Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love it, delivers great power to my Bose speakers

Great power and open box price made this a no brainer. It is easy to setup and surrounded the room in 7.2. You won’t be disappointed.

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.

Don't think twice! Get this ASAP. What more can you want for a Dolby Atmos 7.1 Channel Receiver? As a custom installer, I got this for my client and hooked up all KEF THX In-Wall speakers and sounds like being in a home theater! Just FYI, these receivers are high in demand, can't find these online unless they're backordered. Pick up these and see why it's in demand for 2021.

I would have given this 5 stars if not for the confusing HDMI set up. I was originally running all of my devices through the HDMI connections, but my Samsung TV wouldn't handshake correctly while switching inputs, and it was more of a pain than it was worth. Now, I use only the ARC and it works perfectly. The sound quality is very good for this price range, and it's powerful enough for larger speakers.

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 $$$.

This is the third receiver I purchased after first trying the Onkyo TX-NR686, and then a Pioneer Elite VSX-LX103. I would absolutely not recommend purchasing an Onkyo or Pioneer (Onkyo now owns Pioneer). While the Sony may be the least robust of the three models in terms of extras and connectivity, what it offers simply works. As I learned, it's one thing to put a bunch of logos on a box and claim it does x, y, and z, but it's a complete other thing to have these functions work properly. So far, where others have stumbled on basic functions, the Sony model here has worked beautifully. The ARC functions work perfectly with my Samsung TV, and the sound is loud and crisp. HDR content looks wonderful. The interface is simple and functional. It has a dense, solid feel that feels quality. I appreciate the helpful owner's manual. My family has been buying Sony consumer products for 40+ years, and I'm happy to report this is another quality entry in that lineage. I very much recommend.

I purchased this to replace and older system I had that did not have hdmi plug ins. This was a easy set up , attach speaker wires the same as always except for the bass speaker . This required a push plug instead of the conventional wired speaker . I used my original sound system speakers except for the bass speaker that I have to purchase because of the plug in. The sound is great and it is easy to use. I am very pleased!!

It has amazing compatibility with in wall speakers. I was wondering from quiet sometime how I can connect my TV with in wall speaker and after some research I choose to go with this amplifier recommend to buy subwoofer with this product and it will give you crazy bass love to hear music and sound after adding all together

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

Sounds absolutely amazing. Plenty of power. I highly recommend.

My old home TV system had problems so I picked this one up. Works great and sounds really good with my Bose setup.

Great entry-level Atmos receiver. I’ve had this for around 2 years now and have been extremely satisfied! It is hands-down the best bang for your buck in the 7 channel range of receivers!

A very compact receiver that was very easy to setup. It's primary use will be for our home theater. It's more than capable of driving our speaker towers, subwoofer and satellite speakers. Sounds great.

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.

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.

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.

I bought this AV for decoding a custom Dolby atmos config through klipsch speakers set and it did the job so effectively. Highly recommend it for efficiency and compatibility.

Last receiver I bought was almost 20 years ago. Sound is excellent and easy make adjustments. Hook up was very easy and instructions were good.

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.