AV Receiver Reviews

Two channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
0.1% distortion at 118.8 watts
1% distortion at 134.7 watts

Five channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
0.1% distortion at 81.5 watts
1% distortion at 90.4 watts

Seven channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads:
0.1% distortion at 65.4 watts
1% distortion at 78.2 watts

Analog frequency response in Analog Direct mode:
–0.05 dB at 10 Hz
–0.01 dB at 20 Hz
+0.05 dB at 20 kHz
–2.53 dB at 50 kHz

Analog frequency response with signal processing:
–0.40 dB at 10 Hz
–0.10 dB at 20 Hz
–0.43 dB at 20 kHz
–64.97 dB at 50 kHz

This graph shows that the STR-DN1030’s left channel, from CD input to speaker output with two channels driving 8-ohm loads, reaches 0.1 percent distortion at 118.8 watts and 1 percent distortion at 134.7 watts. Into 4 ohms, the amplifier reaches 0.1 percent distortion at 145.9 watts and 1 percent distortion at 167.7 watts.

There was no multichannel analog input to measure. THD+N from the CD input to the speaker output was less than 0.008 percent at 1 kilohertz when driving 2.83 volts into an 8-ohm load. Crosstalk at 1 kHz driving 2.83 volts into an 8-ohm load was –80.85 decibels left to right and –79.56 dB right to left. The signal-to-noise ratio with an 8-ohm load from 10 hertz to 24 kHz with “A” weighting was –107.52 dBrA.

From the Dolby Digital input to the loudspeaker output, the left channel measures –0.04 dB at 20 Hz and –0.44 dB at 20 kHz. The center channel measures –0.04 dB at 20 Hz and –0.49 dB at 20 kHz, and the left surround channel measures –0.04 dB at 20 Hz and –0.50 dB at 20 kHz. From the Dolby Digital input to the line-level output, the LFE channel is +0.03 dB at 20 Hz when referenced to the level at 40 Hz and reaches the upper 3-dB down point at 116 Hz and the upper 6-dB down point at 119 Hz.—MJP

Video Test Bench
The Sony STR-DN1030 does not perform upconversion when passing an HDMI input to an HDMI output. The receiver passed all of our HDMI 1080p in to HDMI 1080p out tests—Video Clipping, Luma Resolution, Chroma Resolution, and 3D passthrough, all 1080p in to 1080p out—with no issues.—TJN