Harman Kardon launches HK990 amplifier and HD990 CD player

Tech Digest: Top-end audio manufacturer Harman Kardon has just announced the “most powerful” amplifier that the company has ever produced, as well as a matching CD player, for those of you still trading in plastic discs.

I could happily regurgitate the press release about how the amplifier’s power is achieved with its “EzSet/EQ room optimisation”, but all you really need to know is that it sounds lovely.

The CD player sounds similarly lovely, thanks to a built-in digital sound processor, and linear smoothing to stop jitters.

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