Stereo Receiver With Phono

I've had this Sony stereo receiver for a few days now and it has surprised me in a very good way with performance for the price. I'm comparing this receiver to a Yamaha receiver that costs more than three times as much and the Sony sounds as good, if not better than the Yamaha unit, and both sound very good to my ears (paired with Q-Acoustics speakers). For listening to music in 2022, this receiver has just the features you need: phono input for vinyl enthusiasts (phono inputs have all but disappeared from stereo gear), bluetooth for streaming from phones, tablets and PCs, and above all, great sound quality.

Great stereo receiver variety of inputs including phono and Bluetooth works great in my garage

This is a great receiver. I bought it to replace my 30 year old Onkyo Receiver. It is very easy to use. There is nothing complicated to using this receiver. It sounds really good with the speakers that I have. One of my needs was that it have a phono input, and it has one. Some of the other brand receivers in this price range did not have a phono input. It does what it is supposed to do, and I am pleased.

I had an old Technics turntable and was looking for a stereo with phono inputs. This was just what I needed

The best stereo receiver I’ve ever owned! If you want the best, this is it!

This stereo receiver was one of my better online purchases!

I use it to connect my tape deck to the stereo receiver.

After 35+ years in storage, I recently resurrected my Thorens TD-125/Shure SME 3009 Series II/Ortofon cartridge turntable, and to my surprise, the majority of modern-day receivers do not have a phono preamplifier, and if they do, it is usually of very mediocre quality. Based on some excellent reviews on the B&H website, I ordered a DeeJayPre Turntable Phono Preamplifier by ART to compare it with the one built-in to a Yamaha receiver. The ART preamplifier with its output fed to the Aux input of the receiver, audibly outperformed the on-board phono preamp in just about every parameter, including ... gain, channel-balance, noise, harmonic distortion, absence of 60 Hz hum and accuracy of reproduction. Other Pro features include ... an input gain/trim control with an overload clipping indicator, choice of 2 input capacitor filtering and a low rumble & hum filter. My only negative comments relate to the brightness of the indicator lights and lack of an ON/OFF switch. In the absence of a switch, the 12 V transformer supplied with the ART phono preamplifier should be plugged into one of the switched outlets on receiver, either directly, or via a short extension cord. On the features wish list ... a concentric dual Gain/Trim control for individually adjusting the right & left channel input levels would have been really nice. Overall, a very well-designed, well-built & well-priced unit. A great buy.

This receiver is reasonably priced, does what I need and has great sound. The Bluetooth capability is especially nice, along with the phono input.

I just got this yesterday tynalo replace a high end stereo I have had for years. THIS Sony is better than expected and has phono input since I still use records along with other sources. THIS has bluetooth and works GREAT. I may buy a second one since I like it that much. Thank you Sony for including phono and the other features in a great sounding simple stereo. GREAT price.