Sony - 200W 2.0-Ch. Stereo Receiver - Black

This was the exact features I was looking for in a receiver to go with my pair of Cerwin Vega Re30 speakers. All I added was a single disc CD player and with the Aux input I can use my old school IPod classic 260gb. Glad I found this Sony classic style receiver. The big old school stereo systems have died out but this receiver brings my speakers back to life with simple style and power.

Bought this to replace a 25 year old receiver. Works great so far. No phono input.

This a basic 2.0 Stereo amplifier/receiver. We wanted a simple stereo setup to go with the sony flat screen and blu ray we had in our bedroom. The unit has the ability to easily connect the TV and Disc player. In addition we are able to connect our mp3 players, tablets, etc. and listen to AM/FM radio (don't forget to buy an antennae! ) The final bonus is, since our system is all Sony, all the equipment can be controlled with just the TV remote. The sound from this unit is straightforward...meaning, what goes in, comes out. 200w is more than adequate and will drive bookshelf to mid-sized speakers. There are treble and bass adjustments for basic sound contouring. You can have up to 4 speakers operate at once with A/B switching. We recommend this for someone that needs a simple stereo unit that will allow connections for all their essential peripherals. This item does not allow a sub woofer.

This unit is easy to set up and simple to use. It is a home entertainment center with audio and video capabilities. The sound is great. My CD Player and Tape Deck worked well with the unit; however, this unit is not designed to work with a phonograph (turntable) and I should have been more observant before I bought it. I believed I could make the Line 1 work for the phonograph, but NO it won't. My mistake! Sony did not label it for such use BUT beware, If you want to use a turntable with this unit it is not going to work for you for that particular purpose.

I honestly don't care to have a 7.2-channel receiver whose 8 HDMI ports will do you no good because you can't get the receiver to work unless you connect it to an HD TV set. I am perfectly happy with 2.0 stereo sound. With that said, I do consider myself an audiophile, and I was skeptical whether this receiver, which is inexpensive by any standard, would deliver. It is one of the few choices that seem to be offered in today's market. Most receivers today don't even offer "native" connections for a cassette-tape deck. I do want to be able to still listen to my old tapes, even with a new receiver. (By the way, my tape deck is a Sony TC-KE500S.) Now this receiver has plenty of RCA jacks to hook up all I need, and then some! If you have "old-school" audio-system components with RCA-cable connections, then by all means, this is the receiver to go with. The sound quality is superb! Granted, I have Polk Signature S55 speakers, which work best when bi-connected (two sets of speaker cable each). So I did bi-connect the speakers to the two pairs of speaker outlets that come with this receiver. And the results leave nothing to be desired for high-end stereo sound in your living room. The signal-to-noise ratio is outstanding, and the controls have "user-friendly" for a middle name. What I especially like is that the master-volume knob doesn't move if you use the remote to adjust the volume. Right! Who needs that, anyway? I kinda wish this receiver came with a seven-way equalizer or so, rather than just bass and treble controls. But that's a small price to pay for the continuing ability to enjoy old-school hi-fi stereo audio.

I needed a amp to replace an ancient Sony Dolby stereo receiver/amp I had from the 90's. That thing was great - sound field settings, graphic EQ settings, many many other options, many inputs/outputs. When it stopped working I realized that you just couldn't find anything like this anymore - everything is geared towards home theater/TV set ups, not component stereo. This was the closest thing I could find, its a pretty good value. Im just living with the fact that short of buying some other components, you just cant find the features that used to be easily available in a receiver. The sound is fine. The selector knob is a little fiddly as you have to go through all the inputs to select which one you want to use. Minor quibble really. I do like the fact that you can rename the inputs. All in all, this is a perfectly serviceable amp for those just looking to power their separate components without spending a lot of money.

One of my 32 year old Bose speakers died. The input controls on my 15 year old Sherwood receiver were becoming twitchy and unreliable (the remote had been useless for years), so I decided to purchase a low end component receiver and this model was on sale that week. First, the cons: there is no available output for a subwoofer, but I understand that capability can be improvised with one of the 2 speaker set outputs. There is no bluetooth connectivity. With smart TVs and TV dongles that interface with wifi, you can stream any audio into just one of the available pair of RCA jack inputs. I don't bother with trying to pull in a radio signal because I can stream any station into the receiver with wifi. I can stream out any of the mp3 playlists on my computer in another room in the house to the receiver. This receiver delivers great sound from this simplified audio interface.

had most of what i needed to replace my old am/fm receiver that was 40 years old. antenna was too short and single wire but not a big deal turns itself off if i pause the cd player too long. annoying. fm reception is marginal but adequate for the price speaker connectors a bit hard to use getting the wire into them right NO MAGNETIC PICKUP INPUT to connect turntable for vinyl LPs so HAD TO BUY A SEPARATE PREAMP. big flaw. had a lot of extraneous other inputs. hope one of them will work with the turntable preamp okay if i can remember that the LPs are going to be called satellite or something else nice remotes match the ones for the cd and dvd player and presumably motivation to buy a sony tv to make them all the same but samsung is far better and i already had that one plenty of power for the speakers sounds okay way too many presets for the available am and fm stations. dont know why they dont just have one for every possible one on the dial.