Sony’s close relationship to audiophiles opens a next chapter with unleashing the overhauled ES receiver range. As these receivers start to develop to media-hubs, Sony added a suitable graphical interface, the XMB. Apart this eye-feature the versatile glossy 7.1 flagship features a 120 watt amplifier, six HDMI inputs, 3-zone audio and 2-zone HD video output, analog-to-1080p video upconversion, lossless audio decoding, Sirius and XM satellite radio compatibility, automatic speaker calibration and a wide spectrum of audio codec support and of course the contemporary media port to hook up your player of choice.