Re: ATT: To all ONKYO receiver owners

John,

As a Yamaha owner, I guess I have no reason to look beyond Yamaha. The fact that you have had good luck with Onkyo is fantastic. I guess my point is that I don't want to take the chance that I may get one of the lemons.

For me at least...if it ain't broken - don't fix it.

[Post edited by wolfen on Apr 23, 2008]

Everytime I'm doing research for a product I look at the lowest ratings first...that way I can analyze what the problems tend to be...and many of those 'negative' reviews have no relevance to the product...some say about price, other about availability, or others that they have a feature thaty didn't want, or that they lack something they wanted, but most of the time (99%) they have nothing constructive to say...and when they do, is mostly a defect from the item...have you ever noticed that?

Also, some of the positive reviews (about other products, not this one) say like "great, but..." "if only..." and they give it a 5, when it should've been less...people think that just because it's their favorite product they can omit some cons of the product...not fair for the rest of us who want unbiased comments (not opinions)...or unbiased reviews...

Obviously, if a person is going to make a rather large purchase and spend some serious coin, he or she should do ample research. Amazon is one source and as John pointed out, average. I find that CNET has been very helpful for me over the years as well as AVS Forum.

Well, my TX-SR800 is running fine

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As a Yamaha owner, I guess I have no reason to look beyond Yamaha.

Do you also own the Yammie RX-V663? I'm really satisfied with my "cheap" receiver BTW. I wouldn't consider one of the cheaper Onkyo models compared to this. This receiver has like 10x more bang for the buck (IMO).

[Post edited by Skyhawk on Apr 23, 2008]

Just finished reading a review of the "INTEGRA DTC-9.8" in Home Theater mag.

Basicly the reviewer loved this processor,it does EVERYTHING,and it only costs $1,600 bucks.

He also went on to say...
"Honestly,at twice the price,I would call this a steal. At under $2000, I would just about call it a must-have."

[Post edited by bladerunner1 on Apr 23, 2008]

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Do you also own the Yammie RX-V663? I'm really satisfied with my "cheap" receiver BTW. I wouldn't consider one of the cheaper Onkyo models compared to this. This receiver has like 10x more bang for the buck (IMO).

Close, Skyhawk...

I have the Yammie RX-V863...great receiver!

Hello All,
My Onkyo 605 and Panny BD30 has been working great so far.
I've had them less then a year.
I've had a few movies that did " POP" and certain times.
I just watched Rambo and got the POP
I had it on the Orphanage and a few other BD titles.
It seems the newer titles are doing most of the POPing
It seems it's the DTS/Master thats doing the damage also
The movies play fine after the POP and nothing shuts down.
I've tried reading through the AVs forum which was linked on a post here.
But the site was very confusing for me.
It looks like a firmware/download/ very confusing for this HT fan.
Has any one contacted Onkyo ?
Can I buy a disc with the firmare ?
Do I need to plug in the computer like my HD-DVD player ??
Whew I need help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Post edited by mikek58 on Jun 7, 2008]

Mike,

I believe any Onkyo firmware updates at this point require that you send the unit back to Onkyo.

I, too, have an Onkyo and Panasonic combination, and I, too, have experienced the popping on maybe two or three occasions (but never tripping the receiver's protection circuits). This has been in playing back numerous discs, so it's hardly been an issue for me. It's certainly not one I would consider fretting over. In fact, the last time I heard a pop was several months ago, so I had almost completely forgetten about it until you just brought it up again.

John

oh, thats what americas needs!

a firmware update. lol