Great Deal Onkyo TX-SR876 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black)



Rating : 4.5/5.0
Price : $1,749.00
Offer Price : $969.99
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Onkyo TX-SR876 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) Features

  • 140 W/Ch Minimum into 8 Ohms, 20 Hz¿20 kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC
  • Burr Brown 192 kHz/24-Bit Audio DACs (PCM1796) for All Channels
  • HQV Reon-VX Video Processing with 1080p Upscaling of All Video Sources via HDMI
  • HD Radio Reception Capability
  • Powered Zone 2 (Audio and Video); Zone 2 and Zone 3 Pre-Outs



Onkyo TX-SR876 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) Overviews

Based on a winning design for high-definition home theater reproduction, the TX-SR876 is a comprehensive A/V processing ?hub? with a deep reservoir of amplification power to draw on. Reveling in its THX Ultra2 Plus certification, the TX-SR876 shows its class with a broad range of capabilities, phenomenal performance, and noticeable finesse. With its advanced HQV Reon-VX video processing - which enables upscaling to high-def 1080p - and supreme high-definition surround sound decoding, this receiver belongs in elite company. It's also one of the first receivers anywhere to employ ISF (Imaging Science Foundation) video calibration. From whatever movie, music, broadcast, or gaming source you choose, the TX-SR876 will impress time and time again.



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Customer Review

Best Customer Review : I sold my older TX-SR800 THX Onkyo amplifier and replaced it with this unit mainly for the HDMI interfaces.

That part works great. I have hooked up my Blue Ray DVD player and my HD TIVO DVR to the new Onkyo TX-SR876. One HDMI output going to the HD TV. This is great.

Speaker configuration:
I strongly suggest owning or borrowing a tripod for the speaker calibration.
I also recommend running through (although it is not required) ALL the speaker `room positions' I believe the minimum is 4 positions.

Once calibrated you will immediately notice crystal clear separation of sound between all your channels assuming you are using a 7.1 setup.

Playing Blue-Ray DVD's or regular DVD's or CD's the sound processing is great.

Cons:
I am giving this review 4 stars instead of 5 because I have noticed and experienced one specific issue.
When watching regular TV, it is really hard to hear clearly. What I mean is - I have to crank up the volume to approximately mark 65-70 to hear a good strong loud sound. Then again if I happen to watch a HD programming like Fringe or Survivor, the sound is good. Swap over to the local news which is broadcast in regular non HD and you have the sound processing and volume issue.

So I have to constantly adjust the volume depending on what I am watching.
I never had this problem with my old unit. My old TX-SR800 was `powerful' I never ran the volume above mark 60 (honestly I did only once and rattled everything in the house forcing paintings to fall off the wall. Let's just say that was a one-off test).

You could rectify this `volume' issue by manually configuring the speaker calibration levels on the Onkyo TX-SR876. You can crank up the levels on all the speakers and you will NOT have the problem of having to turn the volume up high. BUT I have noticed when doing that it impacts the sound and clarity. Especially when watching DVD's and Blue-Ray the sound will be effected because the separation of sound between all the speakers will not be balanced and `fine-tuned'.

All in all this is a great amplifier with great features for a great price. Some quirks but nothing one can't live with.



Customer Review 1 : Great Receiver - CardioDoc - Atlanta, GA United States
A first class product - have had it for 9 months. Sounds great and Reon Video processor does a super job - I have all content upgraded to 1080p to 60" Pioneer Plasma. Interface is pretty easy, but takes some time with the manual to understand things. Does run hot, so needs ventilation. Looks like this is being phased out so you can get them cheap. Always had good luck with Amazon and electronic purchases.



Customer Review 2 : I like it - ChilliConCarnage - Seattle, WA USA
When I bought my XBox360 and PS3 last year, I started looking for a receiver that could replace my Harmon Kardon and Silicon Image DVDO scaler, with a receiver that had HDMI. All of my research led me to this unit. For me, the multiple HDMI inputs were very important, but it also had to take multiple legacy inputs (I have a laserdisc player, for example, with a large movie collection), and process them as well. So the REON was very important to me, and it would allow my to replace the DVDO.

In practice, I think the DVDO was a bit better at scaling/de-interlacing, but the convenience provided by all the features being built into one unit make up for that.

Secondly, I have to sing the praises of the Audyssey MultiEQ. After having used other auto calibration setups before, I would rank the Audyssey as the best that I've tried.

I've had the unit for almost a year now, and have enjoyed it. I placed a 120mm 12V fan in my entertainment center, and have never had any problems with it over-heating.

I took away one star for the fairly generic remote. In the price class, I would expect something better. Other receivers I've had in the past included two-way RF communication, LCD displays, or other features that set them apart in some way. The remote that comes with the 876 has nothing special about it.


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