Adorama via Amazon[amazon.com] has the Onkyo TX-NR7100 9.2-Channel AV Receiver on sale for $699. Shipping is free. Includes Dirac Live room correction.
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Adorama via Amazon[amazon.com] has the Onkyo TX-NR7100 9.2-Channel AV Receiver on sale for $699. Shipping is free. Includes Dirac Live room correction.
If not in a hurry, i got the RZ50 for 595 Open Box at Best buy. Just take your sweet time to look for it. Onkyo - TX-RZ50 9.2 Channel Network A/V Receiver - Black[IMG]https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6477/6477182_sd.jpg;canvasHeight=100;canvasWidth=100?format=webp[/IMG]Model:TXRZ50 SKU:6477182 Quantity:1Condition:Open Box ExcellentItem Total:$639.61Product Price:$594.99Sales Tax, Fees & Surcharges:$44.62
I would add, unless you need the extra two channels, IF you even found the RZ50 for the $595, the RZ30 brand new for the extra $105 would probably still be a better buy ime.
Best Buy OB/refurb has been a big hit n miss and DLBC isn't as beneficial on the RZ50 with its parallel/mono sub outs.
The RZ30 is much newer & very capable.
The power difference will likely yield very little if at all any sonic difference ime.
Last edited by supermanrob June 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM.
If not in a hurry, i got the RZ50 for 595 Open Box at Best buy. Just take your sweet time to look for it. Onkyo - TX-RZ50 9.2 Channel Network A/V Receiver - Black[IMG]https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6477/6477182_sd.jpg;canvasHeight=100;canvasWidth=100?format=webp[/IMG]Model:TXRZ50 SKU:6477182 Quantity:1Condition:Open Box ExcellentItem Total:$639.61Product Price:$594.99Sales Tax, Fees & Surcharges:$44.62
I would add, unless you need the extra two channels, IF you even found the RZ50 for the $595, the RZ30 brand new for the extra $105 would probably still be a better buy ime.
Best Buy OB/refurb has been a big hit n miss and DLBC isn't as beneficial on the RZ50 with its parallel/mono sub outs.
The RZ30 is much newer & very capable.
The power difference will likely yield very little if at all any sonic difference ime.
I Could agree with you, Totally fair. The RZ30 is a great receiver, but for what I paid for the RZ50, I wouldn't have picked the RZ30 instead. The extra processing headroom and upgrade path tipped the scales for me. If I was paying current retail prices, I'd probably look a lot harder at the RZ30, but at my price point the RZ50 was a no-brainer. 👍
Price obviously played a big part of it, i initially had the Onkyo - TX-NR7100 9.2. So this was not a match for the RZ50.
Nice...I bought the Onkyo RZ50 about 2.5 years ago for like $585 at the Best Buy outlet
I kept it almost 2 years and sold it ( in 1 day) for what I paid for it
Nice unit ...I really enjoyed my ownership
if I hadnt changed my speaker situation I would probably still own it today
I honestly didn't realize Best Buy kept selling so many open-box items until I started building my setup. Pretty much my entire system came from Best Buy Open Box Excellent. Out of everything I bought, maybe 1–2 items were closer to what I'd call "good" condition, but the rest arrived looking brand new, many still sealed in the manufacturer's box.
My setup is an Onkyo RZ50, Sonance VX66 in-wall L/R, Sonance VP66 LCR center, and four Klipsch CDT-5800-C II speakers for Atmos. For the prices I paid, it's hard to complain. Open box has been very good to me so far. After i tested them all, now moving to install each one of them. So happy with the price and as you are saying, at the time i decided to move on, because of whatever speaker situation comes, i just sell it at the price i got them.
I honestly didn't realize Best Buy kept selling so many open-box items until I started building my setup. Pretty much my entire system came from Best Buy Open Box Excellent. Out of everything I bought, maybe 1–2 items were closer to what I'd call "good" condition, but the rest arrived looking brand new, many still sealed in the manufacturer's box.
My setup is an Onkyo RZ50, Sonance VX66 in-wall L/R, Sonance VP66 LCR center, and four Klipsch CDT-5800-C II speakers for Atmos. For the prices I paid, it's hard to complain. Open box has been very good to me so far. After i tested them all, now moving to install each one of them. So happy with the price and as you are saying, at the time i decided to move on, because of whatever speaker situation comes, i just sell it at the price i got them.
Best Buy/Magnolia open box can be a gold mine
It can be hit or miss( on value)...but sometimes they will just blow things out at 65-70% off MSRP
If you dont mind doing the work you can find some incredible deals
I assume due to their sheer volume they have buy back options from the manufacturer so Best Buy might not be taking the financial hit it looks like on these blowouts
Years ago the speakers that are the core of my main system....Bowers and Wilkins CM series...I bought about $12K worth if speakers for $4K
Last year I bought a Marantz Cinema 30 and ten various Kef R meta speakers for 65% off MSRP
All the items come with a full manufacturer warranty from your date of purchase
If you ever sell them later because you are moving on/upgrading to something else, they are worth no less than those where people paid a much higher price
Best Buy/Magnolia open box can be a gold mine
It can be hit or miss( on value)...but sometimes they will just blow things out at 65-70% off MSRP
If you dont mind doing the work you can find some incredible deals
I assume due to their sheer volume they have buy back options from the manufacturer so Best Buy might not be taking the financial hit it looks like on these blowouts
Years ago the speakers that are the core of my main system....Bowers and Wilkins CM series...I bought about $12K worth if speakers for $4K
Last year I bought a Marantz Cinema 30 and ten various Kef R meta speakers for 65% off MSRP
All the items come with a full manufacturer warranty from your date of purchase
If you ever sell them later because you are moving on/upgrading to something else, they are worth no less than those where people paid a much higher price
Ditto with televisions
Been there done that many times
ditto, the best!
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It's newer,preouts, independent sub outs & access to Dirac Live Bass Control.
Onkyo - TX-RZ50 9.2 Channel Network A/V Receiver - Black
[IMG]https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6477/6477182_sd.jpg;canvasHeight=100;canvasWidth=100?format=webp[/IMG]Model:TXRZ50 SKU:6477182 Quantity:1Condition:Open Box Excellent
Item Total:$639.61
Product Price:$594.99
Sales Tax, Fees & Surcharges:$44.62
Best Buy OB/refurb has been a big hit n miss and DLBC isn't as beneficial on the RZ50 with its parallel/mono sub outs.
The RZ30 is much newer & very capable.
The power difference will likely yield very little if at all any sonic difference ime.
Onkyo - TX-RZ50 9.2 Channel Network A/V Receiver - Black
[IMG]https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6477/6477182_sd.jpg;canvasHeight=100;canvasWidth=100?format=webp[/IMG]Model:TXRZ50 SKU:6477182 Quantity:1Condition:Open Box Excellent
Item Total:$639.61
Product Price:$594.99
Sales Tax, Fees & Surcharges:$44.62
I kept it almost 2 years and sold it ( in 1 day) for what I paid for it
Nice unit ...I really enjoyed my ownership
if I hadnt changed my speaker situation I would probably still own it today
Nice...I bought the Onkyo RZ50 about 2.5 years ago for like $585 at the Best Buy outlet
I kept it almost 2 years and sold it ( in 1 day) for what I paid for it
Nice unit ...I really enjoyed my ownership
if I hadnt changed my speaker situation I would probably still own it today
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The sale also afforded me to buy and try a few AVR's at firesale prices
I settled on a Marantz Cinema 30( to replace the Onkyo RZ50) for like 65% off MSRP along with a grouping of Kef R meta speakers at similar discounts
I would add, unless you need the extra two channels, IF you even found the RZ50 for the $595, the RZ30 brand new for the extra $105 would probably still be a better buy ime.
Best Buy OB/refurb has been a big hit n miss and DLBC isn't as beneficial on the RZ50 with its parallel/mono sub outs.
The RZ30 is much newer & very capable.
The power difference will likely yield very little if at all any sonic difference ime.
Nice...I bought the Onkyo RZ50 about 2.5 years ago for like $585 at the Best Buy outlet
I kept it almost 2 years and sold it ( in 1 day) for what I paid for it
Nice unit ...I really enjoyed my ownership
if I hadnt changed my speaker situation I would probably still own it today
My setup is an Onkyo RZ50, Sonance VX66 in-wall L/R, Sonance VP66 LCR center, and four Klipsch CDT-5800-C II speakers for Atmos. For the prices I paid, it's hard to complain. Open box has been very good to me so far. After i tested them all, now moving to install each one of them. So happy with the price and as you are saying, at the time i decided to move on, because of whatever speaker situation comes, i just sell it at the price i got them.
My setup is an Onkyo RZ50, Sonance VX66 in-wall L/R, Sonance VP66 LCR center, and four Klipsch CDT-5800-C II speakers for Atmos. For the prices I paid, it's hard to complain. Open box has been very good to me so far. After i tested them all, now moving to install each one of them. So happy with the price and as you are saying, at the time i decided to move on, because of whatever speaker situation comes, i just sell it at the price i got them.
It can be hit or miss( on value)...but sometimes they will just blow things out at 65-70% off MSRP
If you dont mind doing the work you can find some incredible deals
I assume due to their sheer volume they have buy back options from the manufacturer so Best Buy might not be taking the financial hit it looks like on these blowouts
Years ago the speakers that are the core of my main system....Bowers and Wilkins CM series...I bought about $12K worth if speakers for $4K
Last year I bought a Marantz Cinema 30 and ten various Kef R meta speakers for 65% off MSRP
All the items come with a full manufacturer warranty from your date of purchase
If you ever sell them later because you are moving on/upgrading to something else, they are worth no less than those where people paid a much higher price
Ditto with televisions
Been there done that many times
Best Buy/Magnolia open box can be a gold mine
It can be hit or miss( on value)...but sometimes they will just blow things out at 65-70% off MSRP
If you dont mind doing the work you can find some incredible deals
I assume due to their sheer volume they have buy back options from the manufacturer so Best Buy might not be taking the financial hit it looks like on these blowouts
Years ago the speakers that are the core of my main system....Bowers and Wilkins CM series...I bought about $12K worth if speakers for $4K
Last year I bought a Marantz Cinema 30 and ten various Kef R meta speakers for 65% off MSRP
All the items come with a full manufacturer warranty from your date of purchase
If you ever sell them later because you are moving on/upgrading to something else, they are worth no less than those where people paid a much higher price
Ditto with televisions
Been there done that many times
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