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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent receiver so far
By david morehead
This is my third Sony receiver and while there are some quirks, I am overall very pleased. Sound quality is excellent once you read the manual. I use connected banana clips for all my speakers, and it seems that Sony spaced out the distance from the red to the black a little more than what is standard. The banana clips do connect, but the connections on the receiver do bend in slightly to make it work. I did use the microphone to do an initial setup but then needed to go into the menus and tweak some things. First of all it set my speakers to Large. I have a 7.2 DefTech Mythos setup with 2x 8" Subwoofers, so I had to go into the config and change my speakers to Small. It also set the +db ratings for my rear and side surrounds way too high, so I needed to move those down, and move my center channel up. But a lot of that is personal preference. Also, even though I am running 2x subs and they are slightly different (both in distance away from the listener and power rating and construction) there seems to just be a master subwoofer setting, so plan on tweaking your subs individually to make the most of your setup. Another quirk is that the receiver will kind of detect what AV source is active and set it to that, so there were times I would be in the process of turning on the TV, Blu Ray and receiver and it would flip off the AV source I actually wanted because it detected something else. Which means I had to hit the Blu Ray button on the remote, not the end of the world. It did take me an evening of reading the manual to figure out some of the sound fields. By default mine started in 2ch, and it took me a while to figure out what the differences were and what I wanted, but once I did the sound field was outstanding.
The DH740 is quite a bit more powerful than my older Sony STR DG 820. Since I no longer had a requirement for so many stereo, composite and component inputs, it made the back of the receiver nice and clean. 3D pass through works as I would have anticipated, I did test some 3D movies just to verify, but overall I am not a big fan of 3D, that was more of a checkbox thing. I do not have a 4K TV, so that will have to remain untested. I will say the change from 1x 8" sub to having 2x 8" subs was amazing. I always felt that my low frequencies seemed to be coming from a direction, specifically the subwoofer that was to the right front of my media stand. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't full. Adding the second sub to the back left of the room now fills my room with that low frequency, and gives it a more "all around" feeling, instead of a "shooting out from the front of the room" feeling. My DefTech Mythos speakers do seem to sound a bit better, I think they benefited from the increased power. It took me a little while to decipher what the manual was trying to tell me, how to work my way through the menu system, and how to get the blasted EZ Setup to work right. But it was worth it. Especially at this price point, I am very pleased, despite the few quirks.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Very powerful
By hailey brey
This model has alot of power. I have top of the line DCM speakers and my onkyo receiver just wasnt powering them so i went with the sony and i am very pleased. Its also much easier to use and set up. Overall very happy so far
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
do not throw away owners manual on this one , in fact study it before you do any thing else and dont lose remote
By Mr Fixit of Altus
my my my how stereo's have changed one they are now called audio video receivers. The name is not the only thing that's changed gone are bass and treble controls, gone are tuning dials gone are any kind of mechanical adjustment, This device now totally intergrates your audio and video experience. Menu is displayed on your tv screen, and yes the unit does have a display, if you have the eyes of an eagle, display can even be turn off' . Gone are the days of car battery size wires to hook up behemoth speakers no more 15" woofers to get that deep Basso Profoundo , this unit supports 2 powered 8-10 " woofers which can really bring down the house with mini book shelf speaker you have room filling sound with out room filling speakers. . Oh yes the 3/4 " spacing on the dual banana speaker jacks has changed to 1" to comply with European safety standards. This can be had on the web for $8.50 ea plus $5.50 s&h .not from amazon, amazon has a much better deal Sewell Ocelot 12 pr for appr $17. awesome unit easy to operate but please follow all instructions you wont be sorry. Keep on " Jammin"
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Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
 Everything comes together with 7.2 channels, 1015 watts8 and iPod and iPhone connectivity. It also handles most of your components with 4 HD inputs and 4K resolution pass-through. And for movie lovers, HD Digital Cinema Sound brings a true, theater-like experience to everything you watch. |  |
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| On-screen graphical user interface | Audio Return Channel | BRAVIA Sync Capable |
1. Requires 3D content, 3D HDTV, 3D glasses and HDMI cable (at least 10.2 Gbps).
2. Requires HDMI cable and LPCM capable receiver.
3. Requires HDTV with equivalent display and HDMI cable sold separately.
4. Syncs with BRAVIA Sync or Theatre Sync products.
5. iPod support is limited to the following players: iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation, iPod 4th& 5th generation & iPod mini and iPhone 3G, 3Gs and 4G models.
6. Requires HDMI cable sold separately.
7. Requires HDTV and HDMI cable sold separately.
8. 1015 Watts Total System power (145W x 7 @ 6 ohms 1kHz 0.9% THD)
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