Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Sony STRDH190 receiver is just what I had been looking for — a stripped-down amp for just phono and CD that was very affordable. Why bother with all those other high-tech options if all you want is something to play your albums or CDs through? Not crazy about being unable to adjust some of the settings without the hand remote, but otherwise I love its simplicity and it puts out great sound. I highly recommend it, especially for anyone thinking of getting back into vinyl records, or even CDs. It was a glorious moment when I saw this amp on sale at my local Best Buy for roughly $150. I bought it right away.

Seamless Bluetooth connectivity. This receiver is absolutely perfect for my needs. Simple set up and easy to operate, and the price point is great. My 25 year old Bose satellite speakers sound great with this as do my outdoor Bose speakers. I’m not an audiophile, but I do enjoy my music and appreciate good sound. This receiver does not disappoint. Only wish I had ordered it sooner.

Easy to use. Even for a teen. I purchased this for my son to hook up a speaker that he built. It was super easy and everything was included. The sound is great and we love the remote control. Definitely recommend. Sony is always a great brand and good service from Best Buy.

I own a couple of older turntables and it has been hard to find a receiver that have a phono input that you can plug them into, this one does. They are well built and with great sound. It also comes with a Bluetooth feature that allows you to use your other Blue tooth devices with no problems. The price for this unit is also affordable. A great buy!

Ive been using it for about a month its got plenty of power for 6 speakers! It sounds great the Bluetooth is very seemless 10/10 product!

Matched this receiver with a pair of Klipsch R51M speakers and discovered the perfect pair! Works perfect with my turntable delivering excellent frequency response. Easy pairing with my android phone allows me to stream my extensive album library for hours of listening. Highly recommend this receiver for an exceptional entry level experience!

Simple 2 channel HiFi that has network capability seem to be disappearing slowly. The rise of big screen tv, flat panels and surround sound, multi-channel audio have relegated the simpler act of listening to music to a back seat. This Sony unit is an exception and a great implementation for music lovers. Song has a sound signature and EQ that I find more pleasing, realistic and sonically accurate than Sonos, Bose, Marantz, Denon or Apple. Yamaha is reasonably close to Sony in this regard but this 2 channel unit recently replaced a similar Yamaha equipped Musicast device and I am very pleased. Great volume, pleasing sound and ease of use is best in class in my opinion. Can’t beat the price. Very pleased with the performance of this unit.

I'd buy it again - mostly because there doesn't seem to be anything else on the market that integrates the features I wanted. My old stereo head that had grounds for a record player went kaput, and I wanted something that had the clarity and power that modern wiring brings. But was sure I was going to miss the capability that the old heads all seemed to be built with, that got discarded sometime in the 80's or 90's, of being able to switch between two sets of speakers in two different locations. I was astonished that this product has that. What sealed the deal for me was that it also has bluetooth - now I can have one stereo system to listen to records, stream music from my phone, and connect to my movie set-up, and it powers speakers in both my living room and patio. It's exactly what I would have asked for. The only cons - it's quite big, and needs to not have anything on top of it for the cooling system to work. Also, the bluetooth connection is a little spotty - about 50% of the time it will be totally fine, but it's just as likely to have some sort of interference happening where either your wifi signal will freeze until the bluetooth is disconnected, or the sound will be slowed and pitched down and/or include bits of static. This could conceivably be the fault of the gadgets I connect to it, but it happens with both of them, and neither have had this problem anywhere else. The sound is good. It seems to be very clear, even, and responsive from the very low to the very high range of the spectrum, with very little noise, and all the power I need. Even when I'm running the record player, there is no noticeable electric hum.

Works great, It's awesome to listen too, easy to hook up

I was looking to replace a 30-year old receiver to go with my 20-year old KLH floor speakers with hard wiring. The Bluetooth music input to the receiver works flawlessly and the 100W per channel power my KLHs provide a rich sound experience. I couldn't be happier with the purchase.

Happy to have a simple receiver. It is up to date by including Bluetooth yet it also has inputs for phono specifically, and you can program the other inputs to your component. It also includes an antenna for the radio. I also enjoy the pure direct button which adds hi-fi. Can’t beat the price either. Overall a great product.

I always do research and wait a month or two before buying things I want, I settled on this Sony Receiver to power the Sony Bookshelf 3 way Speakers This is a pretty good receiver. I thought about buying a 5.1 system but figured since my PC has 5.1 and I already have some other computer speakers (logitechs z313's) I could use the logitechs as back and side channels and this Sony and the sony bookshelf speakers as the primary up front speakers. This receiver does well, I hear no hiss when using it with Bluetooth on my phone, or with my PC through the audio cable. It powers the speakers well. So far it has exceeded my expectations. I am pleased so far with my purchase and have no buyers remorse. So I bought two other Sony things in addition to this receiver, just FYI, these other items work well (the sub was way more bass than I expected) Sony - Core Series 5" 3-Way Bookshelf Speakers (Pair) - Black Sony - Core Series 10" 115W Active Subwoofer - Black

Great amp! Supports Bluetooth and sounds great. The remote included works really well, doesn't need to be pointed directly at the amp to send a signal. Great design too, visually.

I replaced an old Pioneer receiver with this Sony and so far very happy with it. Yes, it is basic but for me the Bluetooth option was essential and good clear sound an added bonus. I already had Sony floor speakers so it is all now nicely tied together. Price was great also.

Can’t beat this receiver for about a 150.00. Lots of clean power. Easy to set up and use.Had a little difficulty connecting my tv… but all you need is a plain 3.5 mm aux cable. It’s has a remote control and connects to blue tooth effortlessly. Oh.. and it has a phono output for your turntable with a ground wire to reduce interference and a gain to optimize the volume to other sources.

Awesome receiver for $150.00 I was very skeptical at first,I am an avid music listener,Blue tooth connection worked flawlessly, I put an addition off my home and installed ceiling speakers (4) with a powered sub woofer. I can't tell you how elated I am with the sound it produces (and believe me ,I like it loud and full) 2.0 channel delivers music the way it is made to be heard. The only thing I didn't quite like and it"s minimal.. is that if your listening at loud levels and you go to turn down volume on smart phone/device... is that the volume drops dramatically . Like from 69-70 level (full blast) .to 50 on volume level.But if you use the remote that is included you can avoid this small problem. and to sum things up, I like it sooooo much that I bought a second one for my garage .

Needed a replacement for an old Pioneer with an option to connect via Bluetooth, as well as use a CD player and 80s Technics turntable. Pairs well with multiple devices via bluetooth. Sounds good to my earsI paired with early 80s Panasonic speakers. Simple; drives my analog and digital enough for my room. No complaints after almost a year. Now I just need a Sony Walkman for bopping around. Like a tape Walkman.

Good sound and very affordable. It can connect to both my old phonograph and my modern iPhone.

Purchased this receiver to replace an old surround sound receiver I no longer used for TV that was using just for music. I use both A and B speaker selection as I use it for indoor and outdoor music. FM stations come in crystal clear. Has plenty of power for both sets of speakers. Built in Blutooth works great with no issues. Remote is easy to use and laid out well. I tried to plug my turntable into the phono input and it sounded terrible. Found out it must have an amp built into it. Plugged it into the input 1 port and it sounded great. I love it my only complaint and it is VERY small is that you really have to turn the travel on the volume knob for it to change much. One complete rotation is like going up from volume level 5 to 8.

I love this stereo... it is easy to use bought standing speakers and it was easy to hook up... music quality is great with the speakers