- I've been hunting for a receiver and speakers for a little while now, and despite looking at individual receivers from Onkyo and Denon, speaker packages, or standalone speakers, I kept coming back to the Onkyo home theater systems. While many audiophiles on high end forums like avsforum will quickly poo-poo any home theater in a box system, I would say that any of the Onkyo systems will deliver the experience and quality that you're looking for in an easy and affordable system.There were a few reasons that drew me to this package -1. The receiver included is the TX-NR609, which by itself is a $400 - $500 receiver. It's now last years model, since replaced by the TX-NR616, but doesn't lack any…
- This Home Theater System has great sound and is very easy to setup and comes with software to balance your speakers to the acoustics in the room. Make sure you place your receiver in a ventilated area because it will generate some heat.I reviewed a lot of sound systems and this one came out on top. Most reviews had some negative comments, but this one had less then any I reviewed. The system comes with 18 gauge wire which I used on small runs and with the back speakers I used 16 gauge speaker wire.You will need to purchase another HDM1 cable if you want to control the sound from your TV through the Onkyo receiver. I bought my cable through MyCableMart.com and have also bought through Amazon.com.…
- 130 Watts per Channel at 6 Ohms, 1 kHz, .07%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC
- 6 HDMI Inputs and 1 Output
- Direct Digital Connection of iPod/iPhone via Front-Panel USB Port
- Playback of Audio Files Through Local Network (MP3, WMA, WMA Lossless, FLAC, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, LPCM)
- Firmware Updates via Ethernet and USB
