Well I guess it would be a pretty silly sweeping statement if I just said yes, seeing as I can't catagorically state that they are better than all of the Denons, Yamahas or Pioneers..
I do know for sure tho that the Onkyos offer excellent specs & performance for the money they look for them tho.
I also know several people on a few a/v forums who have swapped aging but very high end kit out for Onkyo 805s, 875s & 905s and who are very impressed and happy with the results.
Personally I'd say that if you are getting THX 2 certification on your amp you've probably got to be seriously gifted if you can tell too much difference between any that are THX2 certificated with your own ears (as opposed to some kind of gauge).
In those circumstances I'm happy to go after best spec & value.
(having said that I also know people who think the whole 'THX thing' is just another part of the whole marketing machine, I think they are great as a hi-fi standard to work from tho)
.......and then you move on to your speaker set-up (and that's another whole new set of - potentially very expensive - variables). - and don't forget the rows it can create at home, my wife just loves to hear how much I'm spending on this hobby. Not!
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Roland @ Jul 20th 2008 5:21PM
Truth Teller, do you think that the Onkyo receivers have better sound quality for movies and music than the Denons, Yamahas, and Pioneer ones?
Truth Teller @ Jul 20th 2008 7:03PM
Well I guess it would be a pretty silly sweeping statement if I just said yes, seeing as I can't catagorically state that they are better than all of the Denons, Yamahas or Pioneers..
I do know for sure tho that the Onkyos offer excellent specs & performance for the money they look for them tho.
I also know several people on a few a/v forums who have swapped aging but very high end kit out for Onkyo 805s, 875s & 905s and who are very impressed and happy with the results.
Personally I'd say that if you are getting THX 2 certification on your amp you've probably got to be seriously gifted if you can tell too much difference between any that are THX2 certificated with your own ears
(as opposed to some kind of gauge).
In those circumstances I'm happy to go after best spec & value.
(having said that I also know people who think the whole 'THX thing' is just another part of the whole marketing machine, I think they are great as a hi-fi standard to work from tho)
.......and then you move on to your speaker set-up
(and that's another whole new set of - potentially very expensive - variables).
- and don't forget the rows it can create at home, my wife just loves to hear how much I'm spending on this hobby. Not!
Mmmmmm, isn't a/v tech fun, eh? ;)
What do you think Roland?