Onkyo Receivers

[Exocer]

Currently one of my receivers is the Onkyo Tx Sr 602. Good receiver for what I paid at the time ($250) If I had to go back and choose my first receiver It would definitely still be this Onkyo

Post your thoughts/questions and such here regarding Onkyo receivers/amps etc and I or someone knowledgable will try and assist

[Darren]

I've owned an Onkyo TX-DS777 for 5 years now. 100W X 5 DD/DTS/THX. Very nice AV receiver, built like a tank and has great features. I believe I paid $900 for it on sale at the time. I use it just as a pre amp for switching basically now as I have separate amps now. I'll definately consider Onkyo again when it comes time to go 7.1 but for now I'm happy with 5.1 so I see a few more years with this one

[Ht4me]

I own 3 Onkyo's currently

HT room has a TX-DS 898
outdoors Sv-70PRO
home 2ch ARV-401 seperates

Had a yamaha for a short time, ok but not the rich warm sound of my Onkyo

New to shack
But long time into HT

Mike

[MrPorterhouse]

Although its retired, I've enjoyed my Onkyo TX-SV515PRO. A prologic only receiver, but she was sweet in her day. I've had other Onkyo amps and receivers and I'm really fond of their powerful low end and detailed midrange. I've felt that Onkyo A/V Receivers have lagged behind in terms of features for the past 5 years, but it looks as if 2006 is bringing some very good things back. The new 674 looks SWEET.

[MLZ]

I have an SR603X. One of the things that convinced me to get it was the Auto Speaker setup. I have seen that for the new 604 (and 674) receivers, Onkyo has gone with Audussey 2EQ setup instead of the software they had on the 603. (FYI: Denon also uses Audussey MultEQ XT on their AVR's (2807, 3806, 4306 and 5805))

I also have an old 2 channel TX-8211, but I expect to replace it with a HK 3380 when I get a subwoofer since the HH has a sub out and more power.

[blueenergy]

I have an Onkyo receiver from the HTIB HT-S790. I am very impress with receiver from $400 package. It has the features of the TX-SR504 just with higher wattage. All the hookups you need are there plus 7.1 DD+EX/DPL-II/DTS processing, easy to configure and the sound quality to great.

[dieselpower1966]

I have an older Onkyo ds575, which I upgraded to the 674 mainly for the HDMI,
I like the sound of the Onkyo and they are very reliable. The automatic speaker setup on the 674 is hit or miss, mostly a hit though. I still double checked everything with my spl meter. I have it set so it hits 85db with the master volume at 46. The loudest the master volume has been up to is 60 and O M G it blasted me out of my room, which is 15x17x8... I like the volume preset option too.
any questions? feel free to ask
Dieselpower1966

[ShnuggMac]

I've owned two Onkyo receivers so far, and I am a huge fan of the company: my TX-SR600 ran flawlessly and filled a massive room I was running it in with its 80 watts a channel; from the front soundstage to the sweet spot was fifteen or so feet, and with vaulted ceilings, the rear channels, in the ceiling, was nine feet to the sweet spot and even still, this receiver filled the room.

I now run a TX-SR605 because of its advanced decoding abilities, and although I haven't been able to utilize these features yet, the thing is just built like a tank: I can remember when a friend of mine first turned me on to Onkyo, where in his room, he had one of their two channel power amps driving his Infinity speakers....after that, he got an Onkyo stereo receiver which absolutely smacked of power -- man, this thing sounded like a power amp. I then, on his recommendation, picked up my TX-SR600 and it lasted me up until this new high definition/HDMI revolution....

There's something about Onkyo's products...the look, the feel....the all-aluminum front panels....the units just appear and look like they mean business. If I were in the market, from scratch, for a receiver in the "affordable" price category, I would only go with Onkyo or Denon; Yamaha makes some great stereo receivers, which I've owned over the years, but I don't know too much about their surround receiver stuff...

And whatever you do....stay away from Sony in receivers....UNLESS it's their ES line....


AMPLIFICATION/PROCESSING:
ONKYO TX-SR605
Onboard Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD, DTS HD Master Audio; HDMI 1.3a

SOURCING:
Panasonic DMP-BD10A Blu-ray Disc Player
marantz CC-67 5-Disc Compact Disc Changer
marantz DR700 Compact Disc Recorder

LOUDSPEAKER SUITE:
Mains: polkaudio R20
Center: polkaudio CSi30
Surrounds: polkaudio R15
Sub: polkaudio PSW10
Stands by Sanus Systems Natural Foundations

DISPLAY:
SONY 50" SXRD Rear Projection

POWER PROTECTION:
APC SurgeArrest

INTERCONNECTS & SPEAKER CABLE BY MONSTER