Summary:
A VERY POWERFUL RECIVER! has the usual dolby pro logic surrond and dolby 3 ch logic has no dts or 5.1 surrond decoder but has an tape moniter feature so that u can add a dts/5.1 decoder the reciver has more inputs than youll ever need the reciver sounds as good as a new average okyno i had dis reciver for a little over 1 year and got a dts/5.1 decoder and trust me it can sound almost as good as a top of the line harmon kardon it will blow u away even in pro logic mode if u have high quality speakers if dis reciver had a built in dolby digital decoder i'll give it a 5 star rating but it dosent so i'll give it a 4 for the high quality sound

Strengths:
has AIS (accurate imageing system), 125x5 watts (stereo), high quality output transistors, 5 dsp modes, on screen display, eletronic bass treble control, 5 video inputs, and three audio inputs

Weaknesses:
no dts or 5.1 decoder

Similar Products Used:
pioneer VSX-D209