No one bringing Sony AVR in because there's no distro for it, meaning there is also no after-sales warranty support since Sony MY doesn't acknowledge their AVR as an official product in this country.

whats the pros of STR over RX models that you have stated?

I think it's a Sony thing bro, sentimental feeling because major household with AVR used Sony (budget compare to those THX certified Denon, Pioneer etc) during 1990s - 2000s.

It's unfortunate because previously Sony tried to dabble in Hi-Fi and home theater (~2016), no one cared enough to look at their products. They did bring in a few units of the DN1060 and DN1070, but sales for them were next to zero.

Everyone only knew how to look at a soundbar due to the fear of "too many cables, hassle to setup" mentality. Even their surprisingly well performing speakers - which I still think is best bang for the buck speakers today; the SS CS series didn't sell enough for Sony to bring in their higher end stuff.

A pair of SSCS5 bookshelves and a Sony DN1060 AVR back then was only RM3k, which is the same price as their flagship soundbar at the time (forgot the dumb model name), but the bookshelves performed in a whole different league. Yet people went for the soundbar because it has more "features" and more "speakers" lol.

No chance of it in SG either. That market there even smaller than here lol.