Leonzki

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.24 of 5, 17.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This thing is not that good. Very poor performance but anyway, I just got it from a number game (last 2 digits of Thai lotto). I still prefered my super A/V receiver which is the NAD T770. I think most of the product of Onkyo are toys (for me huh!) no offense meant.

Strengths:
Nothing.

Weaknesses:
A lot.

Similar Products Used:
NAD T770 and no Onkyo product can beat this one.

Price Paid:  $900.00 from cambridge soundworks

Summary:
As I sit here this 797 has been in the shop for 8 weeks now...and they are still waiting for "a part".It played well for about a year and then the POPPING started.With as many people posting here with the same problem you would think Onyko would have issued a recall or at the least had a quick fix ready!Well I gave up waiting and purchased the Denon 4803r...so far greatly out performs the 797.When it finally returns I will use it in my wife and children's den...assuming it does return.Will never use another Onkyo product.

Strengths:
right now since i don't have it....that would be NONE!!!

Weaknesses:
POP,POP,POP and so on and so on

Similar Products Used:
denon 4802r,nakamichi re10

Price Paid:  $490.00 from Online Aution, Ebay

Summary:
I bought this receiver for my bedroom system. I'd been using my old Onkyo 787 for this system but I sold that to an ex-girlfriend for her first system. I've using this receiver off and on for about a year now. My bedroom system is: Onkyo 797 AV receiver Platinum Audio PT 801s as mains BIC plastic crap for rears BIC 53CLR Center channel Yammi DVC920 DVD Player HDTV Cable Samsung 3297 HDTV I've had absolute none of the problems detailed here in earlier posts (knock wood) I hope I got a later model that's not prone to the dread "click". Onkyo works smooth as silk with all the aplomb of it's bigger brothers. Great value, great remote, easy setup. Since I'm running HDTV and a Progressive Scan DVD player, dual component inputs is nice to have.

Strengths:
Power, great remote, ease of setup. Rock solid construction feature loaded. Multiple Component Video inputs and switching. Plenty of options...

Weaknesses:
None that I've found so far....

Similar Products Used:
Onkyo 787, 898, 484, 500 & 501.

Price Paid:  $680.00 from Hong Kong HIFI Shop

Summary:
The receiver is really awesome. The difference is made right after I turn it on. The power is immense, and yet well controlled. Even I turn it at floor shaking volume, it still firmly controls all details of each speakers. I have a system that is far from being 'good'. My main speakers are made by small factories in China. Good frequency balance but poor in fine details. I have a HECO center speaker, loud but also rough. My surround are small Ditton speakers with not so good sensitivity. The sub is the best among all speaker - Velodyne CT80. After a few tuning of volume and distance, all speakers start to sound in harmony! I always turn on the upsampling feature of the amp since the first day! It sounds much finer and naturer for all genre! With this tight budget, the amp truely out performs my expectation! Even playing the same 'song' at different volumes, I can feel its authority, its solidness, its richness, its ease and is tense! Unfortunately I have the experience of the 'click... click... click...' system sounds after using a year, but Onkyo in Hong Kong fixed it for me at no extra charge. They did not say what is wrong, but I can tell that they make the start-up delay time longer! I believe that the DSP has not been properly initialized, and generates that system noise. Now after the service the sound becomes clean from all channels. Of course now you will get SR800 instead, but this amp will surely fill my home with music for another many years!

Strengths:
Ample of power and solid control at all channels. Very rich and natural sound... clean and fine! Feature rich and plays virtually all materials well.

Weaknesses:
System noise. Drop out of THX-EX encoded films in early years.

Similar Products Used:
Serwood, Denon, Maranz

Price Paid:  $600.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
I have to say, I bought this receiver having read all sorts of magazine reviews on it, but not reading REAL LIFE reviews such as the one's I read here after purchasing it. Needless to say, it struck fear into me, cause I dont know ANYONE who is comfortable buying something with so many possible flaws (aka clicking and popping). With that said, I am happy that I have NOT come across any of the aforementioned issues. This receiver has treated me well and has delighted me with it's clarity. Any 6.1 material sounds dead on, full, and thoroughly enjoyable, and running 5.1 material matrixed to the rear center channel sounds fuller than I would have imagined. I guess that is due in part to the 192/24 dac's on all channels as opposed to just the fronts on some other receivers - as well as THX certs. I am running Polk RT55i's in the front, Polk CS245i for center, and Polk RT600i's for the rear w/an rc80i in ceiling for the rear center - all sound great with this receiver. I still haven't used all of the options on this receiver yet (including 8.1 outputs) but look forward to it in the near future. The remote is well laid out and has many buttons for ease of use for set up (on screen!) and for normal functions. I really have no complaints about this unit...if you find a late model one for a good price (like I did)and you dont have speakers that drink wattage like it was water, GO FOR IT!!!

Strengths:
192/24 DAC's, 8.1 outputs, multichannel DVD-A or SACD inputs (though I prefer DVD-A), many coax and optical inputs, THX select certification, component in/outputs....and more!

Weaknesses:
Not good for overly large rooms or for speakers that need high wattage (aka Thiel).

Similar Products Used:
Denon avr-1700, Denon AVR-1803, Denon 3800, Rotel, Marantz, Toshiba SD-5700 DVD-A player, Toshiba 42hx81 CRT tv, Polk Rt551, rt600i, rc80i, c2451