Price Paid:  $0.00 from circuit city

Summary:
I bought this one Oct 1999, had no problem till now rocks fine with Bose speakers and Yamaha subwoofer

Price Paid:  $399.00 from sears

Summary:
KICKS ASS!!!!!Why does some dumbass compare this reciever to ones that cost well over $1,000?

Strengths:
EVERYTHING!!

Weaknesses:
NONE!!!!

Price Paid:  $390.00 from Crutchfield

Summary:
This receiver does everything I wanted it to do when I went receiver shopping. However, I've been having troubles with mine. I can be right in the middle of watching a DVD or listening to a CD and it turns itself off. I must have got the one lemon in the bunch.

Strengths:
Loud & proud 5.1. Great for sci-fi DVD's and absolutely rocks when I listen to Metallica, Megadeth.....yet still sounds great when I listen to jazz or blues.

Weaknesses:
Have used it for less than a year and am already having it serviced. Must be a short in it....it just turns itself on & off for no apparent reason. I've never been so frustrated with a receiver in my life. Not sure I'll ever buy another Sony product. That being said, if I didn't experience this problem, I'd be 100% satisfied. It's great when it's working....

Price Paid:  $350.00 from internet

Summary:
Good performance for the price. Love the well organized back-panel. It makes connection so much more easier. Feature packed.

Strengths:
Price, Features, plenty of connections, well layout backpanel, cool design.

Weaknesses:
2 way remote is slow and use a lot of power.

Summary:
110 watts x 5, 28 sound modes: night theatre, jazz, opera, live, hall etc. speaker position setup, 5 video inputs,49 button 2 way remote w/ lcd screen,scroll/enter button,sleepmode function, eq controls,center rear speaker volume control(its a little slow and goes through batteries quicker than most) overall a very efficient a/v reciever for anyone who loves music movies and videogames