Sony STRDE475 Dolby Digital Receiver
For surreal sound choose the STR-DE475 Receiver. Featuring a 24-bit Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic and dts decoder, a 5.1-channel input for new high-resolution multi-channel audio sources such as SACD, Digital Signal Processing with 11 acoustic environments, and a Digital Cinema Sound system with three Cinema Studio Modes, this receiver will produce sound like you never heard. So grab the supplied A/V UniCommander remote and take charge of your sound experience.
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Sony STRDE475 Dolby Digital Receiver Reviews
Add a powered sub and I am running 6 ohm fronts and it sounds fantastic. Would buy again and I have no plans to replace it - especially when a 80GB PS3 will play EVERY disk type out there currently (except the HD DVD) - including DivX from a USB drive, my Mini DV home movies, Blue Ray regular DVD's. However if you are not 'pushing' it, it has the watts to do this fine without using this switch. This amp has the POWER depth to run 4 ohm speakers as there is a switch for that.
why would you even need an Amp with all those inputs when this baby could basically be your stand-alone player. You can get this for cheap on eBay.
I do not even use the PS3 for the games. The only reason I have an XBOX is that is the platform I game on (and have a small collection of HD DVDs).
I have owned this model for a long time. The PS3 sounds really good.
Plenty of power for the Sony PS3, the XBOX and Movies. The only 'mod' I made was having to buy an optical hub/switch to enable the two optical inputs from the XBOX and the PS3.
Really needed then). (This is an option I did not even know I had or how important it is - until I bought a second hand pair of 6 Ohm fronts that are about 3 inch wide and 4 ft tall.
I wanted to rate it 5 stars, but one thing I noticed it lacks is more digital inputs. This is a good entry-level a/v receiver, that has the basic works one would need: DTS, 5.1, digital inputs, and a good selection of preset sound effects. It is rated with 80watts of power, but again, this is more than enough for the average user. It has 1 optical and 1 coaxial digital input - it would've been better is Sony put it at least 3 inputs (1 coax, 2 optical). Other than that, this set is right on the money and worth every penny :-) Paired with a good set of speakers, this set really gives good quality sound.
None of the receivers sold here say if they are turntable compatable. It's a good receiver,I hated to return it. Just want to make a sale. Obviously, they don't care.
It certainly didn't need to be anywhere near the top volume for that to impress me. But unless you have REALLY good sound insulation or are trying to anger your neighbors, it has plenty of power. Definately one to look at if appreciate good sound, but don't want to pay the multiple $K for the top of the line. Yes, it's only 80W per speaker, etc, etc. It certainly made a difference when I hooked up the DVD to the digital input (coaxial is DVD on this receiver) and played The Matrix for the first time. There are plenty of good speakers that this will power just fine. For what it is, this is a wonderful receiver. Sounds are crisp and clear in 5.1 my lower end Bose speakers.
My 3-year old TV does NOT have S-connection (THAT was a mistake) and so this receiver is just fine for now (although it DOES have s-connection). Why. After much hand-wringing on which model to get, I settled for this one; it was easy to hook up and had everything I needed to get going. Because I finally got a DVD player. I bought this receiver to replace my old Sony receiver that I've had for 12 years.
I really would have gotten the 845 model instead, for a tad more money and the room to "grow" but I'm embarrased to say that it wouldn't fit on my jazzy glass entertainment center, but this 475 would. 100 watt, but hey, I'm not one of those people that need to make the room rumble and pierce eardrums, so this is plenty for me. You'll love it. After plain old stereo TV this is killer.
Done deal.It's 80 watt vs. The price was right on, and the Clicker is awesome; it will run my VCR, TV, CD player and Receiverto eliminate juggling all those clickers was worth the purchase price alone. Must buy fun DVDs; Matrix, Verticle Limit, Dinosaur, Gladiatoranything that really rocks. My old receiver didn't have a specific place to hook up the DVD (it was made before there WERE DVDs), but it was Dolby prologic.
It was the prototype, but I didn't think it would handle the DVDs, so I went out and bought this new one. I did hook up 5 speakers for surround sound, and what can I say.
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