Excellent companion to PS3, April 6, 2010

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J. C. Winter (California) – See all my reviews

  

Just wanted to share a few points about this product that weren’t clear to me before I purchased it.

1.) The receiver does not decode Dolby True HD or Master DTS HD. HOWEVER, the receiver accepts LPCM signals. So, if your Blu-Ray player can send an LPCM signal and it has onboard decoders for those codes (and I believe they all do), then you can still experience everything Dolby True HD and Master DTS HD has to offer. If you’re lost at this point, I’ll put it this way. If you have a PS3 and this sound system, you’re getting the full “HD” sound offered by Blu-Ray discs. Just make sure your PS3 is set to send Blu-Ray audio via LPCM, not Bitsreaming. Also, you need to connect your PS3 with HDMI to make this happen.

2.) The sound from this system is excellent. 1000 watts is plenty of power for your typical home theater. In fact, it’s more watts than most home theater systems on the market currently offer. In my experience, a good rule of thumb is “more…

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Amazing Value!!!, June 19, 2010

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P. LaBute (Columbus, Ohio) – See all my reviews

  

I can’t accurately express how great this product is in a few paragraphs, but I’ll try. I’ll start by saying that I already had a Blu-ray player (PS3), so I was looking for a surround system that was affordable and easy to set-up, actually sounded good, and felt like a quality product. After using the system for a few days I can tell you that it has more than accomplished these things.

I paid full retail price, which was 0, but again, I only needed a surround system by itself, no DVD or Blu-ray player, which is what the majority of systems seem to be these days with BD becoming more popular. That said I was willing to pay a little more if it was a good system. The system comes with a central speaker, two front speakers and two surround speakers to achieve 5.1 surround, which is plenty for an apartment like mine. There is also a very powerful subwoofer included as well, so when I have a home I can really pump the bass. Additionally, the power is 1000w…

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Good Bargian, March 12, 2010

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J. Paree “pethead23″ (Tampa, FL) – See all my reviews

  

I bought this system yesterday. It has great, even sound and multiple sound fields for different situations (movies, games, sports, etc). I like that the speakers are small (the center channel speaker) disappears in front of my television. Also, there are 3 HDMI inputs for everything I need (Blu-Ray player, Computer, etc) and one output for the television. There are also inputs for analog and digital audio sources. One drawback is that the ‘wireless’ rear speakers are only wireless when coupled with the optional AIR EZW-T100 Wireless transmitter and the Wireless amplifier for the speakers (WAHT-SA10). This wasn’t a problem until I found that the amplifier doesn’t seem to be available anywhere. Even the SonyStyle store shows ‘out of stock’. Aside from that, this is a great-looking and sounding system for a reasonable price. As long as you don’t demand wireless rear speakers in the immediate future, I highly recommend it.

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