This high-grade surround receiver from the Sony topnotch ES line has some increasingly rare features that are meant to please both audio and video enthusiasts, such as a phono input and a built-in AC-3 (Dolby Digital) RF demodulator for use with a DD-compatible laserdisc player.Sony pays fastidious attention to detail throughout the receiver's design and construction. A 24-bit processor handles DTS, Dolby Pro-Logic and Dolby Digital decoding, while a 32-bit digital signal-processing (DSP) engine provides Digital Cinema Sound and other DSP sound fields. For the audio lover, the STR-DA333ES offers a Direct Pass switch that allows the user to bypass most of the preamplifier and signal processing circuitry, providing a direct signal pathway to the receiver's output stages. Video enthusiasts will be stoked to hear that the STR-DA333ES' back panel hosts three A/V inputs with S-video and dual video monitor outputs. The STR-DA333ES' jack pack also offers one coaxial and four optical digital inputs, as well as analog inputs for up to six stereo sources. The receiver is rated to deliver 80 watts x 5 into 8 ohms in home theater mode. The AM/FM tuner has 30 user-programmable presets. Additionally, the two-way remote control can communicate with the receiver and also can display text and status information on a built-in LCD.
This high-grade surround receiver from Sony's topnotch ES line offers everything discerning audiophiles need for quality home theater, including Dolby Digital and DTS surround decoding; 32-bit digital signal processing with 29 Sony-developed surround effects; and discrete output transistors for high-speed, high-current capacity and low distortion. Great build and sound quality are the order of the day with the STR-DA333ES.
Sony pays fastidious attention to detail throughout the receiver's design and construction. The STR-DA333ES uses separate digital processors for 24-bit multichannel surround decoding and employs Sony's proprietary 32-bit Digital Cinema Sound modes, which are designed to re-create the listening conditions in actual film-production suites.
The STR-DA333ES's amplifiers crank out 80 watts for each of its five main surround channels, while audiophile-grade parts--including heavy-duty capacitors, heat sinks, and power supply--couple with an antiresonant chassis design to maintain quality throughout the audio signal path.
The receiver is well stocked with audio-video inputs and outputs, including five S-video inputs and four analog audio inputs (including a phono input for your turntable), as well as five digital inputs and a Toslink optical digital output. The included multibrand two-way LCD remote (preprogrammed to operate many brands of audio-video equipment) simplifies operation immeasurably, showing not only current system configuration, but also station names and CD titles.
MPN: STRDA333ES - UPC: 027242554467
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