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LABORATORY TEST REPORT

Readers interested in a full technical appraisal of the performance of the Sony STR-DH790 7.2-channel AV receiver should continue on and read the LABORATORY REPORT published on the following pages. Readers should note that the results mentioned in the report, tabulated in performance charts and/or displayed using graphs and/or photographs should be construed as applying only to the specific sample tested.

Measuring the power output of the Sony STR-DH790 proved a little problematical because Sony has built in an automatic circuit to prevent the output devices from found that the Sony STR-DH790 will deliver 162-watts per channel into 8 with one channel driven and 136-watts per channel into 8 with two channels driven.

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