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Onkyo TX-RZ30 170W 9.2-Channel 8K/4K Network AV Receiver $799
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Adorama has Onkyo TX-RZ30 170W 9.2-Channel 8K/4K Network AV Receiver
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9.2-channel high-end amplification
Dirac Live room correction technology
Dolby Atmos immersive audio
IMAX Enhanced certification
Model: TX-RZ30
https://www.adorama.com/onkyo-tx-...xrz30bmdc?
Features
9.2-channel high-end amplification
Dirac Live room correction technology
Dolby Atmos immersive audio
IMAX Enhanced certification
Model: TX-RZ30
https://www.adorama.com/onkyo-tx-...xrz30bmdc?
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Adorama has Onkyo TX-RZ30 170W 9.2-Channel 8K/4K Network AV Receiver
Features
9.2-channel high-end amplification
Dirac Live room correction technology
Dolby Atmos immersive audio
IMAX Enhanced certification
Model: TX-RZ30
https://www.adorama.com/onkyo-tx-...xrz30bmdc?
Features
9.2-channel high-end amplification
Dirac Live room correction technology
Dolby Atmos immersive audio
IMAX Enhanced certification
Model: TX-RZ30
https://www.adorama.com/onkyo-tx-...xrz30bmdc?
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The TX RZ30 is a 9 channel Onkyo receiver that stands out for HDMI 2.1, Dirac, and room to grow into a larger home theater. It gets praise for handling Apple TV, Plex, PS5 VRR, and 4K playback well, with flexible audio delay controls and strong value versus pricier Denon models. The main cautions are a reported audio sync problem in source to receiver to TV setups unless eARC is used, plus isolated reliability complaints like a dead front display and a loud power mode click. A capable midrange AVR if you want modern features without moving up to the higher tier.
The receiver can correct audio lag using its built-in audio delay with millisecond-level adjustment.
The receiver has reportedly handled AppleTV and Plex streaming without encountering the issues discussed in the thread.
The receiver supports HDMI 2.1 features like PS5 VRR passthrough and offers room for 9.2-channel expansion.
The receiver can be a capable option for a low-end theater setup when paired with a small or medium listening room.
Audio sync can fail for a source to receiver to TV chain unless eARC is used.
Customer service reportedly acknowledged a known audio-sync problem with an uncertain firmware fix timeline.
The front display can reportedly go dead after about six months and may require a lengthy trip to a repair shop.
The receiver may not pass 120Hz for VRR, which could require additional troubleshooting.
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But I bet I could count the people on one hand on slick deals that have actually paid for the Dirac ART license..or even DLBC
I am going to speculate based on the chatter on AVS forum, that the DIRAC Art buyers get a LOT more common in the upper ranges of the product line versus the mid and lower end product
Everything I can think of has diminishing returns as you go up the product scale
From steaks, to cigars, to furniture, to A/V products etc etc
If price to performance was your sole driver you would never buy anything more than what is deemed " average" especially when pure function is all you consider
Everything I can think of has diminishing returns as you go up the product scale
From steaks, to cigars, to furniture, to A/V products etc etc
As for Onkyo, they didn't "go out of their way to include ART capability"---these electronic gimmicks are dirt cheap at the production level. Where most of the receiver manufacturers cheap out on is the more essential HARDWARE, i.e. the power supplies. That's why receivers have been steadily getting lighter and lighter over the past 2-3 decades. In 2000 the average mid-level AVR weighed 25-30lbs...today, a mid-level AVR is gonna be around 15-20lbs.
Manufacturers don't base their design decisions on what is "better" or not---it's all about whatever best enriches THEIR bottom line.
As for Onkyo, they didn't "go out of their way to include ART capability"---these electronic gimmicks are dirt cheap at the production level. Where most of the receiver manufacturers cheap out on is the more essential HARDWARE, i.e. the power supplies. That's why receivers have been steadily getting lighter and lighter over the past 2-3 decades. In 2000 the average mid-level AVR weighed 25-30lbs...today, a mid-level AVR is gonna be around 15-20lbs.
Manufacturers don't base their design decisions on what is "better" or not---it's all about whatever best enriches THEIR bottom line.
In 2027, the successor to this thread's RZ30 will be called the RZ31 and be Dirac ART capable. Do you think it will regularly go for $799 when it comes out or be a significant step change in hardware and pricing (and no longer qualify as a "budget AVR")?
In 2027, the successor to this thread's RZ30 will be called the RZ31 and be Dirac ART capable. Do you think it will regularly go for $799 when it comes out or be a significant step change in hardware and pricing (and no longer qualify as a "budget AVR")?
I see a lot of debate on the quality of this receiver, and I am curious what else really would compete at this price point? With HDMI 2.1 support, 9.2 channels to grow into, 100w per channel, and Dirac it seems the best bang for the buck for someone looking for very good, if not necessarily god-tier, audio?
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I see a lot of debate on the quality of this receiver, and I am curious what else really would compete at this price point? With HDMI 2.1 support, 9.2 channels to grow into, 100w per channel, and Dirac it seems the best bang for the buck for someone looking for very good, if not necessarily god-tier, audio?
Exactly. Amir is a stereotypical audio elitist and that audio elitism is also highly supportive of his livelihood (runs a high end audio company) where you WANT consumers to buy into the "You get what you pay for" sales pitch (which is BS beyond a very low baseline price level, beyond which diminishing returns quickly set in).
Thats the fun of actual bench testing. We all love when the $99 underdog outperforms the $2000 'elite flagship'.
I see a lot of debate on the quality of this receiver, and I am curious what else really would compete at this price point? With HDMI 2.1 support, 9.2 channels to grow into, 100w per channel, and Dirac it seems the best bang for the buck for someone looking for very good, if not necessarily god-tier, audio?
You'd have to be an effing idiot to pay an extra $1000 just because of ASR's academic fear-mongering.
Thats the fun of actual bench testing. We all love when the $99 underdog outperforms the $2000 'elite flagship'.
Although he tells you he won't take amps over 100 lbs, because they are too hard for him to get up onto the testing bench....so that excludes a bunch of really high end stuff.
9. What is the process of getting a product reviewed?
It is very simple. You start a conversation with me and tell me what you like to have reviewed. In general, the equipment needs to be in production and commercial. I unfortunately cannot test DIY projects as they don't have value to membership that can't buy them. If it is a DIY of a commercial offering, then it can be reviewed.
The typical wait time is 4 to 6 weeks from when equipment arrives. I don't have a scheduling system so there is no way to send me something just in time. Please note that priorities change, often causing some equipment to take much longer. Sometimes members want to have the equipment tested during their return period so I have to give priority to it over other things.
The process is mostly practical for members in US. The shipping costs, and now tariffs, make it hard to get equipment from outside of US and then ship it back. Sometimes the same can be accomplished by contacting the company that made the gear and having them send it for review. That eliminated the need to pay for expensive shipping back and forth.
As you can imagine, there is always some risk of equipment getting lost or damaged during testing. Both are extremely rare but can happen. For the former, you could opt to pay for insurance. For the latter, I will do my best to figure out a solution but can't make guarantees. In the past, members have been kind enough to chip in to pay for replacement gear for example. And I have sometimes sent substitute gear from my inventory. But again, these instances have been very rare.
When testing is finished, I usually mail equipment back at my expense although some members are kind enough to pay for that as well.
Anyways about this deal, Onkyo did show off their next line of receivers in January. Not sure when they are actually going to put them up for sale.
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You keep knocking ART w/o directly knocking it by saying who needs these "audiphool" devices? Active Room Treatment has the capability to reduce room resonances, reverb, and decay. If you're not interested in the BEFORE and AFTER waterfall graphs posted by ART users, then the most promising, consistent comment I've heard from ART users is that their bass now sounds tight and accurate as if they're wearing headphones (most of the time w/o the benefit of physical room treatments)!
Only a mere few years ago, folks in these similar threads commented: who's going to pay $1k for a 3800 and then pay nearly another $1k to go all the way to Dirac ART?!!! I suggest you go look at market prices now for either a new or used 3800 and that should answer the question. As a matter of fact, when the RZ31 comes out, I'll turn the question back at you guys: who's going to pay $1k (street price as I believe the MSRP will balloon to at least $1400 for an RZ31 just to add another possibly $600 to get to Dirac ART?
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