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Review on Sony STR-DH500 5.1 AV receiver by Ai Fitira ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

It was a reasonable purchase, I will order more.

The device worked for me for 7 years. During this time, there were almost no problems with it. The son grew up - he invited friends while I was not at home, apparently they cut it in 100%, since the thermal fuse in the transformer burned out. Replaced - the device works further. I added functionality to the device: I bought a bluetooth adapter from the Chinese for 100: it is included in any USB charger and the output is a standard 3.5mm jack. Connected with a cable to the SA-CD / CD input, now anyone who wants to, includes a playlist from Contact from his smartphone. There is another plus or minus - I don’t understand :-) it gets very hot if left on even without music. The electric meter is spinning, and my cats really like it, they get warm on it.

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Pros
  • Price - bought on sale. Famous brand. Looks more expensive than it is. For multi-channel audio, there are 3 SPDIF inputs: two optical, one coaxial. You can connect 6 different devices at the same time. 8th year in operation.
Cons
  • The main problem is that it does not understand the sound from the HDMI connector. It simply switches the video signal from the desired input to the output without intercepting the sound. I feed multichannel sound to it at the input via SPDIF optics or coaxial. My TV has an optical output - I use it. Small print in the menu - even with my 100% vision, I have to strain a lot to see what's on the display from 3 meters. I would like to display the menu on the TV screen. The subwoofer output is linear, that is, you need an active subwoofer with an amplifier inside.