Onkyo 806

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Originally Posted by sarge1976

I heard that the DAC's aren't as good as the 805's,the 805 has Burr Browns and I'm not quite sure what the 806's have but I know its not the BB's,I originally wanted to trade my 805 in for the 806 but a few people on here recommended I'd be better off with the 805 if I didn't need the extra HDMI inputs.

You are correct, the 805 has PCM1796 Burr Brown DAC's found in the $5,000 Yamaha RX-Z11 and Denon $5,500 5308CI, the 806 has Cirrus Logic DAC's.
Advantage TX-SR805

The 805 will not process 24/192 Dolby TrueHD.
The 806 will process 24/192 Dolby TrueHD.
Bitstream: Advantage TX-SR806
PCM: Advantage neither

The 805 processes dts-ma 24/192 at 24/96
The 806 processes dts-ma 24/192 at 24/192
Bitstream: Advantage TX-SR806
PCM: Advantage neither

The 805 processes DSD directly to analog or to PCM for processing
The 806 processes DSD to PCM regardless of setting
Bitstream: Advantage TX-SR805
PCM: Advantage neither

The 805 has 60A High Instantaneous Current Capability
The 806 has 36A High Instantaneous Current Capability
Advantage TX-SR805

The 805 doesn't have bridging for front speakers for 2.1 listening
The 806 does have bridging for front speakers to 210W/ch (8Ω) for 2.1
Advantage TX-SR806

I think the 805 has better power, although the missing BTL capability did bother me, but for $614 new I couldn't pass up the 805. I listen to a lot of SACD's with the Oppo 980H that has DSD output, so I wanted DSD>Analog too which the xx6 series don't have.

The 5 HDMI inputs is pretty kick ass, but I only have three devices right now that I use for HDMI. If I were to add a standalone Blu-ray player for bitstreaming, I'd go component for my satellite dish.