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3.0 stars
"Excellent sound quality, but I should have gone wired."
Pros: Excellent sound quality.
Cons: It is not "Really" wire-less, set-up nightmare, DVD sloooooooow, No DVD eject from remote
Summary: I finally decided to replace my 13+ year old surround sound system (Denon/Klipsh) and chose the Sony, not for price, but because I could use my Marriot points to get it from Sky Mall.
I set up the speakers pretty easily, but was disappointed to find out that the rear supposedly wireless speakers were in fact wired to an amplifier with an inadequate amount of speaker wire. I was also surprised to find out that the sub woofer was not powered. I am amazed it sounds as good as it does.
Another disappointment was that the DVD player and the receiver are integrated. I had planned on using my Panasonic DMR-ES40VS DVD Recorder/VCR with this system and relegating the Snoy DVD to another room. The Sony DVD is extremely slow. And you can't enter the setup mode while in DVD playback to fine tune the sound.
When I first powered on the system, the front and center speakers were completely over powering the rear speakers. After much frustration and a couple of drinks I was able to figure out how to enter the custom configuration mode using the remote. Quite often I would get into this Parental Control setup loop and would have to power off the system to get out.
When I was finally able to access the custom setup I had to coerce the remote into letting me navigate to the speaker set up. But once I was able to get to this point I was able to tweak the speaker settings to balance out the sound from the speakers. This is a tedious but necessary process. You enter setup, change some settings, exit setup, play a DVD, see how it sounds, struggle to get back into setup, and repeat until you think you have it right.
Overall I think the sound is superior to my former system. And once I have it set up just to my liking I feel certain that, with the proper amount of time, I will forget the frustrations I went through setting it up.
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Hi I'm a novice for the HT system. Since I already have a decent Yamaha A/V receiver, can I connect this wireless system with the Yamaha receiver (e.g. connect the Sony DVD player to the Yamaha receiver)? This way I can select the sound programs from the Yamaha receiver rather than the Sony DVD player that also acts as a receiver if stand alone. So basicly I will use the Sony DVD player to play movies only but have Yamaha to process sounds.
Thanks!
