Onkyo Receiver Comparisons

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Originally Posted by Bango

Hmm...I'm in the market to upgrade my Harman Kardon AVR 245. What are the biggest differences between the Onkyo 805 and 605? Other than the look of it? I'm trying to justfy almost $400 price difference.

BOTH THE 605 AND 805 (ALSO THE 705) HAVE THE SAME Faroudja DCDi SCALER UPTO 720p.

This is a very large mistake many buyers of the 805 have made. I ended up buying the 875 as it will do 1080p upscaling.

FROM THE USER MANUAL 805/875

805
3 HDMI
inputs, 1 output (Version 1.3a)
• HDMI up-conversion of composite video, S-Video,
and component video sources (720p capable)

875
HDMI up-conversion of composite video, S-Video,
and component sources (720p, 1080i, 1080p capable)

The only major differences going from the 605-805

1. the power output 130 watts RMS for the 805
Power output for the 605 is 90 watts RMS

2 The 605 CANNOT DO FRONT SPEAKER BRIDGING 805 CAN

3 Video scaler in the 605 is the Faroudja DCDi (720P capable)
Video scaler in the 805 is the EXACT SAME
THE 875/905 HAVE THE REON-VX hqv scaler that is 1080p capable

4. THE 605 IS NOT THX CERTIFIED
THE 705 IS THX SELECT
THE 805 IS THX ULTRA 2 CERTIFIED

5 605 IS HIGH CURRENT OUTPUT @ 36amps
805 is 60 amps

6. 805 has Dual PUSH-PULL amplifier Design

7 805 has Certified 4ohms performance
605 doesn't

8 HDMI inputs 2/605 and 3/805

9 DSP Type / QTY 32bit 605-1, 805-3

10 805 has BURR-BROWN DAC'S

11 605 has 5 band Multi-Band Speaker EQ
805 has 7 band

12 AUTO MIC SPEAKER CALIBRATION
605 (Audyssey 2EQ)
805 (Audyssey MultEQ XT)

Anyways there are some few very very minor difference's between the 2 models .

These ones I have listed are the MAJOR and NOT SO MAJOR differences between the 2, If I have missed any please feel free to quote and add them.

AGAIN THE 805 AND ALL LOWER MODELS WILL NOT DO 1080P UPSCALING!! I MYSELF WAS GOING TO BUY THE 805 UNTIL I READ THE SMALL PRINT IN THE SPECIFICATIONS FROM ONKYO'S WEBSITE THAT ARE NOTED BY ASTERICS.

THIS WILL HELP OUT WITH USER REVIEWS/OPINIONS ON THE 805

805 forum http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=857502