http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/ Engadget Comments for Sony announces TA-DA3200ES 7.1 channel HDMI-compatible A/V receiver http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/Aug 9th 2006 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/Aug 9th 2006 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/Aug 9th 2006 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/
Huh? Not all of us are willing to fork over the cash for HD-DVD right now when it's not clear who's going to win the format war. The point is this receiver is at least somewhat future-proof (unlike HD-DVD) and will upconvert your DVD's for you in the meantime. It's not a question of buying an HD-DVD player *or* this receiver. You need a receiver anyway, and most people would be wise to have a good one *before* they upgrade to a new optical disc format.

Not to mention that this thing does HDMI upconversion on *all* inputs, which is something of a holy grail, and not common in a receiver that costs $865. That means you can upconvert more than just your DVD's. A lot of us still have VCR's, camcorders, etc.
]]>Aug 9th 2006 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/Aug 9th 2006 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/>This technology is old news. Sony receivers aren't very well respected in the audiophile community anyway, though it's wrong to assume what a receiver sounds like based on past products.

Are kidding me? The ES line of Sony receivers has always been well respected by audiophiles, especially for its price category.

Obviously, the you get what you pay for so they clearly aren't gong to be the best of Denon, Elite, Marantz, etc. But for a sub-$900 receiver its very competive.]]>Aug 9th 2006 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/
I think you mean...Naim, Arcam etc

But the QS and ES by Sony is very good.]]>Aug 9th 2006 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/]]>Aug 9th 2006 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/
They stopped the preamp as one of the pointy haired bosses at Sony thought their $4000 integrated receiver was the way of the future. However the 4000 receiver lacked the warmth, fullness or power of their $1500 preamp combined with a decent $2000 multichannel amp. Perhaps if they started to use some of the new class-d amp technology in their receivers they will be right but it is still a ways before we see anything that good.

I have the TAE-9000es preamp and still think it was a good investment and would consider another Sony Preamp if they made one comparable but with DTS HD, Dolby Digital Plus, True DD and other updates that have come out in the last 7 years.

A lot of the mid-range manufacturers pulled out of the seperates market a while ago as there was too much competition for the smaller demand than their receivers for the low end market. Perhaps the large gap in the market will be filled by someone willing to risk filling that gap. I would hope Denon takes up the challenge.

I checked out their $4000 receiver a while ago and my seperates of a comparable price blew them out of the water - honestly there was no comparison. I would value that receiver at the time I listened to it at $1000 but that wasn't what Sony charged for it.]]>Aug 9th 2006 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/
Denon, Yamaha, etc are much better choices for (somewhat) affordable home theater gear. Sony makes very nice displays - are they worth the premium you pay for the Sony branding, absolutely not - same goes for their home theater gear. End of story.]]>Aug 9th 2006 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/Aug 10th 2006 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/sony-announces-ta-da3200es-7-1-channel-hdmi-compatible-a-v-recei/Aug 17th 2006 6:50AM