Page 1 of Anyone got a sony STRDE475

Hi there

I was wondering If any one uses the above receiever and what they think of it. I am about to take delivery of one this thursday.

I was also wondering what is the best way to connect my lecson-dvd900 to the unit. Optical or co-axial.? I am new to home cinema so any help would be greatly appreciated


Many thanks

The Duke

I had my order in for one of those from Empire Direct.... but after checking out a couple of review pages I`ve decided to spend the extra and opt for the Marantz SR4200 at hifijunkies.co.uk (£233 inc.free del.) an award winner with more features.
Nothing really wrong with the Sony but I`ve always found...you get what you pay for.

Hi, I dont own one of these. I am lucky enough to own a STRDB870. However, my mate owns one and he is over the moon. For less than £200.00 it a great amp.
To me its a scaled down version of my amp. However, take nothing away from it ,it can chuck out 5.1 and DTS with ease and it has some excellent DSP modes. Engage the `Cinema ex B` option for a really effective sound stage. Dont tinker with the options too much as I have found that it sounds best by default if that makes sense.

Personally , at this price, go for an IXOS co-axial optical. Its warmer sounding and in fact Sony recommend this connection with their amps. Also, if you intend on routing a seperate CD player invest in good quality left and right phono leads as they dont like cheap leads, but hey, doe`s anyone !!!

Finally, if you get an ixos co-ax note that you have to unscrew the tip of the lead to make a `sound` connection.

Hope you enjoy it.

Pete.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 5th February 2002, 19:16

I bought one of these from a shop in Oswestry last week for £150. The shop is an ex-Index catalogue shop. The stock changes frequently as they may have only one or two of each item but the bargains are unbelieveable. I have seen Sony Wega TVs for just over £500.

The Sony 475 is excellent for a budget AV amp. Mine is connected to my Grundig GDV210 dvd via an optical and the sound is superb. I went for this amp as its DTS and most of my dvds are from the US. I hope you enjoy it