I have a Onkyo receiver.

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I don’t know what brand to get when my Onkyo breaks , I think my other avr the hdmi broke but I haven’t used it in a while. I thought Yamaha were supposed to be more reliable than Onkyo?

According to Mr. MCODE, yes Yamaha is supposed to be much more reliable than Onkyo, which he puts at the bottom.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

The Yamaha's just don't have much mid range..

That usually has everything to do with the speakers, setup, and room acoustics and a lot less to do with any AVR.

As with any system, if you don't have enough bass (inadequate setup, speakers, subs, acoustics), the sound will be "lifeless and lame".

 

[dlaloum]

According to Mr. MCODE, yes Yamaha is supposed to be much more reliable than Onkyo, which he puts at the bottom.

They had issued from around 2008 to 2018...

and this AVR is smack bang in that range.

The main issues are the capacitors on the HDMI board - a number of people used to provide a recapping service for those... (there was a bad batch of under-rated / under-spec capacitors, which would fail under high temperature conditions - and guess what, the HDMI boards ran very hot on these AVR's)

These issues do not apply to post 2018 Onkyo AVR's

 

[lovinthehd]

They had issued from around 2008 to 2018...

and this AVR is smack bang in that range.

The main issues are the capacitors on the HDMI board - a number of people used to provide a recapping service for those... (there was a bad batch of under-rated / under-spec capacitors, which would fail under high temperature conditions - and guess what, the HDMI boards ran very hot on these AVR's)

These issues do not apply to post 2018 Onkyo AVR's

2009-12 was the years manufactured range they did the extended warranties for....or were there post 2012 production issues too?