Onkyo TX-SR606 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) by Onkyo
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Digital camera reviews of Onkyo TX-SR606 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black)
Digital camera Review: Great Receiver
Summary: 5 Stars
I installed this receiver within my home theater. The sound is fantastic. When I have guests over to view movies they are amazed at the sound. My DVD and game console uses the HDMI connections. The operations are flawless. If I had of purchased a more expensive receiver would have been a waste of money. You can not go wrong with ONKYO receivers.Digital camera Review: Great receiver
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an absolutely fantastic receiver. The sound is fantastic and the functionality is straight forward. Having (4) HDMI's for inputs adds a pile of flexibility. There are a couple of things that took my rating down a notch from 5 stars.
Just a couple of notes though:
1. Zone 2 ONLY allows Analog inputs. I spent hours troubleshooting this but eventually found it in the fine print in the manual. I wanted this feature specifically for my outdoor speakers. I was able to dual patch from my sound blaster USB device with an analog lead to AUX. This works fine for streaming music from my laptop but all my other inputs are digital only. Just a weird restriction IMHO.
2. I really wish the auto setup would catch polarity issues for my leads out to the speakers (SONY does this). With a 7.1 system there are a bunch of runs to make out to the speakers and I am sure somewhere along the way I made a mistake and flipped the red/black.
Digital camera Review: Humming at high volumes with low input
Summary: 3 Stars
Returned receiver after discovering humming noise present when volume was set at high with low input from HDMI devices. Exchanged for Pioneer no humming found (so it wasn't a bad ground). Beside humming receiver had great sound, and was easy to setup.Digital camera Review: What an Improvement!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this Receiver to replace a JVC 5.1 unit that died after 5 years of constant use. None of the existing speakers were replaced (some are over 30 years old). I could not believe the improvement this system made in the sound produced. We used the supplied mic to do the auto setup and that was it.
As this system is a true 7.1 we will soon replace the speakers with a matched set and I can't wait to what that will do.
The only minor issue is the receiver's display of the of the DTS and DD modes are Icons rather than text of the display.
Digital camera Review: Great sound, easy setup
Summary: 4 Stars
The receiver is surprisingly bulky, and the remote could use a tiny bit of redesign, most notably its laudable but futile efforts to become your universal remote making it usually do the wrong thing when you press any button. But those are really the only flaws in an absolutely solid receiver.
The sound quality is great. Setup is easy; the included microphone and clever software get the job done easy as falling off a log. There are enough connections on the back to rig up pretty much any combination of devices, and the software lets you tie different inputs together in any combination you like. The four HDMI ports really make setup easy and use just as easy: one button switches video and audio together, eliminating most lag (the receiver gives you ways of fixing it when that's not true) and even lets you choose preferred settings for each input separately, along with volume levelling. Even the built-in FM tuner gets remarkably good reception.
I'm running this to a set of Polk 5.1 speakers and a 62" DLP HDTV, and the sound quality is fantastic, and the video too. I couldn't be more pleased, apart from those few minor issues mentioned at the top.