Customer Ratings & Reviews

I like how easily the Sony Receiver Pairs with the 4K Sony Bravia TV and Sony 4K Blu-Ray player.

Easy to set up. Works well with my Sony Bravia TV and Sony DVD player. Love that I am able to control pretty much everything with just the TV remote and rarely have to use others.

This receiver is very budget friendly and you are able to experience Dolby Atmos with it. The only thing I don't like about it is the Home Menu that pops up Everytime you turn it on, and also the display when you increase or decrease the volume level. Menu is easy to navigate, remote control is easy to use, and audio quality is great for the price.

I was surprise with the sony avr . simple to hook up and sounds good have enough power for my set up. very good receiver for the price.

Love this!! Ups the game on any content that Isnt surround sound formatted by upmixing. Many choices for audio formats, awesome interface to change anything and has power for all 7.2 speakers I connected. Love the e-arc feature for my new Samsung oled.

The receiver works very well and was very easy to set up. Very pleased with the quality of the sound.

Always pleased with Sony products. This was an upgrade to accompany a new 65" Sony Smart TV for the media room. Replaced the similar model receiver that was still running strong after 13 years of service but lacking the sound and video upgrades as well as blue tooth connectivity. The sound quality improvement, especially of dialogue was noticeable immediately. Sale price at Best Buy as well as almost instantaneous in-store pick up notification were greatly appreciated and are consistent with outstanding customer service features of the Frisco, TX store. Thank you Sony. Thank you Best Buy!

Took my chances with an open box (GOOD) unit and is was worth the gamble! Saved $200 while it was on sale and it seems brand new! Was just missing the EQ mic but I had an old one to get the initial set up under way. The 790 is the perfect, low hassle, streamlined 4k receiver. I bought it as an upgrade that could work with Atmos and the PS5. its smaller than my old DENON so I was able to move a shelf to give the PS5 more room to breathe. Some of the set up is tedious as it is a barebones system requiring you to go in to the display menu (AMP MENU) to set the inputs to ENHANCED to get all the options. but once complete and HDMI-CEC/ARC is set up, Its perfect for our family!

This is my second Sony Amp for my surround and music system. A lot of "Bang for the Buck". Because of my experience with the last amp there wasn't much consideration for another brand. The value is just there and setup was simple. The calibration microphone was a great feature and allows me to tune the speakers ro the room and seating. I highly recommend this product.

This is a review of two receivers. I had read a lot about these before I bought, and the flimsy spring clips were pointed out in one review, though he rated it as best overall of the ones he reviewed. (I have several speakers with spring clips, but these are the smallest of them all.) The first one I received had a defective spring clip, and though it worked, I didn't want to chance it breaking. Best Buy accepted the return in the store with no problem. I ordered another the same day. The second one is hooked up and working as it should. There is a problem/cheapening of this unit that was not in my STR-HR800 that this one replaced. The microphone for the auto calibration of the speakers has a metal insert in the plastic body that is threaded (1/4 x 20) for the threads on a camera tripod. Neither of the new ones have this. They are all the same number, so I used the old one, # ECM-AC2. The piece is called a rivet nut and would add about $0.25 to the price. Other than these two problems, I am happy with the receiver, and appreciate being able to return in store. I hope this one lasts the eleven years like the last one before it dies from the dreaded "protection" problem the last one and the one before it suffered.

Got this to match with a 5.1 speaker system and a newly purchased Sony 4K HDR TV. Set up was easy, sound is fine, and the price was very good. I would have given this 5 stars for ability scaled to price except for one thing: I wish all of the speaker connections accepted banana clips (only some do). It annoys me that my older Sony receiver did and this one doesn't because I actually had to remove them from existing wires.

Excellent receiver with many cool sound modes, plus Dolby Atmos. I upgraded my 15 year old 5.1 Pioneer Dolby Surround receiver and have no regrets. My old receiver couldn't support today's current technology, this new Sony 7.1 Dolby Atmos receiver along with the new Sony speakers brings true theater sound into are living room.

Easy setup. Quality 7.1 dolby atmos surround sound

I have this receiver now for over 3 weeks. Totally enjoying it. I got the open box for $250 and its totally worth it. Condition is excellent. This receiver has tons of feature which is difficult to find in this price range. Missing internet is not a problem. My klipsch speaker sound so much better. At this price , it has Dolby ATMOS. Totall enjoying it,

I recently moved into a house that has a room with six pre-wired speakers built into the walls, 3 in front and 3 in back. I was looking for a receiver to hook all these speakers up and get surround sound. Seeing as 6.1 systems aren't made any more, I found this Sony 7.2 unit which allowed me to connect it as a 6.1 system (I also purchased a subwoofer to complete the setup). So far, the system has been working great in that capacity. For now I'm using this system in the simplest way possible--I don't have Atmos speakers nor do I have a 4k TV hooked up the system. It's being used primarily for my Fios box and Bluray player and for that it's performing wonderfully. If I had any complaints it would be with the auto-calibrate, which overall worked well, but didn't recognize my pre-installed speakers quite right. They are small speakers capable only of high sounds but the auto-calibration set them as large, which negated much of the surround effect. Once I manually set them to small the sound was much better. I generally keep the sound field set to Direct but don't notice much difference when setting it to Dolby Surround or Neural-X, as I think those are to use Atmos speakers that I don't have. So overall this was a great buy, especially for $250 during the holiday sale. If I ever get Atmos speakers or a 4k TV I'll update to see how those perform with the system.

I use it for a 5.1.2 Dolby atmos system with 4K tv. Works well. Says on the screen when audio is in atmos. Does take some programming with the help of the book to get set up correctly for my speaker set up. Sounds good. Turns on/off automatically with the Apple TV or when I connect my phone with Bluetooth. Plenty of power for my 145w rms speakers.

I bought this receiver after my other Sony receiver bit the dust after 17 years of service. I was expecting at least equal sound, but I got a big surprise! The sound quality was much better than my previous unit. I bought it on sale during Xmas and it was only $20 more than the 5.2 channel receiver. Plus it came a few more features! Definitely give this receiver a chance.

I would definitely recommend this Receiver. Sounds and functions very good. If you get high-end speakers, then you'll definitely need an amp for more power.

I upgraded from a Yamaha RX-V381BL which was a good unit but lacked the power I needed as well as only a 5.1 receiver. I have always loved the quality of Sony and this unit is no eception. Great feayures, multiple ports and easy to setup. I matched it with all Sony speakers and it sounds amazing.

This is a good quality receiver to replace the one we had that was over 20 years old. It hooks to what I want, and is easy to operate and does a good job. Good value for the $$$.