[Hillside Trece]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

nope, not a problem buddy. i use it for my secondary system in my basement office. i'm not a live and die guy in this thing like so many people are or claim to be. i want nice things that work first and are as simple as possible. price is always important to me as well. for it's use it offers way more power than i need so im covered there and plenty of features that i wanted.

Gotcha. Something similar to what I was trying to explain in some other threads that were getting so technical and some people attempting to be so aggressive with what "has to be" and what we "must adhere to" and how if we don't our systems are completely unlistenable -- absolute nonsense.

i know it's not gonna be for everyone and in most cases not for most of the folks here cause of the entry level lable, onkyo brand and other reasons too. but like i said, i'm easy to please, i love the onkyo brand and it does what i need it to do and i didn't have to spend a ton of money. i got one last kid in college and money is important.

Well, I'm not sure if you're referring to Onkyo as being "entry level" when you say "label," but I don't agree with that if you are saying it -- sure, there are entry level products in their lineup, such as the very receiver we're discussing here, but the brand itself is far from what I would call an entry level beginner's type basic product maker; as you go up in product lineup scale, their gear gets more and more sophisticated. But you do say that you love the Onkyo brand, so perhaps you meant something else. Indeed, to have to put kids through college it's tough, and this company definitely gives you bang for the buck, no doubt -- I wanted something a lot more sophisticated and powerful than the 605 when I was shopping for it, but we just couldn't afford it, so I know what you mean. The 605 ended up having everything we needed to get into high def and Blu-ray codec decoding, and it still does after all these years.

i'm very happy with it, the looks of it are fine by me because i'm not looking at it when i'm watching a movie or listening to music. it's not ugly but for some it's not what they want to see in a receiver. i don't want tuna with good taste, i want tuna that taste good!

I understand; I happen to be one of those people that like to look at my gear as it's in action, so the faceplates have always been up to scrutiny for me -- even when listening to my two channel system.

i just put up this thread to let folks who might have been or are interested in the unit what i think about it as an owner. everyones comments are welcome as long as they are civil to each other!

Well, that last statement seems to be a stretch for many lately on here, but I for one am trying my best to do that for you with this thread (keep it civil and stimulate positive feedback and comment tracks). Appreciate your input about the receiver. I still don't know what to make of its new faceplate design, but as I said, I like the way it looks on Onkyo's new high end hi fi separates line (a bit different in execution here, but similar):

http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=...=Reference&p=i

http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=...=Reference&p=i

And their new stereo receiver:

http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=...s=Receiver&p=i