onkyo opinions

[richard lichtenfelt]

Onkyo is made by Toshiba. Just mention this as a little known interesting fact.
I've read that only the 905 is made in Japan and all the others are made in The Phillipines or Guam.
An audio engineer wrote a review of the 805 stating that it has flat sound at lower volume settings.
I've also read some reviews where people claimed that they were experiencing a loud popping noise coming from their speakers.
One other complaint that seems to be fairly frequent w/ the Onkyo brand is that the video output is darker than the source.
Has anyone here noticed any of these problems?
It should be noted that these are things I've read when researching audio receivers and I have no first hand experience with Onkyo.

[Nooff]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Onkyo is made by Toshiba. Just mention this as a little known interesting fact.
I've read that only the 905 is made in Japan and all the others are made in The Phillipines or Guam.
An audio engineer wrote a review of the 805 stating that it has flat sound at lower volume settings.
I've also read some reviews where people claimed that they were experiencing a loud popping noise coming from their speakers.
One other complaint that seems to be fairly frequent w/ the Onkyo brand is that the video output is darker than the source.
Has anyone here noticed any of these problems?
It should be noted that these are things I've read when researching audio receivers and I have no first hand experience with Onkyo.

The popping noise is something Onkyo should be able to fix with a firmware update. When set to PCM (PS3) the popping noise isn't nearly as bad as when it's set to Bitstream. Haven't had any problems with video output being darker at all, it's all fine. As for the sound being flat, I guess they had a bad unit because my 805 is still kicking the shit out of my setup everytime I turn it on, no matter the volume

[Kayne314]

There is a very quiet "click" as the Onkyo 705 switches internal decoding. There is no "popping sound" from the speakers at all. The "click" is not very loud, and is muffled nicely by the home theater case it and all my other electronics reside in.

Even at low volumes, the 705 remains bright and clear sounding.

The HDMI pass-through for video does not affect the brightness or darkness of the video at all. My Plasma passed it's calibration tests both before and after installation of the 705 with NO tweaking. Also, the up-conversion to 720p of analog video remains clean and stable without affecting brightness.

It is manufactured in Malaysia. It does not mention Philippines or Guam. Though I don't know anything about that part of the world.

[lildon24]

605 got the cheapest price

705 got THX

805 is a updated version of 705 with extra watts

905 and above is too damn expensive with better video upconverter

[jon s]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Onkyo is made by Toshiba. Just mention this as a little known interesting fact.
I've read that only the 905 is made in Japan and all the others are made in The Phillipines or Guam.
An audio engineer wrote a review of the 805 stating that it has flat sound at lower volume settings.
I've also read some reviews where people claimed that they were experiencing a loud popping noise coming from their speakers.
One other complaint that seems to be fairly frequent w/ the Onkyo brand is that the video output is darker than the source.
Has anyone here noticed any of these problems?
It should be noted that these are things I've read when researching audio receivers and I have no first hand experience with Onkyo.

AFAIK, Onkyo is NOT made Toshiba...

The popping sound seems to be an issue with the PS3 only, all the other devices i have do not exhibit this issue other than my PS3.

The Onkyo 905 had a black level issue with firmware earlier than 1.05.