Sony STR-DN1050 7.2 Channel Hi-Res 4K AV Receiver (Built-in Wi-fi & Bluetooth)

Let me first say I am by no means an audiophile. I bought this to replace an aging Onkyo 5.1 "theater in a box" setup. A lot has changed since I purchased my first setup nearly 10 years ago. I have to say, this is a great receiver for the price. I picked mine up as a warehouse deal in very good condition. In fact, it was brand new and doesn't look like it was ever removed from the box. Setup is a breeze using the included microphone. I paired this with a Polk TL2/MC60 speaker package I put together and a PSW 505 Polk sub. My only issue was a matter of user error. As this is a 7.2 system, it has 2 LFE subwoofer outputs. I arbitrarily chose one and could not get my sub to calibrate or put out any bass. I swapped to the other output and problem solved. The TL2's are satellite speakers and the calibration setup correctly identified all perimeters. I tweaked it a little but all in all, pretty accurate. The HDMI passthrough is a great feature but takes some getting used to compared to when you want to switch the input with the reciever off. Choosing and input with the receiver on automatically turns it back on. Not a huge issue but a bit annoying. I am using the full 7.1 setup and elected to power a second zone with a separate amp using the zone to preamp output. Otherwise you lose 2 channels from the 7.1/7.2 setup (specifically your rear surrounds) and end up with a 5.2 setup. There is no quick way to access the zone 2 features via the GUI. I downloaded the android app and it makes it much easier. Being able to listen to separate inputs in each zone is nice. I am also using the multiple HDMI outputs as we have a second TV in the kitchen. You can either use the HDMI zone 2 or the HDMI B output in conjunction with your main HDMI A out. HDMI B plays the same as HDMI B while HDMI Zone 2 can function independently. Sound is great from this machine compared to my old setup. Granted the speakers have a role here but the brains of the system is the DN1050. We mainly use thi for it's surround sound role with music being secondary. Either way, the average user will be impressed for the price. I don't have a 4k TV yet so I can't comment on that. It's in the works so I'll know more in the future. Bottom line, if you are on the fence this is a great deal for the money. You won't find a better deal at this price point. While the DN1060 is the newest model of the series I don't feel it justifies nearly $100 more for whats been updated.

Bottomline...not what I would consider very good sound and multiple issues after 1 yr. Sony STR-DN1050 7.2 Channel Hi-Res 4K AV Receiver (Built-in Wi-fi & Bluetooth) (Update) I did eventually receive a service center prepaid postage and address to send the receiver off. The receiver was sent to United Radio in NY. They were quick to replace the digital pcb and return the receiver to me (invoice dated Jan 2017). It worked great until last night (16 Jul 2017). We tried to watch a movie and it appears we have the exact same problem. There is zero recognition of any signal coming out of the HDMI A port. I did a system reset and waited for it to clear and tried it all again. I now get some video but it is distorted and the menu is all kinds of jacked up. Even though I select English, some the Easy Set Up menus come up in foreign languages. So it lasted about 1 year before it broke the first time and then it lasted about 6 months after being repaired. I'm done with this POS. I'm certainly not going to call Sony to go through that rigamarole again to troubleshoot it any further. (Original Review) I've had this receiver since May 2015. I bought it brand new from here on Amazon after reading the CNET reviews for its sound. This review doesn't have anything to do with the sound, but I will say I disagree with CNET. My Sherbourn (Emotiva) sounded better. The bass with this receiver comes out a little bloomy and not tight. Having said that, in August of 2016 I lost video and sound. I checked all HDMIs and none of them worked. All HDMI items plugged directly into the TV worked fine. I unplugged the receiver and didn't get around to calling Sony about it until Dec 22, 2016. (I was out of town until Dec 16, 2016) When I called Sony to get a return address I had to trouble shoot the receiver for about 30 minutes with the tech. After a system reboot, we got video but could not test the sound because the system calibration would not work. They could not give me a trouble ticket number because their "system was having major issues/was down". I called back the next day, and went through the same processes with another tech. After 45 minutes of trouble shooting he gave me a ticket number (E644 496 84) and passed me to a second level person. The second level person also insisted on doing the same trouble shooting. Then he asked me to hold while he looked up the error codes (32 and 33). After being on hold for about 10 minutes he came back on; thanked me for holding and then hung up...or was somehow disconnected from me. I called back and got another tech. I gave him my ticket #. He asked me to hold for at least another 10 minutes then said their system wasn't working right now, but I should expect a call back in about an hr. In the mean time they would email me a prepaid postage address sticker. It's been over an hr...they haven't called, nor have I received an email. My guess is that I'll be calling them back again sometime after Christmas. Can't wait to repeat myself over again...and again. I will update this review as necessary.

As my review title might tell you, I'm not (EDIT: WAS not) super happy with the reliability of this receiver. Originally I thought the USB port just completely failed (circuit burned out, whatever. It totally quit!) Instead, here's how easy, yet stupid, it was to fix; I unplugged the receiver and then plugged it back in and the USB port went back to working. (After over a month of ownership, the USB port shutdown hasn't occurred again since the 1st time.) So glad I thought to try that before shipping it back! (The "Raytheon reset", as they say (or used to say) in the Navy.) If you're honest with yourself, you will probably not go wrong in the sound quality department with any receiver you buy above a few hundred bucks assuming your audio/video sources, speakers, and video monitor are up to snuff as well. The Sony STR-DN1050 does not have any fundamental issues in the sound department according to my listening nor research. You can find many reviews that say this unit sounds great. Above great, even. Plenty of other folks will tell you that ANY Sony receiver is crap (whether or not they have actually listened to one, or this one in particular). If you are in the latter group then you are only here to troll, and you should just go back to listening to your vinyl records on a $5000, 50watt/channel, stereo tube amp through $1000 dollar cables to $5000 speakers and leave the rest of us alone. I replaced a ten year old, $1000 level Yamaha with this Sony, and that Yamaha was itself the replacement for another $1000 level Yamaha that I also had for about 10 years. Neither of those Yamahas had any significant failures and still sounded as good as the day I got them. They had just fallen behind in the receiver features race. My initial evaluation is that the Sony is not as high quality in basic amplifier details as those Yamahas (no surprise at nearly half the price), but I can't tell the difference by the sound and as long as the 1050 also lasts 10 years I will have no complaints about the trade off. With HDMI 2.0, wifi, bluetooth, etc., the 1050 seems as future proof as receivers ever get. Hopefully, if you're here looking at these reviews, you've already done your research and know what this receiver can (or should) be able to do, so I won't re-hash those details. This receiver can (or should) be able to do A LOT, and so I'll say up front that most everything I'm about to tell you may have a fix, or some sort of rhyme or reason I just haven't figured out yet. However, I'm a reasonably smart guy with a reasonably high level of aptitude in home theater and I haven't been able to figure them out so I'll just go ahead and tell you about them. So on to my experiences and gripes: 1. As mentioned, on day 2 of ownership the USB port went dead (NOTE: again, it's working now). It worked fine out of the box. Then on the 2nd day I was using it to listen to an iPod and then came back a few hours later and nothing plugged into the USB port would work. I tried different cables, devices, thumb drives, you name it. The loss is tragic, because the fact that this receiver plays music from (while charging them!) all of my family's Apple products is pretty awesome. Also, in my short time while the USB port was working, I really liked that I could plug a USB thumb drive in and play music straight off it. And not just mp3 or wma, but also AAC (and a bunch of others I didn't try)! I can't think of an electronic product (that was not a PC based computer program/app) that I got that didn't come from Apple that would play AAC, and subsequently a large portion of my music collection is AAC so that is a great feature in my book. Come to think of it, I have had one other component that played AAC as well: My PS3. Well done, Sony! 2. As you've probably seen, this receiver does not have unlimited inputs. Probably more than enough for any normal person, but it is what it is and you have to decide if you can live with what it has. (For HDMI, that number is 5 rear panel HDMI and 1 front panel HDMI. Add in 2 HD capable component inputs and you get a total of 8 HD inputs. Why does the Sony site and the Amazon page for the 1050 say 8 HDMI inputs and 10 total HD inputs? I can't begin to guess, and it really irks me in principle, but if you've done your research then you know what it really has.) My critical needs were 4 hdmi inputs, and I was really hoping that the fact this was a Sony product would mean that I'd finally have real interoperability between my Sony XBR6 TV, Sony BR player, and my receiver. Regarding inputs, of the limited inputs the 1050 has it repeats them across several formats of input (e.g. there is a "SA-CD/CD" input in HDMI, Optical, and Analog RCA). It's a little confusing, and I'm still playing with it, but one of the ways that they've gotten around conflicts is to have separate "watch" and "listen" groups. In my case I have an external HD Radio receiver, Sony no less, (what is it with NO ONE having HD Radio in their receivers still after all the years it's been out?) plugged into the SA-CD/CD analog input, and my HTPC hooked into the SA-CD/CD HDMI input. I've been able to rename each input to what I actually have in it, and since the HTPC is in the "watch" group and the HD Radio in the "listen" group, the receiver is able to use both of the inputs even though they are labeled the same even though there is a limited number of buttons on the remote. Basically you push the "listen" button on the remote a number of times until you get to the source you want to listen to on an OSD, and similarly with "watch". While this works pretty well if: 1. You've got the receiver hooked up to an external display, and, 2. You've got that display turned on, there are limitations. Considering that the receiver only has a single line front panel display, if I want to just listen to my HD Radio and have no reason to turn on my display to do so then I have to blindly punch the "listen" button on the remote until I get to the right input. (The front panel display does not tell you what input you're up to until you stop punching the "listen" button, so it can be hit or miss. It is very intuitive if you've got a display hooked up, and on, but still...) 3. EDITED (see updated part at end): Interoperability between home theater components: There is a link going on between my Sony TV and this receiver, but it's not perfect. Case in point; when I turn the receiver on to watch a video source, it does not turn on the TV. (My 7 year old Sony BR player DOES turn on the 7 year old Sony TV through the HDMI link when I hit "play". Go figure.) But, if I've got the TV and receiver both on and turn off the TV, it will turn off the receiver (or turn it on if they were off) automatically even if I was, say, listening to music from my HTPC and just didn't need the TV on but still wanted the receiver to stay running. (Conversely, I had to hunt down and turn off the "auto off" function of the receiver because, even though I was actively viewing/listening to my HTPC output it apparently didn't register with the receiver and the 1050 would shut off a few minutes after my last input from the receiver remote.) If the TV and receiver are both on and the receiver is turned off first it doesn't turn off the TV, it actually keeps the HDMI input last selected on the receiver running into the TV, and switches the TV speakers on. Because of this "feature", at one point I spent a while watching a movie on my HTPC through the TV speakers after the 1050 had done the auto-off thing I just described, thinking "geeze, the receiver sounds as crappy as the TV speakers!". EDIT on interoperability: Well, all the stuff I said previously was technically true, but... it seems on further evaluation that the link is actually working pretty well. Here's what I was missing: The 1050 assumes that if you turn it off FROM the receiver then you either weren't using the TV or didn't want to effect the TV, and so leaves the TV on (or off, as the case may be). If you turn the TV on or off FROM the TV, the receiver will turn on (or off) as well via link. Here's the really cool part: When watching a video source through the TV, any volume input that would tend to change the TV volume actually changes the 1050's volume via the link. I really like this since we tend to keep the component section of our home theater blocked off with a rolling toy chest (darn toddlers!), and in the past I had to roll it out of the way every time we wanted to watch something that required line of sight to the receiver in order to control volume via the remote. Now we can leave the toy chest where it is: The cable TV remote, which we previously set to control the TV volume (but never did use, because with the old receiver there was no link with the TV), now controls the 1050's volume through the TV. Seems small, but pretty sweet in practice! 4. Input switching speed: This would be a real deal breaker for me, and I'm glad to report that, once up and running, the switch time between inputs is very reasonable. My big gripe is this: If I start up the 1050 to listen to a "listen" only source (e.g. the USB input) I get sound pretty quickly, but the TV spends several minutes reporting that there is no compatible (visual) input signal instead of showing the receiver's GUI. The "workaround" I've found is that I can briefly switch to a "watch" source and the TV will immediately recognize the input, then I go back to the "listen" only source and I can then see the OSD of the receiver. 5. Software update: WiFi is there, obviously, and it works, but it isn't a great priority for me (so far, since I already had an HTPC in my system that does far more than the Sony can). The one quirk I saw that I wanted to share was the update process: The 1050 almost immediately reports upon WiFi connection that there is an update available, but doesn't force you to start it. My advice is do it right away! I spent an hour or two messing around in the menus and setting up my system before I started the update. When it finishes (which takes a while), the 1050 resets to defaults and you have to start all over! Aggravating. Going on a couple of months I'm pretty happy with the 1050 (aside from the USB thing). Hopefully they will come up with a firmware update to fix the "video source not supported" issue.

I do not know what others are doing, or not doing, to grip so much about this receiver. It worked as advertised, the sound, Wi-fi, zone, and picture are superb. I did at first experience what appeared to be a HDMI handshake problem, only to realize that my top brand Panasonic TV has to be reset to work with this receiver. The way I had initially set up my TV was not compatible with the new bells and whistles found in the STR-DN1050. I find this to be an outstanding receiver for its price. as for the instructions, I really did not need them except for knowing where to go to do the out of the box network update to ensure the receiver worked right. the update took about 15 minutes using the an internet connection, Wi-Fi was later an very easy setup. the rest i learned by surfing around the GUI on the TV for about 20 minutes, setting up the bells and whistles as i did. the sound balancing system was right on the first time I used it, It took no time. Setup was simple. the back is laid out clearly. Note: i have always had a receiver since 1968 so I am use to change and this one has a lot of them. Great receiver, The only ones who should be disappointed are the ones who are expecting to be disappointed in the first place. This is an update to my own post, please read. I have called SONY several times on whether the 1050 is HDCP 2.2 capable with a firmware upgrade. I was told a couple of times in a beat around the bush way that it was. NOTE the Sony web does not mention ultra HD or HDCP 2.2 at anytime for this model. Finally today I got the answer from SONY that this model's chipset does not support HDCP 2.2. This to me is a deal breaker, I have sent it back. HDMI 2.0 without HDCP 2.2, a standard advocated by SONY, could influence future playing of upcoming Ultra HD media I have traded this in for the Onkyo TX-NR636 which has HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2. What was SONY thinking on this? Drop my stars by 2 for SONY's avoiding clearifying its 4k specs and capabilities. It has taken me two orders and 20 days to get this straight, not great service. I do thank the last SONY rep for giving me the answer I needed to make the right choice. This is still a great receiver if you are not looking for HDCP 2.2

Very nice sound, but cumbersome to use. It has to be hooked up to a TV monitor to adjust almost everything except presets and volume. A unit like this should have an easier way to change radio stations from the unit itself. The on-line manual is okay, but not always very clear. The dials are very sensitive, and prone to unwanted toggling between adjacent functions. When I initially looked into buying the unit at Best Buy (a long story I won't say much more about here), the salesman assured me that I could select between two speaker zones, but this is not true. Now that I have the unit, it is apparent that (A) zone 1 is always on, (B) through a series of commands requiring a TV monitor, it is possible to turn off zone 2, but (C) it is not possible to turn off zone 1 and just listen through zone 2 speakers. You'll need to buy an additional toggle switch if you want to isolate zones. Be aware that the DN1050 has no Phono input, so if you still use a turntable, you'll need a preamp to go with the receiver. It appears this model is being supplanted by the DN1060, which has a slightly expanded Internet spectrum but does not address any of the issues mentioned above. I was buying this unit for music and DVDs, not for home theater/surround sound. Perhaps the DN1050 does home theater well, but if your needs are mostly music, I would not recommend this unit.

I haven't take the time yet to review a product when I am only so-so enthused over it (a 2-3-4 star review). Hence, my reviews are 5 stars. My 5 star reviews are balanced against the intended purpose and price point of the product. At this price point, I have yet to hear a better receiver. Sony is on their audio game these days, especially for a mainstream brand. The setup is easy, the Spotify Connect is a breeze, and using your iPhone to control it is easy. I never looked at one piece of instructions, paper or online. I am currently only powering two front (L/R) tall Polk Rti A7s, no sub, no satellites, no zones. They've never sounded better. My main purpose of this one was audio - an old school stereo, with a modern twist. I stream high res audio files through AirPlay on a MacBook Pro, AirPlay max quality Spotify from iPads and iPhones (at which point I let the receiver take command with Spotify Connect), and play CDs on a Sony PlayStation. You'll know when the receiver takes over the downloading on Spotify Connect. Saves your iPhone battery and cuts out the middle man. Even bluetooth sounds good enough for a quick fix of high wattage. Also, the onscreen menus are easy to use. I'll add some speakers and test blu-ray soon...it will also "dumb down" 5.1 and 7.1/7.2 audio to 2-channel stereo, trying to keep some integrity. I am actually really interested to how that sounds on a blu ray to account for center channel dialogue. I will report back. WARNING on the sticker on the front panel. I got one on a very cold day...it left a lot of residue, which I think was due to the cold. I should have heated it with a blow dryer or waited for the product to come to room temperature, but I was too excited to set it up. The usual suspects did NOT remove the residue. Eventually, I got down to my Griot's Speed Shine and Griot's Bug and Tar remover (also 5 star products)...and it came off like it wasn't there. I quickly followed up with an electronics cleaner to remove any remaining car products. Good as new.

The receiver would not connect to my Wi-Fi, but I planned to address that problem the following day. The receiver otherwise worked beautifully. Set up was easy. Excellent sound. And I loved the simplified remote. The next morning, all my HDMI connections were out. No signal. Another "two star" reviewers complained of the same problem.This is probably a fine receiver, but I just got the lemon. I'm sending it back. One last note. The product manual contains a list of specifications and a warranty. That's it. I went to the Sony website, but came up with the same thing. I'm curious if this is now considered standard practice in the industry. Although Sony went to great lengths to make the receiver intuitive, the fact remains that this is a complex device. I'm surprised that it had no manual providing an explanation of its features. And in my case, a troubleshooting guide might have been helpful.

OK just got this today and I am bummed to say the least. I bought it for a smaller room low cost option surround sound that has 2nd zone for patio listening. First off once you pull it from the box you realize Sony has gone the Toyota Way of building products that are well engineered but built at the lowest cost possible and it shows. The knobs on the volume and input are so cheap you would not believe. They have gone to such an extent to save pennies that the knob isn't even knurled or have ANY grip to it. Instead they cheaply dulled the surface. Anybody under the age of 30 will never know what a quality product is. On to the review and why I am on the internet instead of playing with my new receiver. Guess what???? No instruction book!!! Besides a 1 sided pamphlet there are zero instructions. Yes, once again to save on printing you have to search the web to figure this thing out. How are we accepting this nonsense?? So I have to go to their site after paying $550 and then pay for the paper and ink to print a manual that still does not have any pictures to go along with the writing. If i ever figure out how to raise the level of my surrounds I will let you know? 2nd zone??? buried somewhere in their complicated menu. Why do people buy Bose? Yes it is cheap garbage too but they have customer service and a well thought out set up. I am old school audio guys who has spent thousand just on speakers and would dnever recommend Bose but honestly in these days you are not getting any better with the separates so why not just push one button and be done. Yes, I would buy Bose over this. I will update HONEST review when it is done printing and I figure it out. 2/24/15 Ok after going online and finding the manual on Sony's site this was a fairly easy receiver to set up. What a shame they would make you hunt for the instructions. How are people accepting this? You need the instructions to set it up it isn't an option. Once hooked up my budget surround sound set up paired with Jamo 360 speakers sounded amazing for it's cost. Problem is the receiver started having issues. First was the random shutting off. Again with no instruction you are forced to hit the net. Apparently it is a common issue and you have to adjust the auto off in the settings. Fixed. Next the HDMI pas through would work at random, a big issue for me with 2 kids who just want to watch TV. When you shut AUTO off it barely works so you are stuck with the random working AUTO setting. Last but not least the HOME button stopped responding. The screen would go gray. Without this you loose control of any settings. I am returning out of fear of other issues. If a Co is so cheap not to incl instructions one could only imagine what other cost cutting they did inside. Yes, rave reviews and it sounds good but I want a product to last not to just last an acceptable amount of years. Again a common practice today is to produce these products knowing they will fail in what the bean counter feels is an acceptable amount of time so the buyer is somewhat happy and hopefully buys another. Shame on you Sony!!! By the way I have spent thousands over the years on quality Sony TV's, receivers and other equipment.

Best receiver I have owned. Great bang for the buck. Easy setup and great sound for our main audio system.

Delivery as promised - thanks seller

very good sound, but there's a lot of heat going out of this (rather big) unit. The HDMI ports became loose a bit and now it's "crashing" once in a while (speakers will stop working, have to power-cycle). Also, with a good turntable, there was always a hum so I had to find another TT to use on this (and get another amp for the other). But for movies and TV, very good. Honestly though, today I (still) use this unit on a 2.0 systems with good bookshelves and it never was that good.

私はオーディオに詳しくないので、カタログを読んでもよく分かりませんが、本機はHDMI出力を2系統装備していることと（プロジェクター接続に必要）、以前購入したSONYのヘッドフォンが悪くなかったので、あまり迷わずコレに決めました。 購入前までは、15年もののアナログミニコンポから映画音声を出力していましたが、買い換えて大正解。 今までのミニコンポでは再生されていなかった音があることに気づき、何度も観た映画をまた観直しています。 映画の感動の半分くらいは音響が担っているとの持論に至りました。 スピーカーの自動セットアップ後、予め用意された数種類の音響エフェクトから好みを選べば問題はありません。 ソース音源をそのまま再生することもできますが、私はグラマーな音が好きなので、エフェクトを色々試して楽しんでいます。 スピーカーは同じSONYのSS-CSシリーズで統一しました。 サラウンド用、リア用にSS-CS5を2組（4本）充てましたが、あまり音量は出ていない感じです。（残響音担当？） システム全体としての音量バランスは適切なのかも知れませんが、それならばもっと安価なスピーカーでも足りたような気がします。 逆にセンタースピーカーはよく鳴っているので、「予算をかけるならセンタースピーカーが第１順位」と今勝手に思っています。 とはいっても、これらスピーカーとアンプで14万円未満の価格なのでコストパフォマンスとしても満足しています。 満点評価でないのは、試していない機能がたくさん残っているからです。

El producto es exactamente lo que se describe en los anuncios, llenó completamente mis expectativas. La calidad de imágen y sonido son excelentes.