STRDH590 5.2 Channel Surround Sound Home Theater Receiver: 4K HDR AV Receiver with Bluetooth,Black

I took a half star off because of the dumb fm antenna wire on this. I did not pay attention to the fm antenna connection when I purchased this. I listen to the radio early in the morning and I should not have to grab my phone to bluetooth a radio station even though it works extremely well. Even the higher end Sony models have this type of antenna. Luckily it sits close enough to a window that I laid the wire flat on the windowsill.Picks up the station I usually listen to ok...45 miles away. This not a entry level receiver..it is a budget entry level receiver. Randy the cheapaudioman on youtube gave this a do not buy recommendation.I recommend that you get this at or slightly above the black friday price. Well I am new to a/v receivers so it was quite the learning curve. I just about took this thing out to the garage and took a sledgehammer to it.But I finally got it to work right for me. Took a while.I plugged my roku ultra 4800x into this and did the setup which was easy. Read the instruction manual. And I think you should learn the amp menu also. There are setting in there that are NOT on the on screen settings. This receiver plays good stereo content from my turntable,radio and dvd player. I stream content to my tv and I could not get all 5 speakers to work with 2.0 content from the streaming services I use. 5.1 worked.I paid good money for my speakers and not being able to use all of them for 2.0 content was a dealbreaker for me. I have Polk elite signature 20s for the mains..polk xt35 for the center and polk xt15s for the surrounds. I finally figured it out. You have to enable audio passthrough on the roku to get all five speakers to play for 2.0 content. On top of that every time I pressed the roku power button everything comes on like it should. Except the roku wanted to change the setting to auto hdr on every power up.My tv is not capable of doing GOOD hdr so I do not use it. The fix is to go into the roku HDMI SECRET MENU and enable/disable automatic recovery at the bottom right of screen. I hope this helps somebody. My apple tv 4k did not do this but I put it on a different tv because apple does not have the weather channel streaming app nor does it have passthough audio. I call it APPLE SOUND. This receiver does not have any clear voice or clear dialogue tech in it. So I have to turn up the center for some content and turn it back down for music. Also I am not a fan of the loud sound effects in some 5.1 content.Night mode works,but what I use is the dynamic compression setting....only selectable through the amp menu....off...auto...on. Its under hdmi in the amp menu. It only comes on for 5.1 content...there is a indicator light. There is no instructions on how to do this in the manual! For me to get acceptable 5.1 sound from this I enabled dynamic compression...bumped rear speaker up a little..lowered my mains a little and raised the center a little for dialogue. What a hassle and learning curve this was. For what I paid....black friday price it was worth it. That is why I gave it 5 stars. Will be looking a DENON S660H receiver next black friday..lol.That is a entry level receiver.You also will need a subwoofer for this. I actually finally got this to sound both pretty good for both tv and music. Also 2 channel surround sound mode is nice...good job SONY. Other brands of receivers have clear voice settings....dynamic compression and other settings all available in the on screen menu. But I got this thing figured out finally..most people do not have the time to horse around with something like this. I hope this helps somebody out. I just got an A in home theater school..lol.Have a good day!

UPDATE: I love this thing. Upgrade from four to five stars! Once you get used to the features, the remote is simplex - a definite improvement over the ancient device and remote it replaced. Updated review comments: - Basic remote use is a one-button press ON for FM, TV, or Bluetooth (which pairs easily). - Angle and range of the remote are awesome (for me at least). - Front panel display is very readable, and the light level is adjustable to several presets to OFF. - The manual onboard volume control is micro-adjustable; no "move it a tiny bit and too loud." - Easy access to digital process presets (Stadium, Concert, Jazz, etc.), and they are "just enough." - Sound quality is exactly what I hoped for. It perfectly drives my two (really old) KEF Carina 2 speakers and two (really old) satellite Radio Shack Optimus Pro X44AV. - A simple, old-school Pyle speaker selector switch (purchased via Amazon) easily accommodates front/satellite speaker switching/combining (as there is no second set of speaker OUTs on the Sony). Nonetheless, the Sony receiver drives them both pairs of speakers as hoped -- no worries. - I can accept that there is no AM on this thing. Truth be known, about the only time I've ever used AM has been in weather emergency situations, looking for someplace - any place - to get info. However, I now have a spiffy Midland battery/solar/hand-cranked AM/FM/NOAA Weather radio (via Amazon) for that. So, no AM on the Sony is not a deal breaker. INITIAL REVIEW: My 26-year-old Sony AV Receiver was intermittently shutting down and displaying "PROTECTION." I opened it up, blew out a ton of dust, examined and found no bulging capacitors, re-assembled - and it worked flawlessly - for about 6 months. Bought this low/mid-range one to replace the old one. It works, however there are things I like and dislike: PRO: • Despite the complex possibilities of set-up and calibration with the included microphone, it was truly just plug-and-play. • The Display is clear, sufficiently bright, and easily customizable. • The remote is much smaller, more intuitive, and less complex than the old one. • Printed user manual - cool. CON: • Sony's approach (still) is to handle a lot of (almost all?) the adjustments for you. For example, no simple tone controls. "Just leave the sausage making up to us, and we'll provide the only pre-sets you'll really need." • If you were to brave following all the set-up directions in the user manual, you should first get a degree in signal path, gain structure, and network configuration. • There is no AM tuner - just FM. I get it. Fancy-ish home AV systems rarely, or never dial-up AM stations. • No B channel speaker outputs! My old receiver accommodated two main sets of speakers: "A" speakers were 5.1 plus sub for the big room, and "B" speakers were a simple L/R for another set of speakers (ours are wired, in the kitchen). To solve this missing feature, I've ordered a simple manual Pyle A/B switch (actually A/B/C/D) to take the output of the receiver and have the option of playing just A, B, or both A and B (like the old unit had built-in). About that A, no B thing: None of the Sony AV Receivers I researched from base model to those costing thousands, have outputs for a B set of speakers. None. If I missed one, would love to know about it. Also, all my speakers are 8 Ω, so if this doubling-up on load via the Pyle switch yields impedance woes, I'll update this review.

Sound quality is great. It comes with a calibration microphone that makes it really easy to set up surround sound. It recognizes the minuscule differences in the speakers, and dials in a perfect surround sound arrangement. Bluetooth connectivity leaves a lot to be desired. It almost always has this very harsh and loud digital squelching sound when it connects, and sometimes it drops connection while I’m just sitting there in the same room. It usually reconnects a few seconds later, and often accompanied by that same harsh squelch sound. The direct sound mode is good, though. It makes it easy instead of futzing around with modes. Just hit direct button, and it plays the raw sound being fed to the system. Xbox One X doesn’t seem able to pass through HDR or DolbyVision. I’m not necessarily knocking this system as the cause, but you may want to know that it may not go through. And I did check the cables. The same ultra high speed HDMI cables between the systems and the TV both fed HDR+ when going directly into the TV. Then again, maybe there’s an issue with the TV itself in accepting a pass through signal. 🤷‍♂️ This is a nitpick, but it collides with our lifestyle, and maybe it does for you, too. If you use the receiver as a device selector, you can’t listen to anything while using video of something else. My wife wanted to listen to our record player. I wanted to play Tetris. I don’t need sound for it, but there’s no way to split the functionality.

A high quality modern receiver for a good price. I assume because of 2025 "things" the price has increased for new, the used market is still very reasonable. It includes all the normal nice things you'd want of a receiver, but here's the things that stand out to me: 1. Plug it into an ARC or eARC HDMI plug on your TV, and you can do all the setup on the screen. This includes the surround sound calibration. This also makes doing other activities like bluetooth setup much easier. 2. No PHONO input. If you have a record player, use an amp. That will give you better sound anyway, but just a heads up. I plugged my phono amp into SA/CD 3. The main LEFT / RIGHT speakers are the screw-style connectors, while the center and rear speakers are the "stick in the hole and let it get pinched" style. Two sub ports, the nature of subs means its non-directional anyway but lets you put two in different locations if you wish. 4. The integration with eARC is very convenient, at least on my TV. I have a Samsung TV and it recognized the input and took control of it, and now when the TV turns on or off, so does the receiver, and the audio is also managed right there. This is nice since you can leave it set to the receiver for audio and have the convenience of a soundbar but the improved sound quality of discrete speakers & surround. It only has the stated surround capabilities, not A/B or different speaker routing. That's fine, I've never had a need for the more complicated passive speaker routing. Because of that, the panel is smaller and the receiver itself is also smaller. I really appreciated the reduced size since it helps keep the heat down and fits more easily in my stand. Very pleased.

I purchased the STRDH590 about a year ago. It has now begun to display protect and shut off at volumes above 30(on the display) depending on the source(TV/computer.) I have been using the high quality Klipsch "REFERENCE THEATER PACK 5.1 SYSTEM" speakers. All speakers produce sound at volumes below about 30 on the display. I contacted Sony to have the unit repaired under warranty. OMG! What a nightmare dealing with tech support and customer support. The support person refused to listen to my symptoms and instead refused to honor the warranty unless I personally trouble shot the problem over the phone. He started taking me through a procedure that I told him was not applicable to problems I had. He told me unless I performed all the test he told me to perform,no matter how unrelated to my problem, they would not honor their warranty and Sony would do nothing more for me. I ask to talk to his supervisor, but he said all he could do was transfer me to customer service. Mark, the customer service agent insisted that no customer would be allowed to talk to a manger no matter what the complaint. He was Intransigent and refused to provide me with a way to send a complaint to management(not an E-Mail address, not a phone number or even an address.) I have always been a fan of Sony's equipment, but with the lack of respect for their customers and their refusal to honor their warranty, I will unlikely buy another Sony product. Sony apparently believes they don't have to treat their customers well and they will not accept any criticism from their customers. No one dealing with a front line agent with many tiers of blocking agents(so called escalating) should believe or accept that they will be taken seriously unless a manager is available to listen to their complaints or at least a realistic means of registering a complaint(e.x. an E-Mail complaint address which is read by a manager.) After realizing that I was getting nowhere over the phone and with no other way to resolve the problem, I decided to test each speaker individually, But after lifting and turning the STRDH590 90 degrees to access the speaker connections and testing it with all speakers for my first test the unit began functioning without shutting down. I raised the volume to more that 50(on the display) and no protect message or shutdown. The speakers performed extraordinarily well as expected with a set of Klipsch speakers. Obviously the problem was not a speaker as I never touch a speaker just lifting and turning the STRDH590. I place the unit back in the cabinet at its original, more than a year, position! No connecting, reconnecting, or isolation of speakers would have made any difference in diagnosing the protect error. I'm not sure the problem will not reoccur. Lifting and turning the STDH590 had some affect. Who knows the chassis may have been tweaked enough to bring together a cracked PCB trace, or make a bad solder joint work again. It really doesn't matter what the STRDH590 failure issue is, Sony should have quickly and graciously taken the unit back and diagnosed the problem. You should seriously consider the horrible service I experienced with an under warranty Sony product when buying any Sony product. I was about to buy a new Sony HDTV but, now I am seriously considering Samsung. Don't allow bullying customer service agents to prevent you from expressing your displeasure with any company.

I had unique needs and this unit met almost all of them and came in much lower than my max budget. Commentary below: Dimensions: needed to be as short as possible for future cabinet building/fitting. This is the shortest unit i could find that met my other criteria. Surround: needed at least 5.1 with MCACC. I built my system out of a variety of equipment at differing impedance levels and cone sizes per channel. The MCACC feature worked wonders and saved hours of fine tuning the sound field. Performance: needed to perform at a variety of impedance levels per channel and rather low impedance for home audio. I make my stuff out of car audio equipment which is usually lower than their listed 4ohm value. Home audio is usually listed at 8ohm. This units amp lists a range of 6-16 ohm per channel. It's driving 10 speakers (2/channel in series) each channel between 6.3 and 8ohms. I haven't measured it yet but the amp's subwoofer pre-out seems to be 1-2volts which is acceptable. With the preface that I know what I'm doing and 6.5in is my largest cone, this thing will hurt my ears before it clips. So, for me, wattage is a non-issue. Features: it has MCACC. Use it. Bluetooth it works great. Dimmer: I use this in a bedroom and sometimes for looping thunder sounds to sleep to. The dimmer will cut the display down to 50% or turn it off entirely. It also turns off the blue Bluetooth light. Incredibly thoughtful engineering for sleeping applications. Processing: sony's smart surround setting (HD somethingorother) will automatically pass through DTS and Dolby (and pressing display on the remote will tell you what its passing through so you don't have to guess) and more importantly it will automatically play stereo sources in multi channel stereo (aka extended stereo) Shortcomings (all easy to know from listing and photos): Surround wire terminals aren't banana plug compatible but the front channels are. There's no full range pre-out for another zone. Volume: level is displayed in a unit-less value, would prefer actual decibel values Network: ethernet port for basic smart home control functions would be nice.

This my 2nd Sony Reciever. My first was a similar unit but with Blue Ray and Internet Connection for YouTube, and other apps. But after 10 years the front display was so dim you could hardly see it. The Internet would not connect saying the unit was unregistered. I was looking for a simple inexpensive receiver with 5.1 Surround sound for running my TV programs through. What I like about this unit is that it has a TV out HDMIV connection and 4 HDMIV in connections. I simply connect my satellite HDMIV cable to its corresponding Satellite in connection, or a DVD or a Lap Top to one of the extra HDMIV connections and the receiver controls the output to the TV. All you need to do is select the input (ie: Satellite, Computer, DVD) and the receiver controls the output to the TV. You don't need multiple HDMIV cables going to different inputs in your TV, only to the Receiver. Sound is good. Menu and Amp Functions show up on the TV so you can set up the receiver from the TV. Very simple set up. I also like the speaker set up function. You put the Mike in the area where you normally watch TV, plug it into the corresponding connection in the receiver and start an auto speaker set up. The receiver sends tones to each speaker and adjusts the volume so that you get the right output on the speakers for where you are sitting in the room. Cost of unit is mid range and sound good.

My house was struck by lightning and all the electronics in my entertainment center got zapped. I had a trusty Sony receiver of an earlier generation of this model/style that had served me well for a dozen years so I went with the upgrade. I was not looking to spend a lot of money and I did not need a laundry list of features that I likely would not use. I wanted a certain number of HDMI inputs and this one was a compromise on that end. I would have liked more. The Bluetooth is handy. I like the way it works and doesn't try to take over my phone. I can turn it on and off with the touch of a button so its not whining like a lost puppy every time my phone is out of range. I leave it off most of the time but during parties or while chillaxing, it is nice to tap the button and let my music fill the room. I do use it as a radio tuner and the reception is just fine, but I have a big antenna wired in so that probably helps. I did not try the antenna that came with it. I am content with 1080p or 4k image quality and it seems to handle it just fine. I upgraded my display to 4k and the picture quality is as expected. The receiver has no contol over the quality of the display so for its part, it seems to have no issues. Sony hasn't changed their remotes for this model so my old remotes work too. The layout is familiar so it was very easy to set this up and use it. I hope this one lasts at least as long as the other one, barring any future lightning strikes. The other one was very durable and seemed happy in the cabinet. I did upgrade the cabinet to include some powered ventilation as the equipment seems to generate a lot of heat, especially the PS4. The receiver gets warm too, so I figure moving the hot air out and cool air in can't hurt.