The Onkyo TX-SR805 represents the current pinnacle of value at its price point. It sounds good, decodes all the latest HD audio codecs, sports a large power supply, has an impressive feature set, THX Ultra2 certification, and Audyssey MultEQ at a price well below what the competition offers. This high level of value is not just limited to this particular model; Onkyo has spread value and features across their entire product line. Onkyo has resurged into the market as a serious player once again and clearly upped the ante with the TX-SR805. Highly recommended.
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Seriously though, I was anxious to see AH do a review and it is a pretty good review. Since video processing doesn't concern me (at least not in the receiver) it seems like a great deal and something to look into in the future.
It was a good review and I'm glad to finally see a review of an Onkyo receiver as I've been buying them for years.
One clarification though: IntelliVolume is not dynamic compression. IV just allows you to set an offset between different source inputs - so if your cable box connected to Video 1 seems to be about 3 dB louder than the dvd player connected to DVD, you can set IV to -3 dB for the Video 1 input in an attempt to keep the volume levels somewhat consistent as you switch sources. It's nice but doesn't work so well for things like cable because each and every channel can have a different level.
I can't speak to the heat issue directly but Brain Florian of Secrets did a review on it and he found that the HDMI-CEC feature was a major culprit of the heat.
If you aren't aware that is the feature whereby remote control codes are sent over the HDMI interface. Onkyo has new name for it (which escapes me at the moment) but it is similar to their old RI (Remote Interactive) feature that does things like turn on the receiver and select the DVD input when the DVD player is turned on. You can easily imitate the same behavior with a universal remote and I suspect most people will have no use for the HDMI interactive feature so you can turn it off and see how that affects the heat.
I have a question, please. I'm about to replace my 605 because it generates pops and tics that jump all around the various speakers whenever it is in the Dolby Digital mode. It doesn't do it all the time but it does it enough to distract me during a movie. Did you hear any of these artifacts from the 805? I'm thinking about getting a Yamaha to avoid this problem. Hopefully the 805 doesn't have it. My 605 is perfectly satisfactory in every other way.
I have a question, please. I'm about to replace my 605 because it generates pops and tics that jump all around the various speakers whenever it is in the Dolby Digital mode. It doesn't do it all the time but it does it enough to distract me during a movie. Did you hear any of these artifacts from the 805? I'm thinking about getting a Yamaha to avoid this problem. Hopefully the 805 doesn't have it. My 605 is perfectly satisfactory in every other way.
No ticks or pops on the 805.
If you have a 605 and it suffers ticks and pops, sounds like a defect.
Onkyo has a two year warranty, depending on how long ago you bought it, exchange it for new at the store or get it into Onkyo for service if it is beyond store exchange period policy.
Onkyo TX-SR805 AV Receiver Review
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