New Sony ES Series for 2009?

Listed on their service websites is the STRDA1500ES, 5500ES units whether they ever gets released is any ones guess.

The STR-DA3500ES and 5500ES have been announced in Europe already, so it looks like there will be 3 ES receivers for 2009. It would be nice to find some details on the new models though.
John

When do they typically announce their new ES receivers each year? August?

The 1500es is a two channel amp.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921644618899

Here's the manual: http://www.docs.sony.com/release/STRDA1500ES.pdf

Yeah I have been waiting for an announcement. Its usually in June. Anyone have anything new ?

I'm curious too. Seems like by now they should have made an announcement.

Still no announcement?

maybe sony in waiting for trinnov too j/k

Yeah, the 2008s were announced in mid-June last year. Maybe they ran behind because something is not working out properly and they're fixing it before shipping the ES?! Or adding features...such as Internet Radio, etc. so they can stay competitive with Onkyo, Denon, Yamaha et al.

Here's the first information I've been able to find:

http://www.techradar.com/news/home-c...om-sony-631237

That's about all that's out there. Nice find.

Amazingly scant information for products that are supposedly a month away from release.

The 3500 and 5500 are now up on the Sonystyle website. I was only looking closely at the 3500, but the owners manual and pics are there.

I think this may be my new receiver. I've been looking hard at the Yamaha 1065 and the Pio 23txh at similar price points, but the 3500 has quite a few more connection options and does HD video out via component to a second zone. That is big for me.

I'll hope for some reviews and read the manual, but I'm optimistic my search may be over.

A few cons for me in relation to the 3500: no album art through the iPod dock, firmware not upgradable, no HD radio (minor gripe). I still think having a second component zone offsets these though, for me.

I love being able to watch sports or play video games while listening to music, but that is almost impossible to do now. My current Yamaha does it with background video, but they've removed that from their newer models. With the 3500 I can run the cable, wii and ps2 through the receiver via component (HDMI for BD and HDDVD) and be able to watch it over HDMI in 'Zone 1' or over component in 'Zone 2' while listening to music.

FYI, the sonystyle site lists the 3500 as having 5 optical audio in (1 front) and 2 out. But the pics seem to show a unit with 4 in (1 front) and 1 out. Maybe I am missing something. I did a chat with their tech support and was told it is 5/2. We'll see.

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Ne...-Theater.shtml

Good write up.

I just purchased a 5500ES receiver. Anyone else have one? I didn't seen an owner's thread using search.