Tag : video receiver, de697 audio, sony str

Company : Sony List Price : $360.00 Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• 7.1-channel audio/video surround receiver with 30 radio presets, HD video switching, and 100 watts per channel x 7
• Dolby Digital EX, DTS ES, and Dolby Pro Logic II surround processing for lifelike, exciting audio from any source
• 5.1-channel analog audio inputs accommodate high-resolution multichannel formats like SACD and DVD-Audio
• 5 digital-audio inputs, 1 digital output; includes preprogrammed remote control
• Measures 16.9 x 6.2 x 12.3 inches (W x H x D)

Product Description

With a 32-bit Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic and dts decoder, 30 Station Presets, a Pre-Programmed Remote Control and a Digital Cinema Sound System, the new STR-DE697 Audio/Video Receiver has everything you need to give your components the best connection.

Customer reviews

How did I live with out it?
Such good tremble, such good base, such good surround sound, wow, how did I not buy it sooner, I wonder. By the way, the manual is so easy my [...] son was able to figure it out!!!

exelent deal, love all the options.

A head of industry audio processing
simply put this processor is to advanced for signals being output. other than processing HDMI and for the price great 48 bit tunes, 3/2.1 dts\surround awesome with 12′’subwoofer for a single family house, but condo associations banned it. rocks the house video 2 optical a little strange but complete all the inputs and a home theater sound at a fair price.

STR-DE697 Setup
I recently purchased this unit to replace a 12 year old Pioneer audio receiver. I have not been able to set it up yet because the manual that comes with it is virtually incomprehensible to a novice audiophile. I do not seem to be able to even set the bass and treble levels without getting an advanced degree in electronics. Whoever wrote this mish-mash of a manual should join the babbel school of tech writing. Shame on Sony.

Big sound for little bucks
I replaced my dieing 1980’s sony audio/video player with this STRDE 697 and was very pleasently surprized to here it sounds just as good as my old one, maybe even better, and even easier to operate.

Good product, needs more optical inputs
Just received this from Amazon via FedEx home delivery (2 day service, no extra charge). So far, so good. There are a few minor annoyances (only three optical inputs…not one for the DVD player…it is a coaxial input and my DVD player is optical). Not a major problem since I just hook the optical out on the DVD to the optical in for MD/Tape. Of course, then I can’t take advantage of the monitor out video feeds…alas.

On the plus side, the sound quality is excellent and the numerous options for the type of theatre sound to be created are great. I am able to connect two Dish Network satellite boxes (one HD, one SD with DVR) through the video inputs and then connect both of those to my DVD-recorder enabling me to record either HD broadcasts (w/ some quality loss) or SD broadcasts. I also transfer DVR events to DVD through these connections so it works quite well from the multiple sources.

Overall, I’d say this product is a good entry level home theatre system but beware of the limited optical input options before buying…they are for the Video 2, MD/Tape, and CD…the latter two without video buses.