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Sony - 725W 5.2-Ch. Full HD and 3D Pass-Through A/V Home Theater Receiver - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.3
Rating breakdown 161 reviews
5 Stars
83
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
8
1 Star
2
90%of customers recommend this product.
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141 out of
157)
Customer Reviews for Sony - 725W 5.2-Ch. Full HD and 3D Pass-Through A/V Home Theater Receiver - Black
Customer Rating
5
An excellent quality
on July 11, 2019
Posted by: THORs_Hand
Gender:Male
I've always praised Sony for it's products, my best audio gear is from Sony, all the way from reel to reel machines and tape decks to this exact reciver. (no, I don't consider myself audiophile, for me it's about the tech and it's history, not the quality of sound, although I fully enjoy good sound)
Before this, I had a MHC-RG495 (I think it is 17 years old that model) , since I decided it was so the 80's swapping cables around since it had only one aux. Input, I got this, the sound was a night and day improvement, although I kept the old speakers and use it in 2.1 mode, since I don't have the space for all 6-7 speakers, the speakers from my old hi-fi are very good quality, typical of Sony, and they look cool too.
Anyway, the sound is amazing, it's design very pleasing, the connectivity fair, but it lacks in features, the dock works only with iPhone, having a high end amp doesn't mean I'm also an apple fan, I use a Samsung TV and phone, and although the TV and amp get along well (except for using the TV's remote to control the amp, not the remote doesn't have the buttons I need to even open the menu in the amp... So Samsung's minimalistic design hits back) , I can't dock my phone to the amp.
There's absolutley no wireless or network connectivity, there's no excuse not having Bluetooth with APT-X or not, Spotify and YouTube Music would've been even better, I solved it using a Raspberry pi among all things, but still, no excuse, your engineers know what shielding, guard trace and passive/active filters are, the costs are very low to implement this, so as I said, no excuse.
I don't like the remote, using Samsung's smart remote (the small, cute thing with very few buttons), and having this Sony remote side by side exposes Sony's outdated remote control design even more.
I'm overall happy with this, I can get past lack of features, even if I loose a HDMI port, it's even less of a problem as I can work around the lack of features and add them myself.
One last thing that stands out to me is the quality of the radio tuner, it's a very good tuner.
Before this, I had a MHC-RG495 (I think it is 17 years old that model) , since I decided it was so the 80's swapping cables around since it had only one aux. Input, I got this, the sound was a night and day improvement, although I kept the old speakers and use it in 2.1 mode, since I don't have the space for all 6-7 speakers, the speakers from my old hi-fi are very good quality, typical of Sony, and they look cool too.
Anyway, the sound is amazing, it's design very pleasing, the connectivity fair, but it lacks in features, the dock works only with iPhone, having a high end amp doesn't mean I'm also an apple fan, I use a Samsung TV and phone, and although the TV and amp get along well (except for using the TV's remote to control the amp, not the remote doesn't have the buttons I need to even open the menu in the amp... So Samsung's minimalistic design hits back) , I can't dock my phone to the amp.
There's absolutley no wireless or network connectivity, there's no excuse not having Bluetooth with APT-X or not, Spotify and YouTube Music would've been even better, I solved it using a Raspberry pi among all things, but still, no excuse, your engineers know what shielding, guard trace and passive/active filters are, the costs are very low to implement this, so as I said, no excuse.
I don't like the remote, using Samsung's smart remote (the small, cute thing with very few buttons), and having this Sony remote side by side exposes Sony's outdated remote control design even more.
I'm overall happy with this, I can get past lack of features, even if I loose a HDMI port, it's even less of a problem as I can work around the lack of features and add them myself.
One last thing that stands out to me is the quality of the radio tuner, it's a very good tuner.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: Mountainman
Verified Purchase:Yes
This is an excellent home theater reciever. I have nothing but praise for it - it meets all my needs and then some.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from sony.comBy Ella, Sony Support, March 30, 2015
Hi Mountainman, we're glad to hear that you're very much pleased with your new Sony Receiver. Thanks for choosing Sony, enjoy! Regards,
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
3
average product..good price
on December 27, 2014
Posted by: gatorhead
All good. .. turns off with my Samsung controller
Dose nt turn on.soooo you need to use the sony controller to turn it on.I called tech support to no avail.
Dose nt turn on.soooo you need to use the sony controller to turn it on.I called tech support to no avail.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: jimw
Verified Purchase:Yes
Used in my home. Great sound and no distortion.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: Musical Snob
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Just Received this new Receiver I purchased 2 days ago. Just installed it and it seems to be fine. Installation and set-up was fairly easy and simple, even without instructions, (although I have some experience with this stuff.)
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: Omegadeth1
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I paired it up with my old Fisher speakers, and it sounds great. It was easy to set up and run a surround test .
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: Zmanjr
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
There is no "Help Guide" included which describes the details of the unit and
functional detail of choices for a selection on setting up the unit.
functional detail of choices for a selection on setting up the unit.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: Restrada89
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
PERFECT EQUIPMENT FOR EXPLOITING THE SPEAKERS TO YOUR MAXIMUM POWER...!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com