onkyo txsr506 - Blu-ray Forum

odogg10 · 08-08-2008, 03:20 PM

i found this on craigslist and they only want $200 for it. is it a good starter receiver? i know it has 3 hdmi inputs, so i know it's decent atleast. any advice??? please let me know asap, because if i need to jump on this i need to do it soon. thanks in advance!

JordanS · 08-08-2008, 04:05 PM

its a good starting point but you maybe interested in doing a 606 or even a 663. Both of these recievers will pull your HD audio codecs off HDMI. Where the 506 will not. You can run multi-channel on it but no DTS-HD. my opinion save up the extra money and go with the 606 or the 663. That way you'll be ready for your hd audio in the future.

crackinhedz · 08-08-2008, 10:03 PM

the 506 is passthrough.

If you want HD audio, this is not the receiver you want.

You want an Onkyo 605/606 or higher.

08-08-2008, 03:20 PM	#1
odogg10 Member Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:78	onkyo txsr506 i found this on craigslist and they only want $200 for it. is it a good starter receiver? i know it has 3 hdmi inputs, so i know it's decent atleast. any advice??? please let me know asap, because if i need to jump on this i need to do it soon. thanks in advance!

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08-08-2008, 04:05 PM	#2
JordanS Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	its a good starting point but you maybe interested in doing a 606 or even a 663. Both of these recievers will pull your HD audio codecs off HDMI. Where the 506 will not. You can run multi-channel on it but no DTS-HD. my opinion save up the extra money and go with the 606 or the 663. That way you'll be ready for your hd audio in the future.

08-08-2008, 10:03 PM	#3
crackinhedz Super Moderator Member since:Feb 2007 Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:19	the 506 is passthrough. If you want HD audio, this is not the receiver you want. You want an Onkyo 605/606 or higher.

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