51 stereo receiver reviews in All Reviews

…My room is far to small for 7.1 speakers. This receiver has the ability to be a 5.1 receiver as well and it works amazing. You can also use 5.1 in one room and have 2 channel stereo in another room…

… attempts to improve on 5.1 programming (which is the de facto standard). In the same manner, a 5.1 system can also attempt to improve programming that is actually native mode stereo, or at least to convert… 3 more reviews »

… utilities meaning. Other reviewers have linked to Turtle Beach's web site and the knowledge base article that pertains to it. Other Thoughts: Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1 channel surround sound are encoded… 240 more reviews »

… the hook up is that you are able to connect the audio to the TV and the stereo receiver. Therefore, you can have sound coming from the receiver (5.1) and the TV at the same time if you wish, or one… 467 more reviews »

… change the sound setting on the player from bitstream to PCM, which is a lower quality delivered in stereo not in 5.1. When I called Toshiba, they said this problem will be fixed in the future version HD… 762 more reviews »

…Pros: - SPDIF passed both AC3 5.1 and stereo PCM to your receiver. - Small - Cheap Cons: - Configuration control panel is NOT automatically installed when WinXP detects the new hardware. You… 12 more reviews »

… converter. Minor cost and annoyance, but the reviews on these products aren't presently that positive.

Note the manual claims if the TV is receiving DTV (over the air) with a 5.1 signal… 676 more reviews »

… quality out of this receiver is great. It has lots of surround options, including options to create 7.1 mixes from 5.1 sources. This lets you really envelope yourself in sound.

I really…

…Pros- Supports 5.1 DTS over TOSLINK CABLE. (I'm using a Sony Digital Receiver)- Sound is excellent.- Compact.* Using with a Dell Inspiron E1705 notebook under Vista 32-bit. No garbles, no glitches… 95 more reviews »

…Pros- Supports 5.1 DTS over TOSLINK CABLE. (I'm using a Sony Digital Receiver)- Sound is excellent.- Compact.* Using with a Dell Inspiron E1705 notebook under Vista 32-bit. No garbles, no glitches… 28 more reviews »

…I bought these speakers about 6 months ago, and am happy with them thus far. Currently, they're hooked up to a Yamaha 5.1 receiver, but I'm only running them stereo. So many people said… 12 more reviews »

… on "Aux" I can get full sound from my computer, and use the remote to change to the radio, CD, or iPod mode.

Mind you, it's not 5.1 quality (it's made for iPods and iPods are stereo), but it… 18 more reviews »

… it needs to. (Which in my system consists of dutifully switching from stereo to Dolby Digital 5.1 when the source calls for it.)

I do not use the receiver for any video switching whatsoever… 79 more reviews »

… about a surround sound system, a Dolby digital system (5-1, 6-1 or the like), or any other high-tech system. Just plain old, every day, run of the mill stereo!

Now, I really thought that I… 145 more reviews »

… every TV on the market doesn't provide Dolby 5.1 through the optical output. It downsamples to PCM/Stereo sound. Therefore, if you hook up your PS3, DVD, XBox 360, AppleTV, etc. to your TV with HDMI… 99 more reviews »