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 enlarge | Brand: Onkyo
Category: CE
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Avg. Customer Rating:  155 reviews
Sales Rank: 1604
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 24.9
Dimensions (in): 14.8 x 17.1 x 6.9
MPN: TXSR606S
Model: TXSR606S
UPC: 751398008108
EAN: 0751398008108
ASIN: B0015S8POY
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months
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 If you want HD functionality for your home theater without any unnecessary frills, this is the one to buy. December 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've always had great experiences with Onkyo receivers and the 606 is no exception. It does everything as advertised - 7.1 channel sound encoding the latest lossless audio formats from Blu-Ray discs (Dolby HD and DTS-HD-Master). The sound is clear and the receiver is very easy to use. I use mine with HDMI passthroughs and the connections are a piece of cake. CNET rates this unit very highly and I agree with them completely. The only reason I am giving this four stars is because the unit seems to run on the warm side, but then my old Onkyo unit did that too and it has worked flawlessly for over 5 years now, so I am not concerned about reliability at all.
 Excellent reciever. Astounding price. December 27, 2008
I finally have a single receiver that can handle audio and video easily. I'm running a combination of HDMI, s-video, and component video on the video side and optical and RCA on the audio side. The only issue I had was that it does not allow s-video with optical audio from my DVD player, but that was quickly remedied when I switched my older DVD player to component video. This receiver produces much better sound than my current speaker set up can handle, but I highly, highly recommend it.
Owned one day, first opinion. December 26, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well I am extremely disappointed that this does not indeed fry eggs. Several user reviews stated it was excellent in doing so. Unfortunately it hardly get's hot and in fact I STRONGLY advise NOT trying to fry an egg on this receiver. Many vents on the top and the egg just went right through on the circuit board. Luckily it's under warranty.
One thing I wanted to add to the several reviews out there is just ALL the features this thing has. I did a lot of research on this thing but once I finally did get it and looked at the manual there was about 100 things it does that I had NO idea about. Very solid features that really utilize what your working with.
It's quite. Have NOT had any trouble with it getting too hot, don't have anything on top of it. Let's off this weird smell but I think it's just the smell of a new beast of a machine breaking it's self in.
So far so good, sounded terrible at first then I calibrated the speakers and it's just AMAZING!
I have my ps3, dish network, mac mini, record player, vcr, and nintendo wii all running through it. Have not tryed vcr or wii yet, nor any up scaling features yet. Will be writing more as time goes.
BTW I got these with the onkyo 7.1 speaker set off amazon ( didn't buy receiver here )
Sweet December 24, 2008
I have connected my satellite decoder box, my wife's DVR player and my upconverting DVD player to this receiver. Everything works as it should at this point. We just bought new furniture which was delivered about two days ago. I have only connected the two front speakers, woofer and center thus far. I plan on hooking in the other four side and rear speakers this weekend after Christmas. Even with those few speakers and it not balanced for the room it sounds great. I can't wait to hook it all up and use the microphone to balance it out.
A sound decision December 24, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The electronic giants have pretty much confused their intended market. They introduce "must-have" technologies every year, at least. There are buildings full of people making up acronyms that add to the confusion. They have billion-dollar fights over various technologies. As the song says, "What's a poor boy to do?"
Lots of people clearly have not done anything. Their equipment is already digital, so the movies and music are clear and sharp. They are not unhappy with what they have. And, they are confused about what the new stuff, worried that it is just another path to obsolescence. I was pretty much in this camp as well.
Why did I buy a new receiver? My old one broke and I had no choice, so I started looking around. Actually, I had some issues with the old unit. It did not have HDMI connections, so I had a dozen cables running all over. The TV and the DirecTv HD satellite receiver had HDMI connections. I also wanted to get a Blu-Ray player and those are at their best with HDMI. In short, I was getting cable envy.
Then there was the sound. My living room is the worst possible place for good sound. It is all wood and glass with an odd shape and other rooms open to it. I hated the harsh and bouncy sound, the unintelligible voices and ringing high notes. I knew the new AVRs had microphones and automatic speaker set-up features. That sounded good to me. I thought that this was a technology that might make a real difference.
I did not worry much about the power. They are all loud enough in a typical room. I did not worry much about the claims of subtle sound quality issues. Home theater sound is highly processed, loud and dramatic. Musical nuances that are important in a dedicated quality stereo system are just lost in playing The Dark Knight!
In the end, it was all in the room dynamics for me. A million dollar receiver without near-perfect speaker playback would not sound any better than the cheapest one out there in my room. This is going to be true for most people. Few of us have dedicated and properly configured listening rooms.
Onkyo uses the Audyssey system to set up the speakers. Other companies use different, although similar, technologies. I believe that Audyssey is as least as good as anything in this middle range price class. The supplied microphone was connected to the unit, strange noises were emitted and in a short time all the speakers were putting out the appropriate signals. The TX-SR606 has plenty of actual power, so the sound is strong and effortless. I can hear dialogue, the surround sound is fun and everyone is amazed at how much better it all is. Even my Luddite brother, who feels most of this is all a waste of money, thinks the sound is fantastic. This was a huge upgrade for me, much more than what I was expecting.
The improvement is very noticeable on every show, newscasts, everything, not just with jets and explosions.
My system is 5:1. I hope to never hook up seven speakers. Maybe if I had a huge dedicated engineered theater room.
I like the HDMI cabling. Three cables and everything is connected and it all works perfectly. The Onkyo has four HDMI inputs, so you can connect a disc player, a sat/cable box, an Apple TV (or such) and a game console all at once. A good feature. Most other receivers in the same price category only have two inputs.
I was able to buy the cheapest Sony Blu-Ray because the Onkyo does the decoding of the new sound formats. If the receiver does not have that capability, then you must buy the more expensive Blu-Ray players that have the ability to do the decoding themselves. It is confusing.
The Onkyo will upconvert, so a regular DVD looks almost as good a a Blu-Ray disc on the screen. In fact, we think many TV shows look better now. Maybe it upconverts DirecTv as well as discs.
Onkyos have honest power ratings and the power is enough to easily drive my nice but inefficient B&Ws. It is fairly big and heavy, so I like to think it is rugged and has lots of good stuff inside.
Some reviewers hate the Onkyo's style. I think it looks interestingly different, maybe a bit of a vintage look. I think it is fine. A more conventional design would just be ho hum. I do like the option of silver. Nobody else offers anything but black. Personally, I don't like the black scientific instrument look.
The remote is fine. I used it to set up the receiver, but use a Harmony One (see review) for everyday operation. That is the way to go.
The manual could be better. I would like suggested set-ups and settings, rather than pages of optional ways of doing things. How many people are AV hobbyists and how many just want to get it to work correctly?
The SR606 hits the sweet spot in price and in features that are important to most users. It decodes and connects everything. It seems that it will not be obsolete for a long time. I recommend it.
Why only fours star then? I think having to choose between twenty-seven different listening modes is stupid. A modern receiver should simply output the best signal it can, automatically. One can get paranoid that, gee, should I be listening to "DTS 96/24" or "DTS-ES Discrete". Or what? That costs it a star. It would cost any receiver I know of one star.
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