Sony STR-DA777ES A/V Receivers
Sony STR-DA777ES A/V Receivers
[Feb 15, 2000]
MICHEL DIB
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
BASS,CONTROL FOR ALL FUNCION'S.
Weakness:
NO VOLUME INDICATOR AND AC3 RF IMPUT. HOW MUCH FOR SONY? WHY NO VOLUME INDICATOR AND RF AC-3 IMPUT? IS BEAUTIFUL, IS WEIGHT AND VERY INTELIGENT. I BUY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THE NUMBER OF CONTROL'S IS FANTASTIC.THE REMOTE CONTROL IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT WHY 10 SECONDS IN DISPLAY AND NO 20 SECOND'S.MY DVD IS 550D SONY AND MY TV IS WEGA 36"AND I VERY HAPPY BECAUSE IS NOTE 10 FOR THIS RECEIVER. Similar Products Used: DENON AVR 5700 |
[Feb 22, 2000]
David
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Great sound, 2 digital coax inputs
Weakness:
Weight, high price This is a great piece of equipment, which sounds great. So all I'll say here is that I agree with all the positive reviews and won't just repeat it all again. However, I'm not sure that it's worth an extra $500 msrp. Similar Products Used: Other Sony ES models, Pioneer Elite |
[Feb 28, 2000]
John
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Great sound, power, flexibility
Weakness:
Poor manual, quirky remote Great sounding receiver. Lots of clean power and very transparent, open sound stage. This is a great receiver if you are particular in how your system is setup. You can configure almost any aspect of the system you can think of. Full equilization, adjustable sub crossovers, split audio/video sources, tons of inputs, etc. Everything is tweakable. Looks like a solid, high quality, well built device. Similar Products Used: Sony 1011 (about 5 years old) |
[Feb 19, 2000]
John Razumich
Casual Listener
Strength:
Clean Power that does not distort over most of the volume range. Excellent design, 2 way remote control, imputs galore, I don't think a box full of bricks would weigh as much as this amp does. It is totally impressively built.
Weakness:
Documentation, Documentation, Documentation, poor users manual, equalizing configuration would have been great if it could have been graphical rather than frequency specific and individually inputted. Time to shut of on the remote, (obviously to save batteries), Documentation (or did I say that too many times) NO cables, especially optical. I am using polk RT2000 and think the amp is a little over kill for the application but I wanted an amp that would not distort with high volume. The cause of speakers blowing out is many times dirty signal from an amp that is distorting on the back side of the volume range. I don't have to worry about this. I purchased it for the 5.1 dolby inputs and to bring my home theater system current. It has enough features and sound effects options to keep someone busy for months playing with all the effects. I do like the remote control and that fact that I can see the stations I have preset in the tuner on the remote. I have a Sony DVD connected to the unit and finially figured out that I had to use an optical cable to get the blue light to turn on in the amp. Hell I paid 1025 and had to have that blue light on...... Oade Brothers especiall Jim are class people. Don't be afraid to order from them they have a tough return policy but is is stated clearly and in my opinion it is fair. The unit came double boxed. Be extreamly careful picking it up. Even though the polks came with powered sub in the units I picked up a seperate sub for the 5.1 channel and also the cs400 center speaker. the rears are the fx500. Similar Products Used: strda-911 sony. A baby compared to this one |
[Mar 05, 2000]
James Johnson
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Oversized heatsinks and capacitors
Weakness:
manual remote no onscreen display This receiver is absolutely phenominal it is the best thing I have ever heard I did alot of auditioning and reading the reviews I deceided to buy this and I'am not disappointed I have had this running for over 12 hours straight at 50% volume level and it will not get hot it stays warm to the touch it is a phenominal receiver. Similar Products Used: Jvc rx1050vtn |
[Mar 15, 2000]
Stephen Smith
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Unbelievable detail, awesome sound quality
Weakness:
none so far I am using this unit as a preamplifier to provide signal for Similar Products Used: Who Knows? |
[Jul 07, 2000]
ishin
Casual Listener
Strength:
everything is great, im so freaking happy with it
Weakness:
none that i can c first off thxs to everyone who submitted a review of the product, i was planning on buying the str-da 555es but after reading all the reviews i decided to put out the xtra 300$ for it. $1050@onecall.com Similar Products Used: piece of junk kenwood |
[Nov 30, 2000]
Albert
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Solid construction, lots of power, unlimited settings.
Weakness:
Slight, but tolerable, vibration from receiver. Unless you listen to your receivers hums instead of your speakers for music. In response to Garrett, I think you had a bad deal to begin with and the problem is customer service from your dealer but not the product itself. Next time, buy from Good Guys and make sure you get extended warranty (I did for additional 2 more years on top of Sony's 5 year for a measly $40). You're making a major investment and it's best to protect it. Similar Products Used: Sony STRDA830, STRDA50ES |
[Mar 20, 2000]
Tim Jones
Audiophile
Strength:
Power,Power,Power
Weakness:
Can be hard to use at first because of EQ. This is best receiver there is and that's all. You can try the rest is this price range but I can tell you this is the one you will come back to. Try the others, YOU'LL learn, Sony Es is where it's at. I had the 555es and let me tell you that they are not the same and anyone that say's they are is crazy. But once again try other receivers and find out for yourself. If you want to save yourself all the trouble to testing and listening then buy this one and save spending more time using it. Right when I Hooked this thing up I knew it wasn't the 555es. All I can say is spend the extra money and you will be glad you did. This will blow you away. The thing is 54 pounds! How can it be bad. I would never back Sony but this time I will stand behind them 100 percent. If you are in the market and want the best there is for the price then get it, don't think, just spend the money and get it. You won't be sorry. Similar Products Used: Yamaha 995,sony 555es,Onkyo |
[Mar 20, 2000]
Max Davis
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Clean power, very configurable, sound fields, excellent build quality.
Weakness:
no on-screen display, not a lit volume knob and a horrible manual. I have had this unit for about six months now and am very happy with it. The over all sound quality of this receiver is amazing, delivering very clean power that never gets sloppy even at very high power. I shopped around for quite a while looking at Denon, Onkyo, Yamaha, Marantz and others. I could not find anything in its price range that I was more impressed with. I am able to listen to music for hours and not get tired or assaulted by the sound. Sony has given us an amazing amount of control to tune this receiver, from variable crossover control to down to the foot speaker placement for all speakers. Some of the features on this unit do take some getting used to though. An example is the equalizer, it is not graphic and is hard to work with. It uses terms like “mid range slope” and then assigns it a frequency such as 1khz. But once I got the hang of it I found that I have far more control than with a graphic equalizer though I do use paper to map it out. Similar Products Used: Denon AVR-3300 and 5700. Yamaha DSP1, Pioneer Elite. Marantz. |