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This is one great surround sound receiver! After picking up a DVD player, I needed a receiver that could do DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1. The Sony DE545 handles all my components with ease, and while you do need to input speaker information, location, size, etc., this fine tuning pays off! Movies like Braveheart and Jurassic Park shake the walls! I would highly recommend this product to anyone, but check prices, as I found mine at BestBuy for $249 on sale!

I shopped around here in canada and this was the best value for the buck. It sounds great and the features go on and on. Great remote and I am very happy.

I have had mine for two years and do not have one complaint. The price was high at the time, but the Receiver has not disappointed me. It has plenty of outputs/inputs (especially) digital for a beginning to an intermediate level home theater system. I have not heard any hissing sounds. I am currenlty expanding my components and due to the 3 digitial inputs, am having no problems. The specs. say it has Pre-amp outputs, but I don't see them.

I bought mine when the receivers capable of DTS and Dolby Digital were still a new and expensive commodity. When this model came out it was a real price break through for we people on limited budgets. I have had no problems (including hiss) with mine and I really enjoy it for dvds and cd's both. I bought good cables, have some decent Infinity speakers and it will go as loud as you want. There are likely as good or better products available NOW in this price range but, at the time it came out this was an really good value for the buck.

Really sounds great, but the speakers hiss way more than they should. I've seen this complaint by others on other sights as well. I bought mine last night and I'm taking mine back.