Sony STR-AN1000 7.2 CH Surround Sound Home Theater 8K A/V Receiver (Renewed)

Almost finished putting my mini movie theater together & this amplifier is perfect for the Atmos experience!! Bang for the buck for sure!!

I had the previous model which started Malfunctioning after about 10 years so I decided to replace it with this. I bought the 'renewed' new model. This started failing almost immediately. The logic constantly malfunctions; the input selection stopped working, the remote doesn't respond, it goes into mute. I'm unplugging it every few days to get the unit to thing to start functioning again. Initially I thought it was operator error but the errors started increasing with frequency. The malfunctions seemed similar to my old 8 year old model. I got less than 6 months of use out of this and now I have to replace it. Specs might be good on paper, the sound is decent for its class but I think that even my 10-year old 1050 should have lasted longer.

The Sony receiver is a good piece of equipment but it lacks an FM antenna to receive channel's in the local area. I understand signal propagation, bandwidth, side lobs and RF dead spots and bit more. I can get a $12 box radio set it up in the same spot and the reception is great. nuff said

THIS IS AN VERY GREAT MACHINE,....

Excellent sound, easy to set up.

Avoid buying renewed. Learned my lesson so far. Unit stopped putting out video signal 7 days after return window closed. Now I am stuck with a very clunky and expensive audio box.