For close to $1,000, the Onkyo 805 is one of my favorite receivers available today. Sure, it doesn't up-convert everything to 1080p, but that's about all it lacks in terms of features when stacking it up against the competition. However, that little "c...
Abstract: The AV receiver has become a critical component in any home theater. It is the hub through which your various source devices are able to feed their goodness to your display and loudspeaker system. With the proliferation of HDMI and new high resolution ...
Published: 2008-04-25, Author: Alan , review by: techworld.com
The Onkyo TX-SR805 is an impressive product. Compared with other receivers in or out of its price range, it's a steal. Some audiophiles may sneer at the TX-SR805, because Onkyo is a midtier brand. It's certainly no NAD or Mcintosh, for example. But th...
Abstract: When Onkyo introduced its TX-SR805 home-theater receiver last fall, it was the only receiver capable of decoding high-definition audio formats -- Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio -- which are part of the Blu-ray and HD DVD specifications). These forma...
Abstract: Sense and sensibility and connectivity. One of the home theater industry’s greatest sins is modesty. If excessively modest people hide their lights under a bushel, speaker and receiver manufacturers go them one better, hiding their achievements in b...
The Onkyo TX-SR805 would be an excellent-sounding receiver at twice the price. At $1099, it’s an absolute bargain. The caveats of high heat output and HDMI handshake problems are unlikely to be problems for most people; for everyone else, there&rsqu...
Abstract: The Onkyo TX-SR805 represents the current pinnacle of value at its price point. It sounds good, decodes all the latest HD audio codecs, sports a large power supply, has an impressive feature set, THX Ultra2 certification, and Audyssey MultEQ at a price...
Abstract: Sep 13, 2007 Sound, as you know, is the main thing when you buy an A/V receiver. So let´s not waste any time and start. This one comes packed with seven 130W THX ULTRA-2 certified channels of sound. It decodes everything you can imagine, including the...
Abstract: With a retail price of $999, the Onkyo TX-SR805 is a juggernaut. How Onkyo is able to pack so much performance, technology and livability into such an inexpensive package is beyond me. A year ago, a receiver boasting half of what the Onkyo TX-SR805 del...
