Customer Ratings & Reviews

I like SONY receivers and this purchase was made to replace a receiver that was acquired in the early 2000's. i got what expected and I'm happy with the purchase but it was open box and they don't tell you if anything is missing. this box was missing the remote which would have been nice to know.

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,

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

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 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 Sony receiver is great. It can be easily customized once you read the manual. The quick setup instructions will get you going quick. But I highly recommend downloading the entire manual for more detailed reference. It has a lot of great features. I have it matched with a Sony tv and I'm enjoying the freedom of just using one remote to control everything.

Great Entry Level Receiver. Paired this up with the Definitive Electronics Pro Cinema Speaker system. Works great I am hearing effects in movies and songs that I haven’t heard before. The receiver is a phenomenal deal to have Atmos at a great price point. I have it set up as a 5.1 system and it’s amazing so I can only imagine adding 2 more speakers to make it Atmos. Great Equipment!!!!

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 $$$.

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.

Good. Overall unit is better than Denon I had. Much more intuitive switching between other devices attached to the Sony. For example: when I turn on Apple TV, the Sony knows and switches over to that device without me having to hit the button…the Denon didn’t do that. Plus I had issues with the Denon firmware updates and caused the unit to crash and unrecoverable without having to send it to a factory service center. This led me to shop for another receiver and choose the Sony. The Sony has great sound, however the onscreen controls could be better. It takes a bit of efforts to try to get the speakers tuned for the room, and could use more controls to customize a bit further. The Calibration tool works some of the time, yet, when it failed and got a Error message, didn’t provide any real data on what exactly was the error. I also didn’t find a way to set the speaker settings back to default, if needed. The modes were adequate, for Music, Sports etc. Yet, I found myself having to modify these to my liking. Bottom line, Sony makes a great unit, much better than any of the Denons I’ve had in the past.

I really love this receiver. It is the brain really and an integral part of my entertainment system. I have my TV and PS4, wired up, and my tablet, computer, portable Bose speaker (not all the time), and my laptop wirelessly hooked up. It's a nice simple sleek straightedge design, only has two knobs and very user friendly. It produces great sound by using functions for different types of scenarios. It's easy to balance your speakers, and once you get all of your speakers hooked up, then balance out your system. It will help you on your tv screen if you have it hooked up that way. I love just having to grab my ps4 controller and push just one button, and in a few minutes like probably not even 1 minute, on comes the ps4, the Sony receiver, my TV switching out automatically to the correct tv input, and tada, your ready to play your game without ever getting off the couch. And when your sister wants to watch TV, grab the Sony Receiver remote, and hit the button that is labeled TV. Again, wait a few minutes/seconds and there you go, her favorite camp getaway show or whatever she watches appears magically along with the killer surround sound. Very intuitive receiver. I would buy again.

Havn’t used this AVR to it’s fullest quite yet. I got it for its Atmos capability. Also supports Dolby Vision. 4 HDMI’s for components and an ARC HDMI port for your TV, if it supports it. Obviously you woukd need to pay much more for a “better” receiver, mored HDMIs, features, etc. For this price point tho it makes for an excellent entry level AVR for an Atmos/ DTS:X set up.

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.

I got this from my wife for Christmas. I kept telling her that I was not getting what I wanted from my 4K TV and 4K BluRay DVD player because my receiver was so old that it had no HDMI ports and my audio was going through an optical cable. I have a total surround sound speaker set-up so in order to take advantage of the whole package I needed a new receiver. Well I couldn't be happier with the results. I can understand all of the voices now because all dialogue comes from my center speaker while all other sounds and effects come from my other speakers. And to hear things travel from right to left or front to back is what I knew I was missing. I would highly recommend this receiver to anyone who wants or needs to upgrade their system after upgrading to 4K and not having the right receiver to drive it.

Have been very happy with this receiver over the last several months. The sound is great and set up was pretty easy. Paired it with the Klipsch floor and bookshelf speakers and I am very pleased thus far. Plan to add a sub woofer and the center speakers at some point and believe it will be an outstanding system. As is it is already great.

Bought this as an open box special for about half of the price it was in good shape not one scratch and works great even supports Atmos and sounds great in my living room very loud and clean sound better than I expected I would definitely buy again and recommend goes great with my Sony x950 g 65 inch television good stuff

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.

Very nice receiver, if you have all your speakers ready to go. This setup is easy. Place the provided microphone in the center of the living room and bamn, The unit sends all the signals on auto setup and pre sets speakers distances from the microphone and adjusts the db levels to balance sound for 7.1 and 5.1 Dolby etc.

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!