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Sony HT-SS2300 Component Home Theater System |  | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $274.99
as of 11/21/2009 13:17 CST details
You Save: $225.00 (45%)
New (11) Used (2) from $219.99
Seller: TrendSavvy
Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 1986
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 33.1
Dimensions (in): 21.2 x 18.5 x 16.7
MPN: HT-SS2300
Model: HT-SS2300
UPC: 027242730106
EAN: 0027242730106
ASIN: B00180MQWG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Blu-ray Disc™ player matching design A/V receiver | | • | Optimized for Blu-ray Disc™ w/ 8 Ch LPCM | | • | 1080p HDMI™ Active Intelligence (3 in/1 out) | | • | Accepts 1080p signal Linear PCM via HDMI™ | | • | Digital Cinema Auto Calibration (mic included) |
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Product Description
Upgrade your entertainment room with the HT-SS2300 component home theater system. This slim receiver, designed to look great alongside your Blu-ray Disc player, combines great styling with unparalleled performance and includes a 5.1-channel A/V receiver thrusting 1000 watts of power (RMS). In addition, the A/V receiver's HDMI interface transmits both audio and video while offering 1080p resolution and full bandwidth sound tracks (LPCM) support through a single cable. You can also integrate your portable music into a traditional home theater system while providing enhanced audio quality with the portable audio enhancer. Designed to sync with Sony Blu-ray Disc components, the HT-SS2300 offers one-touch operation which eliminates the need of multiple remote controls.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 78
 Warranty is Useless November 18, 2009
Bob (Ohio)
I've owned this unit for a little less than a year. I began having distortion problems with the subwoofer about a month ago. I hooked up a neighbor's subwoofer to the system and it worked fine. I contacted Sony and learned the product had to be shipped to Texas at my expense for warranty repairs. I boxed up the subwoofer, attached a note explaining the problem including that another subwoofer worked fine, and shipped it to Texas. A week later I get it back with a note reading, "Sony Needs the Complete Unit" taped to the subwoofer. No one even bothered to read the note I had sent. It's apparent Sony wants to discourage warranty repairs by not making repair facilities available nationwide. I've owned a lot of Sony products in the past. I won't be buying Sony anymore.
 My Only Complaint Is... November 16, 2009
Joseph Stampfl (New York)
... that it "only" has HDMI inputs. I know I should have caught this when researching the item (clearly shown in the image of the back of the unit), but I didn't. It's odd to me that even though HDMI is the ideal setup (at the moment) that the unit doesn't have at least a few regular RCA inputs. There are so many things out there that are still viable components that don't have HDMI built in. Other than that, we really like our setup. We have a 42" commercial grade Panasonic Plasma and this stereo in a 8ft X 11ft TV room. I have yet to get into the fine tuning, but I do wish the vocals in the center channel were louder. My wife and I must be hard of hearing because most of the time we can't understand what they are saying - we've tried all the different preset settings. The explosions we hear just fine ;-)
The best $300 I have ever spent!! November 6, 2009
Christopher C. Jones
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I spent about six months researching sound systems. I stumbled upon this one pretty early on and never found another system that could compete with it. Now I've had the system for about a year. In that time I've played hours of PS3 on it, watched about 200 movies (about have bluray half DVD) and I am absolutely convinced that it is the best $300 that I have ever spent.
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br /Features- There plenty of systems out there that cost $1000 and don't have the features this unit does. The auto tune works very well, but I manually tune the system depending on the movie and where everyone in the room is sitting. The HDMI input are a HUGE advantage with this system. When I was doing my research no other system in this price range offered the HDMI capabilities of this unit. The 3 HDMI in and one out, makes this super easy to hook up to all your devices. I have my PS3, 360, and satellite/DVR going into the receiver. The HDMI out goes into my TV (KDS-R60XBR1). I have the PS3 bluray set to output the sound in bitstream, and this allows the ss 2300 to decode the sound rather than the PS3. All you have to do is set the unit on auto and it will decode whatever sound format you give it. The color coded wires were nice. The FM/AM tuner is awesome.
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br /Sound quality- is awesome! After I installed the ss 2300 I was watching some football and listening to the commentators talk. I had the TV remote in one hand and the ss 2300 remote in the other. I always thought my TV (KDS-R60XBR1) sound was pretty high quality until I compared the two. After muting the ss 2300 and listening to TV sound, it seemed like the commentators were literally speaking through a pillow, or at least a really thick blanket. With the TV volume muted and all the sound coming from the ss 2300 the commentator voices were crystal clear. It sounded like they were in the room with me. The difference in sound quality is unbelievable.
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br /Loudness- 1000 watts. Need I say more? This thing is loud! The room I have it in is 18 ft long and 24ft wide with a high vaulted ceiling (upstairs gameroom). I like the volume louder than most people and the highest I have ever watched a movie was volume 28 (max is 40). 90% of movies I watch the volume is set between 18 and 24. This system shakes the walls and the floor! At volume 24 you can hear most movies from outside the house. I think my close friend described it best when I asked how he liked the sound system and he said "It was awesome, I could feel it in my chest!"
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br /Appearance- This unit looks 10000000 times better than all the other sound systems I've looked at. The receiver is nice and slim. All the other receivers are huge and ugly. Receivers today look exactly the same as sound receivers from the 80's, except for this one! This receiver looks so futuristic compared to the rest. When I first got it I was worried that since it was so slim and compact (about 1/3 the height of other receivers) it would have problems over heating. I am glad to report there are no heat issues and this receiver. It remains nice and cool even after hours of use. The speakers also look really nice. They are small enough to hide and friends won't notice them, but they are big enough to put out a full range of sound. I love how all the speakers say Sony on them. This looks just like (size and appearance) Sony bluray players! So if you have a Sony set up it will match very nicely. The receiver and speakers are all very high quality and look much better than the competition.
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br /Install- Super easy. 3 HDMI's in, one out. One color coded wire to each speaker. I went to Fry's and got a set of universal wall mounts for all the speakers and it worked very well. Wires are nice and small, easy to hide.
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br /Sub woofer- This is the only part of the SS 2300 that I do not like. The sub woofer is very loud and will shake the walls, but I don't think it provides a very full range of sound. All the sound coming from the sub sounds the same. Its kind of a dull sound. I noticed the sub is a lot lighter (weight) than my previous sub. I don't know much about passive/active. Maybe all passive subs have this problem.
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br /Compared to my other systems- In 1998 I got a top of the line Bose 5.1 system. It was very loud. But very complicated to install, very had to tune, and didn't have many features. In 2005 I got a Sony virtual surround 3.1 system. It was $800. I was very disappointed because no matter what they say 3.1 DOES NOT EQUAL 5.1!!! It did not sound like surround sound at all. The system was very high quality but it was not as immersing as a true 5.1 system. The ss-2300 is easily better than my previous systems. It is a true surround sound and makes you feel like you are in the middle of the action. The sub on my bose and 3.1 was better than the sub on the ss2300, but all the other aspects of the 2300 easily outweigh that one flaw. The ss2300 is also much easier to use than other other 2 systems.
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br /Final Verdict- This system is highest quality available in its price range and beyond. It is very loud even at half volume. It looks much nicer than the competition. It has a huge amount of features. If you are looking for an awesome surround sound to bring together your cable, bluray, and gaming systems, look no further!!
SONY WARRANTY NOT WORTH THE PAPER PRINTED ON October 16, 2009
Eric M. Stark
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
System worked great for 5 months. Then all of the sudden it stopped sending the video signal to the tv (SONY 52" Bravia HD LCD). It continued to send the audio signal. Sent it to SONY service center in Laredo, Texas at my expense ($51). They sent it back two weeks later with a note that stated that the unit was not broken. Same problem still exited. Called 800 222-SONY and spoke with supervisor in El Salvador (Yes, the country in Central America!!!!!!!!!) who told me that there are no call centers in the US and that she could not authorize a replacement.
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br /I still have the broken unit, which is under warranty for another 14 months.
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br /Thanks SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 The sub-woofer is seriously flawed October 12, 2009
Michael J. Scott (Tallahassee, Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have had this system for about 9 months now and other than the sub-woofer it is a fine home theater system which is easy to set up and use. Unfortunately at anything over about volume 20 the sub-woofer will crackle and pop loudly, rendering it worthless. I was forced to unplug it entirely. Equally problematic is the fact that unless you are into wiring you cannot replace the sub-woofer as it is designed to work with this system only. The speaker plugs are unique and although I have read of a few people who have replaced the SW by modifying the wiring you shouldn't have to do that for a new system. As a result of this problem I cannot recommend this system.
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