Summary: Honest I.m not sure when I bought this thing, but i,m sure I,ve owned it 12 to 13 years anyway I'm looking to replace this perfectly good reciever with an onkyo thats more up to date. love costco, this receiver has worked great out of the box and still does the job now. I must say that my 825 hummmmmmms a bit when you first turn it on but I havent turned it off in 3 months. Its been a good one and will not be quickly replaced if the onk. doesent give me a noticible difference.
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Summary: I have had this reciever for 10 years and repaired it once at about the five year point and it has worked flaulesly since. I had it in my fifth wheel trailer for those first five years and was told the moisture from propaine heat and being against the outside wall was the cause of the damage. I have pound the hell out of this thing and it just keeps ticking, great remote nice sound fields and good looks, i love this thing and hope it lasts for ever. Only one problem is i have a blu ray now and it isn't exactly up to par for that thing.
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Rating Reviewed by: Wilson (Unregistered User)
(AudioPhile)
Review Date June 7, 2003
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
Used product for More than 1 year
Review 3 of 62
, from Puerto Rico
Price Paid:
$400.00
from Sears
Summary: I have this receiver for 3 years by now and I have to say it's one of the best receivers from Sony. I had tested some others Sony receivers with other decoders like DTS but this one being only Dolby Digital surpase them all. The difference on a good quality sound enviroment of a bad one are the speakers you use on it and the acoustic on the room.
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Summary: After reading some of the negative reviews here, it seems like I'm one of the lucky few to have bought an open box and not had any problems with it. This is a great system. Lot of bang for the buck. I have a DVD and CD player connected to it via optical, a Rega P3 turntable, and Bose AM10 speakers. Great sound quality from all the sources throughout the spectrum. Definetly one of the best buys I have ever made.
Strengths: Very nice remote. Accurate speaker setup if your room has good acoustics. Sound fields are amazing! Individual equalizer and surround settings to each sound source and tuner preset. Last and definetly the least, price!
Weaknesses: Equalizer allows only one frequency to be set in each of treble, mid range, and bass. Can't define your own sound field. No S-Video
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Summary: Please dont waste your hard earned money. This unit has been repaired twice, which is frustrating since I only use it maybe 2-3 times a month. After it had broken down for the third time, I dropped it off at the dumpster on my way to purchase the HK-AVR320.
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: everything, why wont Sony re-call this piece of junk and give credit towards something that actually works.
Similar Products Used: AR,Yamaha,Kenwood
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