Digital Trends
Everyone wants to be an insider, and you can be one too! Choose your poison: sign-up for our Newsletter, join us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. Do all three and you'll be swimming in the the latest news, reviews, videos and more gadget goodness!
Become a DT soldier! Join us on Facebook and share the best news, guides, videos and other cool information directly with all your friends. Some might even thank you for it!
Join the thousands and follow the best of us on Facebook.
Do you like information in small snippets? Then our Twitter feed is just for you. Follow Digital Trends and you'll be able to catch up daily on our latest content, or even interact directly with our team. Tweet Tweet!
Join the thousands and follow the best of us on Twitter.
That’s Right, Sign-up For Our Monthly Random Prize Drawings and You Could Be That Winner.
One awesome receiver
By: Wcsweb
November 5, 2004 @ 2:40 PM
I have owned the Sony ES3000 for 5months now. Before I purchased it I read alot of bad reviews on this unit, they all had one thing in common, they stated some form of a humming issue. I found this not to be true. This receiver has very clean, clear, crisp sound at all levels. You will have to tweek it a bit to get it to sound killer. I can not say enough good about this amp. I have owned a high end Denon and this unit is much better. It has the digital drive which makes the sound being produces as accurate as it was recorded. This unit it very powerfull and has plenty of power. I have it matched up with Bose vcs-10 center and series 3 cubes front and back for true 5.1, it also has the ability of 7.1 even if you only have a 5.1 set up. This unit rocks, you will be very happy with it. Not to mention it has a 5 year warrenty.
Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful. Was this user review helpful? Yes | No
Great Receiver
By: Torkel
September 21, 2004 @ 7:20 AM
I used to have a Sony STR-DA50ES (5×120W RMS). Have changed it into the STR-DA3000ES (European edition: 6×150W RMS 8 Ohm), and I’m very pleased with the preformance. I have Jamo D590 (4 ohm) speakers, and have no problem with hissing sound.
The only negative thing about this receiver is that I can’t change the IR signal from AV2 to AV1. I like to use my Sony RM-VZ950 remote…
Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful. Was this user review helpful? Yes | No
good receiver
By: Esinctio
September 4, 2004 @ 4:00 PM
I have also an STR DA3000ES from sony. I heard lots of people complaining about a hissing sound with 4ohm speakers. I have the NX-70 speakers from sony (4ohm) but don’t have that really freaky hissing sound. The only thing that is correct is that the volume doesn’t go loud (checked this out with my other Mission 8ohm speakers wich sounded much louder) but the sound is really good & sharp. The only really shitty thing is the remote control. This is already the 3rd i have. (lucky for my I bought the Sony VIP garanty pack)
For the rest, a great receiver
Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful. Was this user review helpful? Yes | No
Amazing Receiver
By: Audiophile
August 26, 2004 @ 9:11 AM
This reciever is absolutely one of the best recievers I have ever heard. Alot of people have complained about the issues with the power from the reciever, the manual, and a hissing sound. The manual is pretty bad but I do believe that anybody with a good understanding of home audio equipment can figure it out pretty easily. The hissing and weak power and actually related to each other. Look everybody, DO NOT hook this reciever up to 4 ohm speakers, it is intended for 8 ohm speakers and it says so on the back for a reason. If 4 ohm speakers are connected, the power output is dropped down to 90 watts (instead of the kicking 150 watts with 8 ohms) and the resulting 60 watts turn into interference, as known as an annoying hissing sound. If you own 4 ohm speakers and don’t intend on upgrading to 8 ohm speaker…DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BUY THIS RECIEVER. Besides these ‘issues’, this reciever will blow your mind. The on screen menu is great, you can see exactly what your doing with the settings. The component up-converting for video inputs is a godsend. I have HDTV, and Xbox and my DVD player all going through the composites and a VCR with analog connections being up-converted. Along with that feature and the most amazing surround sound output money can buy, this reciever gets a clean 11 out of 10 from me.
Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful. Was this user review helpful? Yes | No
Awesome Sound
By: Tbeau
August 11, 2004 @ 3:07 PM
More Options than I can start to think of. Great surround sound. want a awesome system. Look no further
Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful. Was this user review helpful? Yes | No