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This Sony audio-video receiver lets you enjoy room-filling Dolby surround sound and wireless streaming from apps with Bluetooth. Control playlists and volume right from your phone or tablet and automatically charge your phone while enjoying the entertainment. Set up complex sequences with the one-touch NFC connectivity for a seamless connection with this Sony audio-video receiver.
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Recently we got a new 4K television. I had all my devices connected to that television just as I did my old Samsung HDTV and then the sound was fed to my old Sony 5.1 receiver via an optical audio cable. It sounded good, however every 4-5 minutes the audio would cut out and then come back on – the receiver would display a message about DTS/PCM. It didn’t matter if we were watching DirecTV, using an app on the TV (Netflix/Hulu/YouTube) or playing Xbox – regardless of the source of the video, the sound would cut in and out. After doing some research I found that the signal from the TV to the receiver was somewhat of a mismatch. The receiver didn’t have any HDMI ports on it – so the only way to get audio to it was by way of an optical audio cable. So, as we upgraded our TV, we didn’t plan on it but were pretty much forced to upgrade our receiver too. As my old Sony unit was about 15 years old and going strong, I opted to go with another Sony receiver. I will say, that when I first got everything hooked up and plugged in – turned it on, the sound was horrible. I was extremely disappointed. I spent some time going through the on screen (TV) settings menu, and found an ‘Easy setup’ menu. I plugged in the microphone that’s supposed to optimize the sound and ran through that wizard. When it was finished, it still sounded horrible. I then started going through the manual which was all but useless cause it doesn’t explain ANYTHING about the advanced settings. I found a menu to which I can change the decibel level of each speaker (2 fronts, center, 2 rears, and subwoofer) as well as manually enter an estimated distance from the optimal seat in our living room. After about 45 minutes of tinkering with this I finally have it sounding close to what my old Sony receiver sounded like. What I absolutely hate about this receiver is there is no bass/treble adjustments for the satellite speakers as there was on my old receiver. There also is no balance, however to combat this you just adjust the decibel level of each speaker. Don’t let my review steer you away cause it does sound good, but coming from an old Sony receiver to this one – you’re going to be extremely frustrated. There were a few times where I just wanted to box it up and take it back. What is severely lacking here is some sort of documentation on how to manually adjust the sound settings.
Would I recommend this to a friend? If my friend was patient and somewhat tech savvy, yeah.
Would I recommend this to my mom? Not a chance in the world – she would never be able to figure it out and would just settle for very bad sound.
Would I recommend this to my mom? Not a chance in the world – she would never be able to figure it out and would just settle for very bad sound.
My Best Buy number: 2595217283
My Best Buy number: 2595217283
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This Sony audio-video receiver lets you enjoy room-filling Dolby surround sound and wireless streaming from apps with Bluetooth. Control playlists and volume right from your phone or tablet and automatically charge your phone while enjoying the entertainment. Set up complex sequences with the one-touch NFC connectivity for a seamless connection with this Sony audio-video receiver.
I had an old Onkyo system that died after 4 years but the speakers still work. Can I use this receiver with those speakers or can they only be Sony speakers?
It doesn't matter what kind of speakers you have - so long as you have enough speaker wire to connect them to the back of this receiver - you should be fine.
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