- It was time to upgrade and I wanted networking with my next receiver. That was my deciding factor along with a decent price for this NR-609. It had enough juice to power my Infiniti towers and surrounds and Polk center and sub. Plus, this was also my first reciever that featured HDMI (thus allowing all the TrueHD and DTS-HD formats), which cut back on awful cable clutter behind my HDTV (Samsung 64 D7000 Plasma).So setting this up was a piece of cake if you have ever hooked up to any receiver for home theater before. Nice on-screen menu, easy to navigate and enough options to keep the casual audiophiles happy. After I made all the connections with HDMI and speaker wires.. I played Avatar on Blu-ray…
- Well, after doing much research I decided to purchase this receiver. The options, along with the quality sound and video conversion that I read about all played a factor, along with the sub $400 price compared to the $500+ prices of Yamaha and Denon in the same class. Additionally, this receiver was replacing my 15 year old Onkyo receiver that served me well and is still running strong!I was a bit hesitant due to the number of issues that were posted on Amazon, however I typically chalk those up to a few lemons, and some user related issues. However, I couldn't have been more wrong. Conscious of the issues I read about, I was very careful handing and setting up the receiver, even reading the…
- 100 Watts per Channel at 8 Ohms, 20 Hz?20 kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC; 125 Watts per Channel at 6 Ohms, 1 kHz, 0.1%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC
- 6 HDMI Inputs and 1 Output, HDMI Support for 3D, Audio Return Channel, Deep Color, x.v.Color, LipSync, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DVD-Audio
- Direct Digital Connection of iPod/iPhone via Front-Panel USB Port
- Network Capability
- THX Select2 Plus
