Customer Ratings & Reviews

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 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.

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 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.

I had not updated my receiver since 4K and Dolby Atmos became affordable. I love this receiver, especially how easy it was to set up for a target listening space with an enclosed microphone. Recommended.

This receiver was easy to set up thanks to Sony making all of its products easy to link. It produces crisp and accurate sounds throught the different channels/speakers. A great buy for the money.

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.

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.

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.

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!!!!

Love it! So many features I can’t believe the difference in sound by only replacing the receiver.

Works seamlessly with our Sony XBR Magnolia edition 65" OLED. Great sound quality, lots of features, more than enough power for your living room.

I'm old school and love it. If you're like me, you'll love this device! Wireless sound is great and Sonos does a great job with it but I appreciate the wire-connected devices and Sony Sound Systems are always an excellent purchase! I bought a Sony receiver in 2006 and have had it ever since. It's always exceeded my expectations for movies and games but this system blew me away!!! Granted, I had a older system but this provided so much more! Quality thick sound cables and quality HDMI cables also help this along enhanced our sound experience even more. A perfect theater system for your home!

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

This receiver replaced an older AV receiver. I found it to be easy to install and setup. Was compatible with all of my attached devices.

Sony has always had the best receiver in my opinion for the price. The ease of use is my favorite thing about it. has enough power for my high-end speakers at a reasonable price

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.

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.

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.