Thursday, July 9, 2009

Onkyo TX-SR507 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver (Black) Review


After my Pioneer VSX-something started dying out on me (AmP Error problems) after 5+ years. I upgraded to this one. Onkyo is the best!! Its driving 5 speakers (JBL Studio series tower, center and surround) and 1 Polk 10" Subwoofer and the sound is so clean compared to my old one that it makes the home theater experience more enjoyable for an audiophile like me. I use the HDMI connection from two sources to the output with no signal loss (its a pass through). I programmed my remote to work with the Direct tv box and tv and it was flawless. Controls were adequate - my only wish is that the remote control would light up. Try to read up on the manual and don't rush yourself when its time to tweak. Take your time with this. I tweaked the sound by putting on the Jazz channel on direct tv. The reason for Jazz is because it uses nice bass and treble for tweaking. Onkyo also has this Audissy mic that calibrates it auto for you, but I havent tried it yet. Right now, its adequate. In the end, this is all you need for a good home theater setup.

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