Sony STRDH550 5.2 Channel 4K AV Receiver with Bluetooth & Wi-Fi Connectivity

Green Family: This receiver has great power and sounds wonderful. It has wonderful surround sound. Two downsides for us old school people, you can't connect a cassette deck to it. Also it doesn't play well with others. Not very compatible with other components. I can't even hook my Samsung Blueray player into the HDMI without all kinds of wild reaction. It was too irritating so I had to leave it connected to the TV. Also the cable box has issues connecting to the HDMI. I am not sure who is at fault with the compatibility but I expected Sony to do a better job. Still, I enjoy using it.

Canada on May 03, 2018

Patrick R. Dool: Very good. Easy to use AM FM DVD CD Sat/Cable Game TV VCR Android box video ...any HDMI compatible and RCA jacks too.
Plays music off USB flash drive Microphone jack for the singing or PA
Good digital picture on 120" screen.
Get a good Am FM outdoor antenna for radio. The ones supplied suck in the house. short cord.
Hooked it up to 1500w surround sound speakers system with home theater.
I still need a 2nd woofer to complete the audio but it cranks! 6 sound settings HD stadium jazz and in concert
Plenty loud in 20ft x 20ft room x 7.5ft ceiling.

Canada on Dec 19, 2017

Cliente de Amazon: Tengo poco mas de medio año con este receptor, originalmente le conecte dos bocinas de mi anterior equipo de sonido Sony MHC DX30 por medio de cables analógicos al reproducir música y películas la mejora se noto muy poco, pero al día siguiente conecte por medio del puerto óptico y la mejora fue increíble los agudos ya no se distorsionaban, una vez comprobada su calidad y potencia conecte un juego de bocinas Yamaha NS-P51 y un Subwoofer dinámico de la misma marca modelo YST-SW015 (Un modelo ya un poco antiguo pero de muy buena calidad). El resultado es espectacular, realice pruebas con la película del Hobbit la desolación de Smaug y de forma particular la voz de dragón alcanzo una profundidad increíble y en ningún momento las bocinas emitieron alguna deformación, mismo resultado con el Juego de Ender cuyos bajos eh comprobado no lo soportan varios aparatos de sonido.

Respecto a la música recomiendo utilizar la opción A.F.D Auto, la cual utilizara dos bocinas y el Subwoofer disminuyendo el consumo de energía y la disminución de potencia se reduce muy poco.

El amplificador tiene una buena potencia sin llegar a ser demoledora pero con una excelente...

Mexico on Aug 20, 2017

Stanley: It did not meet my expectations for sound quality. Don't misunderstand me, it is good, but I found a better way to drive my main speakers and only use this unit to drive my surround speakers.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I couldn't find a way to fine tune the the frequency spread. In other words, the mid-range needed to be reduced. As it is, the sound is a little muddy.

The better way was a Bryston 2BLP amplifier that I've already had for about 25 years. You can't balance the frequency on it either, but I don't need to. The balance is already perfect.

Canada on Aug 15, 2017

Sea Eagle: Skimpy printed instructions supplied with the product. It took me all day to set it up, after downloading and reading the full manual on my computer. Sony should simplify this product and provide simpler printed instructions with the shipment to allow for a quicker set up by old fogies like me.
Also the CATV setting resulted in delayed start of the HDTV programming. Direct HDMI connection to Cable Receiver is faster.
Once set up, the result was the high quality reproduction I expect from Sony products

Canada on Jan 22, 2017

TB: This is a great receiver for the price. I woke up on Saturday morning to discover my Pioneer receiver was dead. It just wouldn't turn on at all. I'd had it six years, so it had a good run. But I decided to try the Sony receiver this time since I've had success with some of their other products.

I ordered this on a Saturday morning with one-day shipping, and it arrived Sunday early afternoon. I was pleased with that. It was easy to connect, although I missed having an av output, like my Pioneer had.

My setup includes a center channel speaker, two front speakers, and ceiling speakers that are built into my home. The ceiling speakers get connected via an RCA jack, which is why I missed having an output from this receiver. Instead, I purchased an RCA to speaker wire contraption, so that I could connect the receiver to my in-home speakers.

The sound is very good and, interestingly, my TV picture was way better with this receiver than it had been with my now-dead Pioneer receiver. I don't have 4K, but I do have a 3D TV. The pass through feature is nice, since you don't have to turn on the receiver in order to watch TV.

I haven't tried connecting my android...

United States on Mar 28, 2016

Pericombobulation53: All things considered, this is a great receiver for the price. I'll start by listing the minor nits and annoyances I have with it, then move on to the good news:

1) HDMI standby passthrough is great, but it would be nice if it could somehow recognize what input it is selected to in standby mode. What I mean is, Standby passthrough only works if the receiver has been set to the appropriate input before it was turned off. So for instance if you want to watch a cable channel with the receiver off, but the receiver was set to USB or Game or some other input the last time it was on, then standby passthrough won't work. You'll need to turn the receiver on for a moment, select Cable input on the remote, then turn it back off again. It's a little annoying, but still, standby passthrough is a great feature, regardless of this limitation.

2) Playing via USB stick needs more controls. This is another great feature that has a caveat in practice. MP3/WMA music sounds fantastic when streamed directly from a USB stick. But don't expect the receiver to remember what song you were listening to last time. And don't expect to be able to navigate/browse through the list of songs on your...

United States on Mar 09, 2015