use this mainly to listen to classic music in the old fashioned way (stereo), not the fancy 5.1 or 6.1, 7.1. This receiver is exactly what I need. I almost feel like I'm sitting in the music hall.
The main complaint of mine is that it does not have frequency cross over control to the subwoofer, and there is no subwoofer volume control, but whatever comes out of it isn't bad at all, not much adjustment needed anyway. Another thing is that the unit is fairly bulky, it's wider than 17 inch so it won't fit into standard 17 inch cabinet. The depth with all the connectors at the back will be more than 17 inch too (if you count the depth of cable connectors), I have to cut an opening at the back panel of my cabinet to fit it in and route the cables. Binding post is not the best design, instruction is not very clear and there is no illustration. I bi-wired the speakers to the receiver, it took me quite some time. And as to the VMAX mode, just forget about it, completely useless.
Over all it is a great product for the price, I highly recommend it. This is perfect for people like me, who want some decent music listening without having to take on a second mortgage. Also, the display and blue color on the volume knob looks pretty cool!
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