I purchased this to downsize my system in our kitchen, and simplify things for my wife. For the price, it has a good number of featurs, including auto HDMI 3. It sounds less lifelike and doesn,t pass the goosebump test, or the fool the dogs that it's a real dog on TV test.
Saying that, it sounds as good as some older ES sony recievers I have owned, and my wife seems happy enough with the sound and ease of use.
One dissapointment, the Ipod docks made for this have been discontinued, and had to pay a premium to get a NOS one off eBay. The unit sounds great. I am extremely unimpressed with how complicated it was to set up and is to navigate through menus. I have been told Sony has a language and format almost their own The reason I bought this product was the price and it had a high rating. There were several complaints regarding the setup which I ignored How hard and frustrating could it be??
I don't think I will be buying another Sony product in the future This receiver is good for the price, although its quite hard to set it up the way it is meant to work, I had to look in google several times cause the manual included in the box is very hard to understand, you will be reading and trying to understand it several hours looking back and foward until you get the idea on how to manage some of the functions. That means anytime you press "BD" to select that input, the remote will then start trying to control the Blu-ray player, rather than the receiver.
As always, it's worth considering an upgrade to a quality universal remote. Although the graphics are barebones--it's far from the eye candy you'd find on, say, a Blu-ray player--we do find that it's a worthwhile step-up from the blocky text interfaces offered on competitors like the Denon AVR and Marantz NR We found it relatively easy to assign and rename inputs, and the visual nature of the menu was most helpful for visualizing setup tasks like speaker setup.
Not only that, it takes about a minute to complete; just plug in the supplied microphone, bring up the Auto Cal page in the GUI, and initiate the program. Unlike Onkyo, Marantz or Denon's Audyssey calibration routines that require the user to repeat the procedure three or more times with different microphone positions, the STR-DN gets the job done from a single mic position.
The DCAC determines each speaker's "size," frequency response, volume level, distance from the listening positions, and the speakers' optimal crossover frequency relative to the subwoofer.
We didn't immediately make the correction in the STR DN's manual speaker setup menu; the sound balances were fine with the "Large" setting.
The only potential problem with leaving the center speaker size as "Large" would be that an extremely dynamic movie soundtrack might overdrive or damage the center speaker as a "Large" speaker, it would be sent full-range, deep bass signals.
In everyday use the "Large" setting wouldn't be a problem, and when we briefly experimented with changing the setting to "Small" we didn't like the sound as much. We used the speaker settings determined by the DCAC for the duration of our listening tests.
Range Compression dynamic range compression is "Standard. Featured review Works like a charm. Rob S from Mars, PA. See all 38 reviews. See all reasons. Thanks for submitting your review Most reviews are processed and published within 5 business days. You will receive a confirmation email once your review has been published. Your review. Upload your photos. Use the Email associated with order. For example, "Charlottesville, VA".
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Crutchfield response. Researched by Crutchfield's Stacey B. B-Speakers: If you are only connecting a 5. The following adjustments are available: Speaker Pattern: 2. Crossover Frequency: Sets crossover point for speakers set to small 40 to Hz, in 10 Hz steps. Level Adjustment: The receiver employs a test tone with a frequency centered at Hz which allows you to adjust the speaker levels and balance while listening to the audible tone from your listening position. Cinemas Studio EX B Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony Pictures Entertainment "Kim Novak Theater" cinema production studio, ideal for watching science fiction or action movies with lots of sound effects.
Cinema Studio EX C Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony Pictures Entertainment scoring stage, ideal for watching musicals or films where orchestra music is featured in the soundtrack. Multi Dimension Creates multiple virtual speakers from a single pair of actual surround speakers.
Dolby Pro Logic IIz Movie Brings a vertical aspect to the movie sound field through the addition of left and right front-height speakers. It decodes non-directional elements in the audio-mix and reproduces them from the height-speakers, giving an enhanced sense of depth and airiness to the movie sound field. Neo: 6 Cinema Converts 2-channel stereo recorded audio for 7-channel cinema playback.
Music Hall Reproduces the acoustics of a classical concert hall. Jazz Club Reproduces the acoustics of a jazz club.
Live Concert Reproduces the acoustics of a seat live house Stadium Reproduces the feeling of a large open-air stadium Sports Reproduces the feeling of sports broadcasting. Portable Audio Reproduces a clear enhanced sound image from your portable audio device. This mode is ideal for MP3 and other compressed music. Dolby Pr Logic IIz Music Brings a vertical aspect to the music sound field through the addition of left and right front-height speakers. It decodes non-directional elements in the audio-mix and reproduces them from the height-speakers, giving an enhanced sense of depth and airiness to the music sound field.
Neo:6 Music Converts 2-channel stereo recorded audio for 7-channel music playback. Headphone Headphone 2ch This mode is select automatically if you use headphones when 2ch Stereo mode or AFD mode is selected. Standard 2-channel stereo sources completely bypass the sound field processing and multichannel surround formats are downmixed to 2-channels except LFE signals.
Headphone Direct Outputs the analog signals without processing by the tone or sound field control. Let's narrow down your choices. Overwhelmed by specs? We've made it simple with easy questions about what matters most. Get started No, thanks. Audition speakers before you buy. Virtual Audio technology allows you to compare sonic characteristics between speakers so you can make a more informed shopping decision. SpeakerCompare simulates the sound of home and car speakers through your headphones.
It lets you compare sonic characteristics between speakers so that you can make a more informed shopping decision. Learn how SpeakerCompare works. Select your headphone brand Brand. Select your headphone model Model. Don't see your headphones? Rent our Listening Kit. Please turn active noise cancelling off for best results.
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The crackle and noise disappeared. This website is not affiliated with or sponsored by Sony. Gallery Requests Search. Reviewed Jun 07th, by outsider Nice receiver. Submitted by sipeki on July 21st, Stopped working last week. Will turn on, no sound. Meters do not fluctuate so could be a more fundamental issue. Regards, Simon. Submitted by johan sutt on July 26th, Best regards, Johan.
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