Sony STR-DE825 Receiver

Pros: High power, lots of controls
Cons: The controls are not intuitive

This receiver, which I have owned for over a year now, requires careful set-up before it will perform the way it is capable.

There is very little that is intuitive about it. However, it you take the time to learn how to operate it, it will...

Pros: Great for surround and digital 5.1
Cons: Durability is an issue

I bought this receiver before I had done a lot of research and I am still ambivalent as to whether or not I would do it again.
First let me say that it is a very impressive piece of equipment. It handles my DVD player's (Sony 550d) audio...

Pros: Versatility, Interaction with other Sony components
Cons: Lack of DTS decoding, and speaker binding posts

When I as looking for receivers the Sony STR-DE825 by far came away as the best receiver for the price. But after owning it there are a few features I wish it had for instance it only has spring clips for speaker output, it would be nice to have...

Pros: Awesome sound and clarity
Cons: disfunctional at times

If you have ever read the Little Red Riding Hood (if you haven't where have you been?) you will be able to understand this. In the story the wolf eats the grandmother and dresses in the grandmothers clothes in order to trick red riding hood and eat her....

Pros: Great sound when it works
Cons: It rarely works

I wrote a long version of how I formed my opinion on the Sony STR-DE825 receiver, but somehow deleted my whole response during spell check. Here is a shorter version...Since buying this receiver just over a year ago, it's been replaced once by an...

Pros: Great power, great features, remote displays CD names, lots of bang for the buck.
Cons: It crashes. Often.

For the price I paid, this is one powerful receiver. 100W per channel, AC-3 decoding, a remote that displays the name of my 400 CDs, this thing is the bomb. That is, when it's working.

It doesn't have the sound quality of a professional...

Pros: Great starter
Cons: no s-video ins/outs

I bought this boy from a co-worker for $300 in April 01. As soon as i got it home and plugged it in i found it didn't work!! So i took it in to get fixed. He agreed to knock off the price of repairs, so $150 later i have a great receiver that produces...