Sherwood RVD-7090R Surround Receiver

Rating:
Summary: An outstanding value
Review: As a basic A/V receiver, you will not find a better value. With 105 watts x 5 channels, Dolby Digital decoding, 6 channel inputs, 4 digital audio inputs, pre-amp outputs, and 5-way binding posts, the Sherwood has features that let you enjoy music and home theater now and well into the future. It is more than capable of doing anything from providing natual, clean stereo music to decoding the digital surround sound from DVD/satellite dish/digital cable to handling 6 decoded channels from a surround format yet to be developed. Amazon rightly lists the lack of S-video switching as a disappointment, but creative wiring can easily work around it. In short, if you want to spend $1000 for a A/V reciever, there are many better options available. But for less than $300, one would be lucky to find a reciever with even one of the Sherwood's many high-end features that sounds even remotely as good as this receiver does.