First Listen: Onkyo TX-SR608 A/V Receiver
I’ll offer more detailed performance observations when I present a full review of the TX-SR608 in The Perfect Vision Guide to AVRs, Controllers & Amps, which will be released later this Summer. Until then, happy listening and viewing.
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This model only displays OSD over HDMI which was a deal breaker for me. Otherwise, I liked the unit.
So, any suggestions on how I can still use my turntable with this new receiver?
To that, I have an S-VHS I still use to watch old tapes, I dont see any inputs there. I mean isnt there a agrey area? Onkyo goes from having 5 S video sockets to none. Nice. Denon 791 has this beat, all day long.
And fellas, what happened to pictures that expand when you click on them, you know, so we can see gear pron in full glory????
Ah well, if you have Explorer and do the magnify to 400% you will discover these are hi-res photos and you can read every word on the back of the amp. (-: Anony
No you can't. The images are not in focus, to letter detail, to begin with. So, magnifying them only results in a larger blurry image.
If you can't see these pictures sharply when you zoom in with Internet explorer to 400% then you are seriously blind.
Right click on image, left click view image and left click on image again and it's at full detail.
Works, bit still a bit archaic, donchathink?
You can get a seperate RIAA phono preamp and run cables to the receivers line level inputs.
Either buy a RIAA amp or get one of the SR608s big brothers - NR708, NR808, you see where this is going.
Why would you want to plug your analogue 2-channel vinyl device into a 7.2 channel home theatre reciever anyway?
Regarding a turntable: you could buy an outboard phono amp and connect its analog outputs to one of the analog inputs on the receiver. Cambridge has one around $150, and I once used a Parasound that was very nice for about the same price.
Why aren't there 2 channel integrated amps with room correction for sale right now?
NAD uses it in all of its avr's and could surely put it into its integrated amps for a few dollars. If this $600 avr has a good room correction feature, how much of the cost could that feature possibly consume? $25? $50? $75?
Why doesn't every sub $2k integrated have this built in? I am especially surprised by peachtree, I think this fits their product very well.
Also, how does this avr w/Audissey compare with a $1000 NAD integrated? I have a small SimAudio integrated in a crappy room and am contemplating switching to a 3-4 year old massive Pio Elite avr, to get the correction. Thanks!
I feel your pain. Apparently not everyone is sold on the modern day tone control known as room correction, which WORKS! Just so you know which side of the fence I'm on :) I'm trying to find it in the automotive world and its nonexistent, save for Alpine, and they have the worst lineup IMO. I also would like to see room correction built in on soundcards that have DSP. IK Multimedia has it as VST plugin for Music sequencers, but still, I want it as the end result on all media, not just music and home theater.
Oh, but to add, Pioneers room correction wasn't as amazing to me as Audissey (but then I have a Denon, and I'm biased!), however it does work well.
They sound very loud, after I installed them on my computer I forgot that the volume is at maximum and the free antivirus program I had found a virus and started to make a noise like Kaspersky sounds, so my cat got so scared that it broke a vase before leaving the room. TX-SR608 is a very good decision for people that like to listen quality music, the price is good and the quality is the best.