Aiwa AV-D58 Audio/Video Receiver (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

I know it's tempting and to be honest it hasn't broken or anything but . . .Power output is so poor, I can crank to full volume and it really isn't overly loud = no headroom = overburdening the amp = sucky sound quality overall.Controlls are not well laid out. Adjustments for balance of rears to main for dolby is weird. I always have to get my manual out to figure out how to get to it. Some changes must be made with the remote you can't use the front panel controlls.Remote is a piece of junk.All in all, save another $100 bucks and get something else

i really do like this reciever, but the volume needs to be cranked to get a good fidelity. also some kind of 'mid' range control would be nice, but for the price, i did not expect a delorian. one thing that is extremely annoying (maybe someone can help me here) is this red "over limit" warning that keeps flashing on and off. i did what the manual says to compensate for this but the thing keeps coming back on. it does this for both my cd player and phono... oh well, as long as nothing breaks. i hope this problem does not persist.

This is one great receiver. For the price you can't go wrong. Two things though that kept it from 5 stars. The remote is awful. I mean really bad. To change the volume in the center and surrounds you have to hold down two buttons at once. That happens alot when you use the remote. Also, if it has 5.1 analog inputs i can't find them. But as far as sound quality it's excellent.Thanks highlander for the info. I still think you need 5.1 analog inputs for DVD-Audio. I'm not sure Aiwa knows what it's talking about. I've been thinking about buying some DVD-Audio but i'm afraid it won't work with the digital input. Also that "over limit" light is annoying.

I WROTE A REVIEW ON THIS ITEM WHEN I FIRST GOT IT..THE REMOTE THEY SENT DIDNT EVEN WORK SO I JUST THOUGH IT AWAY AND TOOK IT AS A LOSE..BUT TO MY SURPRISE THE COMPANY MUST HAVE READ MY REVIEW ON IT AND ISSUED ME A FULL REFUND..SO IF UR BUYING FROM THIS COMPANY U CAN GUARANTEE THAT U WILL GET THE BEST SERVICE OUT THEIR..I WOULD AND WILL BUY FROM THIS COMPANY AGAIN JUST BECAUSE THEIR COSTUMER SERVICE IS GREAT..ONCE AGAIN THE ITEM THAT I BOUGHT WORKED FINE JUST THE REMOTE WAS GARBAGE AND DIDNT EVEN WORK..

The power supply died after less than two years of mild use. Now I have to trash it? The sound was so-so, with a high pitch all the time. Good for begginers.

This receiver is a fabulous value. I've had several of them since they were released, and they work great. The remote is junk however. Buy a pre-programmed replacement later, and you'll be fine.I must comment on one other thing... After reading several comments about low volume, or lousy sound, I have to respond... Those folks must have crummy, inefficient speakers. I've used the AV-D58 with various brands of speakers in my recording studio. It has beautiful sound and plenty of volume! My personal listening system uses Infinity Studio Monitor speakers. I've been listening to Super Audio CD's on my Sony Blu-Ray player (through the optical link) and it sounds fabulous!Snap one of these puppies up over the Interweb, sit back and enjoy!

I just purchased this reciever from BestBuy and am very impressed with it. This has the features of the higher end recievers at a fraction of the cost. With both DTS and Dolby Digital it fits nicely into my system. This is a replacement and an upgrade from a very old Pioneer reciever.

I actually called the AIWA company asking about this and they told me that it does have the 5.1 audio inputs. It does not have the actual 5 inputs, you have to use the optical input on the receiver to use it. It is the one located at the top left corner on the back of the receiver. I could only give it 4 stars, the remote is extremely pathetic. Other than that, it is a nice inexpensive system that will serve the avg. consumer very well with very good quality for the price.