expired Posted by Cooney01 • Jul 4, 2022
Jul 4, 2022 12:33 PM
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Item 1 of 3
expired Posted by Cooney01 • Jul 4, 2022
Jul 4, 2022 12:33 PM
Costco Members: Onkyo TX-NR6050 7.2-Channel AV Receiver
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Setup -Both are easy, no issues at all
HDMI Input - With both receivers, the Ruko and Sony Blu-Ray player plugged in and worked perfectly. But then, here comes the DirecTV Streamimg box. The DirecTV Streaming box is JUNK! The Yamaha did not like it at all. I had to take off the HDMI control to get it to work on the Yamaha. If I didn't do that, the HDMI would switch to another input, like the Roku. I looked up this problem with DirecTV and they said to disable HDMI control on the DirecTV box. Well, this the new Streaming box and it does NOT have this setting. I do not watch that much TV so I wound up not using the DirecTV Streaming box and just using the DirecTV app in the Roku, problem solved.
With the Onkyo receiver, the DirecTV Streaming box worked fine.
Front Display - The Yamaha front display is really small where the Onkyo is normal size and looks nice. The good thing in my den is the Yamaha is close to where I sit so the small size is not a problem for me. In my living room, that would be a problem and the Onkyo will work out great there.
I never tried the Denon receiver, with only 75 per channel, that just does not seem like enough to push my speakers
TV Display - With the Yamaha, when you are playing Adobe Vision, the volume control will NOT display. When not using Adobe Vision, the volume control displays fine. On the Onkyo, the volume control displays fine in all modes.
Sound quality, most important to me - I only use the den to watch movies. The sound from the Yamaha was a little better than the Onkyo. It was a little more crisp and with the Atmos sound is where the Yamaha really shinned compared to the Onkyo. I do not have Atmos in my living room so the Onkyo should be fine for that room's setup.
Wattage - Yamaha has 100w per channel while the Onkyo has 90w has 90w per channel. This is maybe why the Yamaha sounds a little better than the Onkyo
I kept the Yamaha over the Onkyo because the Yamaha sounds better, which is what I was after. All the other things were miner for me.
For the living room, I'm going with the Onkyo because of the DirecTV Streaming box issue. That is for my wife and the DirecTV Streaming box works better then Roku DirecTV app.
So I'm not feeling too good about that purchase. Looks like I have to return mine and I'll try to find a brand I can trust more than this. It sucks because this was my first experience with an AVR, as I'm upgrading from an old soundbar.
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The sound is directed to the ceiling and bounces down towards you. My set up has the Atmos in the front. If someone says they have the 5.1.4, they have the Atmos on all four surround sound speakers.
I hope I made since of what I typed, I'm still a little new to the Atmos. the thing I do know is it really made a difference in my system after I got the Atmos speakers. And getting a really nice subwoofer put my system over the top. I splurged on the SVS PB-1000 sub, it really thumps!
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My only question is have you noticed any HDMI hand shaking issues with the Onkyo? The Denon has some HDMI hand shaking issues even after the latest firmware (May 2022). It does not happen often, but it is annoying when it does and often requires power cycling the unit to correct the issue.
I've never had any such issue with the Onkyo. It's been very stable. No handshaking issues at all. But I should qualify that statement by mentioning that I do keep HDMI-CEC off on everything. Since I use a Harmony remote, I don't need HDMI-CEC. And I don't use eARC either. By my experience handshaking issues often happen when HDMI-CEC is on. Since I keep it off on everything, the chances of handshaking issues are greatly reduced anyway.
Its 2022 and AV receivers still behave like they were made in 1982.
Do what you want, just letting you know it isn't some rando company.
So I'm not feeling too good about that purchase. Looks like I have to return mine and I'll try to find a brand I can trust more than this. It sucks because this was my first experience with an AVR, as I'm upgrading from an old soundbar.
I call BS on your "review" of the Onkyo dying in two weeks and you doing research, blah blah blah.
SD should add the option of granting trolling awards!
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