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Date: 2008-06-24 Great receiver, poor instructions When introduced in 2007 the Onkyo line of HDMI type 1.3a compliant receivers, including the x05's, beat their competitors by several months when matching features and low price. There was simply no one else with such a combination of features, including the ability to decode the new audio codecs, available at those prices. Almost a year later, with the prices of the 605, 705, and 805 having drifted downward, that's still true, though not quite as true as it was. In other words, folks like Yamaha and Pioneer have scrambled to offer similar features at those prices. Anyway, you knew all that. From day 1 I figured the 805, monster that it is, was too much receiver for my set up. For one, it is literally too big for my cabinet if given proper space to breath. The 605/606 and 705 are built on a smaller chasis. When comparing the 605 and 705, everyone mentions the extra HDMI input. Less well known is that the 705 also offers a phono input and preouts. I don't think the 605 offers either. So if that's importsant to you, make note. The preouts have already come in handy since about a week after my purchase, a used but super high quality 2 channel amp fell into my lap for a song. My left and right fronts are plugged into the amp, which is patched into the pre-outs for those two channels on the back of the 705. My others are plugged directly into the receiver. Overall, the receiver is very versitile and easy to operate. It sounds great paired with my Monitor Audio speakers. The remote has an illumination button on the side I somehow missed for a week that is handy. However, the remote is pretty much a symetrical rectangle and it is hard for me to tell which is the "front" end in the dark. However, that's mostly quibbling. For the price paid, $499 with free shipping, this is a fantstic receiver. HOWEVER, it is a challenge to set the thing up. I'm not exactly a novice with home theater gadgets and I'd like to think I can read pretty well. However, it took a frustratingly long amount of time for me to set the thing up. There are a lot of new folks moving into home theater now with the growing popularity of big screen, HD TV's. Their next move is to integragrate their high end picture with top quality sound. Therefore, I think the documentation of something as sophisticated as a good quality AV receiver should be better than what came with the 705. That's the only reason I knocked off a star on its rating. Otherwise, the receiver itself for what you pay has no equal in my opinion. I highly recommend it. Date: 2008-06-23 Onkyo TX-SR 705 A/V receiver I am extremely satisfied with the Onkyo TX-SR 705 A/V receiver. When coupled with the Onkyo SKS-HT240 surround speakers the overall quality and user experience are excellent. The installation and setup were aided by excellent diagrams and color-coding and the remote control exceeded my expectations for being able to program all the peripherals under the single Onkyo remote control. My only complaint is that the organization of the user manual is somewhat less than logical and has a tendency to confuse and side-track. I have no regrets about my purchase Date: 2008-06-20 Awesome Receiver I decided it was time for an upgrade from a 10+ yr old sony receiver. After extensive research, i decided to throw caution to the wind in terms of heat gerneration and the idea that this model was being discontinued. I took a chance on the 705. It arrived Wednesday and all I can say is WOW. What a difference. I have connected a PS3 and a uverse decoder with the output run to a 56" Panasonic HDTV. I am using HDMI cables throughout. I have it set up in a 5.1 configuration for now but will soon be adding the additional speakers to achieve the 7.1 experience. Time will be the ultimate truth teller in terms of performance but the early reviews in my media room at outstanding. Date: 2008-06-19 Best bang for the buck! Great reciever for its price, get it from Amazon if you know what your doing to get about 150 discount, buy it from Crutchfield if you don't know what your doing, they can help you with hookup. I won't get into the technical since you can see the specs on Onkyo's site. Check out www.avsforum.com for a complete run down of everything you could imagine with this and any other home theater component. The absolute only thing I don't like is the display "color". You CANNOT beat this receiver for the price and even in some regards its better and packed more then receivers 1/3 more of this price. Date: 2008-06-18 Awesome receiver I looked around the web for quite a while before purchasing this receiver. It does everything I read about. The Audessy audio setup is really amazing and changed the way my home theater sounds. I wish the USA version had the ability to get and display FM radio information. For a $500 reciever, this is a great buy.
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