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Bought this a year ago from Amazon, for my home theater. Very satisfied with the audio quality.
If you are looking for bells and whistles that's fine but if you just want great sound.stick with a model with a smaller price tag.onkyo makes a great sound no matter what model you choose. I bought this to replace an older version (onkyo tx-ds494) of a 5.1 system. and I have to say that the sound quality was not all that much better. p.s. I sent this one back and re-connected my old one.
No information about them is posted on the Onkyo website. People purchasing the new product line have not yet confirmed on the audio video forum whether the new line has the same issue. I purchased this on advance order so was one of the "beta testers." If it wasn't for the firmware updates which were obtained through an audio video forum, I would be very unhappy with this purchase due to several serious problems with this unit and others produced in 2007. The last remaining problem is a color space issue when using the Reon. If it wasn't for the firmware updates obtained throught the forum I would have given the unit 2 stars. Customer support is worthless. Since Onkyo hasn't been forthcoming about updates and they have now released their new product line, it is not likely there will be any more firmware updates.
I will never buy another Onkyo product again. There have been 3 firmware updates since the release last fall which addressed most of the problems including audio lock on problems. Hopefully they don't or they will be in the same boat the rest of us who bought the 2007 line are in. The unit can only be updated using the serial port. Onkyo continues to fail to address this issue so many of us who belong to the forum do not even use the Reon. It's unfortunate rather than make their product better for their existing customers they continue to choose to ignore us. Poor customer support and the last remaining issue give it a 3.
It lives up to all its billing. Hookup and setup were very easy, audio and video are perfect, and my powered zone 2, which I use for whole-house audio, greatly improved the sound compared to my old Sony A/V receiver.
Updating the unit has been a pain but with a little know how isn't hard. See my review regarding the onkyo 875. I went ahead with the 905 in February and have been very pleased. It is worth the money especially at the price offered now. Good luck finding anything much better.
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