Sony STR-DA6400ES 120 Watt 7.1 multi-room A/V receiver with internet connectivity (Black)

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Price: $2,999.99   

Product Feature

• 120 Watts x 7 (8 Ohm 20-20kHz 0.09%THD)
• DLNA support for photos, music, and video
• Stream music, photos and video from DLNA enabled PC
• Access Rhapsody and SHOUTcast Music Services
• 'Quick Click' On Screen Remote Control

Product Description

Experience premium 7.1 surround sound plus all the benefits of Blu-ray Disc technology with Sony STR-DA5500ES Multi-Channel Network AV Receiver. Connect to the internet and access even more entertainment like music, personal photos, videos - and share them in multiple rooms in your house.

Sony STR-DA6400ES 120 Watt 7.1 multi-room A/V receiver with internet connectivity (Black) Review

When I purchased this receiver and performed the initial hook-up, I was duly impressed with what Sony has done with speaker calibration with the microphone and OSD. Setup was relatively easy due to having purchased numerous Sony ES receivers in the past. The features on this receiver are enormous and would take a considerable amount of time to work through; fortunately, initial sound quality was excellent--I'm sure tweeking the settings would result in additional gains.

I purchased this Sony STR-DA6400ES (120 wpc) receiver to replace my aging Sony STR-DA7100ES (170 wpc) receiver for my theater room's 7.1 hook-up. I performed the routine hook-up process of this receiver to my speakers and other components. I programmed my remote and fired up the theater system to enjoy "The Eagle"--the receiver went in protector mode and shut down at normal listening levels. I then went through the normal trouble shooting processes to verify if something was incorrectly adjusted, but could find nothing set incorrectly.

All my tower speakers are Infinity Composition Overture 3's and my subwoofers all (4) are Sunfire True EQ subwoofers with 2700 watts per subwoofer. The center channel speaker is also Infinity.

At this stage, I pulled the STR-DA6400ES and hooked up the aging STR-DA7100ES. Then, I loaded "The Eagle", adjusted the speaker volume to normal listening levels, and the receiver played perfectly. I then turned up the receiver's volume to a much higher than accepted listening level, but still no problems with clipping.

At this point, I got on the internet, and started to review what others had said concerning the Sony STR-DA6400ES receiver--the reviews were a mixed lot, some great, some good, some bad. Once this review process was complete, I then started to review the internet for the trade magazines' reviews and the wattage output in 2 channels, 5.1 channel, and 7.1 channels. What I found here completely caught me by surprise.

The Sony STR-DA6400ES when ran in 2 channels, clipped, and went in protector mode @ 160 watts per channel. When ran in 5.1 channels, the Sony STR-DA6400ES, clipped, and went in protector mode @ 64 watts per channel. When ran in 7.1 channels, the Sony STR-DA6400ES, clipped, and went in protector mode @ 45 watts per channel. The last number is what really surprised me. Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer Elite, Onkyo, NAD, and Sunfire had much higher 7.1 channel output.

Several other items of interest concerning the Sony STR-DA6400ES, the remotes provided are a much lower quality than the ones supplied with my previous Sony ES receivers. The shear weight of the Sony STR-DA6400ES compared to my aging Sony STR-DA7100ES, is much lower as would be expected.

Due to what occurred, I purchased a Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver for the theater room--I now do not have to worry about clipping the receiver at normal listening levels; unfortunately, the Sunfire does not have the feature set the Sony contains for decoding sound tracks.

The Sony STR-DA6400ES was boxed up and was given as a gift to my sister. Her theater room hook-up with 5.1 was perfect for this receiver and the sound quaility coming through the speakers was spectacular.

Unless Sony comes out with a much higher rated receiver in wattage, I will have to look else where in the future.

One thing I may do in the future is use a receiver similar to this as a pre amp, using the pre outs on the back of the receiver to hook up an external amplifier which was more wpc and will not clip at normal listening levels when in 7.1 hook-up.

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