Customer Ratings & Reviews

The unit was very easy to set up and sounds great!

This receiver can do it basically all great device for the money. I payed like 230$ and the set up is easy I’m happy with it . I run two Dual 8 towers from Klipsch , 12 Sub and center from klipsch ... plus all my devices like tv , dvd, media box, cable box ect are running through the receiver now . Easy handling !

We have a 5.1 system and most likely will never change from that. 4 in ceiling and then a front bar Polk and a Sony subwoofer. We enjoy playing music through Bluetooth and especially enjoy movies through this receiver. Got on sale. Very happy.

Just needed something for living room system it works flawless and for the price can't beat it paired with a Sony 10 inch sub and some Klipsch quintet speakers also purchased at best buybutsounds pretty decent with tv and music better than any soundbar I've listened to

Excellent sound and very easy to setup and play. Multiple ports make this unit the one to buy.

Upgraded from a 1980's Onkyo to this receiver. My lord it blows the socks off our old Bose Soundbar, the little thin one. Easy set up and great for me for whom this is my first surround sound system. Definitely recommend.

Awesome receiver . It completely impressed the family during our movie night .

this a great low-end receiver with great features, perfect for my needs, mostly used for radio, and fm antenna does great job, sound is clear, love bluetooth feature,

Love the blue tooth link with the turn table. Surprised at the sound without direct wire.

Receiver works good but it’s hard to figure out how to get the TV connected to the receiver so the sound could come through the receiver so that’s why I read it just good because it’s too difficult to understand how to get it working the way we really would like to work

For 40 years I've been used to higher end electronics, NAD 2200, 2400, 2155, 7155, Yamaha RXV 877, 1500, HK AVR65 and DPR 1001 etc., but when the 2011 Pioneer VSX 1021-K that my son gave me a couple of years ago died last month, I bought this at his recommendation. The Yamaha 1500 is about 35 pounds and will remain in the MBR, I didn't want to lug that back into the LR. The Sony is less than half that so it's easy to fiddle with. great surround setup too. This sounds great! It's hooked up to an Energy e:XL-S10 subwoofer, a pair of KLH Model 23 front speakers (from 1968!), KEF 90 Center and KEF HTS2001 speakers for surrounds. I think the Yamaha 1500 sounds better on music, but all around, this Sony rocks! $197 Open Box, how could I go wrong? No regrets.

I got a 4K tv and needed to upgrade my receiver. My original Sony receiver was 18 years old and still working great but was just not 4K compatible. This new receiver is great! Great sound, easy setup, and easy to use. I am happy and my tv sounds great going through the receiver.

Great receiver clean power great bang for your buck. Easy to use and set up.

I purchased this as an open box item. It was in great shape and included all accessories. As soon as I powered on the unit I could hear a buzz coming from it. It sounded like an AC compressor. I read another review here that reported the same issue, so mine definitely wasn't unique. Setup was very easy and it did a good job auto-calibrating my 5.1 setup using the included mic. I tested some movies first and they sounded great. Then I tested high-res, lossless music from a DAC, and that's where my big complaint is. Because I have mid-sized bookshelf speakers I always set speaker size to "small" in my receivers and let my subwoofer handle all the low end. I also prefer a direct, clean sound from my DAC -- no processing. Unfortunately this unit does not allow you incorporate the subwoofer in a clean 2-channel audio configuration. The only way to get output to the subwoofer is to use a processed effect, either one that uses ALL the speakers or an "Enhanced" mode that is adds processing to MP3s and other compressed music. The guide shows a direct 2CH option that includes the subwoofer, but I could not get it to use the subwoofer in that mode. I called Sony support and they were unable to help.

Was looking for a budget friendly receiver, And after reading some of the reviews I decided on the Sony 5.2 I’m extremely pleased by the amount of sound this unit puts out, my movies ,music etc sound fantastic “ I highly recommend it

This is my second Sony Receiver. I purchased my first one thirty years ago and it’s still working fine. I mainly updated to the STR-DH590 because of connectivity. My old receiver didn’t have any HDMI Inputs or Digital Audio(coaxial or toslink). This new receiver gives me those and much more. The sound is fantastic, the auto sound calibration feature is pretty precise, and love the idea that I can view the menus on my TV screen. I would recommend downloading the Help Guide. It explains functions and settings that are not mentioned in the supplied Start-up Guide or Operating Instructions. It helped me out. The STR-DH590 is priced competitively at $279, but I consider the sale price of $199 a steal. I only hope it lasts half as long as my previous Sony Receiver.

I was very impressed with the setup of the surround sound using the microphone provided with the receiver to adjust the sound. It sounds great when watching movies on the 4kblu ray player and on regular TV. I used the ARC input to hook the TV to the receiver.

I put together a straightforward 5.1 surround system in my small den based on a Yamaha amp that started to go a little wonky - it would turn itself on (yup!), often would mute the volume, occasionally wouldn't permit volume control from remote, sometimes picture resolution dropped, yada-yada-yada... The sound was basically OK so I decided to modify course and swap the amp out for this Sony STRDH590. Wow, what a difference! Couldn't be easier to set up and calibrate. The sound stage is immersive, detailed and very present. Best of all, it makes my very average speakers sparkle with clarity and crispness. I'm not a snooty audiophile but my ears can still recognize a huge improvement in movie watching at a comparatively bargain price. You'll really like this amp.

It is a great product, easy to install, and great sound

I was looking for a receiver that has 4k passthrough and ARC to replace a nice working older receiver. Honestly this receiver was not as nice as the old receiver but the picture quality very good and having the ARC HDMI makes the smart TV easy to set up. I'm not using surround sound so I cannot comment on how it handles that. It does do a good job with virtual surround and processing front sound. The size is also nice, it's about 3 inches shorter than the last receiver which makes it fit much better in the media center. The one gripe if have with this (and hopefully it will be fixed in a firmware update) is that when you turn on automatic input switching through the HDMI it works very well, but for some reason when it switches back to HDMI input from ARC it pops the input selection screen up. You then have to get the remote and close the menu, which kind of defeats the purpose of not having to use the remote to switch inputs. Overall I would recommend this receiver as a nicely priced option for basic setups.