SOUND,SOUND, SOUND...

...impression is that “600” is cheaper from “595”...

I was replace my ONKYO TX-DS595 A/V Receiver with ONKYO TX-SR600 and I must say next: The “600” have more power, very CLEAN and better sound, much more possibility for Audio and Video connections, ready for HDTV, Digital audio out, OSD… But, impression is that “600” is cheaper from “595”. SR 600 can’t works with loudspeakers less from 6 Ohm. With Remote control you can operate only six device, instead-eight with 595`s Remote Control. And green light diodes on 595`s remote was replaced with very ugly – red. Now you have only two Macro’s and remote control is powerless. You must point RC directly in Receiver or another device. What “595” have and “600” NOT? “ON Power” and “Power MAX”. Two very usefully possibility. With one world, ONKYO was made some “trick” with this A/V Receiver. My impression is that you have not ONKYO Receiver. You have “LIKE ONKYO” Receiver. BUT! Fundamental, with ONKYO TX-SR 600 you have VERY GOOD A/V Receiver with GREAT CLEAN sound, which any other receiver in this Price Class can’t BEAT! For curious people, my Home Theater Components: ONKYO TX-SR 600 PIONEER DV-444 PANASONIC NV-640 Hi-Fi VHS MISSION m53 - front MISSION m51 – rear MISSION m5c – center and ….for rear center and subwoofer I must wait for some …money.

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All the digital things (DTS, DPL2, DD, adn so on). Warm sound.

The pops between switching from Stereo to DPL2.

It's a very fine receiver for it's money. The sound is great with my Tannoy Revolution series. There is power enough.

1. Crisp and undistorted sound on 5.1 to 6.1 speaker channel. 2. Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS, DTS ES, Dolby Pro II, DTS NEO 6. 3. Sufficient wattage to drive most demanding Speakers. 4. A good remote control included.

a. Why did Onkyo bother to include the 0-45 volume steps? The audio is best heard at 50 and above. b. Set-up can be time consuming. But do not fret. After set-up, you can operate the unit with ease. c. No light button on the remote. The TX SR700 has the button. No reason why Onkyo deleted this button. Does not cost much to include the feature.

Despite negative reviews on the Onkyo TX SR600, the unit deserves more attention. It produces crisp and undistorted sound from 5.1 to 6.1 speaker channel. Fantastic sounds. Hear it to believe! I love using DTS NEO 6 on stereo or PCM sound. Use Dolby Digital II for mono and stere sound. It has enough audio/video inputs to hook all your electronic gear- cd, md, dvd, vhs and etal. And the learning remote is capable of reducing the remote control clutter. a. Why did Onkyo bother to include the 0-45 volume steps? The audio is best heard at 50 and above. b. Set-up can be time consuming. But do not fret. After set-up, you can operate the unit with ease. The Onkyo TX SR600

High-quality sound...very high for that price. Enough power for me to piss my neighbors off. Display dimmer...I just like this feature...now if i can get the rest of my stuff to play along. The remote is pretty good, and programmable with two macros, so once I take the time to teach it my other five remotes, I should be down to one for most uses.

I still live in the encoded cable world, so I have to use coax out from my cable box to get a picture...and of course I've yet to find a receiver with a coax input. It would be great to plug all video sources in, and have them all be converted to one s-video out to the tv. And yes, I've tried A/V cables without the coax out...my cable company won't let us do that for some reason. I can get the sound off the box, but no video. I've already complained to them about this.

My Yamaha receiver finally died, which gave me an excuse to buy something new. And better. And wow...does this Onkyo put it to shame. Not that my Yamaha was top of the line, or even very new (it only had DDS...no DTS). I've spent a lot of time in the last couple of years reading about and buying my home theater components, and I think I finally get the hype. This thing is great. The clarity of sound is amazing, relative to what I had. And the connectivity of the Onkyo is kind of mind blowing...too many options. I am a little bummed that there isn't an A/V to S-video converter built in, as that would make my life simpler with the hookups, but I've come to the conclusion that I just need a TV with more and better types of inputs. All in all, there are, I'm sure, some weaknesses somewhere. I haven't found them yet, though. Considering I paid as much for my old Yamaha receiver, this thing seems like a steal even though I was at the top end of the price range I see here. Now that I'm done being excited about things, here's the DL: this receiver, contrary to what some would have you think, has more then enough power for your average sized room. Wattage per channel is not the only factor in volume, power, however you want to put it. I could have gotten the 700, but I didn't see any reason to spend the extra money for a little more wattage. Resistance, AKA ohms, is an important factor in volume, as is the quality of the speaker, which is generally found in sensitivity. My Klipsch speakers and Polk sub easily turn the signal this Onkyo outputs into high-quality music and rumbling movies. I was seriously impressed with the Dolby Digital Pro-logic II...it takes a MONO signal and turns it into decent surround..not great, but gheez...better then I've heard before. I didn't like the DTS Neo version as much as the Pro-logic...not sure why, just sounded more hollow to me. I love DTS, having never really had that option before...but was bummed when I realized how few DVD's actually come encoded that way. But the DDS-EX pretty well rocks, too, so that's not a big concern.

The learning remote is awesome, controls all of my other equipment. It is nice to get all of the remotes (5 at last count)off the coffee table.

Have not found any yet. The love affair goes on.

OK, I am not an audiophile, but I love clean robust sounds from both music and home theatre sources. This Onkyo is a great receiver for that. Lots of connectivity and audio/video switching. This is a fantastic upgrade from my old Sony pro logic receiver. The DTS-ES is fantastic. I have read reviewers concerned about the lower power output (80 watts) than a lot of other receivers. But how many times do you listen at full volume? In most peoples homes full volume would break windows and loosen fillings even at 80 watts. With sources of such dynamic ranges we have today, the deltas from quiet to loud is like the difference between Oly and Dom Perignon! For the money, spec wise anyway, this receiver beats the pants off of other receivers that are substantially more expensive.

6 S-Video outs, 4 Fiber Optic in/outs (amazing quality sound), Cinema Filter, Great learning Remote(on screen), and Sound Quality.

Unlike Denon, the volume is not in dBs so you have to crank it up to at least level 50 for sound.

Home Theater Components: 1. Onkyo TX-SR600 2. Sony KP-61HS30 3. Sony DVP-S560S 4. PolkAudio RM6600 w/ PSW350 I would like to give the highest praise to this site and mention what a great asset it was for helping me decide between components and their prices. This Onkyo is a very impressive A/V receiver to say the least. The High Voltage CLEAN power supplied by this receiver is more than ample to run my Polk satillites and power the subwoofer. I demoed this receiver against the Denon AVR 1802, 2802, 2802, the Harmon Kardon AVR 225, 320, 520, and the Onkyo TX-SR700, TX-DS797 (THX cert). All were demoned in the same controlled environment, movie, cds, and speakers/subs. The results were as follows: 1. Harmon Kardon: Good sound with cds but movie center channel was harsh and at times over powering. It lacked cinema filter found on Denon and Onkyo systems. The remotes was pre-programmed, tiny buttons, and hard to see let alone use. Not much of a difference between the models in sound quality except for features/controls. In short, didn't convey a TRUE or REAL sound. 2. Denon: Great sound both cds and movies. A noticable upgrade from the HKs especially during movies more demanding CDs Trance (bass) and Classical (highs/mids). There was a slight difference between the lower end and higher end models in sound quality although only discernable with $2500 6ft tall mirage floor speakers. Weakness was they were last years technology new models slated for end of september with much better features dual amps for front and surround speakers, 6.1/7.1 DTS, more digital outs etc. 3. Onkyo: Tested each receiver in they're line up and came to this conclusion. Even the TXDS797 with THX certification could not out perform the TXSR600 with the speaker system I wanted. There was Absolutely NO discernable diffence in both CDs and Movies (Jurassic Park, Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars THX Episode I.) The THX Select Certification does one thing...Equalizes the sound automatically (after you set it) for you. In my opinion its not worth the extra $400. THX Ultra isn't even worth the upgrade however the THX Ultra2 Definitely supplies a world of a difference for $4000 more that is. Every feature you need for Home Theater and digital outs/ins, current technology and future proof. For the features and quality sound...best A/V receiver under $500.

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Sounds Great. All the audio modes I will need. PL2 makes 2 channel movies much better to watch. Can't comment on 6 channel audio.

Reduced Wattage when more channels are used. Make sure you're speakers minimum wattage does not go over 30 watts. You can easily blow your speakers (I have read about this happening to people). If your Speakers minimum is under 30, enjoy :)

I purchased This reciever a week ago to replace an old 500 watt kenwood. Contrary to previous posters suggesting this reciever does not provide the necessary power, from my experience I can get this reciever extremely loud and not be near the maximum volume. I have it in a 20X12 room, so perhaps that is a reason why the room was so easy to fill. The Sound is very clear, and warm. Movies are enveloping, and my music sounds great. Obivously going from a cheap kenwood there is a dramatic improvment, but I have heard many high quality systems (lexicon's/Anthem Preamps with perrault amps for example) and I do know what to be listening for. I am very satisfied with my purchase, although it is alarming to find out that this reciever only provides 30-35 watts/channel in 5/6 channel modes. It makes no difference to me though since my paradigm speakers seem to use the power very efficiently. Apparently you are only losing 3 db of volume as the wattage is cut in half. Definitly not significant enough to warrant returning the product. Price Paid is in Canadian funds.

Some obvious, some not. Obvious, people that listen to it liked it. The one who blew out his speakers with an arbitrary volume setting may have so done so with the Krell setup as well. Hardly the fault of the receiver. Not mentioned anywhere - with preamp outputs this is probably one of the better units to use as a A/V preamp only. Even better, since most info is coming from the front channels, and stereo listening would use them as well, you can shut off the power to the front channels in the receiver and use a separate high quality stereo amp for the really important stuff. This leaves more juice in the power supply for the front center and rear speakers.

For me it would be the lack of "pure audio" mode, which turns off everything else. Night mode would be available with all setups. And for some reason a Japanese company with a sagging economy builds this thing in Malaysia. So much for employee loyalty, just like America. In reality even $4000 receivers are a compromise so if you're looking for fault you're bound to find it. Just go listen.

People here are getting overly concerned with numbers. Some issues: 1. Power specs are measured on a test bench with resistor loads. Speakers are not resistors, they don't just dissipate power, they store power, then return it to the source. They vary in ohms, impedance actually, and it's all over the place. The watts rating is a place to start, just as a tire's "ratings" won't tell you what a tire will do under all weather conditions. 2. The voltage drop reported in a prior review is probably correct. Actually it verifies the power rating given to the the 600, which would be about 80 watts into 2 channels. Did the voltage drop? Yes, just like ALL receivers. In fact separate amps have the exact same situation, to a smaller degree. In a perfect world there would be a perfect power supply. It would put 80 watts into 8 ohms (all channels), 160 into 4 ohms, 320 into 2 ohms. It wouldn't get much better, since a 15 amp circuit will deliver a max of 1800 watts to the receiver. In a perfect world the receiver would have separate chassis for each channel, another for switching and digital info, and another for the preamp. It would be the size of a refrigerator and heat up a whole room. It would costs tens of thousands of dollars and almost nobody would be it. It exists, it called Krell. And perfect power suppies have ZERO dB headroom. Headroom is the brief burst of power one gets before the voltage drops. People think it's good, but it's nothing to brag about. 3. If you have a separate equalizer with rows of LEDs flashing you will see that, on a full range speaker, most power is at the lowest frequencies. If you are running a separate subwoofer along with 5 satellites the 5 speakers won't need anywhere near as much power as the sub, which are usually self powered anyway. 4.All of Alex's numbers are correct as well. 80 watts sounds very close in volume to 100 watts, all else being equal. That of course never happens. Just as a car can stop for any number of reason so can a receiver not deliver any more power. The power supply voltage drops, the transistors won't pass any more amps. On big 5 channel amps even the voltage from the wall socket can droop. But for receivers power supply is usually the limiting factor. It's recognized in the industry, and THX certification addresses it, to a degree.

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Can not convert from composite to s video.. but for the price, who cares! To solve that problem I got a rca - svideo adapter from partsexpress.com, so now I can switch everything through the reciever

I have the unit hooked up to my Directv with Dolby digital / PS2 / Toshiba DVD and it sounds great. The DTS Neo:6 is fantastic, plus the unit does not have a lot of dsp modes to fool with. The 6 or so that it comes with provide very different litening modes. The video switching is great and the picture quality through the reciever is great as well. I also like the fact that you can select another audio source while still in a video mode.. for example, you can be watching the game and have the audio portion be the radio while still seeing the picture from the receiver. Others have talked about low power output, but with my speakers (HK HTKS5.1) sound is never an issue. If you have expensive and sensitive speakers, this one may not be for you.. but I look at it this way... if you have expensive speakers, why are you buying this unit? Anyway, for my money, this receiver kicks a$$. The sound is great for HT and music, it has every main stream surround processing mode there is and the remote is not to shabby!

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Theater sound incomplete presence under normal level, unrelaxed feeling and need to match with very dynamic and very efficient speaker.

Best Value in its category, complete video connection needed and Digital processing . Impressive built. but not the best sounding reciever in the market under this price range. under 2 channel the reciever produce clean sound. but on theater mode booth DTS and Dolby Digital, good center reproduction but lack liveliness and smoothness from speaker interaction, lact of detail and presence under normal listnening level (need to increase volume level to get all the sound effect noticeable, at normal listening level I need to feel the sound move from front to the back smoothly for example like wind passing by your room ). I haved audition Yamaha, Denon and Marantz which has better sound quality than this SR600. I test several speaker to match the reciever most of them are 89db to 91db the lowest is 87db(B&W 600 series3, Atlantic Technology, NHT, and Dynaudio) I sorry that still disappointed with the sound quality of the SR600, If Onkyo only improved it sound quality, it will be hard for the other brand to compete with the SR600 for the year.

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