**Item: **Onkyo 7.2 Receiver w/ Bluetooth & Wi-Fi
Price: $399.99
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Anybody know how well the upscaling works?
If they sent two spare hdmi boards with it, maybe, just maybe, I’d buy.
Agreed completely. After my experience with their failing HDMI boards and refusal to honor their warranty or provide ANY kind of customer support, I will never purchase another Onkyo product. Too bad, because the sound was amazing.
I do like Onkyo, but in this price range I think my favorite is still the 616 for a little less money:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0077V88W2
While the 616 is last year’s model, it is THX Select2 Plus certified and has Audyssey DSX with 2EQ calibration (and includes calibration mic).
I really can’t think of any reason off hand to choose this Woot! over the above but I’m not all that familiar with the RC models so might have missed something.
Edit: Ah, I see the 616 doesn’t have Bluetooth/Wi-Fi without an add-on adapter. I don’t use either (it’s connected to wired Ethernet) so hadn’t paid attention. So if you really want those two things this Woot! might work out a bit cheaper than the 616 plus adapter(s). To me, the 616 still seems like a better receiver overall though.
Was planning on buying this but of course woot throws a timely wrench in the gears.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-STR-DN840-Channel-1050-Watt-Receiver/dp/B00CAAQHBE/
Still, the Sony has AirPlay and AirPlay > Bluetooth… Going to use it as a living room music source w/ ipad in addition to home theater. Thoughts on how Onkyo Remote App works compared to native AirPlay?
Bluetooth sucks rocks, unless you enjoy listening to music on AM radio.
Agree with the HDMI board issues! I will stay very far away from Onkyo from now on as while the sound is awesome, I’d like an A AND V receiver, thank you very much.
As to up-scaling… I bought an 875 some years back (still limping along with it) specifically because it has/had a high-end up-scaling chip (HQV Reon-VX). I did all my research, I was dealing with PAL and NTCS video (hence the primary concern) and after all of that, I have NEVER USED IT! (And having the damned thing enabled fries your HDMI card much quicker)
I use an XBMC, and all the SD content is natively up-scaled on it. It’s being decoded from compressed formats, so why on earth would I pipe it out over an HDMI connection in 480p or 540p just to have another processor upscale it?
So… in my experience… up-scaling is a crutch tech, and if you’re running stuff off a VCR, might be useful. Else get a BluRay player with a good up-scaler for those DVDs and be done with it.
EDIT - Also, my Logitech has never played nice with my 875’s audio levels… most aggravating thing ever to have to fight to get the volume to change. I would hope Onkyo has fixed this, but who knows…
Anyone know if I can pair my Viseo Bluetooth headphones with this receiver?
Why cant i find this product on amazon or onkyo website.
Is this product backordered or something??
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This one has MultEQ, which is better than 2eq.
I don’t have this exact model but one from a couple years back and Onkyo is one of the few receivers that has multi zone with an amp. Add this to the android app and you have the perfect soultion to music on the deck. I use the app exclusively to control the receiver. As far as hdmi issues I have not seen a failure but every few months I do have to cycle power to get the video back.
because its part of a HOmetheatre kit. http://us.onkyo.com/Products/model.php?m=HT-S5100&class=Systems&source=prodClass the whole set up is listed at 600 dollars
so basically Woot is trying to sell a msrp 600 dollar receiver minus all the speakers and claiming its giving us a good deal.
[MOD: This is a Woot Exclusive. See my post below for the differences.]
I had the 7.1 version of this. Started having problems with the sound not working every once in a while. I thought support was great, as they couldn’t figure out the problem over a 1 hour call, so they’d “call me back as soon as they set up a system in the lab.” They did and had a solution for me! Happened again the next day, tried the solution again, presto! 6 months later, nothing worked, and I’m out of warranty. Lots of people had the same problem, and it seems to have stemmed from substandard microchips on the HDMI card. 2 years old, and dead. Now I’m using my 1986 Pioneer receiver from my other TV. I have been told by sound gurus to avoid new ONKYO receivers, and get Pioneer, Yamaha, or very high end Sony for the money.
I was going to get an onkyo for my first receiver. i looked and looked trying to compare specs for a long time to make sure i wasnt paying for useless tech (in my book) and read so many reviews that i had to keep notes. onkyo sucks when it comes to reliability from everything i read. i ended up going with a yamaha, the only thing i regret is not getting one with more power.
Agreed here, too! I’m on my 4th HDMI Board with my TX-NR807. Blows for no reason… I’ve given up on having it fixed, and have now resorted to an external $13 4-port HDMI Switch. WOOT should have a sale on spare boards; they’d make a ton of money! I’ll have to have some proof from Onkyo that they have fixed the problem before I’d buy another one of their Receivers.
Hardly. I use BT on my Galaxy s3 all the time, and the quality is excellent. Heck, my friend has a BT motorcycle Helmet setup that works wonderfully too.
The problem most people face is a crappy source chip on their device. Some devices do a poor job, or have older spec chips. My guess is, your device may not support the current standard, which would explain the poor sound you’re getting.
This seems to match the TX-NR626 almost exactly. A good deal then…
Actually, the photo on the Onkyo site shows an HT-R560 which is significantly different.
The HT series can be seen as the value versions of the TX line with certain features left out. The most likely potential “re-badge” candidate is the TX-NR626
v/r,
C-F
edit: sorry for the repeat, I am a slow typist.