Onkyo TX-SR806S Silver

I use the System for my music and Movies on TV surround sound. I love the product. I have the power and equalization I wanted. Thanks.

The Onkyo TX-SR806S is an upgrade from a 5 year old Panasonic SA-HE200. HDMI connectivity was the number one priority for me. And it is silver – matches some of the equipment in my rack. I am running all audio through the 806, and all video with the exception of the PC. I have a very difficult room – hardwood floors, with pocket doors behind me and on the left side of the living room. The speaker calibration worked wonders in smoothing out the sound in the room. I am hearing more from my speakers now – it's very subtle and the improvement is noticeable. Connected devices: JBL E20's – Front JBL EC25 – Center Velodyne DPS-12 – Sub JBL E10's – Surrounds Paradigm Atoms – Surround Backs Toshiba HD XA2 HD DVD Sony DHG-HDD 250 HD DVR Sony RDR-GX300 DVD Recorder Dish Network 501 DVR HP Digital Entertainment Center de100c Sony VCR Terk HDTV I antenna Home Theater PC with LG combo Blu-Ray/HD DVD Drive Technics SL 1500 Mk2 Turntable Mitsubishi WD-Y65 65" DLP RPTV Pros: Build quality – it's built like a tank Ability to assign inputs and rename them, extremely flexible. 5 HDMI inputs Ease of speaker calibration with Audyssey MultEQ Decoding of Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio Audio quality – The sound is very clear, detailed and clean – even at low listening levels thanks to THX Loudness Plus Phono Input – vinyl sounds fantastic through the Onkyo. FM Tuner – Very sensitive, picks up weaker stations much better than my previous receiver Cons: It is big. Sticks out of the back of my a/v rack. No switched outlet on the rear of the receiver. TV has to be on to listen to a cd in the HD DVD player. HDMI authentication issue. I use the Sony DVD player instead. Runs a little warm, but not too hot. Placed a modified pc case fan on top of the hottest part of the case. Also placed some Audio-Technica audio insulators (AT 605) under the feet of the 806 to allow air to pass through. Temps dropped from 56C to 41C. Cool to the touch now. HDMI switching lag – some delay when changing inputs. Audio lag of about 5 seconds when in FF, Skip, RW modes with the DVR. Occasional clicking when changing audio formats – drives my dog nuts. Although you probably won't use it, the volume knob feels really cheap. No backlit remote. Not a deal breaker. Using a Harmony 880 remote. Overall, I am quite pleased with the performance of the Onkyo TX-SR806.

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This is a very strong (handles my 4ohm Polk Speakers with ease) great sounding unit. It decodes pretty much anything out there and its support for 5 HDMI inputs means my 2 Tivo Series 3's, HD DVD, BluRay, and VCR all get first class connections and are easily switched. It also means I was able to all but eliminate the rats nest of wires and optical fiber lines that used to be behind my AV system. It has a phono input, so if I want to listen to the occasional record album, I can. It runs warm, but not even close to hot (I have it in an open rack and left a space between it and the top of the cabinet). A really fine receiver at a mid-range price.

Great product overall. I have not had a chance to really perform high end testing on this receiver, but from the short time that I played with it, the sound was great and had plenty of power to go around, but the receiver itself got really really hot.I had the receiver on the ground (rug), but nothing was blocking or near the other 5 sides (including the top). I've done research and found that this is common with this model Onkyo. People have said that the Onkyo will work just fine, but that a fan might be a good idea to extend the life of the receiver.Regarding OneCall. [...]