Onkyo TX-SR607 Plus Review
Looking for a home theater system capable of handling anything you throw at it? Check out the Onkyo TX SR607 Plus. It's a Dolby 7.2 Channel A/V Surround Home Theater system, with 90 watts per channel, and HDMI support (going to the 1.3a specification). The system is relatively compact, about the size of a breadbox, and is comparatively lightweight at 18 points. This makes it an ideal 'starter' solution for people who live in an apartment building or flat, though it's probably overkill for a dorm room. (Not that that's ever stopped any of the college students we've known)
Setup is fairly easy and straightforward, as the technology has matured. Be aware that one of the places where they cut costs is by removing connection ports for legacy hardware; you may need to buy some external adapter cables if you've got some vintage gear you're still determined to hook into this rig.
Sound quality is excellent, with good clarity and sounds very open. If you've never experienced personal theater quality at Dolby 7.2 standards, prepare to be blown away. There's not much more to be said about the directional clarity than this: I could actually make out all the words on Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time.
The Onkyo TX SR607 works at its best when it's got the full seven speaker array, it does however, support fewer speakers as needed (this is something that's been standard for digital home theater systems for years, but it's nice they didn't cut the feature out). Even with left, right and subwoofer, the Onkyo's sound quality is impressive. Because of the HDMI interface, it'll also play nicely with your Blu-Ray player, giving you cinema quality sound to go with cinema quality movies.
One place where there's a drawback with this system is that the HDMI control doesn't quite meet the full backwards compatibility mode of the HDMI specification. It's close - and we were eventually able to get it up and running, but CEG HDMI proved to be a bit challenging to configure.
If push comes to shove, you can always get an IR repeater, but it's worth it to cruise the web forums and read how other people have solved their configuration problems before you shell out for another piece of electronics gear.
With all the reviews read on the internet, the feature of the Onkyo that people found the best was the sound quality. Most people said that they have never before come across something that can play such perfect audio. It shouldn't take you long to set up but it may take you some time to get used to.
You might have to spend a few days playing around with the remote just to get to know the different features of the Onkyo, because there is a lot to learn. - 23815
Setup is fairly easy and straightforward, as the technology has matured. Be aware that one of the places where they cut costs is by removing connection ports for legacy hardware; you may need to buy some external adapter cables if you've got some vintage gear you're still determined to hook into this rig.
Sound quality is excellent, with good clarity and sounds very open. If you've never experienced personal theater quality at Dolby 7.2 standards, prepare to be blown away. There's not much more to be said about the directional clarity than this: I could actually make out all the words on Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time.
The Onkyo TX SR607 works at its best when it's got the full seven speaker array, it does however, support fewer speakers as needed (this is something that's been standard for digital home theater systems for years, but it's nice they didn't cut the feature out). Even with left, right and subwoofer, the Onkyo's sound quality is impressive. Because of the HDMI interface, it'll also play nicely with your Blu-Ray player, giving you cinema quality sound to go with cinema quality movies.
One place where there's a drawback with this system is that the HDMI control doesn't quite meet the full backwards compatibility mode of the HDMI specification. It's close - and we were eventually able to get it up and running, but CEG HDMI proved to be a bit challenging to configure.
If push comes to shove, you can always get an IR repeater, but it's worth it to cruise the web forums and read how other people have solved their configuration problems before you shell out for another piece of electronics gear.
With all the reviews read on the internet, the feature of the Onkyo that people found the best was the sound quality. Most people said that they have never before come across something that can play such perfect audio. It shouldn't take you long to set up but it may take you some time to get used to.
You might have to spend a few days playing around with the remote just to get to know the different features of the Onkyo, because there is a lot to learn. - 23815
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