Yes it's good
I have owned both the yamaha ( RXV800 and the RXV1400) and the onkyo 501 I bought for my friend and the 801 for myself)
To the previous poster....You never heard them So your not helping.
The sound for yamaha is what some would say is bright. ( this has to also do with the speakers that you are using) The options and flexability all great. but in reality you will find you only use 3 or 4 at the most
The onkyo has a different sound and not as many options. But like I said I don't use 14 different sound settings only 3 -4. ( same 4 as before just have different names eg. effect mode is direct mode)
Sound (TESTED THIS WITH THE WIFE!!!!! and the friend NOT A MISSPRINT Yes I said the wife)
I found the sound to be CLEAN on the ONKYO. The Yamaha can't do this.
The wife said it was like you had wax in your ears and you used a Q-tip and cleaned them.
Even the 501 did the same thing. just less power than the 801
I never had a chance to compare it to the HK or Denons some day I will
but I returned my RXV1400 and picked up the Onkyo.
Also not the Network connection (never used it never hooked it to my computer. Also don't plan too but you never know in the future)
Any questions Just P.M. me
( Note I can't speak for QC of the 602 model ( I would look at alast years mode also if that is an issue (Think of it as car analogy it is a BMW drives and feels like a BMW and BMW 2005 will drive and feel the same. why make it feel like a Honda? Its a BMW. ( Note this applies to the Yammie as well the 800 and the 1400 had the same sound/sonic signature and it had a 2 year difference in models)