Sony STR-DA333ES Receiver (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

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Sony Receiver

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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.