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When comparing to a pioneer vx27thx it does not have the sound quality you I would have expected for hdmi connections and 7.1 sound.The clarity was just not there even with a blue ray player.It did not have the crispness or bass for quality sound reproduction even with all klipsch speakers it was not good.The only good thing was the microphone that eases the speaker calibration.Thank God that amazons return policy is THE BEST.
3 HDMI, xm/sirius and a phono stage. I don't know much about receivers but this ones got everything you could need.
I PURCHASED A FAN THAT I PLACED ON THE TOP OF THE UNIT AND IT HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED A MUCH BETTER VENTILATION FAN, AS THE UNIT GETS QUITE HOT. INCOMING & OUT GOING CIRCULATION WAS NEEDED. HAVE ONLY HAD THIS UNIT FOR 30 DAYS AND IT IS VERY SATISFACTORY AND SEEMS TO BE THE BEST $ VALUE. I DO FEEL THAT ONKYO.
I got this receiver to work with the Samsung Plasma TV I bought here as well.needless to say, to all who are audiophiles or not, this is the BEST receiver for the money.the functions are out of this world, and it's easy to integrate with all your components.no need to look further or pay more.this is an awesome product.
(4) The setup menus are confusing, although once you set it up, you hopefully can forget about that. (3) Power output is clean but limited - use the preamp outputs to external amps if at all possible, which will also reduce the heat emitted. (2) The remote control is huge, clunky and ergonomically poor.
This is a wonderful receiver if you are able to sidestep the weaknesses. WEAK POINTS: (1) The digital sound processing sounds quite bad in my system - congested and artificial - so you should absolutely try to keep it in "Direct" mode when using analogue inputs. The Onkyo 705 receiver does some things extremely well, but does have some weaknesses which stand out.
Yamaha DSP is far superior. Overall, this is a great receiver if you can stay within its limits. STRONG POINTS: (1) Outstanding analogue audio performance - the analogue preamp is clean as a whistle and very natural although not very "warm sounding" if that appeals to you.
(2) A huge roster of features - the automated setup is really great.
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