Thread: Sony HT-SS 2300

I see that a lot of you buy some pretty high end sound systems, very understandable,- SO I hope I won't get beat up too badly here on this one.
But a good friend of mine has the Sony HT-SS 2300 and it sounds real good to me and it was only in the $300. - $400. range.

Would you consider that a decent sounding system?

Originally Posted by Ken11861

I see that a lot of you buy some pretty high end sound systems, very understandable,- SO I hope I won't get beat up too badly here on this one.
But a good friend of mine has the Sony HT-SS 2300 and it sounds real good to me and it was only in the $300. - $400. range.

Would you consider that a decent sounding system?

Can't comment on sound quality (though I've seen some good reviews of it), but one feature that you would be missing is decoding of advanced audio (like DTS-HD MA). Not necessarily a problem if you have a Blu-ray player that can decode these audio formats internally.

Ilya is right on the reviews, seems to be a good unit. Dont worry about anyone here beating you up, only the jerks at avs have the holier than though attitude.

I see nothing wrong in buying what you can afford, upgrade when you can.

I started off when I got married with a sony HTIB and a panny 480p dvd player. Slowly worked thru things and got to where I wanted to be. I dont worry about it because there is always something more expensive that what you can afford, doesnt mean anything less about what you want.

Same with me, I can't say anything about how it sounds, but what matters is what you think. If you like the sound than that is good enough. It looks like a nice starter system, and IMO Sony = quality components for anything that I have owned in the last 15 years.

I am big on having the ability to connect many components. This unit looks like it will only accept 3 HDMI inputs and nothing else (no component or composite). As long as you don't need that capability then you should be ok.

For example my wife bought a Wii for Xmas and it cannot be hooked up by HDMI, only by composite cables that it comes with or you can upgrade it to component cables which I did (still only 480p lol). But you can always hook these items up direct to your TV set.

Thanks for your help & support

You don't need to spend a lot of money to get good sound. One thing you want to be sure of is not to lock yourself into not being able to upgrade when your theater system expands. There is nothing wrong with piecing a system together component by component.

S~

Very true. A problem with HTIB rcvrs is they sometimes dont have an LFE out (HTIB sub just wires in to rcvr because it has no amp) and the HTIB rcvrs are generally limited on inputs. So you always end up buying a new sub and rcvr when you want to upgrade from a HTIB.

To OP, did you buy the ss2300 ? how'd it work out im also looking for a replacement for my old SONY HTIB to play back PS3 blu-ray.

Also considering the [ame="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0015HPYEO/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance"]Sony HT7200DH Component Home Theater System - Black[/ame]


Any thoughts anyone? the 7200DH is a little out of my price range, but it seems to get good reviews for the PS3

Lots of good buys to be had in the used market. There are a lot of people out there with "upgradeitis", who are selling receivers that may be only a year or two old, that can be had for cheap.