Onkyo HT-S6200 7.1-Channel Home Entertainment Receiver/Speaker Package with Dock for the iPod

I have had this system for about a month now and I am very impressed by the sound quality. I truely enjoy listening to Music, TV and movies. Initially I noticed that the unit was getting hot right under the power supply even when the unit was supposed to be off. I called Onkyo Customer support and the very un professional person who attended my call told me that that is the way it is and you will have to live with that. I was getting ready to return the unit and dreading packing this whole thing back in the box. This was un acceptable for the unit to get this hot when it was supposed to be off. I sent an email to Customer support with this same problem and bingo, this time around a very knowledgeable person told me to check two things under hardware.
"The unit may get hot in the standby, mode if you have the setting under hardware, HDMI, audio out tv, ON< and Power Controll ON, this will still keep some things on in the unit.
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I turned off these two things and now the unit remains cool to the touch under the Power supply unit when off. This was the only issue I had and now I am loving it. Saved me a lot of hassle of returning the product.
I did upgrade my front and center speakers with polk Monitor 60 and CS1 but the stock speakers were also adequate. My surround and back speakers are stock and I am planning to move stock fronts as surround (since they have the 1" tweeter) and move the surround as Front Highs. I also upgradeed wiring with 16 gauge monster speaker cable. I have programmed the remote to control my TV as well as cable box so now I only need one remote.
The system extracts sound right off of hdmi signal while acting as a repeater so no other audio cables are needed. This keeps the cabling very simple. Excellent HTIB and upgradeable as you go along. I would highly recommend this unit.

I have this Onkyo HT-S6200 set up in my dorm room, attached to our 42 in. Panasonic plasma, a PS3 and a number of older game consoles (think N64 - oh yeah, old school). It returns a higher quality surround sound than anticipated, and with a few adjustments, outputs music, movie and television audio with aplomb. The integrated iPod dock is a major plus, as is the easy-to-find "portable" connection, which can be used to connect anything with a headphone jack (we often use it for laptops). Every part of the system is solid, though I'd say the receiver is of a higher quality than the individual speakers. And the subwoofer! Massive and quite impressive. Overall, an excellent purchase.

I am usually budget minded when it comes to purchasing electronics and I usually prefer to purchase at a local retailer where I live. However, I took the plunge and purchased a Blu-ray player without thinking about upgrading my current Onkyo receiver. When I started getting familiar with Blu-ray discs, I noticed the new audios that are out there now and I started thinking about upgrading my theater system. There was no contest as to whether are not I was going to purchase another Onkyo system; instead it was a matter of which one and where to purchase. I didn't need a lot of speakers hanging around since I purchased three HTS in the past. Now the debate was to purchase here at Amazon or at another local retailer. Well I decided to purchase my Blu-ray player and this system here at Amazon. I decided to purchase this yet another HTS since it was the lowest price that I was interested in. One receiver alone I was interested in was around $800. The experience was better than I hoped for. I've had this for a couple of days now and I am satisfied with my decision. Both items I purchased had the lowest price here at Amazon and so I was able to keep within my budget.


Pros:

4 HDMI inputs so that all my equipment is connectors are connected with their own HDMI cable - nice.

Basically a swap out (old) swap in (new)

Remote is better and even more functionally laid out. Getting the other components intergrated to this was a snap. All I wanted was to turn them on in one click; however all the other functions appear to be working correctly. It's also a little bigger so I don't actually hit something else accidentally (like zone2 - was always a problem with my prior system).

Speakers were a snap to hook up especially the second time around. I used the 4 back speakers that came with the set. I have two floor standing 100w Optimus speakers from RadioShack and 1 100w center speaker by Kenwood. Like I've stated earlier I have a number of speakers from other sets. I usually set the back speakers a little higher than the front so as to have back sounds jump out a little more without any distortion. I have 700+ square feet of space to fill with sound. Having the volume turned at 36 it fills the room completely without disturbing the neighbors.

Cons:

I really cannot find any.

The only minor thing is the mute is not located on the receiver itself. Not that big of a deal however.

I wish the lettering for the stuff on the receiver was lettered in white or yellow so it would be easier to read.


Basically a great experience with Amazon and the delivery system I won't hesitate to purchase other electronics in the future. Especially not having to pay shipping - handling fees and tax saves money too.

Recommendations:

I would recommend this to my friends and all who will listen. I only hope that if there is ever a problem with this set that it will be resolved quickly and fairly through SquareTrade, the company I purchased my warranties from.

Sounds great! Easy to install and get running. Still playing with some of the settings but I really enjoy this system so far. The iPod dock unit charges the iPod while docked so that was a big plus that I realized after having the system up and running.

As expressed in an earlier review (Gladiator, Blu-ray Sapphire Edition), I do not have a dedicated home theater nor do I have an exorbitant amount of space or money to push toward making my movie space any more than my living room. However, this system is phenomenal. The sound quality is literally floor-shaking (pier-and-beam house...makes for great bass-heavy thrillers). The set up was quite easy as well. Decent gauge speaker wire is included, plus they're color-coordinated for those of us with honey-do's that don't have the desire to be seen buying the Home Theater for Dummies book. After the set up, you run through a fairly long (but seemingly effective) Audyssey Equalizer. From what I garnered from actually going through the set up, the receiver is simply balancing sound to the seven speakers based on the top 3 locations where people will be watching movies (ideal for a set up where you're not a home theater pro tweaking every bit to your own specifications). All in all, there is not a complaint I could possibly make. Sound quality is terrific, finish is really quite attrative (gloss black). 3 movies in and many more to come.