Costco Members: Onkyo TX-NR6050 7.2-Channel AV Receiver Expired

I bought the Denon and I did see reviews that the Onkyo is a better unit even when it cost $50 more. I am just not an Onkyo fan. I bought a week before the sale and tried to get a price adjustment at Costco. They said they run different sales online and didn't seem to want to offer me the sale price. So I bought another unit online and will return it with the other receipt. I have never had Costco be that way before.

I have an onkyo.. it doesn't function all that well. I like Denon and Yamaha much better.

Onkyo hasn't changed the looks of their budget receiver line in a really long time. This 6050 looks just like my 2015 TX-NR646 and 2017 TX-NR676. I actually tried the Yamaha TSR-700 and the Denon S750H but ended up returning them. Really wish I would have jumped on the TSR-7850 before Yamaha discontinued them.

Yamaha and onkyo are the same company.

A thirty second Google search will show that is not true...

Onkyo hasn't changed the looks of their budget receiver line in a really long time. This 6050 looks just like my 2015 TX-NR646 and 2017 TX-NR676. I actually tried the Yamaha TSR-700 and the Denon S750H but ended up returning them. Really wish I would have jumped on the TSR-7850 before Yamaha discontinued them.

I find it strange that someone - out of all the reasons you could use to make a purchase decision would worry about how it looks - personally I could not care less. My receiver sits across the room and looks pretty much the same as any all black receiver.

The Onkyo issue with their faulty HDMI board affected several model years to 2012. Since then, you will see a couple of posts here and there about HDMI issues, but nothing like the fiasco about a decade ago.

Onkyo had personally given me confidence by extending warranties until 2018 AND fixed the problem in their AVRs AND paying for shipping both directions to do it...something that is up and beyond what they are required to do but is the right thing.

Yamaha offered same thing with the faulty HDMI 2.1 in some of their models as well. Goes to show no vendor is immune to issues and both companies ended up doing the right thing.

This receiver is sold by Costco. So if you have their CC, it extends your warranty by 3 years. So you get 4 years of warranty. If you don't that's still 2 years you get from their Concerige program. Plus you get a very generous return window.

Finally, heat kills. Most people don't have very good ventilation on their receivers. It's either hidden in a cabinet or the top vents are blocked. Some Onkyo units run hot. I suspect if you put a fan next to where the HDMI board is, you will extend the life by quite a bit. Remember most electronics if they have issues will present itself within the first few months.

Ultimately, I'm not here to convince people to buy this over the Denon or Yamaha. I think they are all great. I own several Denon units myself and haven't had any issues. My TX-SR805 is also still kicking.

Why would anyone purchase an A/V receiver from a (once great) company that went bankrupt 3 months ago? The rights to the Onkyo name now belong to Sharp Electronics and Voxx International, so the likelihood is that the two buyers will milk the good reputation that Onkyo built over the years and sell an inferior product to uninformed consumers.

Voxx, in particular, did that with formerly great speaker manufacturers Acoustic Research and Advent.

And I was a great supporter of Onkyo up until about five years ago, when longevity issues started to become common. The most common problem was with their HDMI connectivity, reportedly caused but a chip issue. I've since migrated to Yamaha (check out their higher end Aventage series) and others.
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I had the Denon for a few months. But it occasionally gave me issues needing a power reset. I bought the Onkyo and the difference in power was quite noticeable. The Onkyo may not be much more powerful on paper but in real world it's noticeable. On my 7.1 setup the Denon had to be driven at above 75%. On the Onkyo I'm at about 60%. Of course the Denon was plenty loud. I couldn't imagine needing to go louder but the larger headroom helps in clarity.

The Onkyo menu system is much better thought out. It's more pleasing to look at (though that's not really too big an issue on the Denon - one doesn't go into the menu too often). But more importantly, the menu on the Onkyo seems to go deeper and provides more control.

I returned the Denon and kept the Onkyo. It's been stable for the last 3 months or so. The only minors cons I can think of - the volume OSD on the Onkyo looks bad. It's old school pixelated text. Which is quite surprising considering their menu looks better. On the denon it was the other way round - the menu was pixelated text while volume OSD was sharp. But that's a minor thing. More importantly, the Onkyo's standby screen defaults to a plain blue. It has a screen saver but it takes time to kick in. The plain blue is the worst color for OLEDs (in terms of pixel life degradation). So wish it wasn't that. On the Denon the standby was plain black. They should have left it like that.

I kept CEC control off on both the Denon and the Onkyo. Both were stable. Anecdotal reports say Denon gives handshake issues sometimes with CEC on. But by my experience all of them will have handshake issues occasionally if you use CEC. Since I use a universal remote I have no need for CEC and thankfully bypass that common issue with receivers.

I purchased this Onkyo last time. As Onkyo website says, it is only sold through Costco. I've noticed what appears to be a problem. When I set the listening mode to Dolby Surr, it seems to leak some of the sound from the center speaker to the surround speakers. So I have speaking coming from the center and surround speakers. Dolby Surr is usually the only choice I find if I want Dolby. If I use one of the DTS choices, the leak disappears. I'm wondering if others have noticed this?

Does it occur from all sources? Do a factory reset and see if this issues persists.

Didn't realize people buy receivers for the looks, it's not that it's your GF.

What that goes against their store policy. Did you do it online or over the phone?