Sony STR AV1020 or better?

[Michael Fetzer]

I've been looking for an A/V receiver that has a dual room link feature, and
the STR AV1020 seemed to fit the bill nicely. Now I'm told they are being
discontinued and replaced in a few weeks. Does anyone know about the machine
that will replace it?

Some of the drawbacks of the AV1020 were that it used the surround channel amp
to drive the speakers in the 2nd room. Since these are limited to 10W, you
can't drive much with them.

I'd consider the Pioneer VSX-5600, for about the same price, but its remote is
not programmable... The Sony's is. I know, one can always buy a seperate
programmable remote, but I haven't found one of those yet that wasn't a chore
to use. I'm buying this for my parents, they are not, shall we say,
technically inlined. VCR+ types, to be exact.

Any inside info on wheter the new Sony unit is worth waiting for?

Mike

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[Tim W Smith]

< I've been looking for an A/V receiver that has a dual room link feature, and

What is this dual room link feature?

< I'd consider the Pioneer VSX-5600, for about the same price, but its remote is
< not programmable... The Sony's is. I know, one can always buy a seperate

How about the VSX-5700S? It's a 5600 with a programmable remote. It's
about $60 more (or rather, that't how much more it was when I was
shopping a few weeks ago).

Tim Smith

[Robert La Ferla]

I purchased a Sony STR-D2020 a while back and it is fantastic! It has the
Dual Room Link feature, a DSP, Digital Dolby Pro Logic, and a programmable
remote. It sells for about $950. I highly recommend it.

The dual room link allows you add a second (or third if you have a surround
setup) pair of speakers in another room which can play a different music
source than the main speakers. For example, you could be watching and
listening to Indiana Jones in your living room while your girlfiend listens
to her favorite FM radio station in the bedroom. A second remote control
is used in the other room.

Robert La Ferla
Lotus Development Corporation
Advanced Technology Group / Improv

[Jason Chodora]

In rec.video, rob...@bucsf.bu.edu (Robert La Ferla) writes:

> The dual room link allows you add a second (or third if you have a surround
> setup) pair of speakers in another room which can play a different music
> source than the main speakers. For example, you could be watching and
> listening to Indiana Jones in your living room while your girlfiend listens
> to her favorite FM radio station in the bedroom. A second remote control
> is used in the other room.

Aren't the surround amps used for the dual room link?? I don't think
you can listen to a surround-sound program in one room and a different
program in the other.

Jason