The Perfect home A/V product for a mid-range price
I decided to replace my Denon with this Onkyo. The Denon cost me more than twice as much; I thought I would be disappointed with the Onkyo, but I've had Onkyo receivers in the past, so I thought I'd take the risk and buy this one. I am not disappointed. I can say the sound is clearer, chrisper, and the setup is much easier than with the Denon (which has been consigned to my bedroom). The design is simple, but elegant. I especially like the six HDMI 1.3 inputs (one output). I was able to disconnect a Psyclone HDMI switcher I have been using for two years.
I also like that the remote can be easily programmed to control my Blu-Ray player and my set-top box from AT&T U-Verse.
The video quaility is excellent. Both my wife and I noticed a marked difference in the vibrancy of colors and definition. It also has LFE outputs for two subwoofers. And it can easily be programmed for a Zone 2 (watch 5.1 surround movie in the living room and listen to the radio in the bedroom at the same time), or view the movie with 7.1 surround sound.
I couldn't be more pleased with this product, and I couldn't believe the low-end price!
2009-11-19
Great value and bang for your buck!
My Denon AVR 1086 was about 6 years old, at a cost of about $650. The Denon was giving me some issues and the lack of HDMI connectivity made it necessary to upgrade my AVR, especially since I wanted to jump into the Blu-Ray mode. I got this receiver a couple weeks ago and it was remarkably easy to setup; I recall my Denon was not so easy. I consider this to be an extraordinary value based on the cost of this unit, through Amazon, to be in the low $400 range. I have a nice set of Boston home theater speakers, including a Boston powered sub-woofer, and this Onkyo delivers nice and clean sound quality to my speakers.
I am a proud middle aged bachelor so I have miles of heavy speaker wire running and draped everywhere. This is probably a direct protest to nagging and neat freak chicks. My heart goes out to you guys that have to ask your GFs/Brides if it's Ok for you to have a surround system and then they -ONLY- grant permission -IF- it's clean, tidy and virtually unnoticeable. I had to toss this part in since it can be such a PITA to get a surround system put system together in the first place; I can't imagine making all the speakers, wires and cables just disappear when all is said and done.
I have not done the auto speaker eq/setup and may not bother since it sounds good right out of the box. The HDMI in and out setup was a snap. I got a Sony Blu-Ray at the same time so now I am cooking with gas. My new Blu-Ray and old DVD movies look and sound amazing. I strongly recommend a solid universal remote control to alleviate MRM (multi-remote-madness). Good luck and high scoring!
2009-11-04
nice receiver, good value
I did a bit of research before buying the Onkyo Tx-SR607 7.2-Channel A/V Surround Home Theatre Receiver. This was a replacement of my Denon 7.1 receiver that had been in my HT room for 6 or 7 years. The lack of HDMI ports forced me to look for a new receiver. I had almost bought an Onkyo instead of the Denon back then. The Denon turned out to be just OK (relative to this new receiver)with hard to understand userguide and poor setup procedures.
The Onkyo is the opposite, quick connection and setup. I was really happy with the Audyssey 2EQ which does an auto evaluation of your speakers and environment setting the audio to the best settings. Simply put the provided microphone at ear level where you sit and launch the setup. I had in the past used my handy dandy Radio Shack sound meter to manually set the volume on the 7.1 speakers.
The resulting sound is noticably more defined. This receiver brought new life to my sound system and HT room. Even my wife noticed who is not one to pay attention to sound quality....
As I had read the Onkyo runs a little hotter than my Denon but that seems to be normal.
All and all I am happy with the price and performance and would buy again.
2009-11-03
