Hi,
I had a 930 for a month and I and all of my friend were impressed, really. The 930 got all you need. Sounds uncredible. It was connected to a Sony 7700 DVD player. So, trere is a noise comming out from all the speakers when you push pause button on the DVD player, while playing something in DD or DTS. The level is arround 4. When you turn on the DSP modes, things are getting even more noisy. The situation is the same with regular CD, connected to a Digital in. Please, check and I'll need your opinion.

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Was going to buy a Sony str-da555es, but recently saw all of your raves about the str-db930.What are the technical differences between the two? What about the sound from each? I would love to save a few bucks if it's as good as the 555es.
Thanks,
Chris

Just received this unit from Oade Brothers and it is great. I was originally looking at the 333ES and this was a much better buy for the performance.
Looking for a nice DVD player that doesn't have the lip sync problems everyone is talking about. My question is, does the remote for this receiver (assuming same as 333ES, and DE935 as well) control pioneer DVD players?

Awesome Sound...But I need assistance from others
How should the DB930 be configured to automatically identify DD or DTS signals from a Sony 330 DVD player.

I tried the Eagles Live CD, which ncludes a DTS soundtrack. When I try to play the DVD it tells me it requires a DTS DVD and Receiver, and then STOPS!

I want to Experience DVD DTS...help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I can say about this receiver is buy it if you are in the market for great sound at an excellent price. After having ordered my strde935 from my local audio store, the wait was on. I was waiting for my receiver to come in for about a month when I was told about the strdb930 model. I then started my internet search to find out about this new model. To my surprise I found this sight and read the reviews for the 935 first. To my dissapointment I read about all of the problems that have plagued this unit. Then i looked up the db930, and spent about an hour reading all of the reviews from people that had previously owned the 935. To my surprise everyone seemed to love this receiver. So i then called my audio store to see if I could swap out for the new db930. I was in luck, they had the new model comming in already. Two days later I had the 930. After carefully reading all the manuals and going back and forth to the store for monster cables, I finally had it connected to my other componets. The sound is fantastic. I can't tell you enough , about how pleased I am with this receiver. Spend the time to make the right connections and use high quality cables, this is a must!! I currently have the STRDB930 connected wit hthe following equipment:
Sony STRDB930 Receiver
Sony 53XBR200 TV
Sony S550D DVD Player
Sony CDPCX300 CD Changer
Sony SLV799 VCR
Polk RT1000 Powered Main Speakers
Polk CS400 Center Speaker
Polk FX500 Surround Speakers
Polk PSW650 Sub

This makes my new 24' x 30' room addition rock when I play my cds and dvd!!! I just love this receiver. What else is there to say. There is only one minor problem that I ran into. Its really not a problem , but being the way I am about my system, i was a little dissapointed that there is not a digital input for the cd player. You are able to use the input for the mini disk and it works fine except you have to make the receiver think you are using a md player. Othe rthan that ,it great. As i said for most people this is no problem, i just hooked it up to the correct input for the cd using high quality rca cable. I came to find out later that the didital output on the cd is to hook up to a md player to make true digital copys not for an output to a receiver. I any one has any questions about any of my componets , please feel free to email me. I will be glad to give you my honest opinion about my expericence with them.

Strong Power, Good surround modes for the money, good manual
lots flexabilites with the inputs, outputs.

lerning the remote.

Well I've had this unit for 5 Months now and What can relly
say. this is One of the better A/v recievers that sony
built.

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Lots of Power,DD&DTS,good DSP modes.

None

Iam using this receiver for about Nine Months, and i have to say that this machine is very good.
It Has lots of Power, with 110 w you will blow your house in seconds.I rarely use to put the Knob in level 4 because above that my glasses start to shake.
The Sound Quality in DD and DTS is incridble, in Stereo mode you wont be disapointed too.The remote is not too bad and if you learn to use it you will start to love it.
There is now a new model, the STR DB-940, so i think you can get the STR DB-930 with less money.Dont hesitate, Buy it! You Dont need to spend lots of money in NAD or another similar product to have good sound and quality.

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Superb sound output.

Slow responce from remote control but since it's a two way remote ... give it a chance

good amp for the price paid. similar to strdb940 except that 930 doesnt have OSD, smaller lcd screen on remote and has 10 watt less.. but both has deep bass and clear treble.
That's all. cheers

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Clean Power, affordable, ES Look and build quality, tons of features, nice set uf inputs/outputs, second audio source, and much more

Remote, Sony tech support, Sony's lack of info on their web site about this unit

Here I am again, 8 months after I have purchased this unit from onecall.com for $429 and I have never had a single problem with it. It is an excellent receiver for the money! I won't leave a lengthy review as I have done so already, however, I have some suggestions:

The remote does lack robustness, so to get around this buy a universal remote. No not the 20 dollar K-mart one but a Phillips Pronto, or Microsoft/HK. Check out http://www.remotecentral.com for complete reviews of most high end remotes out there. I purchased a Phillips Pronto on EBAY for $270 (yes it is expensive, but if you don't know what this remote can do please check out http://www.pronto.philips.com for details) With the push of one button on the remote's touch screen I can turn on my DB-930, Sony 550 DVD, Sony XBR, switch the receiver to DVD input and switch the TV to Video 4 (composite inputs) You can not aceive this functionality with the stock DB-930 remote. So check it out, you'll like what you see.

Pictures of my home theater and scanned specs from the DB-930's manual can be found at http://www.incollingo.com/db930.htm

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Onkyo, H/K

Plenty of clean power, decent remote, easy to use, multi-room, parametric EQ. Definately worth $50-$100 more than str-db830. Paid $437 and onecall and got in two days!!

Would be nice to have a learning remote - my only complaint!

Best darn receiver for the money

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